🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS – 1 JULY 2026
🔆 STATES
📍 India’s First Offshore Airport Approved in Maharashtra
✅ Proposed off Palghar coast
✅ Receives in-principle approval from CM Devendra Fadnavis
✅ Will be India’s first offshore airport
✅ Connected to Uttan–Virar Sea Link
🔆 National
📍 Finance Ministry Clears ₹1.25 Lakh Crore for India Semiconductor Mission 2.0
✅ Cleared by Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC)
✅ Focus on domestic semiconductor manufacturing
✅ 12 manufacturing projects approved
✅ Total investments around ₹1.64 lakh crore
📍 Nasha Mukt Bharat Saptah 2026 Concludes
✅ Organised by Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
✅ Theme: “Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan – Viksit Bharat Ki Pehchaan”
✅ Held from 17–26 June 2026
📍 AI-enabled Rural Internal Audit Portal Launched
✅ Launched by Shivraj Singh Chouhan
✅ Developed with NIC
✅ Enhances audit transparency and financial oversight in rural development programmes
📍 Government Establishes Bureau of Port Security (BoPS)
✅ Apex maritime security regulator under MoPSW
✅ Modelled on Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)
✅ Strengthens port security, cybersecurity and compliance
✅ Shyam Jagannathan appointed first Director General
📍 India Wins Five Medals at Global Skills Challenge Australia 2026
✅ Medal tally: 3 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
✅ Competition held among 16 WorldSkills member nations
✅ Highlights India’s growing skill excellence
📍 FCRA 2.0 Portal and e-OCI Card Launched
✅ Launched by Union Home Minister Amit Shah
✅ FCRA 2.0 enables end-to-end digital compliance
✅ e-OCI allows fully digital OCI application and downloads
✅ Benefits over 50 lakh OCI cardholders
🔆 INTERNATIONAL
📍 Ireland Assumes Presidency of the Council of the European Union
✅ Effective from 1 July 2026
✅ Takes over rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union
🔆 APPOINTMENTS
📍 General Dhiraj Seth Takes Over as 31st Chief of Army Staff
✅ Assumes charge as the 31st Chief of Army Staff
🔆 BOOKS & AUTHORS
📍 Coffee Table Book on PM Modi-Era Stamps, Coins and Currency Released
✅ Released by Mintage World
✅ Title: “Stamps, Coins, and Banknotes Issued During the Premiership of Shri Narendra Modi”
🔆 SPORTS
📍 India Gets 96th and 97th Chess Grandmasters
✅ Ethan Vaz (Goa) becomes India’s 96th Grandmaster
✅ Harshavardhan G.B. (Tamil Nadu) becomes India’s 97th Grandmaster
🔆 IMPORTANT DAYS
📍 World MSME Day 2026
✅ Observed on 27 June
✅ Theme: “Empowering MSMEs through Innovation and Sustainable Industrial Development”
📍 World Allergy Week 2026
✅ Observed from 21–27 June
✅ Theme: “Allergy Care Is Essential Care”
📍 International Asteroid Day 2026
✅ Observed on 30 June
✅ Theme: “Planetary Defence and Asteroid Impact Hazards”
🔆 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES
📍 29th National e-Governance Conference
✅ To be held in Jaipur
✅ Theme: “Viksit Bharat 2047: AI-Enabled, Data-Driven and Secure Digital Governance”
✅ Organised by DARPG, MeitY and Government of Rajasthan
🔆 DEFENCE
📍 Project BRAHMANK Marks 16th Raising Day
✅ Project of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO)
✅ Develops strategic roads and bridges in Arunachal Pradesh
✅ Raised on 29 June 2011
#CurrentAffairs
🔆 STATES
📍 India’s First Offshore Airport Approved in Maharashtra
✅ Proposed off Palghar coast
✅ Receives in-principle approval from CM Devendra Fadnavis
✅ Will be India’s first offshore airport
✅ Connected to Uttan–Virar Sea Link
🔆 National
📍 Finance Ministry Clears ₹1.25 Lakh Crore for India Semiconductor Mission 2.0
✅ Cleared by Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC)
