Current Affairs Pocket PDF - June 2026 Review

What is the total financial outlay of the scheme approved to replace $2.07\,lakh$ Bharat Stage (BS)-IV and older trucks and buses in Delhi-NCR?

$$Rs.\,9,585\,crore$$

Which organization signed an MoU with the Government of Gujarat in June 2026 for long-term financing of up to $Rs.\,1\,lakh\,crore$ for infrastructure projects?

Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO)

What is the Repo Rate as per the RBI’s 2nd Bi-monthly Monetary Policy for FY2025-26?

$$5.25\%$$

Who was appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Telangana in June 2026, succeeding K. Ramakrishna Rao?

Sanjay Jaju

What is the name of the AI-enabled voice chatbot launched by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, and Pensions for the CPGRAMS system?

Samadhan Didi

Which mission, launched by the Ministry of Jal Shakti and ANRF, aims to support water sector startups with an outlay of $Rs.\,200\,crore$?

MAHA Water Mission (Missions for Advancement in High-Impact Areas)

What is the target value for India's semiconductor value chain by 2035 according to the NITI Aayog roadmap?

$$USD\,120-150\,Billion$$

Identify the five countries elected as non-permanent members of the UNSC for the term starting January 1, 2027.

Austria, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), and Zimbabwe

Who was appointed as the Vice-President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for the term July 2026 to June 2027?

Vivek Aggarwal

Which Indian state launched 'HAWK', the country’s first fully digitised and judiciary-integrated wildlife offence management system?

Kerala

What is the name of the new lizard species discovered near Bikaner, Rajasthan, in June 2026?

Mesalina bishnoi

Which country became the 10th member and the first Central Asian nation to join the New Development Bank (NDB) in June 2026?

Republic of Uzbekistan

What was the theme for the International Day of Yoga (IDY) observed on June 21, 2026?

Yoga for Healthy Ageing

Which Indian university became the first to achieve four ISO Management System Certifications simultaneously from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)?

Osmania University

What amount has Amazon announced it will invest in India between 2026 and 2030 to expand AI and cloud infrastructure?

$$USD\,48\,Billion$$

According to the SIPRI Yearbook 2026, what was India’s military expenditure in 2025?

$$USD\,92.1\,billion$$

Which Indian-origin theoretical physicist received the 2025 Wolf Prize in Physics for the discovery of Composite Fermions?

Jainendra K. Jain

What is the theme for World No Tobacco Day 2026?

Unmasking the Appeal – Countering Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction

Which team won the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026?

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)