26 June 2026 | English | FREE Current Affairs PDF

1. Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah launched NAFEX.in, the electronic auction portal of the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited, in New Delhi to directly transfer the income of farmers into their bank accounts and eliminate middlemen.

2. The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority organised a panel discussion titled Aapki Poonji Aapka Adhikaar – Learning and Way Forward and launched a book to facilitate the seamless reclamation of unclaimed financial assets.

3. The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services launched its first specialized El Niño bulletin to warn maritime operators about rising sea surface temperatures, marine stress, and fluctuating sea states across India’s coastal regions.

4. The Ministry of Mines has successfully auctioned fifty-six critical and strategic mineral blocks along with eleven exploration licence blocks to advance the National Critical Mineral Mission and reduce import dependence.

5. Growth in India’s eight core industrial sectors decelerated sharply to zero point five percent in May 2026 as five out of the eight infrastructure segments suffered production contractions, according to official data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

6. India’s private sector economy lost momentum in June 2026 as the HSBC Flash India Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index fell to 57.4 from 59.3 in May, signaling a slower expansion across manufacturing and services due to weaker demand conditions.

7. The National Institution for Transforming India Aayog has recommended a dedicated model pharmaceutical chapter in future free trade agreements to address non-tariff barriers, improve market access, and help the domestic drug industry move up the global value chain.

8. The Reserve Bank of India clarified that domestic banks and their overseas branches can extend loans or issue guarantees to non-residents against deposits raised under the new concessional foreign currency swap window to support the rupee and attract dollar inflows.

9. The Reserve Bank of India reported in its June 2026 bulletin that the transmission of the fifty basis points repo rate cut implemented between March and April 2026 remained highly uneven across banking sectors, while the structural credit-to-deposit growth gap continued to widen.

10. The Ministry of Home Affairs has amended the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, making registrations strictly purpose-specific and geography-linked while expressly excluding proselytisation from permitted religious activities and sharply increasing compounding penalties for financial violations.

11. Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched five major initiatives for the V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority (VOCPA) to drive technological growth, zero-emission green shipping standards, and local educational development.

12. Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched four new initiatives of the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited, including a commitment to earmark one percent of institutional profits for higher education scholarships and the career development of children from farmer families.

13. India has resumed its import of Iranian crude oil after a seven-year suspension as the United States granted a temporary sanctions waiver to stabilize volatile global energy markets and curb soaring Brent crude prices.

14. Maharatna public sector enterprise GAIL (India) Limited has appointed its Executive Director, Satish Kumar Sinha, as the new Director (Finance) effective July 1, 2026.

15. Following Meta’s surprise $900-million strategic investment in Indian fintech startup CRED, its founder Kunal Shah has been appointed as the global head and CEO of WhatsApp, joining an elite group of Indian business leaders managing top-tier multinational corporations.

16. India concluded its highly successful campaign at the 2026 Asian Boxing Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, with an impressive haul of sixteen medals, finishing second on the leaderboard behind Kazakhstan while recording the highest total medal count across divisions.

17. President Droupadi Murmu presented sixty-six Padma Awards for 2026 at a Civil Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan, honoring legendary actor Dharmendra posthumously and violin maestro N. Rajam with the Padma Vibhushan.

18. India and the United Kingdom successfully concluded their 15th Executive Steering Group meeting, establishing a forward-looking roadmap to advance joint exercises, military interoperability, and niche technological sharing between their armies.

19. Indian Navy Eastern Fleet warships INS Udaygiri and INS Kavaratti docked at Nha Rong Port in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, establishing the first major naval presence since the two nations upgraded their bilateral ties.

20. Following significant emergency weapon procurements, the Indian Army has issued Requests for Information to acquire three specialized aerial target systems that simulate drone swarms, helicopters, and cruise missiles to train troops for modern, non-traditional aerial warfare.

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