Current Affairs One-liners — July 2026
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Sun, 05 Jul 2026
- 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.
Sat, 04 Jul 2026
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the next phase of UDAN, the Modified UDAN Scheme with an outlay of about Rs 29,000 crore over ten years, and inaugurated the Rs 480 crore new terminal at Jodhpur Airport on 4 July 2026.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 9 MMTPA HPCL Rajasthan refinery-cum-petrochemical complex at Pachpadra to the nation at Balotra, Rajasthan on 4 July 2026, as part of projects worth about Rs 1.06 lakh crore.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the CG Semi Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) facility at Sanand, Gujarat on 4 July 2026, the third semiconductor plant in India to start commercial production this year.
- The Bilateral Investment Agreement between India and Israel, signed in New Delhi on 8 September 2025, entered into force on 4 July 2026, the Ministry of Finance said.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Keiko Fujimori on 4 July 2026 after Peru's electoral authority declared her the winner of the 7 June presidential runoff with 50.135% of the vote.
- The Ministry of Home Affairs designated 23 more individuals as terrorists under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on 4 July 2026; 17 are Pakistani and 6 Indian nationals, all operating from Pakistan and PoK.
- The government raised the procurement price of onions for the Price Stabilisation Buffer by 13%, from Rs 1,875 to Rs 2,125 per quintal, effective 4 July 2026, with procurement through NAFED and NCCF.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted President Donald Trump and the American people on the 250th anniversary of US independence on 4 July 2026, the day sail training ship INS Sudarshini sailed into New York for the Sail4th 250 celebrations.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Swami Vivekananda on his Nirvana Day on 4 July 2026, saying his spiritual message will energise the resolve to build a Viksit Bharat.
- Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan submitted his enumeration form under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of the electoral roll in Delhi on 4 July 2026 and urged all eligible voters to take part.
- APEDA facilitated the virtual flag-off of the first export shipment of Areko cherries and Scentrose plums from Shopian and Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir to Abu Dhabi and Dubai (announced 4 July 2026).
Fri, 03 Jul 2026
- The Defence Acquisition Council chaired by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh accorded Acceptance of Necessity to proposals worth about Rs 52,000 crore on 3 July 2026, including the anti-UAV EW system 'Akash Tarang', MPATGM, MRSAM and FW-HAPS.
- A banyan tree in Munger, Bihar, about 700 years old, has been identified as the oldest accurately dated banyan (Ficus benghalensis) through radiocarbon dating by scientists of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow (announced 3 July 2026).
- Home Minister Amit Shah and Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reviewed below-normal rainfall and possible drought in parts of India due to El Nino on 3 July 2026, urging a shift to low-water crops such as fodder, millets and pulses.
- Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal chaired the Board of Trade in New Delhi on 3 July 2026, laying out a seven-point export agenda, a USD 1 trillion export target and a 90-day drive in 120 priority districts, and urging States to use the BHAVYA Industrial Parks Scheme.
- The Department of Commerce held a Chintan Shivir on opportunities for the seafood sector under the India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement at the Chennai Trade Centre on 3 July 2026, on the sidelines of Seafood Expo Bharat 2026.
- The annual Shri Amarnath Yatra began on 3 July 2026; PM Narendra Modi wrote to pilgrims linking the yatra with five resolutions, and Amit Shah highlighted a multi-layer security grid and QR code-based registration.
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and French Economy and Finance Minister Roland Lescure co-chaired the India-France Economic and Financial Dialogue in Aix-en-Provence on 3 July 2026, discussing critical minerals, cross-investment and high-speed rail.
- The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying conducted 'Pashujanya Yudh Abhyas', the third national mock drill under the National One Health Mission, at Khari village, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh from 29 June to 3 July 2026, simulating an animal Influenza A (H1N1) outbreak.
- Ports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal unveiled India's first export-import shipping container made in India for A.P. Moller-Maersk at the Maersk-CONCOR Inland Container Depot in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh on 3 July 2026, and Maersk ordered 1,000 more.
- The Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation launched the 7th National Water Awards on the MHA's Rashtriya Puraskar portal on 3 July 2026, with applications due by 28 August 2026.
- The Indian Air Force beat the Indian Navy 2-1 in the final of the 7th Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament at Air Force Station Jalahalli on 3 July 2026.
- Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan directed ICAR to set up a high-level expert committee, chaired by ICAR-CISH Lucknow Director Dr T. Damodaran, to examine the fall in Totapuri mango prices in Andhra Pradesh (announced 3 July 2026).
- The President, in consultation with the Chief Justice of India, appointed judicial officers Sunitha Gandham, Alapati Giridhar and Purushottam Kumar Chintalapudi as additional judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court (notified 3 July 2026).