Current Affairs Last 6 Months — Full notes
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Current Affairs Last 6 Months
October 2026
1073 one-liners
October 2026: Top events
- Prakash Rajpurohit, a 2010-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, was appointed Deputy Election Commissioner by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
- India added Sukhna Wetland (Chandigarh) and Sauj Jheel (Uttar Pradesh) as Ramsar sites, taking the country's total to 103 wetlands of international importance.
- Kurukshetra University is preparing a state-level Ratnavali cultural festival in Haryana, scheduled on its campus from 30 October to 2 November to showcase the state's cultural heritage.
- Reena Bhatti of Hisar, Haryana, climbed the 7,355 m Abi Gamin peak in Uttarakhand during a 23-day expedition; she was the only woman in the 12-member team.
- The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) won an Award of Excellence for innovation and smart mobility at the 19th Urban Mobility India Conference held in Bhubaneswar.
- Chhattisgarh won investment proposals worth ₹43,250 crore at the first Singapore-India Network for Growth (SING) Forum 2026, led by a ₹41,750 crore 100 MW hyperscale data centre proposed by Energy Capital Global.
- The Chhattisgarh Cabinet approved 36 Constable posts in the Home Department for ex-Agniveers and renamed the Adim Jati Vikas Department as the Tribal Affairs Department, requiring changes to the Rules of Business Allocation.
- Haryana formally launched a statewide Tele-ECG service on 29 May 2026 across 600 government health centres; each test costs Rs 89, and the target is about 3.28 lakh ECGs a year.
- CM Nayab Singh Saini attended the SING Forum in Singapore, where Haryana set up a Merlion Desk to fast-track Singapore investment; about Rs 5,500 crore of proposals followed, including Rs 3,000 crore for health and wellness.
- 2 Oct — The Centre and the Ladakh administration added 28 places to the Survey of India map of Ladakh, including 10 peaks such as Kanishka Peak and Zorawar Peak, passes, glaciers and areas like Gogra and Kuksel.
September 2026
179 one-liners
September 2026: Top events
- In its own (suo motu) hearing on river pollution, the Supreme Court put an interim stay on all construction and development work within 100 metres of the Jojri river banks; the bench was Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta.
- The Jojri is a seasonal river that starts at Pandalu village in Nagaur, flows through the middle of Jodhpur city and joins the Luni near Balotra; it is the only tributary that meets the Luni from its right bank.
- Sumer Singh Bhati, a traditional camel herder of Jaisalmer, won the global Rangeland Awards 2026 for protecting the sacred grasslands of the Thar desert.
- "Painted Haveli Towns of Shekhawati" were added to the UNESCO Tentative List of World Heritage Sites; India's Permanent Delegation had submitted the serial nomination on 1 June 2026.
- The NSTFDC and HPCL signed an agreement to build smart classrooms and computer labs in 29 Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) in 11 Rajasthan districts at a cost of ₹16.01 crore, to be completed within six months.
- The NPCI announced a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) of 0.4% on person-to-merchant UPI payments above ₹2,000, to apply from 15 October 2026.
- India's defence exports touched a record ₹38,424 crore in 2025-26, helped by home-made products such as BrahMos, Tejas (LCA) and artillery systems.
- Karnataka gave Tulu the status of the state's second additional official language in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts; Tulu is a major Dravidian language but is not in the Eighth Schedule (22 languages), and the power comes from Article 345.
- Pakistan and China activated a joint border commission in September 2026, with its first meeting in Islamabad; it rests on their 2013 border management agreement, and India rejected it, saying Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh are integral parts of India.
- 7 Sept — Justice Sanjay Kumar Agrawal took oath as the 44th Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court on 7 September 2026.
August 2026
125 one-liners
August 2026: Top events
- The 16th BRICS Trade Ministers' Meeting was held in Jaipur under India's 2026 BRICS chairship and was chaired by Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal. Its theme was 'Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability'.
- The Indian Air Force held the week-long counter-drone exercise ROTOR CLAP-III at the Pokhran Field Firing Range, Jaisalmer. It tested readiness to counter enemy drone attacks quickly and reliably.
- The Cabinet also approved the draft Rajasthan Tree Protection Bill, 2026 to control felling of trees on non-forest land. It protects 29 species, including Khejri, Rohida, banyan, peepal, lasora, tendu, mahua, ker and chironji.
- The Centre told Parliament that Mangarh Dham in Banswara does not meet the conditions to be a monument of national importance under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites Act, 1958. Large modern construction has affected its original character.
- Rajasthan became the first state in India to get an exploration licence for rare earth elements (REE). The licence area is 207.6 sq km, in Pachpadra tehsil (Navatala-Devigarh) of Balotra and Sherghar tehsil of Jodhpur.
- The Rajasthan Cabinet, chaired by CM Bhajan Lal Sharma, approved the draft Rajasthan Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill, 2026. It seeks one law for marriage, divorce, succession, maintenance and live-in relationships, and keeps tribal customs outside its scope.
- 2 Aug — India finished fourth at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games with 39 medals (13 gold, 17 silver, 9 bronze). Australia topped the table, and the Games flag passed to India, host of the 2030 edition at Ahmedabad.
- 6 Aug — India test-fired the nuclear-capable Agni-4 medium-range ballistic missile from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Odisha. The Strategic Forces Command conducted the launch, and the missile has a range of about 4,000 km.
- 12 Aug — N. Chandrasekaran said he will not seek another term as Chairman of Tata Sons and will leave when his present term ends on 20 February 2027. He has led the group since February 2017.
- 23 Aug — National Space Day is observed every year on 23 August to honour the successful Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing; the 2026 theme was about India's innovation, cooperation and leadership in space.