✅ Focus on domestic semiconductor manufacturing
✅ 12 manufacturing projects approved
✅ Total investments around ₹1.64 lakh crore
📍 Nasha Mukt Bharat Saptah 2026 Concludes
✅ Organised by Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
✅ Theme: “Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan – Viksit Bharat Ki Pehchaan”
✅ Held from 17–26 June 2026
📍 AI-enabled Rural Internal Audit Portal Launched
✅ Launched by Shivraj Singh Chouhan
✅ Developed with NIC
✅ Enhances audit transparency and financial oversight in rural development programmes
📍 Government Establishes Bureau of Port Security (BoPS)
✅ Apex maritime security regulator under MoPSW
✅ Modelled on Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)
✅ Strengthens port security, cybersecurity and compliance
✅ Shyam Jagannathan appointed first Director General
📍 India Wins Five Medals at Global Skills Challenge Australia 2026
✅ Medal tally: 3 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
✅ Competition held among 16 WorldSkills member nations
✅ Highlights India’s growing skill excellence
📍 FCRA 2.0 Portal and e-OCI Card Launched
✅ Launched by Union Home Minister Amit Shah
✅ FCRA 2.0 enables end-to-end digital compliance
✅ e-OCI allows fully digital OCI application and downloads
✅ Benefits over 50 lakh OCI cardholders
🔆 INTERNATIONAL
📍 Ireland Assumes Presidency of the Council of the European Union
✅ Effective from 1 July 2026
✅ Takes over rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union
🔆 APPOINTMENTS
📍 General Dhiraj Seth Takes Over as 31st Chief of Army Staff
✅ Assumes charge as the 31st Chief of Army Staff
🔆 BOOKS & AUTHORS
📍 Coffee Table Book on PM Modi-Era Stamps, Coins and Currency Released
✅ Released by Mintage World
✅ Title: “Stamps, Coins, and Banknotes Issued During the Premiership of Shri Narendra Modi”
🔆 SPORTS
📍 India Gets 96th and 97th Chess Grandmasters
✅ Ethan Vaz (Goa) becomes India’s 96th Grandmaster
✅ Harshavardhan G.B. (Tamil Nadu) becomes India’s 97th Grandmaster
🔆 IMPORTANT DAYS
📍 World MSME Day 2026
✅ Observed on 27 June
✅ Theme: “Empowering MSMEs through Innovation and Sustainable Industrial Development”
📍 World Allergy Week 2026
✅ Observed from 21–27 June
✅ Theme: “Allergy Care Is Essential Care”
📍 International Asteroid Day 2026
✅ Observed on 30 June
✅ Theme: “Planetary Defence and Asteroid Impact Hazards”
🔆 SUMMITS & CONFERENCES
📍 29th National e-Governance Conference
✅ To be held in Jaipur
✅ Theme: “Viksit Bharat 2047: AI-Enabled, Data-Driven and Secure Digital Governance”
✅ Organised by DARPG, MeitY and Government of Rajasthan
🔆 DEFENCE
📍 Project BRAHMANK Marks 16th Raising Day
✅ Project of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO)
✅ Develops strategic roads and bridges in Arunachal Pradesh
✅ Raised on 29 June 2011
#CurrentAffairs
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Forwarded from UPSC Interview transcripts
1st attempt- 6%
2nd attempt-13%
3rd attempt- 22%
4th attempt-23%
5th attempt-18%
6th attempt-9%
More than 6-9%
Major Optionals-
1. Anthro-18%
2. Psir-17%
3. Socio-21%
4. History-6.5%
5. Geography-5.7%
6. Pub Ad- 2.6%
7. Maths- 6.6%
Socio number was a surprise, so was 60% people writing mains are in their 4th or more attempts.
The average time spent in upsc preparation by students who will crack it eventually is 5 years. Good old five year plan joke is the norm of the day now.
Credit Vikas dhayal
2nd attempt-13%
3rd attempt- 22%
4th attempt-23%
5th attempt-18%
6th attempt-9%
More than 6-9%
Major Optionals-
1. Anthro-18%
2. Psir-17%
3. Socio-21%
4. History-6.5%
5. Geography-5.7%
6. Pub Ad- 2.6%
7. Maths- 6.6%
Socio number was a surprise, so was 60% people writing mains are in their 4th or more attempts.
