January to June ultimate (international)

Google has placed certain limits on this feature,

allowing users to change their Gmail address up

to ____- times in total.

three

Bulgaria officially adopted the euro on________ , becoming the __ st member of the

eurozone

January 1,2026, 21

The fixed conversion rate was set at 1 euro =

______ Bulgarian lev,

1.95583

The first edition of Desert Cyclone had been

conducted in _____ , Rajasthan, in January

2024,

Mahajan

_________- bees became the first insects anywhere

to be granted formal legal right

Amazonian

stingless

Stingless bees play a major role in pollinating

more than____ percent of Amazonian flora

80

India and Pakistan completed the ____

consecutive annual exchange of information on

nuclear installations and facilities on January 1,

2026.

35th

US Launches “_________ in

Venezuela and Captures Nicolás Maduro

Operation Absolute Resolve”

The operation absolute resolve reportedly involved more than ____

aircraft from 20 bases across the Western

Hemisphere,

150

Trump later announced that Venezuelan President

Nicolás Maduro and First Lady

Cilia Flores

QUAD origins lie in the _______

response

2004 Indian Ocean tsunami

The first official Quad meeting took place on May

25, ________ on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional

Forum in Manila

2007,

At the ___ Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held

in Washington DC on July 1, 2025, the member

countries launched the Quad Critical Minerals

Initiative,

10th

Maduro and Flores were airlifted to the _______ aircraft carrier and subsequently transported

to Stewart Air National Guard Base in New York

USS Iwo

Jima

Under Articles____- and ____ of Venezuela's

constitution—governing temporary or absolute

presidential absence—Executive Vice President

Delcy Rodríguez was automatically elevated to

acting president

233 and 234

Rodríguez, who has served as Vice President since

June 2018 and also holds portfolios of Minister of

_____ and Minister of___

Finance, Petroleum

The original Monroe Doctrine was articulated by

U.S. President James Monroe on

December 2,

1823.

Paris agreement- ______ the Agreement established the

Global Stocktake mechanism, under which

collective progress is reviewed every five years;

Article 14

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive

order on 7 January 2026 withdrawing the United

States from ___ international organisations

66

UN Framework Convention on

Climate Change, adopted in

1992

The United Nations General Assembly declared

2026 as the International Year of_______

Rangelands and

Pastoralist

Rangelands include grasslands, shrublands,

savannas, and tundra, and they cover about__-

percent of the world’s land surface

54

________ , CEO and co-founder of NVIDIA,

received the 2026 IEEE Medal of Honor, the

highest award of the Institute of Electrical and

Electronics Engineers

Jensen Huang

The IEEE Medal of Honor was established in ______

and is regarded as one of the world’s most

prestigious technology awards.

1917

NVIDIA was co-founded in _____ , and Huang’s

work helped turn the GPU into a central engine of

modern computing

1993

Kharg Island is located about 25 kilometres off

Iran’s southwestern coast in the ______

Persian Gulf

Nearly 90 percent of Iran’s crude oil exports move

through Kharg Island, and the terminal can

reportedly load up to ___ million barrels of oil per

day.

7

The theme of the international malaria conference was “D

iscovery,

Development and Delivery: Driving Malaria

Elimination and Beyond.”

oan industrialist and philanthropist _______ was conferred the Cavaliere dell’Ordine

della Stella d’Italia, or Knight of the Order of the

Star of Italy

Shrinivas

Dempo

The award, avaliere dell’Ordine

della Stella d’Italia, was

presented by _____ , Consul General of

Italy in Mumbai, at Panaji.

Walter Ferrara

he United States launched Operation ______ as a retaliatory action against ISIS targets in

Syria.

Hawkeye

Strike

Professor ______ AO of the University of

Sydney was named the New South Wales Scientist

of the Year in the 2025 Premier’s Prizes for

Science and Engineering.

Nalini Joshi

Indian Army Major_____

received the UN Secretary-General’s Award 2025

in the Gender Category.

