DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 20TH JUNE 2026

World Sickle Cell Awareness Day - 19th June 

THEME 2026 - Closing The Survival Gap; Equity In Sickle Cell Diseases 

1) Union Minister For State Ranveer Bittu Has Declared The Historic Qadian - Beas Railway Line Project Revived After 100 Years. ( 39.68 km Broad - Gauge Corridor To Develop At An Estimated Cost Of Rs 1400 Crores) 

2) Scientists Have Developed A Newly Electrolyte Additive, That Can Contribute To The Development Of Safer, Longer And Long Lasting And More Affordable Rechargeable Zinc Batteries.

* Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries ( AZIBs) Are Low Cost, Safe And Sustainable Alternative To Lithium ion Batteries.

3) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Inaugurated The North East's Largest Organic Spice Processing Unit - Eastern Ri Bhoi FPC In Meghalaya 

* Also Laid Foundation Stone Of Development Project Worth Rs 1246 Crores In Meghalaya 

4) 2000 Batch IPS OFFICER Meenu Chaudhary Has Appointed As The Inspector General In Sashastra Seema Bal ( SSB) 

5) An MoU Signed Between The Energy Department, Government Of Odisha And Tony Blair Institute For Global Change To Support The Development Of Odisha's Energy Roadmap.

6) Kumbhalgarh Wildlife SANCTUARY Set To Be The Rajasthan 's 6th Tiger Reserve 

7) Germany Goal Keeper Manuel Neuer Set To Retire Post FIFA WORLD CUP 

8) KERALA Revised BUDGET 2026/27 

9) Prime Minister Narendra Gifted CARAKA SANHITA To Speaker Of Slovakia ( Richard Rasi) 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Gifted Brass Dokra Antelope Set To PRESIDENT Of Slovakia ( Made From Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal) 

* Prime minister Narendra Modi Gifted Kashmir Silk Carpet To Prime Minister Of SLOVAKIA 

* PRIME Minister Narendra Modi GIFTED Sushruta Sahmita To Speaker Of SLOVAKIA 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Gifted Pochampally Silk To President Of France Emmanuel Macron's Wife 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Gifted Handicrafted Thewa Motif Cufflinks ( Of Pratapgarh) To President Of SLOVAKIA ( Peter Pellegrini) 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Gifted Himroo Silk Tie And Pocket Square ( Himroo Is A Reversible Weave)

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Gifted Hand Crafted KALAMKARI PAINTING ( From Andhra Pradesh) To French President 

* Prime minister Narendra Modi Gifted Thekua To Speaker Of SLOVAKIA ( Bihar) 

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10) On 19th June 1981 ISRO Launched It's First Indigenous Communication Satellite APPLE THROUGH ESA Ariane -1 

11) Tamilnadu Assembly Has Passed The Unanimous Resolution Strongly Opposing Karnataka Proposed Mekadatu Project Across The Cauvery RIVER 

12) Indian Ambassador In Nepal Naveen Srivastava Inaugurated The India Funded Dormitory In Mustang 

13) Three Indian Language Are In Top 10 List At GLOBAL Speaks List 

14) New Delhi Host The 26th All India Fingerprint Conference 2026