The average time spent in upsc preparation by students who will crack it eventually is 5 years. Good old five year plan joke is the norm of the day now.
Credit Vikas dhayal
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🔆 PRELIMS | Nadaprabhu Sri Kempegowda
Source: PIB
📍 Context
✅ Vice-President of India paid tribute to Nadaprabhu Sri Kempegowda on his 517th Birth Anniversary.
📍 Who was Kempegowda?
✅ 16th-century chieftain under the Vijayanagara Empire.
✅ Founder of Bengaluru in 1537 CE.
✅ Born: 1510 | Died: 1569.
✅ Obtained permission from Emperor Achyuta Devaraya to build the Bengaluru Fort.
✅ Shifted his capital from Yelahanka to Bengaluru Pete (historic core of Bengaluru).
📍 Key Contributions
✅ Founded Bengaluru and built a mud fort with four watchtowers marking the city’s boundaries.
✅ Developed lakes, tanks, temples, and promoted irrigation & water management.
✅ Introduced administrative and revenue reforms under Vijayanagara rule.
✅ Abolished the Bandi Devaru custom among the Morasu Vokkaliga community, which required unmarried women to amputate the last two fingers of their left hand.
✅ Promoted Kannada language, literature, arts, and local traditions.
✅ Encouraged inclusive urban and agrarian development.
📍 Recognition
✅ Statue of Prosperity — 108-foot bronze statue located at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru.
✅ Kempegowda International Airport is named in his honour.
✅ Kempegowda Award instituted to commemorate his legacy.
📍 UPSC PRELIMS FACTS
✅ Founder of Bengaluru (1537 CE)
✅ Associated with the Vijayanagara Empire
✅ Received patronage from Achyuta Devaraya
✅ Capital shifted from Yelahanka to Bengaluru Pete
✅ Known for urban planning, water management, and social reforms
✅ Statue of Prosperity is the 108-foot bronze statue at Kempegowda International Airport
#history #prelims #mains
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Source: PIB
📍 Context
✅ Vice-President of India paid tribute to Nadaprabhu Sri Kempegowda on his 517th Birth Anniversary.
📍 Who was Kempegowda?
✅ 16th-century chieftain under the Vijayanagara Empire.
✅ Founder of Bengaluru in 1537 CE.
✅ Born: 1510 | Died: 1569.
✅ Obtained permission from Emperor Achyuta Devaraya to build the Bengaluru Fort.
✅ Shifted his capital from Yelahanka to Bengaluru Pete (historic core of Bengaluru).
📍 Key Contributions
✅ Founded Bengaluru and built a mud fort with four watchtowers marking the city’s boundaries.
✅ Developed lakes, tanks, temples, and promoted irrigation & water management.
✅ Introduced administrative and revenue reforms under Vijayanagara rule.
✅ Abolished the Bandi Devaru custom among the Morasu Vokkaliga community, which required unmarried women to amputate the last two fingers of their left hand.
✅ Promoted Kannada language, literature, arts, and local traditions.
✅ Encouraged inclusive urban and agrarian development.
📍 Recognition
✅ Statue of Prosperity — 108-foot bronze statue located at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru.
✅ Kempegowda International Airport is named in his honour.
✅ Kempegowda Award instituted to commemorate his legacy.
📍 UPSC PRELIMS FACTS
✅ Founder of Bengaluru (1537 CE)
✅ Associated with the Vijayanagara Empire
✅ Received patronage from Achyuta Devaraya
✅ Capital shifted from Yelahanka to Bengaluru Pete
✅ Known for urban planning, water management, and social reforms
✅ Statue of Prosperity is the 108-foot bronze statue at Kempegowda International Airport
#history #prelims #mains
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🔆 Neo-colonialism
Source: NIE
Subject: World History
📍 Why in Focus?
✅ Recent reports of US military action and political transition rhetoric in Venezuela have revived the debate on neo-colonialism—control exercised without formal territorial occupation.
📍 What is Neo-colonialism?
