Himachal Pradesh Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Wed, 16 Sept 2026

• On 16 September 2026, the All India Girls High Altitude Long Trek 'Aparajita – Parang La 2026' of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) was flagged in at Karzok, Ladakh, after 20 girl cadets crossed the 5,578-metre Parang La Pass.

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

• On 15 September 2026, the Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi signed the Kishau Multipurpose Project agreement in New Delhi, in the presence of Home Minister Amit Shah and Jal Shakti Minister C. R. Patil.

Thu, 03 Sept 2026

• On 3 September 2026, Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan reviewed the preparedness of five Himalayan States and UTs against Glacial Lake Outburst Floods and snow avalanches.

Wed, 02 Sept 2026

• On 2 September 2026, the Sports Ministry announced the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards 2024 for Baljeet Kaur, Skalzang Rigzin, Rimo Saha and Shiv Prasad Chamoli.

Thu, 27 Aug 2026

• On 27 August 2026, the Central Bureau of Narcotics intercepted a truck on the Chandigarh–Baddi route under Operation Vajra 2.0 and seized 66,79,980 psychotropic tablets.
• On 27 August 2026, the Law Ministry notified the appointment of Chirag Bhanu as a Judge and Bhupesh Sharma and Yogesh Jaswal as Additional Judges of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.

Tue, 18 Aug 2026

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on 18 August 2026 flagged off the NCC's all-India girls' high-altitude trek 'Aparajita - Parang La 2026', in which 28 girl cadets will cover 250 km in 30 days.

Fri, 14 Aug 2026

• India Post made its first-ever drone delivery of the National Flag on 14 August 2026, flying a Tiranga from Mandi Head Post Office to Rehardhar Branch Post Office in Himachal Pradesh.

Sun, 26 Jul 2026

• Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on 26 July 2026 launched the Mukhyamantri Machhuara Samman Nidhi Yojana, giving ₹3,500 a year to eligible reservoir fishermen during the annual fishing ban.
• PM Narendra Modi virtually interacted on 26 July 2026 with MY Bharat volunteers of the Viksit Vibrant Village Programme 2026, who shared experiences from border villages in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Ladakh.

Tue, 23 Jun 2026

• The Ministry of Panchayati Raj held the 'Seva Se Samriddhi' regional workshop at SKICC, Srinagar, on 23 June 2026, with participants from seven States/UTs.

Tue, 16 Jun 2026

• On 16 June 2026, field operations of the Houselisting and Housing Census under Phase-I of Census 2027 began in Himachal Pradesh, while self-enumeration opened in Kerala and Nagaland.

Mon, 15 Jun 2026

• On 15 June 2026 at Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, the Department of Justice launched 'Nyaya Prabodh – Awakening to Justice', a year-long legal awareness campaign, at a Tele-Law regional workshop and Reforms Utsav.

Fri, 12 Jun 2026

• From 12 June 2026, the Department of Posts began drone-based transmission of mail and parcels between Mandi Head Post Office and Rehardhar Branch Post Office in Himachal Pradesh, cutting transit time to about seven minutes.

Sat, 30 May 2026

• Fighting a forest fire near Kasauli (Solan, Himachal Pradesh) in late May 2026, the Indian Air Force for the first time carried out night Bambi Bucket operations using Night Vision Goggles.

Mon, 25 May 2026

• On 25 May 2026 Union Minister Nitin Gadkari reviewed the quality and maintenance of national highways covering 10,064 km in Rajasthan and 1,947 km in Himachal Pradesh, based on inputs from media and social media.

Sat, 23 May 2026

• India's cold-water fisheries now produce around 7,000 tonnes a year, with Jammu & Kashmir the leading trout producer at about 3,010 tonnes in 2024-25, the Fisheries Ministry said on 23 May 2026.

Mon, 04 May 2026

• Project Deepak of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), raised in 1961 and responsible for over 1,100 km of roads in Himachal Pradesh including the Hindustan-Tibet Road and stretches of the Manali-Leh axis, celebrated its 66th Raising Day in Shimla on 4 May 2026.

Fri, 01 May 2026

• President Droupadi Murmu, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, visited the headquarters of the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) in Shimla on 1 May 2026 and was briefed on its drone training, 'Red Teaming' and digitisation initiatives.

Mon, 20 Apr 2026

• A study led by the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, reported by the Science Ministry on 20 April 2026, points to an East Gondwanan origin of the Jamun genus Syzygium about 80 million years ago, with India a major centre of early diversification.

Mon, 23 Mar 2026

• On 23 March 2026 the Himachal Pradesh Assembly passed the HP Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2026, enabling an 'orphan and widow cess' of up to ₹5 per litre on petrol and high-speed diesel to fund welfare of orphans and widows, amid a BJP walkout.

Sat, 21 Mar 2026

• On 21 March 2026 Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu presented a ₹54,928 crore budget for 2026-27, smaller than 2025-26's ₹58,514 crore after the Revenue Deficit Grant was discontinued, and announced six-month deferment of part of the salaries of the CM, ministers and MLAs.

Fri, 20 Mar 2026

• On 20 March 2026 the Centre signed reform-linked MoUs under Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 with Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Goa, following Union Cabinet approval of JJM 2.0 on 10 March 2026.

Fri, 13 Mar 2026

• A High-Level Committee chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved ₹1,912.99 crore of additional central assistance from the National Disaster Response Fund for Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Jammu & Kashmir, the Home Ministry said on 13 March 2026.

Tue, 24 Feb 2026

• The 16th edition of the India–US Joint Special Forces Exercise Vajra Prahar began at the Special Forces Training School, Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh, on 24 February 2026 and runs until 16 March.

Sat, 21 Feb 2026

• Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda launched the indigenously manufactured Tetanus and Adult Diphtheria (Td) vaccine at the Central Research Institute (CRI), Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, on 21 February 2026.

Thu, 12 Feb 2026

• The Union Government released over ₹3,324 crore as the second instalment of Fifteenth Finance Commission untied grants for 2025-26 to rural local bodies in Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal on 12 February 2026.

Sat, 31 Jan 2026

• On 31 January 2026 Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu directed that the fourth phase of the BPL identification survey begin on 1 February 2026; 59,829 families were added in the first three phases.

Sun, 21 Dec 2025

• Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announced on 21 December 2025 that the Mukhya Mantri Laghu Dukandar Kalyan Yojana has been extended to urban areas as the 'Mukhya Mantri Laghu Dukandar Kalyan Yojana-Shahri'.

Sat, 20 Dec 2025

• The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), which guards India's borders with Nepal and Bhutan, marked its 62nd Raising Day on 20 December 2025 with a ceremony at its training centre at Sapri near Jawalamukhi in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.