KVS / NVS Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Mon, 01 Jun 2026

• On 1 June 2026, NHSRCL achieved the breakthrough of the 417-metre Mountain Tunnel-07 at Ambesari village, Dahanu taluka, Palghar district, Maharashtra, for the Mumbai–Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project.
• On 1 June 2026 at Sri Vijaya Puram, Vice Admiral Vineet McCarty assumed charge as the 20th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman & Nicobar Command, India's only Tri-Service Operational Command.

Sun, 31 May 2026

• Admiral Krishna Swaminathan assumed charge as the 27th Chief of the Naval Staff on 31 May 2026, succeeding Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi.
• On 31 May 2026 General NS Raja Subramani assumed charge as the third Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and Secretary, Department of Military Affairs.
• PM SVANidhi, the micro-credit scheme for street vendors of the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs launched in June 2020, completed six years; the occasion was marked in Agartala on 31 May 2026.
• Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Gujarat Titans by five wickets in the IPL 2026 final at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, on 31 May 2026 to retain the title.
• Veteran Hindi film playback singer Suman Kalyanpur died at her home in Mumbai on 31 May 2026 at the age of 89; Maharashtra gave her a funeral with full State honours.
• 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.
• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the nationwide 'Khet Bachao Abhiyan' would begin on 1 June 2026 from Ramsiya village in Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh.
• Under Phase III of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the enumeration phase began on 30 May 2026 in Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim and Manipur.
• World No Tobacco Day was observed on 31 May 2026 with the WHO theme 'Unmasking the appeal – countering nicotine and tobacco addiction'.

Sat, 30 May 2026

• The first edition of the multilateral Army exercise PRAGATI (Partnership of Regional Armies for Growth and Transformation in the Indian Ocean Region) concluded at Umroi Military Station, Meghalaya, on 30 May 2026.
• The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) realised ₹21.26 crore through the Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) mechanism in 2025–26, with the seed sector the largest contributor (₹11.75 crore).
• The Digi Yatra app crossed 10 crore uses across 38 airports with over 2.4 crore downloads, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said on 30 May 2026.
• Fighting a forest fire near Kasauli (Solan, Himachal Pradesh) in late May 2026, the Indian Air Force for the first time carried out night Bambi Bucket operations using Night Vision Goggles.
• Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan assumed charge as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, in Mumbai on 30 May 2026; he was earlier Vice Chief of the Naval Staff.
• The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, run by the National Health Authority, crossed 90 crore Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts (ABHA) in May 2026, with Uttar Pradesh leading at over 15.3 crore.
• On 30 May 2026 Dr Jitendra Singh launched 'Samadhan Didi', an AI-enabled voice chatbot for CPGRAMS developed by DARPG with Bhashini, letting citizens lodge grievances by speaking in their own language.
• The Centre notified export levies (Special Additional Excise Duty) of ₹1.5/litre on petrol, ₹13.5/litre on diesel and ₹9.5/litre on ATF for the fortnight beginning 1 June 2026.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated 'Nausena Shaurya Vatika', an open-air naval museum showcasing INS Gomati's weapon systems, in Lucknow on 30 May 2026.
• On 30 May 2026 West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari launched a statewide free HPV vaccination campaign against cervical cancer, targeting about 7.65 lakh girls aged 14 with a single dose of Gardasil-4.
• On 30 May 2026 Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reviewed Meghalaya's preparations for the 39th National Games in 2027 and announced a ₹150 crore high-altitude training centre in the State.
• On 30 May 2026 the Central Government temporarily exempted all customs duties on import of cotton from 1 June 2026 till 31 October 2026 to improve cotton availability for the textile sector.
• Goa marked its 40th Statehood Day on 30 May 2026; Goa became the 25th State of India on 30 May 1987.
• The National Steering Committee of PM-SETU approved its first-ever Strategic Investment Plan, by ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India for the Visakhapatnam ITI Cluster, making Andhra Pradesh the first State to operationalise an industry partnership under the ₹60,000 crore scheme.
• Paris Saint-Germain beat Arsenal 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the UEFA Champions League final at the Puskás Aréna, Budapest, on 30 May 2026, winning the title for a second successive year.

Fri, 29 May 2026

• The National Family Health Survey-6 (2023-24), released on 29 May 2026, shows stunting among under-five children falling from 35.5% to 29.3% and institutional deliveries rising to 90.6%, with TFR at 2.0.
• In its second-stage forecast on 29 May 2026, IMD said the 2026 southwest monsoon (June–September) rainfall is likely to be 90% of the Long Period Average (±4%), with an 84% probability of below-normal or less rainfall.
• The Ministry of Corporate Affairs added item (xiii), 'Subscription to zero coupon zero principal instruments on Social Stock Exchange', to Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013, allowing such subscriptions to count as CSR.
• The International Day of UN Peacekeepers was observed on 29 May 2026 with the theme 'Invest in Peace'; 29 May marks the anniversary of the first UN peacekeeping mission in 1948.