Daily and monthly current affairs mapped to syllabus topics and related PYQs.
BRICS Agriculture Ministers meeting in Indore unanimously adopted the Indore Declaration on 13 June 2026. India, holding the BRICS Presidency, hosted about 100 delegates including around 60 foreign representatives. Four platforms were announced: agro-ecology centres of excellence, digital agriculture, farmers' seed rights, and BRICS AgriN.
13 Jun 2026
Department of Posts began drone mail between Mandi Head Post Office and Rehardhar Branch Post Office in Himachal from 12 June 2026. Transit time falls from over two hours by road arrangements to about seven minutes on the roughly 12 km link. About 150 routes in Himachal and Assam are planned in the next two to three months.
13 Jun 2026
The first batch of women cadets trained at the National Defence Academy has been commissioned — 17 officers from the 148th Course who joined NDA in August 2022. Nine joined the Army at IMA Dehradun on 13 June 2026; five the IAF at Dundigal the same day; three the Navy at INA Ezhimala on 28 May 2026.
13 Jun 2026
The Government appointed Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, currently Vice Chief of the Army Staff, as the next Chief of the Army Staff with effect from the afternoon of 30 June 2026. The present Chief, General Upendra Dwivedi, retires the same day. Lt Gen Seth is an NDA alumnus commissioned into the Armoured Corps in December 1986.
13 Jun 2026
India's startups have risen from around 350 to 400 a decade ago to nearly 2.3 lakh, creating nearly 24 to 25 lakh jobs, the Science Ministry said at RISE 2026 on 13 June. India is called the world's third-largest startup ecosystem. More than half now come from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities. Startup India (2015) is the cited policy start.
13 Jun 2026
MoPNG notified the Motor Spirit and High-Speed Diesel (Temporary Regulation of Supply through Retail Outlets) Order, 2026, initially for up to 90 days. PSU outlets may put diesel only into vehicle tanks or PESO containers, up to 200 litres a day per customer or vehicle, with no resale. Bulk and institutional buyers must use consumer pumps.
12 Jun 2026
One year after the Air India Flight AI-171 accident at Ahmedabad on 12 June 2025, AAIB said its probe continues under the Aircraft (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) Rules, 2017, and ICAO Annex 13. A Preliminary Report came on 12 July 2025. The Final Report awaits remaining specialist work and Annex 13 consultation.
12 Jun 2026
All-India CPI inflation with base year 2024 stood at 3.93% in May 2026 (provisional), MoSPI said on 12 June. Rural inflation was 4.25% and urban 3.53%. Consumer Food Price Index inflation was 4.78%. Housing inflation was 2.12%. April 2026 combined CPI inflation (final) was 3.48%.
12 Jun 2026
Avataar launched Varya on 12 June 2026 — a distilled video-generation model built with IndiaAI Mission support and subsidised national AI compute. Distillation cuts generation from 50 steps to 4. The firm cites internal inference-cost benchmarks of ₹0.48 per second of video. Use cases flagged range from classroom lessons to MSME ads.
12 Jun 2026
A detailed study of supernova SN 2023zcu, found in 2023 at the edge of spiral galaxy NGC 2139 about 90.7 million light-years away, can help estimate distances in the local universe, the Science Ministry said on 12 June 2026. SN 2023zcu is discussed as a Type IIP core-collapse event from a massive red supergiant.
12 Jun 2026