Friday, 19 June 2026

At the UNHRC in Geneva, India rebuffed Pakistan, calling the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty 'outdated' and unsuited to present-day realities, and accused Islamabad of exporting terror.

Rajasthan-born, US-based physicist Jainendra K. Jain received the Wolf Prize in Physics for discovering 'composite fermions', becoming the first Indian-origin winner of the honour.

IAS officer Vivek Aggarwal has been elected vice-president of the Financial Action Task Force for July 2026-June 2027 — the first time India holds the post.

The World Bank's board approved a $1.5 billion Development Policy Financing operation to back India's structural reforms and boost private-sector job creation.

Minutes of the RBI's June 3-5 Monetary Policy Committee meeting, released June 19, show a unanimous decision to hold the repo rate at 5.25% with a neutral stance amid West Asia and monsoon risks.

SEBI's board on June 19 brought back open-market share buybacks via stock exchanges from August 1, alongside intraday borrowing for mutual funds and faster AIF launches.

Jio Platforms filed its draft IPO papers with SEBI on June 19, offering up to 27 crore fresh shares (~$3 billion), as Mukesh Ambani announced the move at Reliance's 49th AGM.

World Sickle Cell Day, observed on June 19, raised awareness of sickle cell disease under the 2026 theme 'Closing the Survival Gap: Equity in Sickle Cell Disease'.

The Ministry of Defence signed a Rs 425 crore 'Buy (Indian)' contract with Bharat Forge for 12 sets of 1.25 MW marine gas turbine generators for the Indian Navy's Kolkata-class ships.

The FAO's State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) 2026 report shows India produced 9% of the world's aquatic animals in 2024, second only to China, and leads in inland fisheries.