Uttarakhand Current Affairs One-liners — Last 6 months

Tue, 19 May 2026

• On 19 May 2026 Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the 26th meeting of the Central Zonal Council in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, attended by the Chief Ministers of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
• A team from Gauhati University, IIA Bengaluru, ARIES Nainital and INAF-Catania reported on 19 May 2026 the first confirmed blue straggler star hosting a brown dwarf companion, in one of the shortest-period stellar binaries known.

Thu, 14 May 2026

• On 14 May 2026 Home Minister Amit Shah presented the President's Colour to the National Disaster Response Force at its 8th Battalion in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, about 20 years after the force was raised.
• On 14 May 2026 the Election Commission of India ordered Phase III of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 16 States and 3 UTs, covering 36.73 crore electors; only Himachal Pradesh, J&K and Ladakh remain.

Tue, 12 May 2026

• On 12 May 2026 CSIR said 13 indigenous technologies of CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, were transferred to industries and start-ups at a National Technology Day event at CSIR headquarters, New Delhi.
• On 11 May 2026 the National Centre for Good Governance began its first capacity-building programme for 29 senior civil servants of Seychelles, the first step under a February 2026 MoU to train 250 Seychellois officials.

Fri, 08 May 2026

• On 8 May 2026 DST announced that scientists at ARIES, Nainital found UV radiation from a massive star triggering new star formation in Bright Rimmed Cloud 44 in the Cepheus OB2 complex, identifying 22 new young stellar objects.

Wed, 06 May 2026

• On 6 May 2026 DST said a study led by scientists of ARIES, Nainital, published in The Astrophysical Journal, used 3D simulations to show that the plasma composition of extragalactic jets and their environment can explain why some appear core-brightened (FR I) and others edge-brightened (FR II).

Thu, 23 Apr 2026

• NHAI is building a 12-km greenfield four-lane access-controlled Dehradun bypass linking to the Delhi–Dehradun Economic Corridor at about ₹716 crore, with around 44% physical progress and completion expected by April 2027, the Road Transport Ministry said on 23 April 2026.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 213-km, six-lane, access-controlled Delhi–Dehradun Economic Corridor in Dehradun on 14 April 2026; built at over ₹12,000 crore, it is expected to cut travel time between the two cities from over six hours to about two and a half.