SBI PO Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Tue, 14 Jul 2026

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.

Thu, 09 Jul 2026

• PM Narendra Modi and PM Anthony Albanese held the 3rd India–Australia Annual Summit in Melbourne on 9 July 2026, announcing a Joint Declaration on Defence and Security Cooperation among 18 outcomes.
• At the Melbourne summit on 9 July 2026, India and Australia finalised the Administrative Arrangement that operationalises their 2014 Civil Nuclear Agreement and enables Australian uranium exports to India.
• The Department of Telecommunications' BharatNet-enabled 'Samriddh Gram' project was announced on 9 July 2026 as a global winner of the WSIS Prizes 2026 under Action Line C6 – Enabling Environment, presented at the WSIS Forum in Geneva.
• CSIR and IP Australia signed an agreement on access to India's Traditional Knowledge Digital Library at the India–Australia Annual Summit in Melbourne on 9 July 2026, taking the number of patent offices with access to 18.
• The Sports Ministry on 9 July 2026 directed all recognised National Sports Federations to publish their Los Angeles 2028 Olympic qualification and athlete selection pathways by 15 July 2026.

Wed, 08 Jul 2026

• The Ministry of Education released the AISHE reports for 2022-23 and 2023-24 on 8 July 2026; Gross Enrolment Ratio rose to 30 in 2023-24 and total enrolment to 4.50 crore.
• The Ministry of Coal invited applications on 8 July 2026 under the ₹37,500 crore Scheme for Promotion of Surface Coal/Lignite Gasification Projects; the last date is 7 September 2026.
• PM Narendra Modi visited the UNESCO World Heritage Prambanan Temple Complex in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on 8 July 2026 and, with President Prabowo Subianto, unveiled a plaque starting ASI's conservation project there.

Tue, 07 Jul 2026

• The Ministry of Education released the UDISE+ 2025-26 report on school education on 7 July 2026: teachers rose to 1,02,73,020, secondary dropout fell to 7.0% and secondary GER rose to 71.7%.
• PM Narendra Modi and President Prabowo Subianto held official talks at Istana Merdeka, Jakarta, on 7 July 2026 during the PM's State Visit to Indonesia (6–8 July), with 14 agreements including BrahMos cooperation.