12 PRODUCTS OF WEST BENGAL GETS GI TAG

* MECHA SANDESH ( BELIATORE IN BANKURA) 

* SHANKHA SHILPA ( FROM HATOGRAM) 

* BENGAL SINGING BOWL ( BIKRAMPUR)

* BOATS & MANOHARA ( FROM BALAGARH, HOOGLY).

* TRADITIONAL CALCUTTA JEWELLERY 

* LAKSHYA FROM PURULIA 

* SILK FROM MURSHIDABAD 

* BRINJAL FROM ASHAPUR ( MALDA)

* WOODEN DOLLS ( PURBA BURDWAN)

* BATIK ( SHANTINIKETAN) ( WAX RESIST DYEING CRAFT) 

* EKTARA ( SHANTINIKETAN )

WORLD'S FIRST HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FACILITY INAUGURATED AT KALPAKKAM

* AJIT KUMAR MOHANTY, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY HAS INAUGURATED THE WORLD'S FIRST HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FACILITY AT IGCAR KALPAKAM ( DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY) DAE 

* USING THE COPPER- CHLORINE THERMOCHEMICAL CYCLE POWRERED BY NUCLEAR HEAT FROM THHE FAST BREEDER TEST REACTOR 

* THIS IS INDIGENOUSLY DEVELOPED BY BARC WITH IGCAR ADVANCED FAST REACTOR EXPERTISE 

* USING NUCLER PROCESS HEAT TO PROCESS HYDROGEN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES DEPENDENCE ON FOSSIL FUELS WHILE ENABLNG CARBON FREE. 

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 27TH JUNE 2026

International Day Against Drug Abuse And Illicit Trafficking - 26th June 

THEME 2026 - The World Drug Problem: Persisting Issue, New Challenges, Innovative Responses 

1) Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu Inaugurated Air India's First Easy Connect Flight From Varanasi 

2) 1993 Batch Telengana Cadre IPS OFFICER Mahesh Dixit Appointed As The New Chief Of Intelligence Bureau ( IB)

3) Shankh Mitra, Indian Origin CEO Has Named World's 2nd Highest Paid CEO 

4) The Keel Of Fourth Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel Under Project 6 NGOPVs For Indian Coast Guard Laid Build By Mazagon dock Shipbuilders LIMITED 

5) BCA President Harsh Vardhan Received The Global Prestige Prize At House Of Lords, UK Parliament 

6) Khurasani Imli ( From Mandu, Madhya Pradesh) Has Gets GI tag 

7) Mizoram Reports Over Rs 1291 Crores Loss due To Disaster And Disease Outbreak 

8) RVNL CMD Saleem Ahmad Gets Additional Charge Of IRCON.

9) 35 Nations Including India Signed US Led Initiative To Build Trusted And Resilient Supply Chain To Power Artificial Intelligence ( AI) Technology At PAX SILLICA SUMMIT 2026 At Washington DC 

10) Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Host The Women's Led Development At SCO Women's Forum 2026 

* Union Minister Annapurna Devi Addressed From India At SUMMIT 

* Union Minister Highlighted The Women's Led SHG ( Self Help Group) Which Are Nearly 100 Million Family, 9 Million Self Help Group 

11) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Inaugurated The Restored 400 Years Old Muzhiyan Kulam At Puducherry 

12) Major Arterial Road In Bengaluru Named After Ex CM S M Krishna 

13) UNION MINISTER Piyush Goyal Has Received The Special Award For Exceptional Leadership In Elevating UK - INDIA Relation At UK - India Award 2026 

14) Odisha Assembly Appointed BJP Chief Whip Pramila Malik As Chairperson Of The Public Account Committee For FY 2026/27 

15) Uber Appoints Arpit Tyagi As Head Of Advertising In India 

16) India Launches The OPERATION AMISTAD To Provide Humanitarian Assistance To Venezuela ( Earthquake Hit) 

17) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Chaired The 10th Apex Level Meeting Of Narco Coordination Centre ( NCORD) In New Delhi 

* Union Minister Unveiled The Vision Document On Drug Control ( 2026-2029) 

