Current Affairs

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

GS2 · Welfare / energy

LPG: Ujjwala households get ₹300 per cylinder on four refills a year

The Petroleum Ministry said on 7 June 2026 that a 14.2 kg LPG cylinder now costs over ₹1,600 to supply, as the Saudi Contract Price rose about 46% after the Strait of Hormuz disruption. Households pay ₹942 in Delhi; Ujjwala households pay an effective ₹642, with ₹300 a cylinder on the first four refills a year.

7 Jun 2026
GS2 · Health

Backgrounder: India’s health system in 12 years

A PIB backgrounder of 6 June 2026 reviews India's health system over 12 years. Ayushman Bharat rests on four pillars: PM-JAY insurance, Ayushman Arogya Mandirs for primary care, PM-ABHIM for pandemic readiness and ABDM for digital health. Over 1.86 lakh Arogya Mandirs work, 44.14 crore Ayushman Cards exist and 12 new AIIMS are functional.

6 Jun 2026
GS3 · Capital markets

Backgrounder: reforms to expand foreign participation in G-Secs

The Finance Ministry announced on 5 June 2026, and PIB explained on 6 June, a set of reforms for foreign investors in Government Securities. FPIs will pay no income tax on G-Sec interest or capital gains arising on or after 1 April 2026. The Fully Accessible Route now covers new 15, 30 and 40-year bonds and Sovereign Green Bonds.

6 Jun 2026
GS2 · India–Nepal

Bhashini and Kathmandu University to build “Voice First” translation platform for Nepal

MeitY's Digital India BHASHINI Division signed an MoU with Kathmandu University's Centre for Digital Public Infrastructure and AI on 6 June 2026. They will build Nepali language datasets, speech corpora, translation and speech tools, so Nepal can offer digital public services in people's own languages. The exchange took place before both Foreign Ministers.

6 Jun 2026
GS3 · Biofuels

E85 fuel rollout begins at 48 PSU outlets

E85 fuel, with 80 to 85 per cent ethanol, went on sale at 48 public sector retail outlets on World Environment Day, 5 June 2026. It is meant only for flex-fuel vehicles and costs about ₹20 a litre less than petrol. Outlets will rise to 500 by December 2026 and about 5,000 by December 2027.

5 Jun 2026
GS3 · Growth

GDP grew 7.7% in FY 2025-26; Q4 at 7.8%

MoSPI's Provisional Estimates released on 5 June 2026 put India's real GDP growth for 2025-26 at 7.7%, up from 7.1% in 2024-25. Real GDP reached ₹323.12 lakh crore and nominal GDP ₹346.36 lakh crore. Growth in the January-March quarter was 7.8%. The estimates use the new 2022-23 base year.

5 Jun 2026
GS1 · Climatology

Seventh Regional Meteorological Centre opens at Jammu

India's seventh Regional Meteorological Centre opened at Jammu on 5 June 2026. It will serve Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh with district-level and mountain forecasts and warnings for flash floods, cloudbursts, avalanches and landslides. J&K and Ladakh had no Doppler Weather Radar in 2014; four now work.

5 Jun 2026
GS2 · Education

University of Liverpool gets approval for Bengaluru campus

The University of Liverpool received a Letter of Approval on 4 June 2026 to open a branch campus in Bengaluru, Karnataka. It had got a Letter of Intent on 26 May 2025 under the UGC Regulations, 2023 for foreign university campuses. The campus will teach UG and PG courses in business, computer science, game design, finance and biomedical sciences.

4 Jun 2026
GS2 · India–Africa

First India–Zimbabwe Joint Defence Committee meeting

The first meeting of the India–Zimbabwe Joint Defence Committee was held in New Delhi on 4 June 2026. The two sides agreed to expand training and support for common air assets and to explore joint manufacturing, counter-terrorism, border management and peacekeeping. It puts into action a defence MoU signed at Aero India 2025.

4 Jun 2026