Current affairs compilation: June 2026
Pick a date on the calendar to read that day's current affairs. Full month list below for revision.
Tuesday, 30 June 2026
6 items- UPI goes live in Greece through Eurobank–NIPL partnershipGS3 · Digital payments
- Revised wage rates notified under VB–G RAM G Act from 1 JulyGS2 · Rural employment
- PFC and REC boards approve merger, creating ₹11 lakh crore lenderGS3 · Energy finance
- National study on low participation in Gram Sabhas releasedGS2 · Local government
- FCRA 2.0 portal and e-OCI card launchedGS2 · Governance
- Backgrounder: nine years of GSTGS3 · Taxation
Full June list
1 June
- 4,000-year climate history of Majuli reconstructed
- Centre’s FY26 provisional accounts: receipts at 99.4% of RE
- First IIP release on new base 2022-23: April growth 4.9%
- Five new Supreme Court judges appointed
- India–Oman CEPA enters into force on 1 June 2026
- Myanmar President’s first official visit to India; joint statement
2 June
- Centre on alert over El Niño; kharif contingency planning
- DRDO and IAF flight-test RudraM-II air-to-surface missile
- Mission “Senehjori” to brand Assam’s Muga silk
- Third mountain tunnel breakthrough on Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train
3 June
- Cabinet approves up to ₹10,000 crore ATF price stabilisation support for airlines
- Cabinet scheme to replace old trucks and buses in Delhi-NCR
- CCEA approves Rameshwar–Paradeep coastal highway in Odisha on HAM
- CCPA fines PhysicsWallah and McAfee for dark patterns
- NSO releases guideline for District Domestic Product (base 2022-23)
- UPI acceptance goes live in Cambodia via KHQR
- Indian killed in attack on Kuwait airport
4 June
- First India–Zimbabwe Joint Defence Committee meeting
- India–UK Critical Minerals Global Supply Chain Observatory launched
- PM Surya Ghar crosses 40 lakh homes; 75 lakh targeted by December
- University of Liverpool gets approval for Bengaluru campus
5 June
- E85 fuel rollout begins at 48 PSU outlets
- GDP grew 7.7% in FY 2025-26; Q4 at 7.8%
- Seventh Regional Meteorological Centre opens at Jammu
- Surha Tal (Jai Prakash Narayan Bird Sanctuary), Ballia, becomes India’s 100th Ramsar site
6 June
- Backgrounder: India’s health system in 12 years
- Backgrounder: reforms to expand foreign participation in G-Secs
- Bhashini and Kathmandu University to build “Voice First” translation platform for Nepal
7 June
- Backgrounder: Ease of Doing Business reforms
- LPG: Ujjwala households get ₹300 per cylinder on four refills a year
- 8th India-Indonesia Joint Commission
8 June
- BHAVYA portal launched for competitive industrial parks
- New Regional Meteorological Centre opens at Lucknow
- Report on datasets for State Finance Commissions released
- West Bengal becomes 36th State/UT to join AB PM-JAY
9 June
- 250 MW solar-plus-storage project on defence land at Sitapur, UP
- ₹95,692 crore interim allocation as VB–G RAM G prepares for 1 July rollout
- Land Port Management System “VINIMAY” launched
- TRAI amends rating manual for digital connectivity in buildings
10 June
- 96 firms selected in round 3 of Textile PLI
- Cabinet approves Ahmedabad Metro Phase 2A to the airport
- Credit Guarantee Scheme for MFIs 2.0 extended
- CSIR-CRRI and UP PWD agree to pave and green NCR urban roads
- JJM 2.0 reform-linked MoUs signed with Manipur and Bihar
11 June
- Government on highest alert for Indian seafarers in the Gulf
- Horticulture output 2025-26 estimated at 3,777.76 lakh tonnes
- India–Nepal launch UPI–NPI cross-border remittance link
- Navy recovers unexploded missile warhead from tanker off Kochi
- “Oilseeds Kisaan Mitra” WhatsApp AI advisory for farmers
12 June
- AAIB interim statement one year after AI-171 crash
- CPI inflation at 3.93% in May 2026
- India AI Mission backs “Varya” video-generation model
- Study of supernova SN 2023zcu to refine cosmic distance scale
- Temporary control order to curb diesel hoarding during West Asia crisis
13 June
- BRICS agriculture ministers adopt the Indore Declaration
- Drone-based mail service starts in Himachal Pradesh
- First batch of NDA-trained women cadets commissioned
- Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth appointed next Army Chief from 30 June
- Startups rise to 2.3 lakh, generating nearly 25 lakh jobs
14 June
- Great Indian Bustard captive stock reaches 94
- India’s space economy projected at $45 billion; 400+ space startups
- PM’s France visit: Innovation Roadmap 2030 and AI working group
15 June
- ASI and Denmark museum to search for 1619 Danish shipwreck Oresund off Karaikal
- DRDO flight-tests Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile
- First Indian PM visit to Slovakia; joint statement issued
- New WPI series with base 2022-23 and new producer price indices released
