Daily notes mapped to syllabus topics, with “Asked before” PYQs and original practice MCQs.
The Health Ministry has amended the Drugs Rules, 1945, omitting the word "Syrup" from Schedule K, Serial No. 13, Entry 7. Villages with a population under 1,000 can no longer sell cough syrups without the usual retail licence. Sale must now go through duly licensed pharmacies under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Schedule K, DEG contamination.
16 Jun 2026
Phase-I Houselisting and Housing Census under Census 2027 is complete in 23 States and UTs, MHA said on 16 June 2026. Himachal Pradesh began house-to-house visits (till 15 July). Kerala and Nagaland opened self-enumeration till 30 June. Field work is on in Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Puducherry and Uttar Pradesh.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Census phases, self-enumeration.
16 Jun 2026
NSO's PLFS Monthly Bulletin for May 2026 shows urban unemployment for persons aged 15+ at 6.4%, its lowest since May 2025. Overall LFPR was 54.4% and WPR 51.4%. Urban female UR fell to 8.2%; urban male UR held at 5.9%. The bulletin is the fourteenth under the monthly series begun after the January 2025 methodology change.
UPSC angle: Prelims: LFPR, WPR, UR definitions.
15 Jun 2026
The Office of the Economic Adviser, DPIIT, released a revised Wholesale Price Index with base year 2022-23 on 15 June 2026, replacing the 2011-12 series. It also launched Output PPI, a trial Input PPI, and Service PPIs for seven services on the same base. May 2026 WPI inflation printed 9.68% year-on-year.
UPSC angle: Prelims: WPI vs PPI, publishing agency.
15 Jun 2026
The Indian Prime Minister paid a State Visit to Slovakia on 15 June 2026 — the first by an Indian PM since Slovakia's independence in 1993. The two sides elevated ties to a Comprehensive Partnership. They signed a Letter of Intent on defence cooperation and MoUs covering critical infrastructure and post-quantum cryptography, higher education and research, and labour migration.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Slovakia geography (capital Bratislava, Danube).
15 Jun 2026
DRDO successfully flight-tested the Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM) from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha on 15 June 2026. All test objectives were met on data from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur. Aeronautical Development Establishment, Bengaluru, is the nodal laboratory; subsystems are indigenous with industry partners.
UPSC angle: Prelims: cruise vs ballistic missiles.
15 Jun 2026
The Archaeological Survey of India's Underwater Archaeology Wing and the National Museum of Denmark (Njord Centre, Copenhagen) signed an MoU to locate and document the Danish ship Oresund, wrecked off Karaikal, Puducherry, in 1619 CE. It is described as the first Danish ship known to have reached India.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Danish settlements in India.
15 Jun 2026
On the Prime Minister's France visit outcomes released on 14 June 2026, India and France adopted the Innovation Roadmap 2030 and created a Joint AI Working Group on AI governance. The package includes a National Centre of Excellence for skilling in aeronautics at NSTI Kanpur, wider UPI use in France, and ISRO–CNES cooperation on microgravity and human spaceflight.
UPSC angle: Prelims: Horizon 2047, Station F.
14 Jun 2026
India's space economy could rise from about USD 8 to 9 billion now to nearly USD 40 to 45 billion over the next decade, the Science Ministry said on 14 June 2026. Growth is tied to policy reform, private participation and more than 400 space startups. Space tools also feed programmes such as PM Gati Shakti.
UPSC angle: Prelims: IN-SPACe, NSIL.
14 Jun 2026
Project Great Indian Bustard added three chicks in mid-June 2026, taking captive stock to 94 birds, the Environment Ministry said on 14 June. In the fourth year of captive breeding, 26 chicks have hatched so far — 18 by artificial insemination, four by natural breeding and four from wild-collected eggs.
UPSC angle: Prelims: GIB status and habitat.
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