DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 18TH JUNE 2026

World Desertification & Drought Day - 17th June 

World Crocodile Day - 17th June 

1) Ladakh Has Approved The Establishment Of The Snow Leopard And High Altitude Nature Conservation Society ( SHAN) A Dedicated Institutional Mechanism To Conserving Snow Leopard 

2) The Department Of War Announced That The US - INDO Pacific Command ( USINDOPACOM) Will Officially Restore It's Name To The US Pacific Command ( USPACOM)

3) India's Defence Production Reached All Time High Of Rs 1.78 Lakh Crores In FY 2025/26 

* Indigenous Defence Production Has Increase Nearly Four Fold From Rs 43,746 Crores In FY 2013/14 

* PRODUCTION By Defence Public Sector ( 76%) And Private Sector ,(24%) 

* Share Of Private Sector Was 42,000 Crores in FY 25/26 

* DEFENCE Exports 38,424 Crores in FY 2025/26 

4) Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh Gets Prestigious AWARD In India Today - Tourism SURVEY And Awards 2026  ( Best WILDLIFE Destination AWARD) 

5) India Has Restored 21.76 million Hectares Of Degraded And Deforested Land Between 2011 To 2020  ( Report By IUCN) 

6) India And Canada Agree To Launch Negotiation On A General Security Of A Information Agreement ( GSOIA) 

7) India And Thailand Agree To Deepen Collaboration In Manufacturing, Research, Innovation And Capability Development At 10th Defence Dialogue 

8) Professor Robert Thurman, One Of The World's Foremost Scholars Of Buddhism Passed Away.

9) G7 SUMMIT 2026 

- indo - Pacific 

- West Asia 

- Ukraine 

10) Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren Has Launched The DISTRICT SAND BOX To Boost Health Tech Innovation 

11) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Proposed The IMPACT Initiative For Connectivity Project In Africa And Global South At G7 SUMMIT 

12) Kalyani Strategic SYSTEM ( KSS) Has Unveiled It's World's First 155 mm Artillery Gun Mounted On a 4X4 Platform At Eurosatory 2026 In Paris 

13) Nibe Limited Has Successfully Demonstrated On NC - NC Basis The Capability Of GARUDASASTHRA 

* Long Range Of 120mm 

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14) Harshpati Singhania Appointed As New Chairman Of ICC 

15) Union Minister Prahalad JOSHI Has Launched The Green Hydrogen Certification Portal 

16) India WOMAN Set A Target Of 210 For The First Time 200+ In T20I WORLD CUP Game  ( Against Nederlands) 

17) Arunava Das Appointed As CEO Of Incred Capital USA 

18) Axis Bank Has Signed MoU With Birla Institute Of Technology And Science ( BITS) Pilani To Establish Axis BANK - BITS Industry Research 

19) Smriti Mandhana Became The First Cricketer To Completed 600 Fours in T20I 

20) Indian Army Continent Will Travel To ULAANBAATAR, Mangolia To Participate In The 23rd Edition Of Exercise KHAAN QUEST 2026 Multi National Joint Exercise