- PLFS May 2026: urban unemployment falls to 6.4%
16 June
- Census 2027 houselisting: 23 States/UTs complete phase I
- Cough syrups removed from village-sale exemption in Drugs Rules
- CSIR transfers seven technologies; releases Bharatiya Nirdeshak Dravyas
- India and Japan adopt rules for Joint Crediting Mechanism under Article 6.2
- Ministry denies any Middle East–India deepwater pipeline proposal
17 June
- Defence production hits record ₹1.78 lakh crore in FY26
- Green Hydrogen Certification Portal of India launched
- New Chairperson and Members appointed to National Statistical Commission
- PM at G7 session on safe and rapid AI rollout
- Study finds pollution reaching remote Munsyari in the Himalaya
- UP Family ID now available on DigiLocker for over 6 crore residents
18 June
- Centre approves PSS procurement of pulses and oilseeds in four States
- Coast Guard inducts first of six indigenous hovercraft
- ICAR-IIOR smart seed coating raises groundnut and soybean yields up to 30%
- Qadian–Beas rail line revived after nearly 100 years
- Smart Warehousing System for foodgrain storage launched
19 June
- ₹425 crore contract with Bharat Forge for Navy’s marine gas turbine generators
- Backgrounder: India declared effectively free of Left-Wing Extremism on 31 March 2026
- India to hold FATF Vice-Presidency for the first time
- Indian astronomers trace the origin of a fast X-ray transient
20 June
- 16 fixed-dose combinations banned under Section 26A
- 23rd PM-KISAN instalment: ₹18,880 crore to 9.44 crore farmers
- ABS framework has disbursed ₹145 crore to biodiversity committees
- Foundation stone of BCGCL coal-to-ammonium nitrate project at Lakhanpur, Odisha
- “Nirbhay Chetna” to sensitise 17.5 lakh male panchayat representatives
21 June
- CCPA fines two food firms for misleading “100%” claims
- Deuterated compounds plant and prototype sodium cell at HWBF Vadodara
- First BRICS MSME Forum held in Agra
- PM commissions INS Dunagiri, INS Sanshodhak and INS Agray in Kolkata
22 June
- Core sector grows only 0.5% in May 2026
- DISHA 2.0 approved with ₹255 crore for access to justice
- Four fertiliser ships cross the Strait of Hormuz for kharif supplies
- Kavach approved on 631 route-km of East Coast Railway
- Organ donation pledges cross 5 lakh
- Rakhigarhi skeletal remains handed to Anthropological Survey of India
23 June
- 56 critical and strategic mineral blocks auctioned so far
- INCOIS starts El Niño bulletins for maritime sectors
- NAFED launches e-auction portal NAFEX.in
- NITI Trade Watch Quarterly: India’s trade up 5.4% in Q4 FY26
- V.O. Chidambaranar Port reports 45% cut in carbon emissions
- NSA to Wang Yi: sensitivity to core concerns
24 June
- BRICS Heads of Space Agencies meet in Bengaluru; India pitches “BRICS Space Economy”
- MoSPI paper on monetary asset accounts of coal under UN SEEA
- NMCG expands Urban River Management Plans across Ganga basin cities
25 June
- Air Suvidha 2.0 launched for Ebola screening after WHO PHEIC
- IAF gets Final Operational Clearance for indigenous Netra AEW&C
- QR-code track and trace extended to vaccines, antimicrobials, NDPS and anti-cancer drugs
- SHATAYU dashboard builds geriatric caregiver network
- Telecom data May 2026: 1,343 million subscribers, 1,080 million broadband
- UP gets 6.18 lakh PMAY-G houses and MSP procurement extension
26 June
- “Bharat Taxi” cooperative ride service scales up in Gujarat
- EoI issued to set up green urea plants
- Jan Vishwas Act, 2026 reforms in drugs and food-safety laws operationalised
- NBA issues SOP for States to notify threatened species under Section 38
- World’s first Cu–Cl thermochemical hydrogen facility using nuclear heat opens at FBTR
27 June
- DRI seizes ₹35 crore of Chinese firecrackers hidden in mis-declared containers
- Eastern Fleet ships Udaygiri, Kavaratti and Shakti call at Sattahip, Thailand
- ICGS Akshay, new-generation Fast Patrol Vessel, commissioned
28 June
- Backgrounder: DIKSHA, the national digital school platform
- Draft amendments to Medical Devices Rules, 2017 to cut licensing time
- PM’s Seychelles visit: patrol vessel gift and Seychelles joins CDRI
29 June
- Cabinet doubles Government commitment to NIIF to ₹60,000 crore
- IIP grows 5.1% in May; new series now uses Output PPI deflator
- SUMAN Roadmap 2030 and SSBSK launched at 16th CCHFW
- Temporary curbs on retail petrol and diesel sales withdrawn
- Unified Health Interface launched as ABDM’s open service layer
30 June
- Backgrounder: nine years of GST
- FCRA 2.0 portal and e-OCI card launched
- National study on low participation in Gram Sabhas released
- PFC and REC boards approve merger, creating ₹11 lakh crore lender
- Revised wage rates notified under VB–G RAM G Act from 1 July
- UPI goes live in Greece through Eurobank–NIPL partnership