✅ Indirect domination of sovereign states through economic influence, debt, trade dependence, corporate control, political intervention, sanctions, and security partnerships.
✅ Unlike classical colonialism, it does not involve direct territorial rule, but significantly shapes a country’s policy choices.
📍 Origin of Neo-colonialism
✅ Emerged after decolonisation as major powers retained influence through finance, trade, and strategic alliances.
✅ Cold War politics encouraged support for friendly governments, coups, and security establishments.
✅ Global financial institutions and commodity-based trade deepened dependence among developing nations.
📍 Neo-colonialism in South America
✅ Commodity Dependence: Economies reliant on oil, copper, and minerals became vulnerable to global price fluctuations.
✅ Foreign Corporate Dominance: Mining and energy sectors remained controlled by multinational corporations.
✅ Political Interventions: External support for regime changes during the Cold War shaped domestic politics.
✅ Debt & IMF Conditionality: Debt crises led to austerity, reducing policy autonomy and social spending.
✅ Security Cooperation: Regional operations like Operation Condor reinforced authoritarian regimes.
📍 Major Challenges
✅ Erodes economic and policy sovereignty.
✅ Reinforces income inequality and elite capture.
✅ Encourages authoritarian governance and democratic backsliding.
✅ Deepens the resource curse in commodity-dependent economies.
✅ Creates long-term political instability and social unrest.
📍 Modern Forms of Neo-colonialism
✅ Economic Sanctions and financial restrictions.
✅ Dependence on foreign technology, semiconductors, and digital platforms.
✅ Debt conditionalities imposed by international financial institutions.
✅ Corporate arbitration through investment treaties.
✅ Influence over public opinion via media and information ecosystems.
📍 Global Implications
✅ Weakens the principles of state sovereignty and the UN Charter.
✅ Intensifies geopolitical rivalry and sphere-of-influence politics.
✅ Restricts long-term developmental planning in vulnerable economies.
✅ Encourages strategic dependence rather than self-reliant growth.
📍 Way Forward
✅ Diversify economies beyond commodity exports.
✅ Strengthen regional cooperation and South-South partnerships.
✅ Build resilient domestic industries and technology capabilities.
✅ Promote transparent global financial governance.
✅ Uphold international law and non-intervention principles.
📍 UPSC Value Addition
✅ Difference between Colonialism & Neo-colonialism
✅ Colonialism: Direct political control and territorial occupation.
✅ Neo-colonialism: Indirect control through economic, financial, technological, and strategic leverage while maintaining formal political independence.
#history #prelims #mains
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Source: NIE
Subject: World History
📍 Why in Focus?
✅ Recent reports of US military action and political transition rhetoric in Venezuela have revived the debate on neo-colonialism—control exercised without formal territorial occupation.
📍 What is Neo-colonialism?
✅ Indirect domination of sovereign states through economic influence, debt, trade dependence, corporate control, political intervention, sanctions, and security partnerships.
✅ Unlike classical colonialism, it does not involve direct territorial rule, but significantly shapes a country’s policy choices.
📍 Origin of Neo-colonialism
✅ Emerged after decolonisation as major powers retained influence through finance, trade, and strategic alliances.
✅ Cold War politics encouraged support for friendly governments, coups, and security establishments.
✅ Global financial institutions and commodity-based trade deepened dependence among developing nations.
📍 Neo-colonialism in South America
✅ Commodity Dependence: Economies reliant on oil, copper, and minerals became vulnerable to global price fluctuations.
✅ Foreign Corporate Dominance: Mining and energy sectors remained controlled by multinational corporations.
✅ Political Interventions: External support for regime changes during the Cold War shaped domestic politics.
✅ Debt & IMF Conditionality: Debt crises led to austerity, reducing policy autonomy and social spending.
✅ Security Cooperation: Regional operations like Operation Condor reinforced authoritarian regimes.
📍 Major Challenges
✅ Erodes economic and policy sovereignty.
✅ Reinforces income inequality and elite capture.
✅ Encourages authoritarian governance and democratic backsliding.
✅ Deepens the resource curse in commodity-dependent economies.