* Amit Shah Launched The Online Drugs Disposal Fortnight Campaign 

18) India Handed Over Rs 2.5 billion To Bhutan At The 5th Tranche Towards Economic Stimulation 

19) Shri Sanjay Jaju Has Appointed As Chief Secretary To The GOVERNMENT Of Telengana 

20) Odisha Chief Minister Shri Mohan Charan Majhi Has Unveiled The GO EAST Platform To Accelerate Industrial Growth 

* Odisha Chief Minister Signed On 7 MoU Worth Rs 24,823 Crores And 29,500 Jobs At CII Eastern Region Council Meeting, Bhubaneswar 

* During This Summit Chief Minister Announced The Major Amendment To Odisha's Industrial Policy, Granting THRUST SECTOR STATUS To 15 Districts 

21) Government Simplified The Procedure For Import Of Drugs For Examination, Test Or Analysis Under Drugs Rules 1945 

22) India Finishes With 24 Medals Including 7 Gold, 8 Silver And 9 Bronze Medal At ISSF JUNIOR WORLD CUP Championships 2026 Munich ( table Topper) 

23) HPCL Appoints Srividya Venkataramana As It's New Director ( Finance) 

24) Kargil Observe The Ashura -e- Hussaini Festival

25) Veteran ODIA Journalist Sarat Dash Passed Away 

26) Uber India And South Asia President Prabhjeet Singh Steps Down After 11 Years 

27) Green Pea From Jabalpur, Water Chestnut From Madhya Pradesh Gets GI TAG 

OPERATION AMISTAD

* ON 25TH JUNE 2026 VENEZUELA RECORDED A HIGHEST 7.5 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE 

* INDIA LAUNCHED THE OPERATION AMISTAD TO SUPPORT QUAKE HIT VENEZUELA

* AMISTAD ( SPAINISH MEANING - FRIENDSHIP) 

* INDIA SENDS 41 MEMBERS INDIAN ARMY TEAM FROM 60 PARA FIELD HOSPITAL TO VENEZUELA 

* THE CONTINGENT CARRYING MEDICAL CARE, TRAUMA MANAGEMENT, SURGERY AND CRITICAL CARE INCLUDING THE INDIGENOUSLY DEVELOPED BHISM CUBE UNDER INDIA'S AAROGYA MAITRI PROJECT 

35th & 36th ODISHA STATE FILM AWARDS 2024/25

36th ODISHA STATE FILM AWARDS - 

* BEST FILM - Ashram ( Tapan Kumar Das) 

* BEST DIRECTOR - Ashok Pati ( POWER) 

* BEST LEADING ACTOR - BABUSAN ( POWER) 

* BEST LEADING ACTRESS - Debjani Beguria ( 

* BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - SUKANTA RATHA 

* BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - LIPSA MISHRA ( KEMITI E SAMPARKA) 

* BEST ACTOR ( NEGATIVE) - HARA RATHA (VOTE) 

* BEST ACTRESS ( NEGATIVE) - USASHI MISHRA ( KEMITI E SAMPARKA)

* BEST CHILD ACTOR - LAKSHYA KHURANA ( TUMA BINA) 

* BEST COMEDY ACTOR - JEEVAN PANDA ( ADRUSHYA)

* BEST STORY - AJAY MAHAPATRA ( VOTE) 

* BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - CHINMAY KUMAR DAS ( 

* BEST SCRIPT - VIJAY DAS ( SINDURA)

* BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR - DIBYAJIT SAHU ( PARAB) 

35th ODISHA STATE FILM AWARDS - 

* BEST FILM - PUSHKARA & MY SWEET HOUSE WIFE 

* BEST DIRECTOR - PINAKI SINGH ( MY SWEET HOUSE WIFE) 

* BEST LEADING ACTOR - HARIHAR MAHAPATRA ( DHO RE BABU DHO) 

* BEST LEADING ACTRESS - NAINA DASH & SUPRIYA NAIK ( MY SWEET HOUSE WIFE & PUSHKARA)

* BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - CHAUDHARY JAY PRAKASH DAS ( PHALGUN CHAITRA)

* BEST LEADING ACTRESS - SURYAMAYI MAHAPATRA ( DELIVERY BOY )

