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Complete June 2026 current affairs coverage — 30 daily quizzes, 600+ MCQ questions with detailed explanations. Covers the India–Vietnam BrahMos deal, INS Dunagiri, India's 100th Ramsar site (Surha Taal), the US–Iran Strait of Hormuz deal, and all major June events. Free, no login, updated daily.
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Why June 2026 Current Affairs Matter for Competitive Exams
June 2026 delivered an unusually dense run of exam-relevant developments. India sealed the landmark India–Vietnam BrahMos export deal at the Shangri-La Dialogue, commissioned the Project 17A stealth frigate INS Dunagiri and tested the ~1,500 km LRLACM cruise missile; the government elevated ties with France to a Special Global Strategic Partnership with cooperation on Small Modular Reactors; and India designated Surha Taal as its 100th Ramsar site on World Environment Day. Each is far more than a headline — it rests on a static-GK foundation that UPSC, SSC, and RRB examiners test repeatedly, from indigenous warship classes to wetland ecology and the geography of international straits.
Beyond the marquee stories, June 2026 produced a high volume of questions on economy and banking (the RBI's 61st MPC holding the repo rate at 5.25%, the FII bond tax exemption via the Fully Accessible Route, ECLGS 5.0, the REC–PFC merger and the new Rs 1 lakh crore NBFC threshold), polity and governance (the Supreme Court's "right to walk" ruling under Article 21, the online-gaming "res extra commercium" judgment, and the 11th NITI Aayog Governing Council), and science and technology (QSim, the India–UK Critical Minerals Observatory, Sarvam AI's unicorn milestone, and Jio's WIPO top-20 patent ranking). The US–Iran Strait of Hormuz understanding, which eased crude prices, tied the whole month's economy and international-relations threads together.
DailyGK published one 20-question quiz for every day of June 2026 — that is 600 questions total, each crafted from the most exam-relevant news of the day, with explanations that go beyond the fact to the underlying concept. Use the category breakdown below to find your weak areas, then drill into specific dates.
June 2026 Current Affairs — Topic-wise Coverage
Defence & Security
- India–Vietnam BrahMos export deal — announced at the Shangri-La Dialogue; Vietnam becomes the second nation to acquire the system
- INS Dunagiri — Project 17A stealth guided-missile frigate commissioned at Kolkata with INS Sanshodhak and INS Agray (over 75% indigenous content)
- DRDO LRLACM — Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (~1,500 km) tested; ADE Bengaluru as nodal lab
- RudraM-II — Mach 5.5 SEAD/DEAD air-launched missile (300 km) for the Su-30MKI
- NASM-MR — Naval Anti-Ship Missile (Medium Range) flight-tested at ITR Chandipur
- Peacekeeper kamikaze drones — jet-powered loitering munitions for the Army
- Divyastra Mk-1 — AI-powered tactical loitering munition tested in Rajasthan
- SIPRI Yearbook 2026 — India the 5th-largest military spender; nuclear stockpile estimated at 190 warheads
- NDA commissions its first batch of 17 women cadets (Khadakwasla); Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth to be new Army Chief
- Su-57 'Felon' — Russia offers the 5th-generation stealth jet for joint production in India
Economy & Banking
- RBI MPC (61st meeting) — repo rate held at 5.25% with a 'Neutral' stance; CPI forecast for FY27 at 5.1%
- FII tax exemption on government bonds — capital gains and withholding tax removed via the Fully Accessible Route (FAR)
- ECLGS 5.0 — 75% of the guarantee given zero-risk weight to boost MSME lending
- RBI Kisan Credit Card (KCC) revamp — collateral-free agricultural loans raised to Rs 2 lakh per borrower
- REC–PFC merger approved by the President; GRSE upgraded to Navratna (India's 29th)
- NBFC 'Upper Layer' criterion simplified to a Rs 1 lakh crore asset threshold — Tata Sons faces mandatory listing
- India–Oman CEPA — 99.38% of Indian exports get zero-duty access; PPI to replace the WPI (base year 2022-23)
- Record workers' remittances of $110.47 billion in FY26; India named the world's top ship-recycling nation (Alang)
- Amazon pledges $48 billion for AI and cloud infrastructure; World Bank approves $1.5 billion for private-sector job creation
- GDP forecasts for FY27 — OECD 6.3%, Fitch 6.4%, World Bank and S&P 6.6%, RBI 6.7%
Science & Technology
- QSim — India's first indigenous Quantum Computing Simulator by MeitY and C-DAC
- India–UK Critical Minerals Global Supply Chain Observatory (GSCO) — Cambridge with TEXMiN, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
- Sarvam AI becomes India's 130th unicorn ($1.5 billion); Jio Platforms enters WIPO's global top-20 PCT patent list
- IGCAR Kalpakkam — hydrogen produced via the Copper–Chlorine thermochemical cycle
- CODENE — India's first Nuclear Engineering Design Centre at IIT Hyderabad (digital-twin technology)
- Meta–Reliance AI-ready data centre at Jamnagar; Amazon's AI and cloud investment in India