Swathi Shantha Kumar

Swathi Shantha Kumar received the award for her project titled

“_________ ” under the United

Nations Mission in South Sudan

Equal Partners, Lasting Peace

The International Court of Justice at The Hague

has begun substantive hearings in the genocide

case against Myanmar over its treatment of the

Rohingya Muslim minority. The case was filed by

The ______ in November 2019 on behalf of the

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

Gambia

U.S. Ambassador to

India

Sergio Gor

Meta has appointed _______ as

president and vice chairman of the company

Dina Powell McCormick

India is set to host the ____ Conference of

Speakers and Presiding Officers of the

Commonwealth

28th

India improved its position to _____ rank in the

Henley Passport Index 2026,

80th

The Indian passport now offers visa-free or

visa-on-arrival access to ___ destinations.

55

Singapore retained the top position as the world’s

most powerful passport, with visa-free access to

_____ destinations.

192

________ shared

second place with access to 188 destinations.

Japan and South Korea

Australia’s _____ River is regarded as one of the

world’s oldest surviving river system

Finke

The World Economic Forum released the Global

Risks Report 2026 ahead of its annual meeting in

Davos.

The High Seas Treaty, formally called the BBNJ

Agreement, entered into force on ______

2026.

17 January

India ranked _____- among Asian economies in the

Asia Manufacturing Index 2026.

sixth

Manufacturing contributes about ___- to India’s

GDP,

17%

______ Named World’s Safest City for Tenth

Consecutive Year

Abu Dhabi

_______ signed a Joint Declaration of

Intent to deepen bilateral cooperation across key

sectors.

India and Germany

The 17th edition of Exercise ___ was held as a

trilateral maritime exercise among India, Maldives

and Sri Lanka.T

DOSTI

Exercise DOSTI began in _____ as a bilateral

exercise between India and Maldives

1991

Exercise DOSTI supports India’s Neighbourhood

First policy and _____ vision

SAGAR

The_____ emerged as India’s second-largest LNG

supplier after a long-term LNG supply agreement.

UAE

_______ Gas agreed to supply LNG to India’s

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited.

ADNOC

The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026

was held in Davos, Switzerland, under the theme

________ .”

“A Spirit of Dialogue

The______- effect refers to the pattern of strong

tariff threats followed by quick policy reversal.

TACO

The Order of Arts and Letters is one of France’s

important cultural honours.

It was established in _____- to recognise

contributions to art, literature and culture.

1957

_____

retained the top position as the world’s most

expensive city.

. Zurich

The World Bank Group was founded in ____- and is

headquartered in Washington, D.C.

1944

The World Intellectual Foundation (WIF) launched

the_______ at the Dr.

Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi,

Responsible Nations Index (RNI)

An Iranian court sentenced 2023 Nobel Peace

Prize laureate _______ to over seven

years in prison, her lawyer Mostafa Nili

Narges Mohammadi

The KP is an

international forum initiated in

May 2000

NATO has launched a new Arctic-focused initiative

called “_______ ” in February 2026 to

strengthen its posture in the Arctic and the High

North, consolidating and coordinating Allies’

activities under a coherent NATO

Arctic Sentry

The Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted a joint in-situ

air exercise with the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF)

near the Strait of Malacca, involving ______

and RTAF JAS 39 Gripen aircraft, aimed at

boosting interoperability and operational

coordination in the Indo-Pacific.

IAF Su-30MKI,

arique Rahman, secured a sweeping victory in

Bangladesh's ____ Parliamentary Elections

13th

NASA signed an order with Vast for the sixth

_________to the

International Space Station, with the mission

targeted to launch no earlier than summer 2027.

Private Astronaut Mission (PAM)

The World Health Organization (WHO) granted

prequalification status to a novel oral polio

vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) produced by India’s

Biological E Limited,

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French

President Emmanuel Macron jointly launched the

India-France Year of Innovation 2026, themed

________ in Mumba

‘Igniting the Future,’

The ___nd Munich Security Conference (MSC

2026) was held from February 13 to 15, 2026, in

Munich, Germany.