* BEST ACTOR ( NEGATIVE) - CHAUDHARI BIKASH DAS ( KATAK SESHARU ARAMBHA)

* BEST ACTOR ( NEGATIVE) - PINKI PRADHAN ( DHO RE BABU DHO) 

* BEST COMEDIAN - SANTOSH KUMAR KANDI ( SHANTI APARTMENT) 

* BEST CHILD ACTRESS - ALYA NANDA ( SHANTI APARTMENT) 

* BEST STORY - PINAKI SRICHANDAN ( 

* BEST SCREENPLAY - PRANAB PRASSANNA RATHA ( PHALGUN CHAITRA)

* BEST EDITOR - BHARADWAJ PANDA ( MANA MUSEUM)

* BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR - SARAT NAYAK ( MANA MUSEUM) 

CENTRE APPOINTS NEW INTELLIGENCE BUREAU CHIEF (IB)

* 1993 BATCH IPS OFFICER FROM TELENGANA CADRE SHRI MAHESH DIXIT HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW CHIEF OF INTELLIGENCE BUREAU (IB) 

THREE MADHYA PRADESH PRODUCT'S GETS GI TAG

* MALWA REGION GARADU ( YAM OR PURPLE YAM) SWEET POTATO 

* BALAM KHEERA ( KIGELIA AFRICANA) 

* INDORI MALWI POTATO GETS GI TAG 

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 26TH JUNE 2026

International Day For Seafarer - 25th June 

1) India Host The BRICS Energy Summit 2026 ( On 25-26th June 2026) 

2) Venezuela Recorded The 7.5 Magnitude Earthquake 

3) Gautam Adani, Chairman Of The Adani GROUP Launched The VANDE BHARATAM ( To Support Innovators, Entrepreneurs)

4) Group Captain SUBHRANSHU SHUKLA Has Launched His Memoir - THE SECOND ORBIT: Belief Of Man 

5) India Elevates It's High Commissioner To Dhaka Dinesh Trivedi To Cabinet Rank.

6) DRDO Officially Awarded The FINAL Operational Clearance ( FOC) To Indigenous Netra Airborne Early Warning And Control ( AEW&C) System To The INDIAN Air Force 

7) Mumbai Based Speed 4 Defence Has Developed Blast Proof Bomb Shelters ( KARAN) 

8) South Korea Host The JEJU FORUM 2026 

9) Dr Krithi K Karanth , CEO Of Wildlife Institute Of India Received The 2026 Rolex National Geographic Explorer Of The Year Award 

10) Agricultural And Processed Food Product Export Development Authority ( APEDA) Fascilate First Biscuit Export Shipment From Varanasi To Oman 

11) LIC Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Sunil Agarwal Has Resigned.

12) Researchers From IIT Bombay Led By Professor Gopal Dixit Department Of Physics, Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research And IIT Hyderabad Have Developed A Nobel Optics Technique To Distinguish Between Mirror Image Molecule - Known As Entantiomers 

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13) Chairman Emeritus And Founder Promoter Of GR Infra Vinod Kumar Agarwal Passed Away 

14) 1998 BATCH IAS OFFICER Y Srilakshmi Appointed As Andhra Pradesh Special Chief Secretary 

15) 1991 Batch Uttar Pradesh Cadre IPS OFFICER Alok Sharma Gets Extended As Director Special Protection GROUP ( SPG) For Another 9 Months 

16) Music Composer A R RAHMAN Gets Academy Of Achievement Award At Washington 

17) Vice President Shri C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Unveiled The BOOK - SANSKRITIR RATNA BHANDAR: Bhaowaiyar Itibritto 

18) 2006 batch IRS & C & IT Gurkaran Singh Bains Appointed As Director Of Customs, Mauritius Revenue Authority For Three Years 

19) FIFA Has Suspended The All Nepal Football Association (ANFA)

A R RAHMAN RECEIVED ACADEMY OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

* INDIAN MUSIC DIRECTOR, COMPOSER A R RAHMAN RECEIVED THE ACADEMY OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BY US 

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 25TH JUNE 2026

1) Odisha's Three Personality Gets The Padma Awards 

* Charan Hembram ( Santali Educator) 

* Sarat Kumar Patra ( Ikat Weaver) 

* Simanchal Patra ( Prahalad Natak Folk Theatre Artist) 

2) 1997 Batch IAS OFFICER Shri Shyam Jagannathan Has Gets Approved The Extension By ACC As Director General Of Shipping For Next Two Years.

