Asia Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Sun, 21 Jun 2026
- On 21 June 2026 in Mumbai, the 19th Mumbai International Film Festival closed with the Golden Conch for Best Documentary going to the Polish film 'Silver'.
- DAE Secretary Ajit Kumar Mohanty inaugurated the Versatile Deuterated compounds Production Plant and commissioned a 24 kA Prototype Sodium Cell at Heavy Water Board Facilities, Vadodara, on 21 June 2026.
- President Droupadi Murmu visited Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on 21 June 2026 and toured its Cheetah Management Area.
- The Skill Development Ministry sent off a 30-member Team India on 21 June 2026 for the Global Skills Challenge 2026 in Australia, a preparatory event ahead of WorldSkills Shanghai.
- More than 8.30 lakh NCC cadets and staff took part in synchronized yoga sessions at over 5,000 locations on 21 June 2026, the 12th International Day of Yoga.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Indian women's hockey team on 21 June 2026 for winning the FIH Hockey Women's Nations Cup.
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh performed yoga with about 1,000 IAF and Army personnel at Eastern Air Command Headquarters in Shillong, Meghalaya, on 21 June 2026.
Sat, 20 Jun 2026
- On 20 June 2026 at Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district, Odisha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for projects worth over ₹47,600 crore, with President Droupadi Murmu present.
- On 20 June 2026 at Tarakeswar, Hooghly, West Bengal, PM Narendra Modi joined Paschimbanga Divas celebrations and released the 23rd PM-KISAN instalment of over ₹18,880 crore.
- On 20 June 2026 at Sanwer in Indore district, Madhya Pradesh, Union Housing Minister Manohar Lal issued sanctions for over 42,000 houses under PMAY-U 2.0 as 38,000 families performed grih pravesh.
- The Steel Ministry said on 20 June 2026 that NMDC's senior management reviewed expansion and digitalisation at the Donimalai Complex in Karnataka, targeting 17 MTPA from Donimalai and 10 MTPA from Kumaraswamy Mine.
- Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan visited the Hall of Fame War Memorial, Sindhu Ghat and the Pashmina Goat Farm at Upshi in Ladakh on 20 June 2026.
- The Environment Ministry said on 20 June 2026 that India's ABS framework under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 has mobilised over ₹266 crore and disbursed about ₹145 crore.
- The Health Ministry announced on 20 June 2026 that it has prohibited the manufacture, sale and distribution of 16 fixed dose combinations (FDCs) for human use.
- APEDA announced on 20 June 2026 the first-ever commercial export of dried whole egg powder from Balangir, Odisha, to Austria.
- President Droupadi Murmu and PM Narendra Modi remotely laid the foundation stone of BCGCL's coal-to-ammonium nitrate project at Lakhanpur, Jharsuguda district, Odisha, on 20 June 2026.
- On 20 June 2026 in Mumbai, the 19th Mumbai International Film Festival marked David Attenborough's centenary with a special screening of 'Secrets of Wild India'.
Fri, 19 Jun 2026
- On 19 June 2026 at Omkareshwar, Madhya Pradesh, President Droupadi Murmu attended the International Sickle Cell Day commemoration and noted that screening under the National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission met its target ahead of schedule.
- On 19 June 2026 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, PM Narendra Modi disbursed incentives of about ₹2,400 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY).
- On 19 June 2026, the Government announced that Vivek Aggarwal, Secretary, Ministry of Culture, has been elected and appointed Vice-President of the FATF for July 2026–June 2027, the first time India holds the post.
- On 19 June 2026, Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal co-chaired the 14th Session of the India-Uzbekistan Intergovernmental Commission, held in Tashkent, with Indian participation by video conference.
- On 19 June 2026 in New Delhi, the Ministry of Defence signed a contract of about ₹425 crore with Bharat Forge Limited, Pune, for 12 sets of 1.25 MW Marine Gas Turbine Generators for the Indian Navy.
- The Department of Science and Technology said on 19 June 2026 that astronomers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics have traced the likely mechanism behind the fast X-ray transient EP241107a.
- On 19 June 2026 at Agra, Uttar Pradesh, the Ministry of MSME hosted the First BRICS MSME Forum and the Third SME Working Group Meeting.
- NHAI announced on 19 June 2026 that it has launched Rajasthan's first Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling system at the Daulatpura Toll Plaza on the Delhi-Jaipur section of NH-48.
- From 17 to 19 June 2026 in New Delhi, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj held a Training of Trainers on Nirbhay Chetna under the Nirbhaya Fund project.
- From 15 to 19 June 2026 at Military Hospital Namkum, Ranchi, Jharkhand, an Army and Air Force ophthalmic team held the 9th Mega Surgical Advanced Eye Camp under Operation DRISHTI.
Thu, 18 Jun 2026
- On 18 June 2026, a 40-member Indian Army contingent departed for Exercise Khaan Quest, scheduled from 20 June to 3 July 2026 at Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
- On 18 June 2026, MoS Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu announced the revival of the Qadian–Beas New Railway Line in Punjab's Majha region, a 39.68-km broad-gauge corridor costing about ₹1,400 crore.
- On 18 June 2026 in Paris, PM Narendra Modi, accompanied by French President Emmanuel Macron, took part in VivaTech 2026, where India is the AI Country Partner.