Sunday, 21 June 2026

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 15TH TO 21ST JUNE 2026

World BLOOD Donor Day - 14th June 

THEME 2026 - One Drop Of Humanity, Give Blood Save Lives 


1) Archaeology Survey Of India (ASI) Found An Ancient Rock Art At Nallamala FOREST.

2) Veteran Naturalist And Birder V Guruswami ( Known For Conservation) Passed Away.

3) 3 Products From Bihar Gets GI TAG.

4) IIT MADRAS Develops An Indigenous E- Waste Pilot PLANT.

5) Indian Recurve Mixed Team Dhiraj Bommadevara And Kumkum Mohod Wins Gold At ARCHERY World Cup 2026 

6) SMARTER THAN STORM Book Author - Amitabh Kant 



7) Dhiraj Bommadevara Wins Gold In The Antalya Archery World Cup 

8) NICE , France Host The Bharat Innovates 2026 
( Startup, Higher Education For 14-16th June 2026) 


1) Donna Vekic Clinched The Women's Single Title At HSBC Championship (Queens Title) 2026 

2) India - France Launched The ALT - Bridge To Strengthen Bilateral Innovation Through School Innovation Labs.

* Letter Of Intent SIGNED Between Two Countries At Nice, Bharat INNOVATIVE 2026 France.

3) Prime Minister Narendra Modi On Visit To Slovakia, First' PRIME MINISTER OF India Since Independence.

4) Veteran Squash PLAYER Joshna Chinnapa Qualify For The Asian Games For 7th Consecutive Times.

5) At Bharat INNOVATIVE 2026 , Viasat And Wisig ( IIT  Hyderabad) Network Collaborate To Test 5G NB- NTN Chipset Solution For Global Satellite 

6) EVIAN, France To Host The 52nd Edition Of G7 SUMMIT.

( G7 Members - Canada, FRANCE, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, US & EU) 

* France Has Invited India, Brazil, Egypt, Kenya, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Syria, Ukraine, UAE,) 

7) Dr S Misra, Scientist At Birbal Sahani Institute Of Palaeo science ( BSIP) Received The Prestigious Mani Shankar Shukla Gold Medal 

8) Arunachal Pradesh Artist Rumi Taki And Domin Karbak To Received The Sangeet Natak Academy Award 

9) KERALA Government Has Launched The PRIYADARSHINI Scheme ) ( To Give Free Travel For Woman And Transgender in State) 

10) UNIVO APPOINTS Nitin Golani As Its CEO.

11) The Iconic Dancing Girl Of Mohenjo-Daro, 4500 Years Old Years Bronze Figure Subject Added To NCERT Book, 



12) Writer Indira Lankesh Passed Away.



13) Ashoka University Appoints Professor Risikesha T Krishnan As It's Next Vice Chancellor.

14) Rohitasya Roy Has Appointed As The New Advocate General Of Jharkhand.

15) Lewis Hamilton Wins The Barcelona GRAND Prix 

16) The United Kingdom Has Banned Access To Social Media Platform For Children Under The Age Of 16.

17) Bharat Innovates Announced The Incubator Innovation Bridge, A Dedicated Platform To Support Innovators ( Co- Chaired By IIT DELHI & IIT BOMBAY) 

18) Pema Choden Bhutia Crowned The Miss Universe Sikkim 2026 



19) Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma HAs Conferred With The YUGDRASTHA Title By Assam State Freedom Fighters Association.

20) Flight Cadet DIVYANSHI SINGH Set To BECOME INDIA'S FIRST WOMAN Trained At The National Defence Academy (NDA) In Pune To Commission Into The Ground Duty Branch Of Indian Air Force ( IAF) 

21) The Nuclear Power Corporation Of India Limited ( NPCIL) Has Constructed a Milestone At Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project ( KKNPP) Unit 5 With The Successful Erection Of The Reactor Pressure Vessel ( RPV) Inside The Reactor Building 

* Weighing Approximately 320 Tonnes 

* Nuclear Fission Takes Place In The Core 

* This Efforts Combined Done By NPCIL , Atom Stroy Export (ASE) Russian Federation, 

* The Unit 1 & 2 Project Already Helped Avoid Of Approximately 112 Million Tonnes Of CO2 Emissions 


22) New Delhi To Host The Asian Senior Fencing Championships 2026 ( 19th To 24th June 2026) 

23) The New Terminal Of Guwahati Airport, Assam Has Been Featured At The Prestigious Prix Versatile World's Most Beautiful Airport List 2026 

24) Union Minister Prahlad JOSHI Has Launched The First Ever Wind Supply Chain PORTAL 

25) Telengana Government Signed MoU with Iran Noor International Microfilm Centre To Digitise And Preserved 737 Manuscript, 3091 Painting, 14522 Books 

26) Former Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt General Vijay Oberoi Passed Away.