✅ Creates long-term political instability and social unrest.
📍 Modern Forms of Neo-colonialism
✅ Economic Sanctions and financial restrictions.
✅ Dependence on foreign technology, semiconductors, and digital platforms.
✅ Debt conditionalities imposed by international financial institutions.
✅ Corporate arbitration through investment treaties.
✅ Influence over public opinion via media and information ecosystems.
📍 Global Implications
✅ Weakens the principles of state sovereignty and the UN Charter.
✅ Intensifies geopolitical rivalry and sphere-of-influence politics.
✅ Restricts long-term developmental planning in vulnerable economies.
✅ Encourages strategic dependence rather than self-reliant growth.
📍 Way Forward
✅ Diversify economies beyond commodity exports.
✅ Strengthen regional cooperation and South-South partnerships.
✅ Build resilient domestic industries and technology capabilities.
✅ Promote transparent global financial governance.
✅ Uphold international law and non-intervention principles.
📍 UPSC Value Addition
✅ Difference between Colonialism & Neo-colonialism
✅ Colonialism: Direct political control and territorial occupation.
✅ Neo-colonialism: Indirect control through economic, financial, technological, and strategic leverage while maintaining formal political independence.
#history #prelims #mains
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AnmolVachan June 2026.pdf
32.2 MB
June current affairs
Pib summary
Editorial summary
One line current affairs
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Pib summary
Editorial summary
One line current affairs
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#Goodmorning
⏳49 days left CSM26 [ 21-08-26]
⏳324 days left CSP27 [ 23-05-27]
⏳413 days left CSM27 [ 20-08-27]
⏳156 days left UPPSC prelims 6 December
⏳150 days left Ras prelims 29 November
⏳73 Day left CDS/NDA 2 13 Sept
⏳66 day left Mppsc mains26 7 September
⏳35 days left Afcat 8 august
⏳35 days left mppsc mains 8 august
⏳23 days left 72nd BPSC PRELIMS 26 July
⏳15 days left CAPF AC 19 July
⏳2 days left APSC prelims 5 july
#Target
#TargetOnlyone
#Accountability
https://t.me/anmolvachan1
⏳49 days left CSM26 [ 21-08-26]
⏳324 days left CSP27 [ 23-05-27]
⏳413 days left CSM27 [ 20-08-27]
⏳156 days left UPPSC prelims 6 December
⏳150 days left Ras prelims 29 November
⏳73 Day left CDS/NDA 2 13 Sept
⏳66 day left Mppsc mains26 7 September
⏳35 days left Afcat 8 august
⏳35 days left mppsc mains 8 august
⏳23 days left 72nd BPSC PRELIMS 26 July
⏳15 days left CAPF AC 19 July
⏳2 days left APSC prelims 5 july
#Target
#TargetOnlyone
#Accountability
https://t.me/anmolvachan1
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🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS – 2 JULY 2026
🔆 STATES
📍 Delhi Launches Monument Adoption Scheme
✅ Covers 75 protected monuments
✅ “Monument Mitras” can adopt monuments for 5 years
✅ Financial assistance up to ₹2 crore
✅ Promotes heritage conservation through public participation
🔆 NATIONAL
📍 Government Announces Two Major Film Sector Initiatives
✅ High-Level Study Group chaired by Prasoon Joshi
✅ To assess opportunities and challenges for Indian cinema
✅ Model State Cinema Regulations to promote theatres in smaller towns
📍 Centre Identifies 25 Tiger Reserves for Recovery
✅ MoEFCC identifies 25 Tiger Reserves for science-based restoration
✅ India’s tiger population growing at 6% annually
✅ 25 out of 58 Tiger Reserves require priority intervention
✅ Implemented through Project Tiger and NTCA
📍 Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) & APAAR Explained
✅ ABC enables storage and transfer of academic credits
✅ Launched under NEP 2020
✅ APAAR provides a 12-digit permanent student ID
✅ Integrated with ABC and DigiLocker
🔆 AGREEMENTS & MoUs
📍 Corporate Mitra Scheme Launched for MSMEs
✅ Ministry of Corporate Affairs signs MoU with IIT Madras and partner institutions
