Current Affairs One-liners — 05 July 2026

Sun, 05 Jul 2026

• Padma Vibhushan awardee Teejan Bai, the foremost exponent of Chhattisgarh's Pandavani folk narration of the Mahabharata, died at AIIMS Raipur on 5 July 2026 after a prolonged illness.
• Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan released the first instalment (Mother Sanction) of Rs 25,863 crore to States under VB-G-RAM-G on 5 July 2026, and said no State will have a wage rate below Rs 300 a day.
• India, represented by Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare, will chair the Ninth Session of UNCTAD's Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection Law and Policy at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, from 6 to 8 July 2026, the Department of Consumer Affairs said on 5 July 2026.
• INS Udaygiri, INS Shakti and INS Kavaratti of the Indian Navy's Eastern Fleet, led by Rear Admiral Alok Anand, concluded a three-day port call at Changi Naval Base, Singapore (reported 5 July 2026).
• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized about 1.11 lakh bottles of codeine-based cough syrup under the NDPS Act, 1985 in two operations, on an Agartala-bound train and at a warehouse in Dankuni, West Bengal, and arrested one person (announced 5 July 2026).
• The two-day Reforms Utsav & Chintan Shivir 2026 of the Ministry of Law and Justice concluded at Gyan Sarovar, Mount Abu, Rajasthan on 5 July 2026 with the adoption of the Mount Abu Declaration, the Ministry's 'Sankalp Patra'.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Coal Minister G. Kishan Reddy reviewed illegal coal mining and theft in Dhanbad and nearby areas, and decided on a 'Zero Coal Leakage Plan' with coal put on the priority list for CISF deployment (announced 5 July 2026).
• The Department of Fertilizers said on 5 July 2026 that 15 vessels carrying fertilisers and raw materials for India had safely crossed the Strait of Hormuz, and that urea output in April-June 2026 reached 71.55 LMT against a target of 67.86 LMT.
• Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya led the nationwide 80th edition of Fit India Sundays on Cycle from Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi on 5 July 2026, organised with Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations to mark 100 years of Sri Sathya Sai.
• A 19-member Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh-led delegation thanked Dr Jitendra Singh on 5 July 2026 for the decision to redeploy nearly 65,000 erstwhile Ordnance Factory employees into regular government service after the restructuring of the Ordnance Factory Board.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to former Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on his birth anniversary on 5 July 2026, recalling his contribution to the upliftment of deprived and weaker sections.