Current Affairs

Daily and monthly current affairs mapped to syllabus topics and related PYQs.

GS3 · Digital health

Unified Health Interface launched as ABDM’s open service layer

The Health Ministry launched the Unified Health Interface (UHI) on 29 June 2026. UHI is the service layer of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission: an open network with common standards that lets patients and verified providers find and book each other across any compatible app. Live services include blood bank, ambulance, Jan Aushadhi and PMJAY hospital search.

29 Jun 2026
GS2 · Education

Backgrounder: DIKSHA, the national digital school platform

DIKSHA, the Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing, is India's open-source "One Nation, One Digital Platform" for school education, launched in 2017 and run by NCERT with CIET. A PIB backgrounder of 28 June 2026 reports 2.25 crore registered users, about 3 lakh daily active users, 7,687 Energised Textbooks and support for 135 languages.

28 Jun 2026
GS3 · Health regulation

Draft amendments to Medical Devices Rules, 2017 to cut licensing time

The Health Ministry published draft amendments to the Medical Devices Rules, 2017 on 28 June 2026 to speed up manufacturing licences. Class B devices such as BP monitors would get licences in 115 days instead of 140, and Class C and D devices such as cardiac stents in 90 days instead of 105, with stage-wise timelines.

28 Jun 2026
GS2 · Neighbourhood

PM’s Seychelles visit: patrol vessel gift and Seychelles joins CDRI

During the Prime Minister's State Visit to Seychelles, the two sides listed outcomes on 28 June 2026: India gifted a Fast Patrol Vessel, Seychelles joined the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), and they signed an Extradition Treaty plus MoUs on UPI, space, seafarers, agriculture research and a new national hospital, marking 50 years of ties.

28 Jun 2026
GS3 · Internal security

DRI seizes ₹35 crore of Chinese firecrackers hidden in mis-declared containers

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence said on 27 June 2026 that it had foiled smuggling of Chinese-origin firecrackers through Chennai Port and Mumbai, with seizures worth around ₹35 crore and 12 arrests. Containers were mis-declared as trolley bags and sprayers. Firecracker import is Restricted and needs DGFT and PESO licences under the Explosives Rules, 2008.

27 Jun 2026
GS2 · India–ASEAN

Eastern Fleet ships Udaygiri, Kavaratti and Shakti call at Sattahip, Thailand

Indian Naval Ships Udaygiri, Kavaratti and Shakti of the Eastern Fleet arrived at Sattahip, Thailand, the Defence Ministry said on 27 June 2026, during an operational deployment to South East Asia. The Royal Thai Navy received them. The visit includes professional exchanges, cross-deck visits and sports, to build navy-to-navy cooperation and interoperability.

27 Jun 2026
GS3 · Coastal security

ICGS Akshay, new-generation Fast Patrol Vessel, commissioned

The Indian Coast Guard commissioned ICGS Akshay, a new-generation Fast Patrol Vessel, at Goa Shipyard Limited, Goa, on 27 June 2026. Designed and built by Goa Shipyard, the ship will handle maritime law enforcement, coastal security, search and rescue and marine pollution response, adding to indigenous shipbuilding under Aatmanirbhar Bharat.

27 Jun 2026
GS3 · Fertilisers

EoI issued to set up green urea plants

The Department of Fertilizers invited Expressions of Interest for green urea plants in India and held a pre-EoI meeting at PDIL, Noida, the Ministry said on 26 June 2026. Discussions covered SECI's green ammonia price-parity mechanism, a 7.24 lakh MT a year green ammonia procurement target, and NTPC's 150 TPD green urea pilot at Pudimadaka.

26 Jun 2026
GS2 · Regulation

Jan Vishwas Act, 2026 reforms in drugs and food-safety laws operationalised

The Government has operationalised Jan Vishwas Act, 2026 reforms to the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, the Health Ministry said on 26 June 2026. Minor and technical violations now attract administrative penalties instead of criminal cases, while spurious or adulterated products still face strict punishment.

26 Jun 2026
GS3 · Biodiversity

NBA issues SOP for States to notify threatened species under Section 38

The National Biodiversity Authority released a Standard Operating Procedure on 26 June 2026 for States and Union Territories to identify and notify threatened species under Section 38 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. So far 159 plant and 173 animal species have been notified as threatened, covering 17 States and 3 Union Territories.

26 Jun 2026