🔆 CURRENT AFFAIRS – 2 JUNE 2026
🔆 STATES
📍 New Lizard Species Recorded in India
✅ Mesalina bishnoi discovered in Rajasthan near Gajner
✅ First confirmed record of genus Mesalina in India
✅ Named after Bishnoi community for wildlife conservation efforts
✅ Family: Lacertidae
🔆 NATIONAL
📍 Two New SEZs Notified in Puducherry
✅ Total proposed investment: ₹1,975 crore
✅ IT/ITES SEZ developed by Oulgaret Municipality
✅ First municipality-developed IT/ITES SEZ in India
✅ Multi-sector SEZ to support manufacturing, services and technology industries
📍 ‘Samadhan Didi’ AI Chatbot Launched
✅ Integrated with CPGRAMS grievance platform
✅ Developed with BHASHINI support
✅ Supports all 22 languages of the Eighth Schedule
✅ Citizens can register grievances using voice commands
📍 Customs Duty Exempted on Cotton Imports
✅ Exemption valid from 1 June to 31 October 2026
✅ Aims to improve cotton availability for textile sector
✅ India is the only country cultivating all four cotton species commercially
🔆 INDIA & THE WORLD
📍 India Sends Medical Aid During Ebola Outbreak
✅ Assistance provided to Africa CDC
✅ Supplies include diagnostic kits, medicines and protective equipment
✅ Support aimed at affected areas in Democratic Republic of the Congo
🔆 AGREEMENTS & MoUs
📍 Ministry of Jal Shakti and ISRO Sign MoU
✅ Collaboration on water resource management using satellite technology
✅ Covers 24 research areas including reservoir monitoring and water quality assessment
✅ MAHA Water Mission launched under partnership
🔆 APPOINTMENTS
📍 General NS Raja Subramani Assumes Charge as CDS
✅ Takes over as India’s Chief of Defence Staff
📍 Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar
✅ Assumes charge as 48th Vice Chief of Naval Staff
🔆 AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
📍 FAO Soil Farmer Hero Award
✅ Awarded to Valluvan of Pollachi
✅ Honoured for successful multi-crop farming model
✅ Award conferred by FAO
📍 WHO World No Tobacco Day Awards 2026
✅ WHO Director-General Special Award: Shaya Mohsin Zindani
✅ Indian awardees include ICMR-NICPR and Department of Health Research
🔆 SPORTS
📍 Singapore Open 2026
✅ Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won men’s doubles title
✅ First Indian doubles pair to win Singapore Open
✅ Defeated Indonesia’s Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri in final
📍 ICC Suspends Cricket Canada
✅ Suspension due to governance failures and financial mismanagement
✅ National teams can continue participating in ICC events
✅ ICC Normalisation Committee to monitor reforms
🔆 SCHEMES
📍 PM SVANidhi Completes Six Years
✅ Launched in June 2020 under MoHUA
✅ Nearly 1 crore loans facilitated
✅ Over ₹17,800 crore disbursed
✅ Benefited more than 75.5 lakh street vendors
🔆 IMPORTANT DAYS
📍 International Day of Potato – 30 May
✅ Theme: “Where potatoes grow, livelihoods flourish”
📍 World Vape Day – 30 May
✅ Theme: “One Switch – Everyone Wins”
📍 World Multiple Sclerosis Day – 30 May
✅ Theme: “My MS Diagnosis”
✅ Tagline: “Navigating MS Together”
🔆 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
📍 Chandrayaan-2 Detects Subsurface Ice
✅ Evidence found in Moon’s south polar region
✅ Study conducted by Physical Research Laboratory
✅ Water ice detected beneath crater in Faustini Basin
✅ Significant for future lunar habitation and human missions
🔆 DEFENCE
📍 Exercise PRAGATI 2026 Concludes
✅ Multilateral military exercise for Indian Ocean Region partners
✅ Participation from India and 12 friendly nations
✅ Focus on counter-terrorism, interoperability and intelligence sharing
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#News #Today
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🔆 STATES
