Asia Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Thu, 04 Jun 2026
- On 4 June 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared open the 1st World Yogasana Championship 2026 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, via video conferencing.
- On 4 June 2026 in New Delhi, Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy and UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper launched the India–UK Critical Minerals Global Supply Chain Observatory (GSCO).
- On 4 June 2026, marking two years of PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said the scheme has crossed 40 lakh households and targets 75 lakh by December 2026.
- On 4 June 2026 in New Delhi, former Lok Sabha Secretary-General and constitutional expert Dr Subhash C. Kashyap died at his Sainik Farm residence aged 97.
- On 4 June 2026, a tripartite MoU was signed for implementing the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, making it the 33rd Legislature to join.
- On 4 June 2026 in New Delhi, India and Zimbabwe held the inaugural meeting of their Joint Defence Committee (JDC).
- On 4 June 2026 at Shram Shakti Bhawan, New Delhi, MY Bharat received the Guinness World Records title for 'Most Users to Take an Online Quiz in One Week' with 390,812 participants.
Wed, 03 Jun 2026
- On 3 June 2026 at Lok Bhavan in Bengaluru, Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath to D. K. Shivakumar as the 25th Chief Minister of Karnataka, along with 13 ministers including G. Parameshwara.
- On 3 June 2026, the Union Cabinet approved one-time budgetary support of up to ₹10,000 crore, as interest-free advances to Oil Marketing Companies, to stabilise ATF prices for Scheduled Indian Airlines amid fuel price volatility from the West Asia crisis.
- On World Bicycle Day, 3 June 2026, Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya cycled with Sports Ministry and SAI staff at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi; the Ministry gave this year's theme as 'Cycling for a Greener Future'.
- On 3 June 2026, the CCEA approved widening of the Armoor–Jagtial–Mancherial section of NH-63 (Hybrid Annuity) and the Jagtial–Karimnagar section of NH-563 (BOT-Toll) to four lanes in Telangana: 190.76 km at ₹7,597.16 crore.
- On 3 June 2026, the CCEA approved a new coastal highway from Rameshwar to Paradeep in Odisha in two packages on Hybrid Annuity Mode at a capital cost of ₹8,300.79 crore.
- On 3 June 2026 in New Delhi, Panchayati Raj Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh conferred the National Panchayat Awards 2025 on 42 Panchayats, 22 of them led by women.
- On 3 June 2026 in New Delhi, President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the National Conclave on Strengthening of Integrated Tribal Development Agencies and Projects, and virtually inaugurated 75 Space Labs in Eklavya Model Residential Schools and a Training Fab at IISc Bengaluru.
- On 3 June 2026, the Union Cabinet approved a two-year, ₹9,585 crore scheme funded through the National Capital Region Planning Board to help owners replace BS-IV or older trucks and buses in Delhi-NCR with BS-VI or electric vehicles.
- On 3 June 2026 at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao, Goa, India beat Bhutan 1-0 in the SAFF Women's Championship semi-final through Sanfida Nongrum's 58th-minute goal to set up a final against Bangladesh.
- On 3 June 2026, Union Minister Jitendra Singh and South Africa's Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Nomalungelo Gina agreed to scale up cooperation in future technologies, with AI, digital infrastructure and advanced manufacturing as key priorities.
- On 3 June 2026, the CCEA approved upgrading the 143.529-km Khagaria–Purnea section of NH-31 and NH-231 in Bihar to four lanes on BOT (Toll) mode at ₹3,936.05 crore, with a 6.729-km greenfield Purnea bypass.
- On 3 June 2026 in New Delhi, Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Hardeep Singh Puri addressed the launch of Hero MotoCorp's first flex-fuel motorcycles.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026
- On 2 June 2026, Telangana marked its Formation Day, with Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy paying tributes at the Martyrs Memorial in Gun Park and unfurling the national flag at Parade Grounds, Secunderabad; the State was formed on 2 June 2014 under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
- On 2 June 2026, reform-linked MoUs under Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 were signed with four States (Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland) and one UT (Puducherry) for a Gram Panchayat-led, service-based model of rural water supply.
- On 2 June 2026, the President appointed Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai, a Judge of the Sikkim High Court, as Chief Justice of the Patna High Court with effect from 5 June 2026, after the retirement of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo on 4 June.
- On 2 June 2026, DRDO and the Indian Air Force successfully flight-tested the indigenous RudraM-II air-to-surface missile from an airborne platform under extreme release conditions, with ITR Chandipur confirming all objectives.
- On 2 June 2026 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, South Africa's Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile, on his first visit to India, called on President Droupadi Murmu, who noted that South Africa was the first country with which India established a Strategic Partnership, in 1997.
- On 2 June 2026, DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and the Assam Chief Minister launched Mission 'Senehjori', a cluster-based initiative with an estimated ₹396–411 crore investment over three years to turn Assam's Muga silk into a high-value luxury textile ecosystem.
- On 2 June 2026, Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda addressed the 2nd Convocation of AIIMS Bathinda, Punjab, and inaugurated a PET-CT facility and a second HELA facility for cancer care.
- On 2 June 2026, the Digital India BHASHINI Division with Current AI and Kalpa Impact launched the VYOMA Innovation Challenge for open-source, multilingual, voice-first AI that works offline, building on the Sunno Sutra handheld device.
- On 2 June 2026, Mario Voigt, Minister-President of the German State of Thuringia, called on Union Minister Jitendra Singh to explore cooperation in quantum communication, photonics, space technologies and deep-tech innovation.
- On 2 June 2026 in New Delhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah met a Nepalese delegation led by Rabi Lamichhane, chairman of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, and congratulated him on the RSP's election victory.