24 June 2026 | English | FREE Current Affairs PDF

1. The twelfth edition of the International Day of Yoga (IDY) is being observed on 21 June 2026 with the theme of Yoga for Healthy Ageing, featuring the main national celebration in Kolkata.

2. The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has successfully facilitated the first-ever commercial export shipment of twenty-two point six metric tonnes of dried whole egg powder from Balangir, Odisha, to Austria.

3. The Prime Minister has released more than eighteen thousand eight hundred and eighty crore rupees as the twenty-third instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme during a national event held in Hooghly, West Bengal.

4. The Press Information Bureau (PIB) released a background report highlighting the landmark achievements, strategic capability enhancements, and commercial milestones of the Indian space ecosystem over the last twelve years.

5. The Press Information Bureau (PIB) released an extensive background report detailing the strategic advancements, mission-mode infrastructure deployments, and human capital milestones that have positioned India as a global technology power.

6. The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) announced that India has secured the first rank globally in ship recycling for the year 2025 by achieving a 35.4 percent market share as per the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

7. The Ministry of Defence announced that the 7th edition of the Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament 2026 will be held from 23 June to 3 July 2026 at Air Force Station Jalahalli in Bengaluru.

8. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry released data showing the combined Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) registered a provisional year-on-year growth of 0.5% in May 2026, driven by output increases in the steel, cement, and electricity sectors.

9. Union Minister of State Dr. Jitendra Singh and South Korean Minister of Interior and Safety Yun Hojung held an extensive bilateral meeting in New Delhi to finalize a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on digital governance, e-government services, and the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) in public administration.

10. According to a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, India became the world’s leading ship recycling nation in 2025 by capturing 35.4% of the global market.

11. Reliance New Energy announced it is transitioning from the construction phase to active commissioning, targeting the rollout of its 40 GWh battery cell gigafactory’s first phase in 2026 alongside a massive 40 billion unit annual green power generation goal in Gujarat.

12. India installed a record-breaking 2.7 gigawatts of rooftop solar capacity in the first quarter of 2026, driven primarily by a massive surge in residential adoptions under central policy support.

13. Outward remittances sent overseas by Indian residents under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme of the Reserve Bank of India dropped by 7.85 percent month-on-month to 1.81 billion United States Dollars in April 2026.

14. The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a 1.5 billion dollar loan for India under a specialized operation to support structural reforms aimed at accelerating economic growth and boosting private sector job creation.

15. Punjab National Bank partnered with Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services Limited to launch biodegradable co-branded twin credit cards operating on dual payment networks to tap into the credit needs of younger consumers.

16. The Reserve Bank of India has issued a revised regulatory framework titled the Kisan Credit Card Scheme Directions, 2026, to standardise crop season timelines and clarify collateral requirements across the agricultural lending ecosystem.

17. Osmania University created history by becoming the first university in India to be simultaneously awarded four internationally recognized Management System Certifications by the Bureau of Indian Standards.

18. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas approved 150 crore rupees in financial assistance under the PM JI-VAN Yojana for India’s first private-sector 91 KLPD Hybrid Second-Generation ethanol biorefinery in Uttar Pradesh.

19. Senior bureaucrat Vivek Aggarwal has been appointed as the Vice President of the Financial Action Task Force, making him the first Indian to secure a top leadership position at the global financial crime watchdog.

20. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has appointed senior banking professional G Ramesh Kumar as its new Chief General Manager (CGM) for the Assam Regional Office with immediate effect.

21. Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and steeplechaser Parul Chaudhary were crowned the Best Male and Female Athletes of the Year at the inaugural Indian Athletics Awards 2025 ceremony in New Delhi.

22. The Indian women hockey team defeated host nation New Zealand with a two zero scoreline in the final match in Auckland to win the International Hockey Federation Women Nations Cup and secure a promotion back to the Pro League.

23. The Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra registered a fourth-place finish with a best throw of 85.69 metres at the Doha Diamond League 2026, successfully sealing his qualification for the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

24. United States-based Indian-origin theoretical physicist Jainendra K Jain has been awarded the prestigious Wolf Prize in Physics for his historic discovery of composite fermions that transformed the fundamental understanding of the fractional quantum Hall effect.

25. India has climbed two spots to rank 70th globally on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Energy Transition Index 2026, emerging as a top global gainer even as global transition readiness declined for the first time in over a decade due to geopolitical risks.

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