📍 New Lizard Species Recorded in India
✅ Mesalina bishnoi discovered in Rajasthan near Gajner
✅ First confirmed record of genus Mesalina in India
✅ Named after Bishnoi community for wildlife conservation efforts
✅ Family: Lacertidae
🔆 NATIONAL
📍 Two New SEZs Notified in Puducherry
✅ Total proposed investment: ₹1,975 crore
✅ IT/ITES SEZ developed by Oulgaret Municipality
✅ First municipality-developed IT/ITES SEZ in India
✅ Multi-sector SEZ to support manufacturing, services and technology industries
📍 ‘Samadhan Didi’ AI Chatbot Launched
✅ Integrated with CPGRAMS grievance platform
✅ Developed with BHASHINI support
✅ Supports all 22 languages of the Eighth Schedule
✅ Citizens can register grievances using voice commands
📍 Customs Duty Exempted on Cotton Imports
✅ Exemption valid from 1 June to 31 October 2026
✅ Aims to improve cotton availability for textile sector
✅ India is the only country cultivating all four cotton species commercially
🔆 INDIA & THE WORLD
📍 India Sends Medical Aid During Ebola Outbreak
✅ Assistance provided to Africa CDC
✅ Supplies include diagnostic kits, medicines and protective equipment
✅ Support aimed at affected areas in Democratic Republic of the Congo
🔆 AGREEMENTS & MoUs
📍 Ministry of Jal Shakti and ISRO Sign MoU
✅ Collaboration on water resource management using satellite technology
✅ Covers 24 research areas including reservoir monitoring and water quality assessment
✅ MAHA Water Mission launched under partnership
🔆 APPOINTMENTS
📍 General NS Raja Subramani Assumes Charge as CDS
✅ Takes over as India’s Chief of Defence Staff
📍 Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar
✅ Assumes charge as 48th Vice Chief of Naval Staff
🔆 AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
📍 FAO Soil Farmer Hero Award
✅ Awarded to Valluvan of Pollachi
✅ Honoured for successful multi-crop farming model
✅ Award conferred by FAO
📍 WHO World No Tobacco Day Awards 2026
✅ WHO Director-General Special Award: Shaya Mohsin Zindani
✅ Indian awardees include ICMR-NICPR and Department of Health Research
🔆 SPORTS
📍 Singapore Open 2026
✅ Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won men’s doubles title
✅ First Indian doubles pair to win Singapore Open
✅ Defeated Indonesia’s Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri in final
📍 ICC Suspends Cricket Canada
✅ Suspension due to governance failures and financial mismanagement
✅ National teams can continue participating in ICC events
✅ ICC Normalisation Committee to monitor reforms
🔆 SCHEMES
📍 PM SVANidhi Completes Six Years
✅ Launched in June 2020 under MoHUA
✅ Nearly 1 crore loans facilitated
✅ Over ₹17,800 crore disbursed
✅ Benefited more than 75.5 lakh street vendors
🔆 IMPORTANT DAYS
📍 International Day of Potato – 30 May
✅ Theme: “Where potatoes grow, livelihoods flourish”
📍 World Vape Day – 30 May
✅ Theme: “One Switch – Everyone Wins”
📍 World Multiple Sclerosis Day – 30 May
✅ Theme: “My MS Diagnosis”
✅ Tagline: “Navigating MS Together”
🔆 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
📍 Chandrayaan-2 Detects Subsurface Ice
✅ Evidence found in Moon’s south polar region
✅ Study conducted by Physical Research Laboratory
✅ Water ice detected beneath crater in Faustini Basin
✅ Significant for future lunar habitation and human missions
🔆 DEFENCE
📍 Exercise PRAGATI 2026 Concludes
✅ Multilateral military exercise for Indian Ocean Region partners
✅ Participation from India and 12 friendly nations
✅ Focus on counter-terrorism, interoperability and intelligence sharing
#CurrentAffairs
#News #Today
Join https://t.me/PIB_UPSC
https://t.me/CSE_EXAM
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