✅ Creates trained Corporate Mitras for MSME support
✅ Includes 150-hour online training and 6-month practical training
✅ Uses SWAYAM Plus platform
🔆 APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS
📍 RBI Appoints Ravi Shankar as Executive Director
✅ Appointment effective from 1 July 2026
✅ To head Department of Statistics and Information Management (DSIM)
📍 Ravi Agrawal Reappointed CBDT Chairman
✅ Reappointed for another 6 months
📍 Somnath Ghosh Appointed High Commissioner to Malaysia
✅ Appointed as India’s next High Commissioner to Malaysia
🔆 RANKS & REPORTS
📍 FAO & WMO Release Report on Extreme Heat and Agriculture
✅ Highlights growing threat of heatwaves to food security
✅ Around 1.23 billion people depend on affected agrifood systems
✅ Heat combined with drought can triple crop losses
✅ Warns of impacts on crops, livestock and rural livelihoods
🔆 SPORTS
📍 US Open Badminton 2026
✅ Kidambi Srikanth finishes Runner-up in Men’s Singles
✅ Champion: Su Li-yang (Chinese Taipei)
✅ Tournament held at Fullerton
✅ Category: BWF Super 300
📍 George Russell Wins Austrian Grand Prix 2026
✅ Mercedes driver wins the Austrian Grand Prix
🔆 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
📍 India Conducts First Satellite-Based Landing Trial
✅ DGCA successfully conducts first SLS approach on Airbus A320
✅ Demonstration carried out using IndiGo aircraft
✅ Used GAGAN satellite navigation system
✅ Conducted at Maharana Pratap Airport
🔆 DEFENCE
📍 Indian Navy Participates in RIMPAC 2026
✅ Participates in 30th Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise
✅ Hosted by the United States Navy
✅ Venue: Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii
✅ Theme: “Partners: Integrated and Prepared”
🔆 IMPORTANT DAYS
📍 National Doctors’ Day 2026
✅ Observed on 1 July
✅ Theme: “Behind the Mask: Who Heals the Healers?”
✅ Marks birth and death anniversary of Dr. B. C. Roy
📍 National Chartered Accountants Day 2026
✅ Observed on 1 July
📍 International Day of Parliamentarism 2026
✅ Observed on 30 June
✅ Theme: “The Future of Human Rights is Written in Parliaments.”
#CurrentAffairs
🔆 STATES
📍 Delhi Launches Monument Adoption Scheme
✅ Covers 75 protected monuments
✅ “Monument Mitras” can adopt monuments for 5 years
✅ Financial assistance up to ₹2 crore
✅ Promotes heritage conservation through public participation
🔆 NATIONAL
📍 Government Announces Two Major Film Sector Initiatives
✅ High-Level Study Group chaired by Prasoon Joshi
✅ To assess opportunities and challenges for Indian cinema
✅ Model State Cinema Regulations to promote theatres in smaller towns
📍 Centre Identifies 25 Tiger Reserves for Recovery
✅ MoEFCC identifies 25 Tiger Reserves for science-based restoration
✅ India’s tiger population growing at 6% annually
✅ 25 out of 58 Tiger Reserves require priority intervention
✅ Implemented through Project Tiger and NTCA
📍 Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) & APAAR Explained
✅ ABC enables storage and transfer of academic credits
✅ Launched under NEP 2020
✅ APAAR provides a 12-digit permanent student ID
✅ Integrated with ABC and DigiLocker
🔆 AGREEMENTS & MoUs
📍 Corporate Mitra Scheme Launched for MSMEs
✅ Ministry of Corporate Affairs signs MoU with IIT Madras and partner institutions
✅ Creates trained Corporate Mitras for MSME support
✅ Includes 150-hour online training and 6-month practical training
✅ Uses SWAYAM Plus platform
🔆 APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS
📍 RBI Appoints Ravi Shankar as Executive Director
✅ Appointment effective from 1 July 2026
✅ To head Department of Statistics and Information Management (DSIM)
📍 Ravi Agrawal Reappointed CBDT Chairman
✅ Reappointed for another 6 months
📍 Somnath Ghosh Appointed High Commissioner to Malaysia
✅ Appointed as India’s next High Commissioner to Malaysia
🔆 RANKS & REPORTS
