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- India became the 123rd WTO member to accept the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, promoting sustainable fishing while protecting marine resources and supporting responsible seafood trade.
- The revised Index of Core Industries with 2022–23 as the base year recorded 5% growth in June 2026, with iron ore added as the ninth core industry.
- Harjit Singh Grewal was appointed Chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities for a three-year term to strengthen the protection of minority rights.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Mangal Pandey, whose 1857 Barrackpore uprising became a symbol of India’s First War of Independence.
- The Allahabad High Court issued notices to the Centre and ASI on a petition seeking permission for a survey of the Taj Mahal in Agra.
- The Falkland Islands returned to the spotlight after Argentina revived its sovereignty claim during the 2026 FIFA World Cup celebrations.
- The India–Estonia Business Forum in Tallinn strengthened cooperation in digital technology, cybersecurity, innovation, and bilateral trade.
- The WTO Fisheries Agreement provides developing countries with a transition period and financial support while discouraging harmful fishing subsidies worldwide.
- The revised Core Industries Index aligns more closely with the Index of Industrial Production, offering a more accurate measure of India’s industrial growth.
- Estonia reaffirmed its partnership with India by expanding collaboration in digital innovation, cybersecurity, startups, and emerging technologies.
- India’s cotton production has declined by nearly 2% annually since 2014–15 despite having the world’s largest cotton cultivation area and contributing around 20% of global cotton output.
- The government launched the Mission for Cotton Productivity (2026–31) to increase cotton production through high-yielding varieties, better technology, and expanded cultivation across 140 districts.
- Rising unemployment among India’s Gen Z, especially graduates, highlights a widening gap between higher education and quality employment, with low job security and limited formal work opportunities.
- Mission Golden Spice was launched to promote Meghalaya’s GI-tagged Lakadong turmeric, aiming to expand cultivation, strengthen the value chain, and double farmers’ incomes by 2030.
- The European Commission unveiled the Electrification Action Plan to increase electricity’s share in energy consumption to 46% by 2040 while reducing fossil fuel dependence and boosting clean energy.
- India condemned the attack on cargo vessel MV GOLDEN LEO near Ukraine’s Odesa Port, where four Indian nationals lost their lives, highlighting the strategic importance of the Black Sea region.
- A methane gas explosion inside the Teesta Hydroelectric Project tunnel in Sikkim highlighted the dangers of methane accumulation in confined underground spaces due to its high explosion and suffocation risks.
- The Ministry of Culture invited applications under the Kala Sanskriti Vikas Yojana (KSVY) to support artists, preserve cultural heritage, promote Guru-Shishya traditions, and strengthen India’s creative economy.
- At the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2026 in Shanghai, 29 countries agreed to establish the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation (WAICO) to promote global AI governance.
- France became the first European Union country to ban social media access for children under 15 years, joining global efforts to address cyberbullying, mental health concerns, and excessive screen time.
- India aims to establish a fully digital Criminal Justice System by July 2027 through the Interoperable Criminal Justice System (ICJS), integrating police, courts, prisons, prosecution, and forensic agencies to ensure faster, transparent, and technology-driven justice delivery.
- India’s rural credit system continues to strengthen financial inclusion through banks, NABARD, SHGs, and schemes like KCC and PM-DDKY, reducing dependence on moneylenders while improving access to affordable agricultural finance.
- The Draft CAFE-III Norms, applicable from FY 2027–28, set stricter fuel-efficiency standards for passenger vehicles, encouraging electric, hybrid, and flex-fuel vehicles to reduce emissions and crude oil dependence.
- The Centre approved the PARIVARTAN Scheme to replace old commercial vehicles in the NCR with BS-VI and electric vehicles through incentives, tax benefits, and digital integration, helping improve regional air quality.
- The CapaCITIES Programme completed 10 years, releasing new climate toolkits and a roadmap to strengthen municipal climate action, helping Indian cities achieve low-carbon and climate-resilient development.
- The Indian Navy commissioned INS Mahendragiri, an indigenously built Project 17A stealth frigate equipped with BrahMos missiles and advanced radar systems, boosting India’s maritime strength and self-reliance.
- India remains the world’s largest cotton cultivation area, but declining production, pest resistance, climate risks, and low productivity have prompted new initiatives like the Mission for Cotton Productivity and PM MITRA.
- Rising unemployment among India’s Gen Z, especially graduates, highlights concerns over skill gaps, automation, limited formal jobs, and weak employment security despite the country’s demographic advantage.
- Mission Golden Spice was launched to promote Meghalaya’s GI-tagged Lakadong turmeric by expanding cultivation, strengthening the value chain, and positioning it as a premium global spice over the next five years.
- The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2026 in Shanghai focused on AI innovation and global governance, where 29 countries agreed to establish the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation (WAICO), though India is not a founding member.
- India’s legal framework generally supports identifiable and accountable policing, with the Supreme Court’s D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal (1997) judgment emphasizing visible police identification during arrests and promoting transparency in the use of coercive powers.