July 2026
182 one-liners
July 2026: Top events
- Rajasthan's Senior Citizen Pilgrimage Scheme 2026, run by the Devasthan Department, will take 56,000 pilgrims chosen by lottery.
- Rajasthan and Haryana signed a Yamuna water project agreement in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, a few days before PM Modi's Balotra visit.
- A national workshop at Alwar marked 18 years of tiger reintroduction at Sariska Tiger Reserve, organised by the Environment Ministry with the NTCA and Rajasthan Government. Union Minister Bhupender Yadav inaugurated it.
- In the Time Out World's Happiest Cities 2026 survey, Jaipur ranked 6th in the world and was the only Indian city in the top 10. Bath (England) was first.
- Jodhpur's traditional Jodhpuri Mojari (Jodhpur juti) received a GI tag, with GI number 735.
- Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace successfully launched Vikram-1, India's first fully private orbital rocket, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, in its very first attempt.
- Governor Gurmeet Singh declared Uttarakhand a fully literate state after it met the norms of NEP 2020 and the ULLAS programme. It is the sixth fully literate state of India.
- Spain won the FIFA World Cup 2026, the 23rd edition, beating Argentina 1-0 in the final. The USA, Mexico and Canada hosted it jointly, with 48 teams.
- 1 Jul — The 6th India-Japan annual summit was held in New Delhi from 1 to 3 July 2026 between PM Narendra Modi and Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi. It was Takaichi's first visit to India.
- 11 Jul — INS Mahendragiri, the sixth stealth frigate of Project 17A, joined the Navy's Eastern Fleet at Visakhapatnam on 11 July 2026. Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, Mumbai, built it with over 75% indigenous content.
June 2026
138 one-liners
June 2026: Top events
- JLN Medical College, Ajmer started a robotic surgery programme, the first of its kind in the state government system, inaugurated by Assembly Speaker Vasudev Devnani. It should improve surgical accuracy and train doctors in advanced technology.
- Surveys by the Geological Survey of India and the Atomic Minerals Directorate found rare earth elements, niobium, tantalum, zirconium, hafnium and rubidium in the Siwana Ring Complex of Balotra district.
- The Government of India's DigiLocker platform has linked Rajasthan's Jan Aadhaar (family identity card), benefiting about 7.5 crore residents of the state.
- The Supreme Court sharply reprimanded the Rajasthan government after toxic industrial waste was found flowing into the Jojri river in Jodhpur through an illegal underground pipeline about 4 km long. It ordered accountability and action against guilty officials.
- A Rashtra Chetna Sankalp Sabha marked the 450th anniversary of the Battle of Haldighati and Maharana Pratap Jayanti at Maharana Bhupal Stadium, Udaipur, with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat as the main speaker.
- In the UN Sustainable Development Report 2026, India ranked 94th with an overall score of 68.3. This is India's best performance since 2015.
- Pune-based Nibe Limited completed the first technical trial of its indigenous loitering munition system Vayu Astra-1 at the Pokhran firing range in Jaisalmer district.
- NHAI began Rajasthan's first multi-lane free-flow (MLFF) tolling at the Dayalpura toll plaza on NH-48 on the Delhi-Jaipur corridor, using number-plate recognition plus FASTag-based electronic toll collection.
- 1 Jun — On 1 June 2026 the Centre approved the Collegium's recommendation to appoint five new Supreme Court judges: four High Court Chief Justices and Senior Advocate Venkata Subramani Mohana.
- 3 Jun — On 3 June 2026, Latvia, Austria, Kyrgyzstan, Zimbabwe and Trinidad and Tobago were chosen as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for 2027-28. Kyrgyzstan will sit on the Council for the first time.
May 2026
146 one-liners
May 2026: Top events
- Rajasthan's Senior Citizen Pilgrimage Scheme 2026, run by the Devasthan Department with a ₹150 crore budget, will take 56,000 elderly people on free pilgrimages: 50,000 by AC train and 6,000 by air to the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
- North India's first dedicated zinc park is being built on 111 acres at Kanchla, Bhilwara, after the ₹1 lakh crore and 1 lakh-job agreement with Vedanta at Rising Rajasthan. Only zinc-linked firms can set up plants there.
- A NITI Aayog report of May 2026 says Rajasthan is the only state where classes 1 to 12 are taught on the same school campus; 27,889 schools offer this.
- A UNESCO survey and documentation drive recognised the Kumbhalgarh fort wall as the world's second-longest continuous wall after the Great Wall of China. It is about 36 km (22 miles) long and 15-21 feet wide.
- The Quad (India, US, Japan, Australia) launched a Critical Minerals Initiative framework to raise about ₹1.6 lakh crore for secure mineral supply chains in the Indo-Pacific.
- Rajasthan will get about ₹11,000 crore as a 50-year interest-free loan under the Centre's SASCI capital investment scheme, after getting ₹10,547.88 crore in 2025-26. Projects must cost ₹5 crore or more, on a first-come basis.
- Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia launched the indigenous Cell Broadcast System (CBS), built by C-DOT with NDMA and the Home Ministry, which sends disaster alerts within seconds to every active phone in a chosen area.
- 4 May — Results of the assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry were declared on 4 May 2026. The Election Commission had announced the election schedule on 5 March 2026.
- 5 May — During PM Modi's UAE visit on 5 May 2026, ADNOC was allowed to store up to 30 million barrels of crude oil in India's strategic petroleum reserve. The UAE is India's only partner in this programme, and Fujairah storage will also be explored.
- 19 May — On 19 May 2026 the Rajasthan Medical and Health Department won the WHO World No Tobacco Day Award 2026 for the South-East Asia Region.