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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 West Bengal Must know

PM Modi leads 12th International Day of Yoga at Kolkata's Red Road on theme 'Yoga for Healthy Ageing'

On 21 June 2026 at Red Road, Kolkata, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the national observance of the 12th International Day of Yoga under the theme 'Yoga for Healthy Ageing'.

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🎭 Festivals & Events 📍 Maharashtra Important

Polish documentary 'Silver' wins Golden Conch as 19th MIFF closes in Mumbai

On 21 June 2026 in Mumbai, the 19th Mumbai International Film Festival closed with the Golden Conch for Best Documentary going to the Polish film 'Silver'.

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🚄 Infrastructure & Energy 📍 Odisha Must know

PM Modi launches projects worth over ₹47,600 crore at Rairangpur as Odisha government completes two years

On 20 June 2026 at Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for projects worth over ₹47,600 crore, with President Droupadi Murmu present.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Ladakh Important

Vice-President Radhakrishnan visits Hall of Fame, Sindhu Ghat and Upshi Pashmina farm in Ladakh

Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan visited the Hall of Fame War Memorial, Sindhu Ghat and the Pashmina Goat Farm at Upshi in Ladakh on 20 June 2026.

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🎭 Festivals & Events 📍 Maharashtra

MIFF 2026 marks David Attenborough's centenary with screening of 'Secrets of Wild India'

On 20 June 2026 in Mumbai, the 19th Mumbai International Film Festival marked David Attenborough's centenary with a special screening of 'Secrets of Wild India'.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Ladakh

National Institute of Sowa Rigpa holds yoga seminar in Leh during International Festival of Yoga and Meditation 2026

The Ministry of Ayush reported on 18 June 2026 that the National Institute of Sowa Rigpa, Leh, held a seminar on 'Integration of Yoga for Public Health' as part of the International Festival of Yoga and Meditation 2026.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 Puducherry Important

ASI and National Museum of Denmark sign MoU to search for the 1619 wreck of Danish ship Oresund off Karaikal

The ASI's Underwater Archaeology Wing and the National Museum of Denmark have signed an MoU to locate and document the Danish ship Oresund, wrecked off Karaikal, Puducherry, in 1619 CE.

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🎭 Festivals & Events 📍 Maharashtra Important

19th Mumbai International Film Festival opens at Ravindra Natya Mandir

On 15 June 2026, the 19th edition of the Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) opened at Ravindra Natya Mandir, Mumbai.

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🎭 Festivals & Events 📍 Maharashtra

NFDC announces 'WAVES Doc Bazaar Recommends' projects for second WAVES Doc Bazaar at MIFF

On 14 June 2026, NFDC announced projects selected under 'WAVES Doc Bazaar Recommends' for the second WAVES Doc Bazaar, to be held during the 19th MIFF in Mumbai.

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🎓 Education 📍 Punjab

Yuva Sangam Phase VI: Bihar student delegation led by IIT Patna concludes Punjab visit hosted by IIT Ropar

A Bihar student delegation led by IIT Patna concluded its Yuva Sangam Phase VI visit to Punjab, hosted by IIT Ropar, on 13 June 2026.

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🎓 Education 📍 Rajasthan

Yuva Sangam Phase VI: Karnataka delegation led by IIIT Dharwad concludes Rajasthan visit hosted by MNIT Jaipur

A Karnataka delegation led by IIIT Dharwad concluded its Yuva Sangam Phase VI visit to Rajasthan, hosted by MNIT Jaipur, on 12 June 2026.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 India Must know

Sangeet Natak Akademi announces Fellowships, Awards and Yuva Puraskar for 2024 and 2025

On 10 June 2026, the Ministry of Culture announced that the Sangeet Natak Akademi has chosen 7 Fellows (Akademi Ratna), 108 Akademi Awardees and 106 Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar winners for 2024 and 2025.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 Mongolia Important

Holy Relics of Buddha's chief disciples return to India after 10-day exposition in Mongolia

On 10 June 2026, the Holy Relics of Arhant Sariputra and Arhant Maudgalyayana returned to India after a 10-day exposition at the Gandan Tegchenling Monastery, Ulaanbaatar, visited by about one lakh devotees.

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🕯️ Obituaries 📍 Tamil Nadu Important

Tamil film director Bharathiraja dies in Chennai at 84

Veteran Tamil film director Bharathiraja, known for taking Tamil cinema out of studios into rural landscapes and for his debut 16 Vayathinile (1977), died in Chennai on 10 June 2026 at the age of 84.