62

Poland officially withdrew from the 1997 Anti-

Personnel Mine Ban Treaty (_____- Convention),

Ottawa

The US-based Sapien Labs released the Global

Mind Health 2025 report, in which young adults

in India (aged 18-34) ranked ___- h among 84

countries in mental well-being,

60

The study was conducted by Sapien Labs' Global

Mind Project, surveying over _____ internet-

enabled individuals in India

78,000

The India-Netherlands Hydrogen Fellowship

Programme was launched by Prof. ________ r, Secretary of the Department of

Science and Technology,

Abhay

Karandika

_________ (translocated from Namibia) gave birth to

five cubs at Kuno, further underlining the park's

central role in the programme.

Aasha

The PACM operates under Article ___ of the Paris

Agreement (2015), which allows cross-border

carbon trading among countries.

6

meeting was organised by the

Department of Youth Affairs under the Ministry of

Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India,

and was held virtually from _____ to ____-

(IST).

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Myanmar's coup leader and military chief Senior

________ was elected president

by the country's pro-military parliamen

General Min Aung Hlaing

The Council of the League of Arab States

unanimously approved the appointment of

Egypt's former Foreign Minister _______- as

the next Secretary-General of the Arab League

Nabil Fahmy

he appointment was approved

during the _____h session of the Arab League's

Council of Foreign Ministers,

165t

France hosted the International One Health

Summit in ____ , coinciding with World Health

Day.

Lyon

INS______ arrived at Male,

Maldives, as part of the Indian Ocean Ship (IOS)

SAGAR initiative, marking the first port call of its

50-day operational deployment

Sunayna

sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has

appointed Major General_______-, his

military secretary,

Roman Gofman

The Iranian side was led by

________ who stated that his

country negotiated in good faith and presented

"forward-looking initiatives,"

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf,

The meeting was held

at the _______ in Paris on April 17, 2026,

chaired jointly by French President Emmanuel

Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer,

with 51 countries participating either in person or

via video conference.

Élysée Palace

_______ - Reciprocal Exchange of

Logistics Agreement - is a bilateral military

logistics pact between India and Russia.

RELOS

Tobacco and

Vapes Bill, banning the sale of tobacco to anyone

born on or after

January 1, 2009.

The 7th edition of the India-Uzbekistan Joint

Military Exercise '_____- ' culminated

successfully at the Gurumsaray Field Training Area

in Namangan, Uzbekistan.

Dustlik 2026

The United Nations has formally initiated the

process for the selection and appointment of its

next Secretary-General, following the adoption of

General Assembly Resolution _______

79/327.

_______ becomes First non-European Country to

Attend an EPC Summit

Canada

he eighth EPC summit

was held in _______ , marking the first

time the European Political Community has

convened in the South Caucasus region

Yerevan, Armenia

Ranking: India ranked 157th out of 180

countries in the 2026 Index, which index

press freedom index

Route

Nepal objected to India and China planning the

Kailash Mansarovar Yatra via ______ Pass,

claiming the route passes through Nepali

Lipulekh

The __________ the National

Standards Body of India, hosted the 35th Plenary

and Working Groups meetings of the

International Organisation for Standardisatio

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS),

______Becomes First Indian Woman

Fellow

Kuljeet Kaur Marhas

Founded in _____,

The Meteoritical Society is an international

scientific body associated with meteorites,

planetary materials,

1933

__________ on assuming office as the

Prime Minister of Iraq.

Falih Kadhim al-Zaidi

Bundibugyo

virus disease outbreak constitutes a Public Health

Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)

under Article ___of the International Health

Regulations (IHR), 2005.

12

India

and Norway declared the upgradation of their

bilateral ties to a _______-

Green Strategic Partnership,

Prime Minister Modi

also participated in the 3rd India-Nordic Summit

in ____ where India and the Nordic countries

Oslo,