📍 FAO & WMO Release Report on Extreme Heat and Agriculture
✅ Highlights growing threat of heatwaves to food security
✅ Around 1.23 billion people depend on affected agrifood systems
✅ Heat combined with drought can triple crop losses
✅ Warns of impacts on crops, livestock and rural livelihoods
🔆 SPORTS
📍 US Open Badminton 2026
✅ Kidambi Srikanth finishes Runner-up in Men’s Singles
✅ Champion: Su Li-yang (Chinese Taipei)
✅ Tournament held at Fullerton
✅ Category: BWF Super 300
📍 George Russell Wins Austrian Grand Prix 2026
✅ Mercedes driver wins the Austrian Grand Prix
🔆 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
📍 India Conducts First Satellite-Based Landing Trial
✅ DGCA successfully conducts first SLS approach on Airbus A320
✅ Demonstration carried out using IndiGo aircraft
✅ Used GAGAN satellite navigation system
✅ Conducted at Maharana Pratap Airport
🔆 DEFENCE
📍 Indian Navy Participates in RIMPAC 2026
✅ Participates in 30th Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise
✅ Hosted by the United States Navy
✅ Venue: Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii
✅ Theme: “Partners: Integrated and Prepared”
🔆 IMPORTANT DAYS
📍 National Doctors’ Day 2026
✅ Observed on 1 July
✅ Theme: “Behind the Mask: Who Heals the Healers?”
✅ Marks birth and death anniversary of Dr. B. C. Roy
📍 National Chartered Accountants Day 2026
✅ Observed on 1 July
📍 International Day of Parliamentarism 2026
✅ Observed on 30 June
✅ Theme: “The Future of Human Rights is Written in Parliaments.”
#CurrentAffairs
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Press_Release_and_PT_Result_01_26_dated_02_07_202_260703_054929.pdf
948 KB
JPSC Preliminary Result
Total Result:2204
Total Result:2204
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🔆 16th India–Japan Annual Summit
Subject: Bilateral Relations
📍 Why in Focus?
✅ Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi paid her first official State Visit to India for the 16th India–Japan Annual Summit.
📍 About the Summit
✅ Strengthened the India–Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership.
✅ Aligned Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) with India’s Indo-Pacific Oceans’ Initiative (IPOI) and MAHASAGAR doctrine.
✅ Focused on maritime security, resilient supply chains, technology, clean energy, and strategic cooperation.
📍 Key Outcomes
✅ Defence & Maritime Security
✅ Agreed on remaining technical aspects of the UNICORN naval antenna project—the first India-Japan defence technology co-development initiative.
✅ 4th India–Japan 2+2 Foreign & Defence Ministers’ Dialogue to be held in Tokyo.
✅ Expanded naval cooperation through JAIMEX exercises and MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) under Make in India.
✅ Economic Security & Supply Chains
✅ Established a Joint Economic Security Framework covering:
✅ Semiconductors
✅ Critical Minerals
✅ Clean Energy
✅ ICT
✅ Pharmaceuticals
✅ Promoted secure technology trade and local currency transactions.
✅ Energy Cooperation
✅ Launched India–Japan Cooperative Biogas for Growth (CBG) Initiative.
✅ Reaffirmed cooperation on the Odisha Green Hydrogen & Green Ammonia Project.
✅ Signed an Energy Resilience Statement on Strategic Petroleum Reserves.
✅ Japan reiterated support for India’s IEA membership.
✅ Technology & Infrastructure
✅ Established an AI Strategic Dialogue.
✅ Reaffirmed support for the Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project.
✅ Continued JICA-supported projects in metro rail, healthcare, education, and horticulture.
📍 Strategic Significance
✅ Strengthens India’s Indo-Pacific strategy.
✅ Enhances resilient supply chains beyond single-country dependence.
✅ Deepens cooperation in emerging technologies and clean energy.
✅ Supports development of India’s North Eastern Region.
✅ Expands opportunities for MSMEs through the India–Japan SME Forum.