- India's first passenger Flex-Fuel Vehicle (Maruti Wagon R, E85) and first Green Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Bus in Delhi
- India joins Anthropic's 'Project Glasswing' for AI-driven cybersecurity of critical infrastructure
- Mission Mausam expands the Doppler radar network; India Post drone mail delivery in Himachal Pradesh
- India's partnership in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA); QS World Future Skills Index 2027 rank of 13th
International Affairs
- India–France Special Global Strategic Partnership — SHANTI Act on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs); trade target of $32 billion by 2030-31
- US–Iran MoU on the Strait of Hormuz — unconditional transit passage for commercial shipping; crude prices ease
- Khalilur Rahman (Bangladesh) elected 81st President of the UN General Assembly
- UNSC non-permanent members elected — Austria, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago, and Zimbabwe
- PM Modi's first visit to Slovakia — Order of the White Double Cross conferred
- MAHASAGAR initiative — India–Seychelles maritime security; Seychelles joins the CDRI
- Bimal N. Patel elected judge to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
- Myanmar President's visit begins at Bodh Gaya; G20 Summit 2026 to be hosted by Brazil
- India–Russia RELOS agreement — the Arctic identified as a unique strategic interest
- UN Gaza Commission of Inquiry chaired by India's Justice S. Muralidhar
Government Schemes, Polity & Reports
- 11th NITI Aayog Governing Council — all 28 state CMs attend; district-level GDP estimates for Viksit Bharat 2047
- Supreme Court — 'right to walk' on safe footpaths a fundamental right under Article 21 (Maniyar Iliyaz case)
- Supreme Court on online gaming — 'res extra commercium'; 28% GST on the full value of stakes upheld
- ICJS digital policing apps launched (Abhigyan, CrPI, e-Prosecution 2.0, e-Forensics 2.0); NCRB and the CrPI Act, 2022
- DISHA 2.0 scheme — free legal aid aligned with Article 39A; Tushar Mehta reappointed Solicitor General
- National Sports Governance Act, 2025 — selection committee chaired by Cabinet Secretary T.V. Somanathan
- Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas (25 June) and Article 352; Samadhan Didi chatbot on BHASHINI and CPGRAMS
- FCRA (Amendment) Rules, 2026 — activity-specific NGO registration; 'proselytisation' barred
- Corporate Mitra and ASPIRE schemes for MSMEs; PM-KISAN Utsav Diwas
- Women in Politics 2026 — women hold about 13.8% of India's parliamentary seats
Environment & Ecology
- Surha Taal (Ballia, UP) — India's 100th Ramsar site; a perennial oxbow lake
- Bangladesh becomes the 27th member of India's International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA)
- Mesalina bishnoi — new lizard from the Thar Desert named after the Bishnoi community
- New species — Hamataliwa mawlyngot lynx spider and Georissa/Acmella cave snails (Meghalaya); Mimeusemia kali moth (Kali Tiger Reserve)
- SHAN Conservation Society (Ladakh) for the Snow Leopard; Chonala albistricta butterfly in Arunachal Pradesh
- Western Ghats — six states resist finalisation of Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) boundaries
- Nipah virus — Indian flying fox (fruit bat) reservoir and the Western Ghats 'One Health' response
- Green Hydrogen Certification Portal (MNRE); V.O. Chidambaranar Port declared a Scope-2 Emission-Free Port
- WEF Energy Transition Index 2026 — India ranks 70th, up two places
- Himachal Pradesh signs 19 hydropower projects (278 MW); India 2nd in global aquatic-animal production (SOFIA 2026)
Sports & Awards
- R Praggnanandhaa — first Indian to win the Norway Chess title (ahead of Carlsen)
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru win the TATA IPL 2026 final over the Gujarat Titans (second title)
- Inaugural World Yogasana Championship at Ahmedabad — India wins over 100 gold medals
- Blue Tigresses win the SAFF Women's Championship (Goa); Indian women's hockey team wins the FIH Nations Cup
- Neeraj Chopra — Best Male Athlete at the inaugural Indian Athletics Awards 2025
- Lionel Messi — first footballer to win the Princess of Asturias Award for Sports
- Savitha Shri Baskar wins Asian Individual Chess gold (Ulaanbaatar); Viswanathan Anand receives the SJFI Gold Medal
- Andrea Kimi Antonelli — youngest-ever Monaco Grand Prix winner; Lewis Hamilton's first Ferrari win
- Mirra Andreeva wins the 2026 French Open women's singles; India's U18 men's hockey team wins the Asia Cup gold
- India tops the ISSF Junior World Championship; Viswanathan Anand honoured with the SJFI Gold Medal
Important Days & Appointments (June)
- International Day of Yoga (21 June) — 2026 theme 'Yoga for Healthy Ageing' (12th edition)
- World Environment Day (5 June) — 54th edition, national event at Lucknow; World Milk Day 'Celebrating Women Farmers'
- World Refugee Day (20 June) 'Until Everyone Is Safe'; World Music Day (21 June) 'Music for Peace'
- World Blood Donor Day (14 June) marking Karl Landsteiner; International Olympic Day and Passport Seva Divas (24 June)
- Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar — 48th Vice Chief of Naval Staff; Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth named Army Chief
- Prashant Sitaram Lokhande new CBSE Chairperson; Sadanand Vasant Date new NIA Director General
- Swaminathan Janakiraman reappointed RBI Deputy Governor; Neelkanth Mishra appointed World Bank Executive Director
- D.K. Shivakumar sworn in as 25th CM of Karnataka; Sanjay Jaju new Chief Secretary of Telangana
- Dr. U.P. Rajeev appointed VSSC Director; Kunal Shah to lead WhatsApp globally at Meta
- Han Seong-sook nominated South Korea's PM; Jaime Abelardo de la Espriella elected President of Colombia
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Week-wise Highlights — June 2026
Week 1 — June 1 to 7
- → India–Vietnam BrahMos export deal announced at the Shangri-La Dialogue; Vietnam the second nation to acquire the system
- → QSim — India's first indigenous Quantum Computing Simulator launched by MeitY and C-DAC
- → India–Oman CEPA gives 99.38% of Indian exports zero-duty access; India–Canada set a $50 billion trade target for 2030
- → RudraM-II (Mach 5.5, SEAD/DEAD) test-fired; Divyastra Mk-1 AI loitering munition tested in Rajasthan
- → D.K. Shivakumar sworn in as the 25th Chief Minister of Karnataka; Khalilur Rahman (Bangladesh) elected 81st UNGA President
- → FII tax exemption on government bonds via the Fully Accessible Route (FAR); RBI CPI forecast for FY27 at 5.1%
Week 2 — June 8 to 14
- → Surha Taal (Ballia, UP) designated India's 100th Ramsar site; World Environment Day's national event at Lucknow
- → R Praggnanandhaa becomes the first Indian to win the Norway Chess title; Blue Tigresses win the SAFF Women's Championship
- → RBI's 61st MPC holds the repo rate at 5.25% with a 'Neutral' stance
- → India dominates the inaugural World Yogasana Championship at Ahmedabad with 100+ golds; Andrea Kimi Antonelli is youngest Monaco GP winner
- → SIPRI Yearbook 2026 — India the 5th-largest military spender, nuclear stockpile at 190; Su-57 'Felon' offered for joint production
- → India–France Special Global Strategic Partnership — SHANTI Act on SMRs; Swaminathan Janakiraman reappointed RBI Deputy Governor
Week 3 — June 15 to 21
- → NASM-MR test at Chandipur; Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth named the next Army Chief
- → NDA commissions its first batch of 17 women cadets; DRDO's LRLACM cruise missile (~1,500 km) tested
- → Sarvam AI becomes India's 130th unicorn; Jio Platforms enters WIPO's global top-20 PCT patent list
- → REC merged into Power Finance Corporation; ECLGS 5.0 gets 75% zero-risk weight for MSME loans
- → SHAN Conservation Society approved in Ladakh for the Snow Leopard
- → Supreme Court declares the 'right to walk' a fundamental right; International Day of Yoga theme 'Yoga for Healthy Ageing'
Week 4 — June 22 to 30
- → INS Dunagiri (Project 17A frigate) commissioned with INS Sanshodhak and INS Agray
- → RBI revamps the Kisan Credit Card — collateral-free limit raised to Rs 2 lakh; GRSE upgraded to Navratna (India's 29th)
- → US–Iran MoU ensures transit passage through the Strait of Hormuz; Bimal N. Patel elected an ITLOS judge
- → Neeraj Chopra wins Best Male Athlete at the Indian Athletics Awards; Viswanathan Anand receives the SJFI Gold Medal
- → Bangladesh joins the International Big Cat Alliance as its 27th member; Amazon pledges $48 billion for AI and cloud in India
- → MAHASAGAR initiative deepens India–Seychelles ties; India named the world's top ship-recycling nation (Alang)
How to Use June 2026 Current Affairs for Exam Preparation
The most common mistake aspirants make with monthly current affairs is trying to read everything in one sitting before the exam — that produces surface familiarity at best. A better method is to work through June 2026 in category clusters rather than chronologically. Start with your weakest subject: if economy is the gap, begin with the RBI's 61st MPC repo-rate decision, the FII bond tax exemption, ECLGS 5.0 and the REC–PFC merger; if polity is the gap, start with the Supreme Court's "right to walk" ruling and the online-gaming judgment. Then move to your second-weakest area.
For UPSC aspirants, every June 2026 item has a static-GK anchor. When you meet the INS Dunagiri question, don't stop at "Project 17A frigate" — revise the indigenous warship classes and the Navy's self-reliance roadmap. When you see the Strait of Hormuz question, recall the UNCLOS distinction between transit passage and innocent passage and why the chokepoint matters for India's oil imports. This layered recall is what UPSC actually rewards.
For SSC CGL and RRB NTPC aspirants, lock onto the factual anchor of each event — the exact scheme name, the ministry, the state, or the award category. "Which is India's 100th Ramsar site?" or "Who is Karnataka's 25th Chief Minister?" are exactly the recall questions these exams favour. With 600 June 2026 questions on DailyGK, you have more than enough material to drill every variation.
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