* Retired on  30th September 2001 

* He Was Participated In 1965 War 

* He Served As The Founder Director Of The Centre For Land Warfare Studies ( CLAWS) 

* He Served As The Director - General Military Operations, Army Commander Of The Army Training Command ( ARTRAC) 



27) AGATTHIYAR - The Unifier Book Launched By Vice President C P RADHAKRISHNAN 

World Turtle Day - 16th June 

THEME 2026 - TURTLE PROTECTOR PLEDGE 

1) The High Commission of India In Colombo Organised a Round Table Titled - Rupee To Rupee : Strengthening The India: Srilanka Commercial Corridors 

2) Ambassador ( Retired) Preeti Saran Has Been Nominated As The Vice Chair Of The Human Rights Treaty Bodies ( UN Treaty Bodies) 

3) ASI India And The National Museum Of Denmark, Njord Centre For Maritime And Under Water Cultural Heritage, Copenhagen Have Signed MoU To Undertake Collaborative Under Water Archaeological Project.

4) Indian Woman Cricketer Smriti Mandhana The Only Indian To In The 100 TIMES Most Influential Sports Person 

5) Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra Has Unveiled The Statue Of Shri Swami Vivekananda At Chicago Consulate.

6) Union Government Constitute The Search - Cum - Selection Committee For National Sports Board Under NSG Act 2025 

* Cabinet Secretary Shri T V Somanthan Headed The 5 Member - Nationals Sports Board Search Cum Selection Committee 


7) Researchers From Arunachal Pradesh Have Identified A New Butterfly Species 

* SPECIES Named - CHONALA ALBISTRICTA 



8) Indian Council Of Agricultural Research ( ICAR) Has Developed The World's First Genome Edited Rice Varieties 

* DRR DHAN 100 
* DST Rice 1 

9) INDIA AND I : A Hundred Memories Not Memoir Book Author - S Y QURAISHI 

10) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu Has Announced The Launch Of TRACTION 2026 - First Of Its Kind Residency And Film Challenge 

11) G7 SUMMIT EVIAN Begins 

Theme 2026 - Addressing GLOBAL IMBALANCE 

12) Union Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare Amends Drugs Rules 1945, Exemption Of Sale Of Cough Syrup In Small Villages Withdraw 

* Prescription Is Mandatory For Everywhere 


13) Sikkim Zuluk Wins The Most Instragrammable Landscape Award At India Today Tourism SURVEY 2026 

14) ICAR Institutes Ranking in 2026 

* QS World University Ranking 2026 - 

- 151-200 Global Ranking In Agriculture & Forestry 

* NIRF Ranking 2025/26 

- Rank 1 - In Agriculture & Allied Sectors 

- Rank 2 - Sustainable Institute 

* EDU Rank ( Global) 

- Agriculture Ranking ( in India - 1, 7th In Asia And 47 In World) 

_ in Forestry ( 1 In India & 91 In World) 

* GLOBAL UNIVERSITY RANKING - 

- 153 In World Environment 

* CENTRE FOR WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING - 

- 1235 In Global University Ranking 

- 27 National Rank 

15) Dr Morag Park Has Appointed As The New President And Scientific Director Of Gairdner Foundation 

16) Adani Ports And Special Economic Zone Limited ( APSEZ ) Has Signed A Multi Year Agreement With Kaleris As A Part Of It's Borders 2030 Objective Involves An Outlay Of USD 850 Million 

17) India And Japan Have Adopted The Rules Of Implementation For Joint Crediting Mechanisms ( JCM) Under Articles 6.2 Of The Paris Agreement For Enhancing Cooperation On Climate Action, GREEN House Gas Emissions Reduction And Sustainable Development Initiative 

18) India Hosted The 28th Meeting Of The Committee Of Senior Official ( CSO) Of The IORA At New Delhi 
World Desertification & Drought Day - 17th June 

THEME 2026 - Rangelands: Recognize, Respect Restore 

World Crocodile Day - 17th June 

THEME 2026 - Legacy In Every Scale 

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 


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 


1) IIT Delhi Ranked 118 In QS World Ranking 2026 


2) Scientists From Pune Have Develops The Fingerprint Test For Authentic Jamun Honey.

3) Manpreet Singh Has Created History Becoming  Playing Most Matches ( 413 Matches) In Hockey ( India's Legend Dilip Tirkey Appeared In 412 Games) 

4) THE Book RISE: The Deep Resilience Author - Dr Neena Verma Honoured WITH Yashwashi SAHITYA SAMMAN By Kalinga Literary Festival At Kathmandu 

5) MSME MINISTRY To Host The First BRICS MSME Forum And Third SME Working Group Meeting In Agra, Uttar Pradesh 

Theme 2026 - Building For Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation And Sustainably 

6) The 100th Indigenous BRAHMOS Booster Has Been Flagged Off In Nagpur By BRAHMOS Aerospace And Solar Industries 


7) Researchers From MIST Lab At IIT Bhilai Have Developed Doc - Protector, An Innovative AI Powered Framework Document Forgery Detection 

8) Christine Klein Appointed As The Director Of Controlling European Space Agency (ESA) 

9) Saswat Panigrahi Received The DEVARSHI NARADA Samman 

10) Bata India APPOINTS Sanjay Rao As MD & CEO.

