State Staff Selection Current Affairs One-liners — Last 3 months

Sun, 12 Jul 2026

• Union Steel Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy inaugurated an 84,000 cubic metre RCC water reservoir at SAIL's IISCO Steel Plant, Burnpur, West Bengal, on 12 July 2026.
• The Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency set a Guinness World Record on 12 July 2026 by planting over 3.61 lakh saplings in one hour using the Miyawaki method, during a mass plantation drive launched by Amit Shah.
• Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary inaugurated and laid foundation stones for 982 development projects worth ₹1,047.09 crore in Muzaffarpur on 12 July 2026 and opened the Sikandarpur Lake Front.
• 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.
• Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan unveiled a statue of social reformer and freedom fighter Mannathu Padmanabhan and inaugurated the Mannam Smrithi Mandapam at the Mannam International Centre, Dwarka, New Delhi, on 12 July 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.
• The Indian Navy inducted INS Mahendragiri, the sixth Project 17A stealth frigate, into its Eastern Fleet at Visakhapatnam on 11 July 2026 in the presence of Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh.
• Veteran playback singer S. Janaki, who recorded over 48,000 songs and won four National Film Awards, died in Mysuru, Karnataka, on 11 July 2026 at the age of 88.
• 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.
• The 3rd BRICS Transport Ministers' Meeting, held in Nagpur, Maharashtra, on 11 July 2026 under India's BRICS Chairship, unanimously adopted a Ministerial Declaration.
• Lakhanpur in Kathua district, Jammu & Kashmir, was announced on 11 July 2026 as among the first towns approved for a Street Food Hub under PM SVANidhi.
• 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.
• Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju and Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated the five-day 6th Lok Samvardhan Parv at Parade Ground, Dehradun, 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.
• Kolkata Metro's tunnel boring machine 'Durga' broke through at Victoria station on 10 July 2026, completing the Khidderpore–Victoria tunnel on the Joka–Esplanade (Purple Line) corridor.
• 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.
• Indian Railways announced on 10 July 2026 approval of Kavach Version 4.0 on 680 route km of the Rewari–Delhi and Shakurbasti–Bathinda sections of Northern Railway's Delhi Division at a cost of ₹206 crore.
• The 7th Governing Body meeting of National CAMPA, chaired by Bhupender Yadav at CASFOS, Coimbatore, on 10 July 2026, extended MISHTI till 2029 and approved projects for river dolphins, snow leopards, rhinos and wild water buffalo.
• Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav inaugurated the Centre of Excellence on Human–Wildlife Conflict at WII-SACON, Coimbatore, and launched the National Human–Wildlife Conflict Portal 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 Ports Ministry announced on 10 July 2026 that units in IFSC GIFT City, Gandhinagar, no longer need a DG Shipping licence under Section 11 of the Coastal Shipping Act, 2025 to charter foreign vessels for EXIM and international trade.
• 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.
• NITI Aayog held a stakeholder consultation in New Delhi on 10 July 2026 on rolling out the SHANTI Act, 2025, covering draft rules, FDI provisions, finance, insurance and manufacturing.

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.
• The 29th meeting of the National Tiger Conservation Authority, chaired by Bhupender Yadav at CASFOS, Coimbatore, on 9 July 2026, released the STRIDES 2026 report and a 'Roadmap to Rescue' for wild animals.
• Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan launched the Letter of Authorisation (LoA) framework for sustainable fishing in the high seas and the Odisha Deep Sea Fishing Mission Document in Bhubaneswar on 9 July 2026.
• The BRICS Women Ministerial Meeting concluded in Kochi on 9 July 2026 under India's BRICS Chairship, adopting the first-ever Joint Statement in the BRICS Women Track.
• 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.