📍 Key Challenges
✅ Supply chain vulnerabilities for critical minerals.
✅ Maritime disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and Indo-Pacific.
✅ Regional militarisation in the South China Sea and East China Sea.
✅ Cybersecurity and cross-border security threats.
✅ Bridging technical and labour gaps in high-end infrastructure projects.
📍 Way Forward
✅ Fast-track the UNICORN defence project.
✅ Expand Strategic Petroleum Reserves with Japanese support.
✅ Complete the Mumbai–Ahmedabad Bullet Train by 2027.
✅ Promote local currency payments and digital payment connectivity.
✅ Strengthen trilateral maritime cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
📍 UPSC Value Addition
✅ India–Japan Strategic Pillars
✅ Defence & Maritime Security.
✅ Supply Chain Resilience.
✅ Clean Energy & Green Hydrogen.
✅ High-Speed Rail & Infrastructure.
✅ AI, Semiconductors & Emerging Technologies.
✅ Indo-Pacific cooperation based on a Free, Open and Rules-Based Maritime Order.
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Subject: Bilateral Relations
📍 Why in Focus?
✅ Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi paid her first official State Visit to India for the 16th India–Japan Annual Summit.
📍 About the Summit
✅ Strengthened the India–Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership.
✅ Aligned Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) with India’s Indo-Pacific Oceans’ Initiative (IPOI) and MAHASAGAR doctrine.
✅ Focused on maritime security, resilient supply chains, technology, clean energy, and strategic cooperation.
📍 Key Outcomes
✅ Defence & Maritime Security
✅ Agreed on remaining technical aspects of the UNICORN naval antenna project—the first India-Japan defence technology co-development initiative.
✅ 4th India–Japan 2+2 Foreign & Defence Ministers’ Dialogue to be held in Tokyo.
✅ Expanded naval cooperation through JAIMEX exercises and MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) under Make in India.
✅ Economic Security & Supply Chains
✅ Established a Joint Economic Security Framework covering:
✅ Semiconductors
✅ Critical Minerals
✅ Clean Energy
✅ ICT
✅ Pharmaceuticals
✅ Promoted secure technology trade and local currency transactions.
✅ Energy Cooperation
✅ Launched India–Japan Cooperative Biogas for Growth (CBG) Initiative.
✅ Reaffirmed cooperation on the Odisha Green Hydrogen & Green Ammonia Project.
✅ Signed an Energy Resilience Statement on Strategic Petroleum Reserves.
✅ Japan reiterated support for India’s IEA membership.
✅ Technology & Infrastructure
✅ Established an AI Strategic Dialogue.
✅ Reaffirmed support for the Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project.
✅ Continued JICA-supported projects in metro rail, healthcare, education, and horticulture.
📍 Strategic Significance
✅ Strengthens India’s Indo-Pacific strategy.
✅ Enhances resilient supply chains beyond single-country dependence.
✅ Deepens cooperation in emerging technologies and clean energy.
✅ Supports development of India’s North Eastern Region.
✅ Expands opportunities for MSMEs through the India–Japan SME Forum.
📍 Key Challenges
✅ Supply chain vulnerabilities for critical minerals.
✅ Maritime disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and Indo-Pacific.
✅ Regional militarisation in the South China Sea and East China Sea.
✅ Cybersecurity and cross-border security threats.
✅ Bridging technical and labour gaps in high-end infrastructure projects.
📍 Way Forward
✅ Fast-track the UNICORN defence project.
✅ Expand Strategic Petroleum Reserves with Japanese support.
✅ Complete the Mumbai–Ahmedabad Bullet Train by 2027.
✅ Promote local currency payments and digital payment connectivity.
✅ Strengthen trilateral maritime cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
📍 UPSC Value Addition
✅ India–Japan Strategic Pillars
✅ Defence & Maritime Security.
✅ Supply Chain Resilience.
✅ Clean Energy & Green Hydrogen.
✅ High-Speed Rail & Infrastructure.
✅ AI, Semiconductors & Emerging Technologies.
✅ Indo-Pacific cooperation based on a Free, Open and Rules-Based Maritime Order.
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