United Kingdom Current Affairs One-liners — Last 3 months

Fri, 21 Aug 2026

• Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and UK Permanent Under Secretary for Defence Jeremy Pocklington co-chaired the 25th India–UK Defence Consultative Group meeting in New Delhi on 21 August 2026.

Sun, 02 Aug 2026

• The Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games concluded on 2 August 2026 with India fourth on the medal table with 39 medals – 13 gold, 17 silver and 9 bronze.

Fri, 31 Jul 2026

• On 31 July 2026 Asmita Dey (women's 48 kg) won India's first-ever Commonwealth Games judo gold and Harsh Singh (men's 60 kg) became the first Indian man to win CWG judo gold, at Glasgow 2026.
• On 31 July 2026 PM Narendra Modi received a telephone call from UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham, congratulated him on assuming office, and both welcomed the entry into force of the India-UK CETA.

Thu, 30 Jul 2026

• On 30 July 2026 at Glasgow, weightlifter Lovepreet Singh won silver in men's +110 kg with a Commonwealth Games record 176 kg snatch, and Seema Kaliramna won bronze in women's discus with 58.65 m.

Wed, 29 Jul 2026

• On 29 July 2026 Murali Sreeshankar won the men's long jump silver at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games with 8.09 m, behind Jamaica's Tajay Gayle (8.15 m), repeating his Birmingham 2022 silver.
• On 29 July 2026 Dilip Mahadu Gavit won the men's 100m T47 gold at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in a Games record 10.71 s, becoming the first Indian male para-athlete to win a CWG gold, as Mohammed Basil took silver.

Tue, 28 Jul 2026

• On 28 July 2026 Gulveer Singh won silver in the men's 10,000m at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 27:49.78, becoming the first Indian man to win a CWG medal in the event.
• On 28 July 2026 Harjinder Kaur won silver in the women's 69 kg weightlifting at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games with a personal-best total of 227 kg (101 kg snatch, 126 kg clean and jerk), upgrading her Birmingham 2022 bronze.

Fri, 24 Jul 2026

• Para powerlifter Jhandu Kumar won bronze in the men's heavyweight event at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on 24 July 2026, opening India's medal tally at the Games.

Tue, 21 Jul 2026

• On 21 July 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Andy Burnham on assuming office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Wed, 15 Jul 2026

• The India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Agreement on Social Security (Double Contribution Convention) entered into force on 15 July 2026, giving zero-duty access to nearly 99% of India's exports.

Mon, 13 Jul 2026

• India's women's cricket team beat England by 270 runs on 13 July 2026 in the one-off Test at Lord's, the first women's Test ever played at the ground.

Sun, 12 Jul 2026

• World No. 1 Jannik Sinner of Italy beat Germany's Alexander Zverev 6-7 (7), 7-6 (2), 6-3, 6-4 in the Wimbledon 2026 men's singles final on 12 July 2026 to win the title for the second year in a row.

Sat, 11 Jul 2026

• 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.

Mon, 06 Jul 2026

• An international team including Dr Aru Beri of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics used the e-MERLIN radio array to study 280 nearby galaxies and found weakly active black holes in nearly a quarter of them (DST, 6 July 2026).
• Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal urged the leather and footwear industry on 6 July 2026 in New Delhi to target at least USD 15 billion in exports in five to six years, and said the India–UK FTA comes into force on 15 July.