UPTET / Super TET Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Mon, 15 Jun 2026
Sun, 14 Jun 2026
- On 14 June 2026 at Villa Kerylos in Nice, PM Narendra Modi and President Emmanuel Macron held talks; outcomes include the India–France Innovation Roadmap 2030 and a joint AI Working Group on AI governance.
- On 14 June 2026, PM Narendra Modi and President Emmanuel Macron jointly inaugurated the maiden edition of Bharat Innovates 2026 at the Palais des Expositions, Nice.
- A Department of Fertilizers note of 14 June 2026 says six new mega urea plants added 76.2 LMT of annual capacity since 2014, and urea production rose from 225 LMT in 2014-15 to a record 314.07 LMT in 2023-24.
- A MoRTH note of 14 June 2026 says the National Highway network grew from about 91,287 km in 2014 to over 1,46,572 km in FY 2025-26, nearly 61% more.
- On 14 June 2026, the Ministry of Ayush set a Guinness World Record for the most viewers of a YouTube live Yoga stream, with 4,35,831 viewers, ahead of International Day of Yoga 2026.
- An India–France MoU signed during PM Modi's visit to France on 14 June 2026 provides for a National Centre of Excellence for Skilling in Aeronautics and Allied Sectors at NSTI, Kanpur.
- Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, and La Fondation Dassault Systèmes launched the India–France ATL Bridge, which establishes the first School Innovation Lab in France on the Atal Tinkering Lab model.
Sat, 13 Jun 2026
- On 13 June 2026, the Government appointed Vice Chief Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth as the next Chief of the Army Staff with effect from the afternoon of 30 June 2026, when General Upendra Dwivedi retires.
- On 13 June 2026, Dr Jitendra Singh said India's start-ups grew from around 350 to about 2.3 lakh, making India the world's third-largest start-up ecosystem and creating nearly 24–25 lakh jobs in a decade.
- The National Biodiversity Authority has reconstituted its Expert Committee on Agrobiodiversity for one year under Section 13(1) of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, with Dr P. L. Gautam as Chair.
Fri, 12 Jun 2026
- CPI data released on 12 June 2026 put all-India retail inflation for May 2026 at 3.93% (provisional) on the new base year 2024, with food inflation at 4.78%.
- On 12 June 2026, 3,011 trainees of Batch 01/26, including 2,746 Agniveers (116 of them women) and 265 Coast Guard Naviks, passed out at INS Chilka after 16 weeks of training.
- A study by ARIES scientists and international researchers, released on 12 June 2026, examines supernova SN 2023zcu in the galaxy NGC 2139, about 90.7 million light-years away.
- On 12 June 2026, one year after the Air India Flight AI-171 accident, the AAIB issued an interim statement on its investigation under the 2017 rules and ICAO Annex 13.
- On 12 June 2026, the Petroleum Ministry announced that it has notified the Motor Spirit and High-Speed Diesel (Temporary Regulation of Supply through Retail Outlets) Order, 2026, to curb black marketing and hoarding of diesel.
Thu, 11 Jun 2026
- On 11 June 2026, the Defence Ministry announced that a Southern Naval Command EOD team had safely recovered an unexploded missile warhead lodged in a fuel tank of the tanker MT Olympic Life off Kochi.
- On 11 June 2026 in Geneva, Switzerland, MoS Shobha Karandlaje delivered India's plenary statement at the 114th International Labour Conference (ILC) of the ILO.
- On 11 June 2026, the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare released the Second Advance Estimates of 2025-26, putting horticulture production at 3,777.76 lakh tonne from 301.51 lakh hectares.
- On 11 June 2026 at Mexico City Stadium (Estadio Azteca), co-hosts Mexico beat South Africa 2-0 in the opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Wed, 10 Jun 2026
- On 10 June 2026, the Union Cabinet passed a resolution marking Narendra Modi's 4,399 days of continuous service as elected Prime Minister, surpassing Jawaharlal Nehru's record of 4,398 days.
- 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.
- On 10 June 2026, the Ministry of Textiles announced approval of 22 new applicants under Round-3 of the PLI Scheme for Textiles, taking the round to 96 companies with ₹12,822.67 crore of committed investment.
- On 10 June 2026 at CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi, CSIR-CRRI signed an MoA with the PWD, Government of Uttar Pradesh and SPA New Delhi to implement the CAQM standard framework for paving and greening of urban roads in UP's NCR areas.
- On 10 June 2026, the Finance Ministry said guarantees under ECLGS 5.0 had crossed 1 lakh (1,06,549 worth ₹48,484.26 crore as on 9 June), with 96% by number going to MSMEs.
- On 10 June 2026 in New Delhi, the Ministry of Defence signed a ₹449 crore contract with Accord Software and Systems, Bengaluru, for 20 Enhanced Capability GNSS Jammers for the Indian Navy.
- 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.
Tue, 09 Jun 2026
- On 9 June 2026, Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda launched nationwide celebrations for 10 years of the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) and released a ₹75 commemorative coin and a ₹5 postal stamp.
- On 9 June 2026, the Defence Ministry announced that Rajnath Singh had approved a 250 MW Solar Power Project with Battery Energy Storage at Sitapur (Ex-Cantonment), Uttar Pradesh, on about 850 acres of vacant defence land.
- On 9 June 2026, the Ministry of Education issued Letters of Approval to the University of Bristol, the University of York and the University of New South Wales to set up campuses in Mumbai and Bengaluru.