HPSC HCS Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Wed, 15 Jul 2026

• Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy launched the eighth tranche of e-auction of 20 critical and strategic mineral blocks across nine States on 15 July 2026, at the curtain raiser of India Mining Week 2026.
• The Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) monthly bulletin for June 2026, released on 15 July 2026, put the unemployment rate (15+ years) at 5.5% and the labour force participation rate at 54.4%.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to K. Kamaraj on his birth anniversary on 15 July 2026, remembering him as a stalwart of India's freedom movement.

Tue, 14 Jul 2026

• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on 14 July 2026 brought out its first release of the trial Index of Services Production (ISP) for 19 sub-sectors, with base year 2024-25.
• Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced eight more structural reforms under 'Reform Express' on 14 July 2026, taking the total to 17 against a target of 52 reforms in 52 weeks.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 14 July 2026 flagged off the 13-day 'Shaurya Vijay Yatra' motorcycle expedition from the National War Memorial, New Delhi, to the Kargil War Memorial in Dras, Ladakh.
• The first round of India–Maldives Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations, held virtually from 29 June to 7 July 2026, concluded with eight technical sessions covering eight policy areas.
• All-India Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation rose to 9.87% year-on-year in June 2026 from 9.68% in May 2026, on the 2022-23 base.
• Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan released the book 'The Voice of Justice: Justice Gavai Speaks', a collection of speeches of former Chief Justice of India B. R. Gavai, on 14 July 2026.
• India Post earned ₹4,009 crore in the first quarter of 2026–27, its highest-ever first-quarter revenue and 22% more than a year earlier, Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on 14 July 2026.

Mon, 13 Jul 2026

• India's women's cricket team beat England by 270 runs on 13 July 2026 in the one-off Test at Lord's, the first women's Test ever played at the ground.
• All-India retail inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (base 2024=100) rose to 4.38% in June 2026 from 3.93% in May, with food inflation at 5.32%.
• MeitY and Drone Federation India launched NIDAR 2.0, the second edition of the National Innovation Challenge for Drone Application and Research, on 13 July 2026, asking students to build drones around India's VEGA processor.
• India's total exports of goods and services in April–June 2026-27 were estimated at US$ 232.73 billion, up 11.37% from a year earlier, the Commerce Ministry said on 13 July 2026.
• All five members of India's team won gold medals at the 56th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2026 in Bucaramanga, Colombia; Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated them on 13 July 2026.
• The Competition Commission of India (CCI), by an order dated 13 July 2026, imposed a penalty of ₹11.98 crore on HP India and about ₹2.30 crore on sixteen of its resellers for cartelisation in toner, cartridges and other printer supplies.
• India and Japan held their 8th Defence Policy Dialogue in Tokyo on 13 July 2026, co-chaired by Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and Japan's Vice Minister of Defence for International Affairs Kano Koji.
• Indian Navy sail training ship INS Sudarshini took part in the Grand Parade of Sails marking the start of Sail Boston 2026 on 12 July 2026, during her Lokayan 26 expedition.
• MeitY, with CERT-In, CSIRT-Fin and SISA, released the second edition of the Digital Threat Report 2025–26 for India's banking, financial services, insurance and payments ecosystem on 13 July 2026.

Sun, 12 Jul 2026

• Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Father Amir of Qatar who ruled from 1995 to 2013, passed away on 12 July 2026 at 74; India declared one day of State Mourning on 13 July 2026.
• World No. 1 Jannik Sinner of Italy beat Germany's Alexander Zverev 6-7 (7), 7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-4 in the Wimbledon 2026 men's singles final on 12 July 2026 to win the title for the second year in a row.
• MY Bharat announced on 12 July 2026 that registrations for district-level competitions under the 'Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat' campaign would open on 13 July 2026, for youth aged 15 to 29.
• Union Minister Jitendra Singh reviewed preparations on 12 July 2026 for the nationwide 'Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar' coastal cleanliness campaign, to be held along India's coastline from 10 to 19 September 2026.

Sat, 11 Jul 2026

• During PM Modi's 10–11 July 2026 visit to Auckland, the first by an Indian PM to New Zealand in 40 years, India and New Zealand became Strategic Partners and endorsed a Roadmap to 2030.
• Czech ninth seed Linda Noskova, 21, beat compatriot Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in the Wimbledon women's final in London on 11 July 2026 to win her first Grand Slam title.
• Union Minister Chirag Paswan marked loan sanctions to over 2 lakh micro food processing enterprises under the PMFME Scheme at an event in New Delhi on 11 July 2026.

Fri, 10 Jul 2026

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Ports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal reviewed progress on establishing the Bureau of Port Security (BoPS) on 10 July 2026.
• A Financial Intelligence Unit–India case on a ₹868-crore cyber fraud network was named runner-up at the Best Egmont Case Award (BECA) 2026 at the Egmont Group Plenary in Baku, Azerbaijan, the Finance Ministry announced on 10 July 2026.
• The 49th Codex Alimentarius Commission session in Geneva, held from 6 to 10 July 2026, adopted seven India-led texts, including standards for dried coriander seeds, fresh curry leaves, large cardamom and vanilla, and approved India's proposal for a cashew kernel standard.
• The Health Ministry announced on 10 July 2026 that formulations with more than 12% v/v ethyl alcohol in quantities above 30 mL will need licences and be sold only on prescription under Schedule H1.