3) Devina Gehlot Has Secured All India Rank 1 In CUET (UG) 2026 

4) Dr Binoy George Appointed As Indian Ambassador To Oriental Republic Of Uruguay.

5) Bangladesh Became The New Member Of International Big Cat Alliance 

6) Former Indian Women's Hockey Team Captain Savita Punia Honoured With Padmasri 

7) NLC India Renewable Limited And OREDA Have Signed A Joint Venture Agreement To Develop 1000 MW Of Renewable Energy Project In State.

* 250 MW Wind Power 

* 225 MW Floating Solar Power Project 

8) Two Vijayanagar Era Inscription Discovered In Tirupati District 

* According To ASI 16th Sanctuary Emperor Sadasiva Raya 

9) Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar Host The 65th National Inter State Senior Athletics Championships 

10) England Woman's Cricketer Kathrine - Sciver Brunt Honoured With Order Of British Empire ( OBE) 

11) NITI AYOG Launched The 8th Edition Of Trade Watch Quarterly 

12) Researchers At IIT ROORKEE Have Uncovered A Critical Metabolic Vulnerability In Multi Drug Resistant Pathogen Acinetobacter Baumannii Offering A New Sight For Combating Antimicrobial Resistance.

13) SAIL Rourkela Plant Has Launched A CO2 Dashboard, 

* A First Of Its Kind Digital Platform With 100% ERP - SAP Based Data Integration To Strengthen To It's Decarbonisation Efforts 

14) ODISHA Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Inaugurated The 14th Multi Agency MARITIME Security GROUP POLICY ( MAMSG) Meeting 

15) ICAR - IVRI Scientist Developed a Cow Dung Sheep Wool BIOComposite Roofing Material That Reduce Heat Stress In Livestock Sheds 

16) Uttarkhand Forest Minister Subodh Uniyal Inaugurated Operation Monsoon 2026 - In Corbett Tiger Reserve 

17) India Ranked 13th In Globally QS World Future Skill Index 2027 

18) India Plans To Recover green BOOTS The Mountaineer Whose Body Serves As Everest Warning ( ITBP Launched The MISSION) 

19) The Kerala Excise Department Has Launched The OPERATION SHUDDHI , A Massive Statewide Drive Featuring Continuous Raids And Chemical Testing To Eliminate Adulterated Toddy.

20) HAL KORAPUT Has Delivered 1000th Repair And Overhauled ( ROH) AL 31FP Engine To Indian Air force 

21) Senior IAS OFFICER Biswanath Sinha Appointed As Next Chief Secretary Of Kerala.

22) The Central Industrial Security Force ( CISF) Unit Deployed At The Aviation Security Group ( ASG,) Delhi Has Successfully Secured The Renewal Of ISO 9001: 2015 Quality Management System Certification 

23) Meghalaya Ai Powered Based Breast Cancer Screening Initiative Has Gets SKOCH AWARD 

24) Vice President Shri C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Released The Book VIP CULTURE IN INDIA: Power, Privilege And The Distance From The Democracy ( Author - Former MP SHRI Nabam Rebia 

25) Harbans Singh Dhiman, Punjabi Singer Linguist Gurmukhi Script Expert Passed Away.

TWO NEW GI TAG FROM MADHYA PRADESH

* SEONI'' JUMBO CUSTARD APPLE OF MADHYA PRADESH GET'S GI TAG.

* BURHANPUR BANANA GETS GI TAG ( MADHYA PRADESH) 

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NEW HEAD OOF WHTSAPP ( INDIAN)

*  Meta Appoints CRED FOUNDER Kunal Shah To Led WhatsApp To Head 

* HE AS CO- FOUNDER OF FREECHARGE 

* HE FOUNDED THE CRED APP