- The PM-YASASVI Scheme provides scholarships, hostel support, and educational assistance to students from OBC, EBC, and DNT communities with annual family income below ₹2.5 lakh, while ensuring reservations for girls and Persons with Disabilities.
- The SMILE Scheme aims to rehabilitate transgender persons and individuals engaged in begging through scholarships, shelter homes, healthcare, skill development, livelihood support, and social reintegration across hundreds of cities.
- The Government has strengthened the role of Fast-Track Courts (FTCs) to ensure quicker disposal of priority cases, including NEET paper leak cases, though infrastructure gaps and regional disparities continue to affect their effectiveness.
- India has permitted Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the inventory-based e-commerce model, a major policy shift expected to boost exports, increase MSME participation, and expand India’s cross-border e-commerce potential.
- The Parliamentary Standing Committee has recommended a dedicated regulatory framework for Virtual Digital Assets (VDAs) to address fraud, consumer protection, market integrity, and regulatory uncertainty amid growing crypto adoption.
- The SOFI Report 2026 notes that global hunger has declined for the third consecutive year, but billions of people still cannot afford a healthy diet due to rising food costs, weak supply chains, and persistent malnutrition.
- India’s Credit–Deposit (CD) Ratio reached a 62-year high of 82.6% in Q1 FY 2026–27, reflecting strong lending activity driven by rising credit demand and supported by factors such as deposit growth, monetary policy, and asset quality.
- India and Panama have strengthened maritime cooperation, with Panama continuing to hold strategic importance because of the Panama Canal, one of the world’s busiest shipping routes connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
- The nation commemorated freedom fighters Batukeshwar Dutt and Thiru Subramania Siva, recognizing their significant contributions to India’s independence movement through revolutionary activities, labour mobilization, nationalist writings, and public leadership.
- The Rome Declaration for an Unarmed and Disarming Peace urges an international treaty to prevent artificial intelligence and autonomous systems from accessing nuclear weapons launch mechanisms.
- The declaration emphasizes that all decisions involving nuclear weapons must remain under meaningful human control, prohibiting AI from making final launch decisions.
- Project Kusha is India’s indigenous long-range air defence system being developed by DRDO to detect, track, and neutralize a wide range of aerial threats.
- The Kusha air defence system features a three-tier interceptor architecture with engagement ranges of up to 350–400 km, strengthening India’s multi-layered defence capabilities.
- Anurag Jain, a 1989-batch IAS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog for a two-year term.
- The Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award 2025 recognizes outstanding achievements and lifelong contributions in adventure sports across land, water, air, and lifetime achievement categories.
- The 16th BRICS Health Ministers’ Meeting adopted the BRICS Health Ministerial Declaration to promote Universal Health Coverage and strengthen global pandemic preparedness.
- Samudra Pradakshina became India’s first all-women tri-service sailing expedition to successfully circumnavigate the globe aboard the indigenous yacht IASV Triveni.
- China’s Gravity-1 (YinLi-1) is the world’s most powerful commercial all-solid-propellant medium-lift launch vehicle, capable of launching satellites into multiple Earth orbits.
- The National Olympiad Programme enabled Indian students to achieve an outstanding performance at the 2026 International Olympiads, winning 12 gold and 7 silver medals.
- Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh has been inscribed as India’s 45th UNESCO World Heritage Site, becoming the fourth UNESCO site in the state.
- The Government of India launched DISHA 2.0 with an outlay of ₹255 crore (2026–2031) to improve access to legal services through digital technology and legal awareness.
- The Union Cabinet approved the BHAVYA Rasayan Scheme to establish three plug-and-play Chemical Parks for boosting India’s chemical manufacturing sector.
- India participated in the 16th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Manila and stressed the importance of secure and free international waterways.
- India condemned the attack on the commercial vessel MV OMORFI in the Black Sea, highlighting the region’s growing strategic and geopolitical importance.
- Researchers developed ContactSeek, an AI-based tool that improves the precision and safety of DNA base editing by reducing unwanted genetic changes.
- Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won the gold medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, becoming the second Indian athlete to win three consecutive individual CWG gold medals.
- The Ken–Betwa Link Project continues to face protests over issues related to environmental impact, displacement, and compensation.
- India hosted the 3rd BRICS Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction, where members adopted a joint statement to strengthen disaster resilience and cooperation.
- India observed the 27th Kargil Vijay Diwas in 2026 with nationwide events to honour the bravery and sacrifice of the Armed Forces.
- Pyrocumulonimbus (Fire Clouds) are thunderstorm-like clouds formed by the extreme heat of large wildfires. They generate strong winds, lightning, and unpredictable weather, making wildfires spread faster and become more destructive.
- The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 proposes Special Task Forces, Fast Track Courts, stricter penalties, and time-bound investigations to curb exam malpractices and improve transparency.
- India is strengthening its sports ecosystem through record budget allocations, the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS), KIRTI, and the Khelo India initiative to develop world-class athletes and achieve long-term Olympic success.