11) The Bombay Stock exchange ( BSE) Has Launched The BSE Saatvik 100 Index, India's First Stock Market Index Based On Saatvik Principle 

12) Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav Has Inaugurated The Jabil's New Advanced Manufacturing Facility And An Export Centric Data Centre Ecosystem At Pune 

13) Brazil Host The 16th International Meeting On Pharmacopoeias 

14) Veteran Marathi Artist Prasad Savkar Passed Away.

15) Senior Patna High court Advocate SD Sanjay Become Bihar's New Attorney General 

16) Dangmei Grace, Indian Woman Footballer Recently Who Won SAFF WOMEN'S TITLE Has Announced Retirement 

17) CSIR - NIIST Director Dr C Anandharamakrishnan Recognised Among The World Food Prize 

18) NPCIL Has Announced That Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS) Unit 1 & 2 Are With TAPS -2 Successfully Synchronised The National Grid 

19) Indian Coast Guard Has COMMISIONED The First Indigenously Produced Hovercraft - H-561 Build By Chowgule Shipyard At Goa 

20) India' Has Overtaken South Korea To Become World's 5th Largest Manufacturing Economy ( USD 781 BILLION) 

21) Reserve Bank of India ( RBI) Approved The Extension Of Keki Mistry As HDFC Bank Interim Chairman 

22) Hyderabad Born Diabetes Specialist Dr Wasim Hanif Has CONFERRED With The Officer Of The Order Of The British Empire ( OBE) 




 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) 


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 



International Yoga Day - 21st June 


THEME 2026 - YOGA FOR HEALTHY AGEING 

1) Garden Reach Shipbuilders And Engineering (GRSE) Limited Gets Navaratna STATUS.

2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Along With President Droupadi MURMU Have Laid Foundation Stone of India's First Commercial Scale Coal To Ammonium Nitrate Project In Jharsuguda, Odisha 

* World's 2nd Largest Coal Producer 

* The Project Being Developed By Bharat Coal Gasification And Chemical LIMITED ( BCGCL) A Joint Venture Of Coal India Limited And BHEL 



2) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Has Launched The NCRB - ABHIGYAN, CrPI, e-prosecution 2.0, Application At 26th All India Fingerprint Conference 2026 New Delhi 

* ABHIGYAN - A Next Generation Fingerprint Identification Platform That Gives Police Access To Over 1.29 Crores Fingerprint Records Through The NATIONAL Automated Fingerprint Identification SYSTEM 

* Suspect Identification In 35 Seconds 


3) Professor Jainendra Jain Became The First Indian To Win Prestigious WOLF Prize 2026 In Physics.

4) Neeraj Chopra Finishes Fourth At Doha Diamond LEAGUE.

* Rumesh Tharanga Ranked FIRST With 88.68 Meter ( Srilanka) 

5) An International Collaboration From Nalanda University, MAHE MANIPAL, Nagaland University, AND Teri Has Scoured 22km Stretch Of Brahamani River, Odisha For Microplastic, It's Carrying Toxic Cargo Of Chromium, Copper, Zinc, Cadmium, ( An Ecologically Sensitive Delta) 

6) Indian - Australian Scientist Professor Rajeev Varshney Named Among The World's Top Agri Food Pioneer. ( BY World Food Prize Foundation) 

7) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Inaugurated The Jowai - Nartiang - Kdiap - Khanduli ( JNKK) Road At Wahiajer Football Stadium In Meghalaya 

8) 1998 Batch IFS OFFICER Vishvas Vidu Sapkal Has Appointed As India's Next Ambassador To Slovak Republic.

9) The Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare Has Issued a Notification Under Section 26 A Of The Drug And Cosmetic Act 1940 

* Prohibiting The Manufacture The Sale, Sale And Distribution For Human Use Of 16 Fixed Dose Combination (FDC,)


10) Tunisia Vs Japan Marked The 1000th FIFA Games 

11) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma Has Launched The ONDC - Digi Dukaan Initiative 

12) Lt Governor Of Delhi Taranjit Singh Sandhu Inaugurated The First Ever Woman Police Station Of Delhi 

13) IIT ROORKEE Researchers Have Identified Key Bioactive Compound In Ayurvedic Cow Urine Distillate ( Demonstrating The Significant Anti Viral Activity Against The Chickengunya Virus 

14) India's First 8 Lane Road Tunnel Beneath A Wildlife SANCTUARY Open On Delhi - Mumbai Expressway 

15) An Indian Army Observer Participated For The First Time In The OPERATION RENDER SAFE -2026 At East New Britain, Papua New Guinea From 15-19th June 2026 

* It Is Aimed To Enhance The Inter Operability And Cooperation In The Unexploded Ordnance ( UXO) And Explosive Remnants OF War (ERW) 

16) Indian Army's Lt General Manish Luthra Has Appointed As The GOC In C Of II STRIKE Corps 

17) The Brahmaputra Board Has Launched The Basisth Riverfront Development Project At Guwahati 

18) Bolivia Declared The State Of Emergency Because Of Economic Pressure 

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