18 June 2026 | English | FREE Current Affairs PDF

1. The second day of Bharat Innovates 2026 witnessed intensive engagement where more than 80 DeepTech startups presented their innovations to over 50 global investors from more than 10 countries, resulting in confirmed follow-up commitments for over 40 startups.

2. The Ministry of Railways has approved the 42-kilometre Champa-Korba Third Line Project of the South East Central Railway (SECR) at an estimated cost of Rupees 755 crore to support growing coal movement and enhance freight efficiency.

3. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) organized a specialized event in New Delhi to transfer seven industrial technologies, release ten Bharatiya Nirdeshak Dravyas (BNDs), and deliver critical quantum sensing components to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

4. Union Rural Development Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan met with Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Shri Pawan Kalyan and announced that the national launch of the Viksit Bharat – Rozgar aur Aajeevika Mission (Gramin) will take place from Andhra Pradesh on 1 July 2026.

5. Over the past twelve years, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has constructed a series of architecturally brilliant and strategically significant iconic bridges across major Indian rivers to boost infrastructure development and national integration.

6. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has amended the Drugs Rules, 1945, by omitting the word “Syrup” from Schedule K to withdraw the retail sale licensing exemption previously available for selling cough syrups in small villages.

7. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released data on the performance of the private corporate business sector during the fourth quarter of 2025-26, revealing that listed private non-financial companies continued to record a double-digit sales growth of 13.9 per cent.

8. A report by Ericsson has projected that mobile subscriptions for fifth-generation connectivity in India will reach 1.1 billion by the end of 2031.

9. A report by Mercom India Research has revealed that India added 4.6 gigawatt-hours of battery energy storage capacity during the first quarter of 2026, marking a massive 941 per cent sequential increase.

10. The Government of India has announced that it is in the process of finalising a global tender floated by National Fertilizers Limited to import 17 lakh tonnes of urea, confirming that the current availability of soil nutrients remains completely secure for the ongoing Kharif sowing season.

11. The share price of Suzlon Energy Limited surged by more than five per cent after the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy directed the wind energy sector to conduct a comprehensive assessment of ageing wind turbines for potential repowering within thirty days.

12. A report on state finances released by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has revealed that fifteen out of twenty-eight states breached the indicative fiscal deficit limit of three per cent of Gross State Domestic Product during the 2024-25 financial year.

13. India has officially expanded its global digital payments footprint by launching the Unified Payments Interface at the famous Galeries Lafayette department store in Nice, France, to facilitate seamless transactions for Indian travellers.

14. Preliminary balance of payments data released by the Reserve Bank of India shows that India logged a current account surplus of 4.7 billion United States Dollars in April 2026, driven by higher services exports and robust net transfer receipts.

15. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued final guidelines targeting the mis-selling of financial products, implementing strict requirements for explicit customer consent, banning digital “dark patterns,” and mandating a full refund and compensation if mis-selling is proven.

16. Data released by the Engineering Export Promotion Council of India shows that the engineering exports of the country grew by twenty-four per cent year-on-year to touch twelve point three one billion United States Dollars in May 2026.

17. Oil India Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Canada’s Petroleum Technology Research Centre to cooperate in the areas of carbon capture, utilization and storage, and enhanced oil recovery technologies.

18. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has officially approved the appointment of Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth as the next Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) with effect from thirty June 2026.

19. British racing driver Lewis Hamilton won the Barcelona Grand Prix to claim his first-ever Formula One victory for Scuderia Ferrari amidst tactical pit stops and late-race retirements.

20. The rich cultural heritage of Jharkhand has received a significant boost as eleven traditional products from the state have been officially granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tags.

21. Veteran Mand folk singer Gavri Devi, who spent nearly eight decades preserving and propagating the traditional musical heritage of Rajasthan, passed away at her residence in Pali district at the age of ninety-eight.

22. Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created history by becoming the first Indian to win the prestigious Russia Grand Sand Master Cup Two Thousand and Twenty-Six at an international festival held in Russia.

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