- The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), established in 1966, works to harmonise international trade laws, and India remains one of only eight countries with continuous membership since its inception.
- The proposed removal of BitChat repositories has reignited the debate between national security and digital privacy, highlighting the challenges of regulating encrypted, decentralised communication platforms.
- Sri City in Andhra Pradesh is being considered for dry port status, a move expected to improve customs clearance, reduce logistics costs, and strengthen inland connectivity for international trade.
- India aims to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030 through the National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme, focusing on vaccination, early diagnosis, and expanded access to treatment.
- DRDO has successfully developed India’s first indigenous expendable 350-kg thrust turbojet engine, boosting self-reliance in defence technology for cruise missiles, UAVs, and drone platforms.
- NASA’s PRAXIS mission concept proposes direct in-situ exploration of planetary rings using AI-enabled autonomous systems to collect and analyse ring particles without returning samples to Earth.
- Climate change is contributing to the increasing frequency of extreme wildfire events and Fire Clouds, as rising temperatures, prolonged droughts, and longer wildfire seasons create ideal conditions for their formation.
- The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has introduced the TV Ratings Policy 2026, making MIB the sole regulator, lowering entry barriers, expanding audience measurement across Cable, DTH, Connected TV and OTT, increasing metered homes, mandating audits, ensuring DPDP Act compliance and introducing graded penalties to improve transparency and accuracy.
- International Tiger Day (29 July) highlights global tiger conservation, with India hosting around 70% of the world’s wild tigers (3,682 as per AITE 2022), supported through Project Tiger, NTCA, M-STrIPES, CaTRAT and international initiatives like IBCA and Global Tiger Forum.
- ESIC has extended the Atal Beemit Vyakti Kalyan Yojana (ABVKY) till 30 June 2027, providing eligible insured workers facing involuntary unemployment with financial assistance of up to 50% of average daily earnings for a maximum of 90 days while continuing healthcare benefits.
- The Undavalli Caves in Andhra Pradesh, dating back to the 4th–5th century CE, gained attention during the Telugu Mahotsavam for their four-storeyed monolithic rock-cut architecture and unique evolution from Jain to Buddhist and later Hindu religious associations.
- Yemen’s Houthi blockade announcement has renewed focus on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a vital maritime chokepoint linking the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, crucial for global oil trade and India’s commerce with Europe through the Suez Canal.
- India has become the world’s second-largest supplier of seafarers with nearly 3.12 lakh maritime professionals, contributing significantly to the global officer and ratings workforce while aiming to achieve a 20% global share under Mission 20%.
- A 7.1 magnitude earthquake on Japan’s Kyushu Island has highlighted its strategic and geographical importance as the country’s southernmost major island, known for its semiconductor industry and nickname “Silicon Island.”
- The TV Ratings Policy 2026 strengthens governance by restricting cross-holdings, requiring at least one-third independent directors in rating agencies, excluding landing-page viewership from ratings and mandating annual independent audits.
- India’s tiger conservation framework is backed by the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, with 58 tiger reserves covering about 2.56% of the country’s geographical area and mandatory Tiger Conservation Plans for every reserve.
- The Bab el-Mandeb Strait remains one of the world’s most strategic shipping routes, handling around 9.3 million barrels of crude oil and petroleum products daily, with any disruption increasing freight costs, insurance premiums and supply chain challenges globally.
- Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation over the NEET-UG paper leak has renewed focus on democratic accountability, which ensures public authorities remain answerable for their decisions and actions.
- India is preparing to adopt Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), a renewable alternative to jet fuel that can reduce lifecycle CO₂ emissions by up to 80%, with a phased blending target of 1% by 2027 and 5% by 2030.
- The Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), developed by ICAO, aims to limit emissions from international aviation through carbon offsetting, though India has opted out of its voluntary phases.
- India abstained from voting on ILO Convention No. 193, citing concerns that stronger labour protections for gig workers could increase compliance costs and affect the growth of its digital platform economy.
- Several countries, including the European Union, Spain, Singapore and the United States, have adopted different approaches to gig-worker regulation, while India continues to expand protections through the Code on Social Security, 2020 and the e-Shram portal.
- India’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) recorded a strong 7.3% growth in June 2026, with the revised 2022–23 base year introducing a broader product basket and updated methodology for measuring industrial performance.
- The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) celebrated its 88th Raising Day, highlighting its key role in internal security, counter-insurgency operations, election duties and law-and-order management across India.
- The Himalayan Chandra Telescope at Hanle, Ladakh, completed 25 years of operations, benefiting from one of the world’s best astronomical observation sites due to its high altitude, clear skies and minimal light pollution.
- Andhra Pradesh secured second place under the MISHTI Scheme, which focuses on restoring mangrove ecosystems, improving coastal resilience and generating sustainable livelihoods for coastal communities.
- Accountability mechanisms in India include Parliament, judiciary, constitutional bodies such as the CAG and Election Commission, RTI, social audits and citizen participation, although challenges such as weak RTI implementation, declining legislative scrutiny and opaque political funding continue to affect governance.
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