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🎓 Education, Health & Society 📍 Delhi

TRIFED launches 'RISA – Timeless Tribal' brand and exclusive store in New Delhi

On 10 June 2026, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs through TRIFED unveiled 'RISA – Timeless Tribal', a premium brand for tribal textiles, embroideries and handicrafts, and opened its exclusive store at Connaught Place, New Delhi.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 India Important

Nation pays tribute to Bhagwan Birsa Munda on his martyrdom day

On 9 June 2026, PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah paid tributes to 'Dharti Aaba' Bhagwan Birsa Munda on his martyrdom day, recalling his Ulgulan movement against British rule.

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 Assam Must know

APEDA facilitates first export of GI-tagged Tezpur Litchi from Assam to Dubai

On 7 June 2026, APEDA facilitated the first export consignment of GI-tagged Tezpur Litchi, one metric tonne, from Assam to Dubai.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Delhi

Amit Shah inaugurates SABAREESAM Complex at Bhagwan Ayyappa Temple, New Delhi

On 7 June 2026 at the Bhagwan Ayyappa Temple, R.K. Puram, New Delhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah offered prayers and inaugurated the newly built SABAREESAM Complex.

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🏅 Other Sports 📍 Gujarat Important

PM Modi declares open the first World Yogasana Championship in Ahmedabad

On 4 June 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared open the 1st World Yogasana Championship 2026 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, via video conferencing.

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🎭 GI Tags 📍 Assam Important

Jyotiraditya Scindia launches Mission 'Senehjori' to make Assam's Muga silk a global luxury brand

On 2 June 2026, DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and the Assam Chief Minister launched Mission 'Senehjori', a cluster-based initiative with an estimated ₹396–411 crore investment over three years to turn Assam's Muga silk into a high-value luxury textile ecosystem.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 Mongolia Important

Relics of Buddha's chief disciples Sariputra and Mahamoggallana enshrined in Mongolia

On Buddha Purnima, 31 May 2026, the holy relics of Arhat Sariputra and Arhat Mahamoggallana from India were enshrined at Gandantegchenling Monastery, Ulaanbaatar, for a ten-day exposition.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Kerala

Deepika Malayalam daily marks 140th foundation anniversary in Kottayam

Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan attended the 140th foundation anniversary of the Deepika Malayalam daily in Kottayam on 31 May 2026 and presented the Deepika Excellence Awards.

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🏛️ Parliament & Bills 📍 India

Lok Sabha Speaker releases 89 volumes of Central Legislative Assembly proceedings and 'Vidhan-Chetna' magazine

On 28 May 2026 Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla released 89 volumes of the proceedings of the Central Legislative Assembly (1924–1930) and the inaugural issue of the quarterly magazine 'Vidhan-Chetna' at the Delhi Legislative Assembly.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 India

Amit Shah addresses 'Janjati Sanskritik Samagam' in New Delhi in Birsa Munda's 150th birth anniversary year

On 24 May 2026 Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the 'Janjati Sanskritik Samagam' in New Delhi, held in the 150th birth anniversary year of Bhagwan Birsa Munda, and said tribal communities had been kept outside the UCC in Gujarat and Uttarakhand.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 Asia Important

Indian War Memorial inaugurated at Imjingak Park, Seoul, honouring Indian troops in the Korean War

On 21 May 2026 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and South Korea's Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs Kwon Oh-eul inaugurated the Indian War Memorial at Imjingak Park, Seoul, honouring the 60 Para Field Ambulance and the Custodian Force of India.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Jharkhand

Bhagwan Birsa Munda statue and feature wall inaugurated at Ranchi Airport

On 20 May 2026 Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu inaugurated a Bhagwan Birsa Munda statue and feature wall and new passenger facilities at Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Rajasthan

DoNER explores blending North-East's Eri silk with Rajasthan's Kota Doria at Kaithoon

On 17 May 2026 a Ministry of DoNER team led by Secretary Sanjay Jaju visited the Kaithoon Common Facility Centre in Kota, Rajasthan, to explore blending the North-East's Eri silk with the GI-tagged Kota Doria fabric.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Europe

Sweden gifts PM Modi replicas of Tagore's handwritten epigrams found in the Swedish National Archives

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and PM Narendra Modi exchanged gifts honouring Rabindranath Tagore during the PM's visit to Sweden on 17 May 2026, marking the centenary of Tagore's 1926 visit to Sweden.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 Tamil Nadu Must know

Leiden University Library returns the 11th-century Chola Copper Plates to India

On 16 May 2026 Leiden University Library in the Netherlands restituted the 11th-century Chola Copper Plates to the Government of India in the presence of PM Narendra Modi and Dutch PM Rob Jetten.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 Ladakh Important

14-day Sacred Exposition of Holy Relics of Tathāgata in Ladakh concludes; over 1.18 lakh devotees

On 14 May 2026 the 14-day Sacred Exposition of the Holy Relics of the Tathāgata in Ladakh concluded at the Dharma Centre, Choglamsar, Leh, after more than 1.18 lakh devotees paid obeisance.

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