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The Finance Ministry's Expenditure Finance Committee approved a Rs 1.25 lakh crore outlay for India Semiconductor Mission 2.0; the proposal now goes to the Union Cabinet.
The RBI's June 2026 Financial Stability Report said banks' gross NPA ratio fell to a multi-decadal low of 1.8% and the financial system remains resilient, while flagging AI-driven and external risks.
India's UPI went live in Greece through an NPCI International (NIPL)–Eurobank partnership, enabling cross-border digital payments and remittances.
Indian Army rowers Havildar Lakshay and Havildar Ujjwal Kumar Singh won India's first-ever World Rowing Cup gold, topping the Lightweight Men's Double Sculls at World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne, Switzerland.
India marked the 20th National Statistics Day on June 29, honouring statistician P.C. Mahalanobis, with the 2026 theme 'Unlocking the Potential of Administrative Data'.
The Union Cabinet approved an additional Rs 30,000 crore for the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund, doubling the Centre's total commitment to Rs 60,000 crore.
HDFC Bank's board approved appointing former Chief Election Commissioner and ex-Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar as its part-time chairman for three years, subject to RBI approval.
India rose to 94th of 167 countries in the 2026 UN SDG Index with a score of 68.3, its best-ever rank, though hunger and health remain weak areas.
Seychelles conferred its highest honour, 'Guardian of the Blue Horizon', on PM Narendra Modi for his leadership on environmental conservation and climate action.
India and Seychelles announced 19 outcomes during PM Modi's State Visit, spanning defence, UPI digital payments, an extradition treaty, space cooperation and an Rs 1,250 crore line of credit.
India's CERT-In warned that a large-scale malware campaign is targeting WhatsApp Web and Desktop users via malicious VBScript attachments, urging caution with unexpected files.
Union Minister Amit Shah launched 'Bharat Taxi', a driver-owned cooperative ride-hailing platform, across 14 Gujarat cities.
ISRO successfully hot-tested its semi-cryogenic engine power head at 175-tonne thrust, a step toward a 200-tonne engine for the LVM3.
Kotak Mahindra Bank said its MD & CEO Ashok Vaswani will not seek reappointment after his term ends on December 31, 2026.
On World MSME Day 2026, Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan launched PMEGP 2.0 and several digital portals to strengthen India's MSME ecosystem.
PM Modi is on a June 27-29 State Visit to Seychelles as Guest of Honour at the Golden Jubilee of its National Day, marking 50 years of India-Seychelles ties.
The World Bank approved $1.1 billion for Bangladesh to safeguard food security amid global fertiliser and fuel price volatility.
Seven endangered golden langurs rescued from traffickers were released back into the wild at Assam's Sikhna Jwhwlao National Park.
The Department of Atomic Energy inaugurated the world's first hydrogen plant using the Copper-Chlorine thermochemical cycle powered by nuclear heat from the Fast Breeder Test Reactor at IGCAR, Kalpakkam.
India's first hydrogen-powered train completed its final 120 kmph speed trial on June 26 on the Jind-Sonipat section in Haryana.
In its first official disclosure, the government named six armed-forces personnel killed during Operation Sindoor and inscribed them at the National War Memorial.
Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi will make her first official India visit from July 1-3 for the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit with PM Modi.
The India-UK free trade pact (CETA) and the Double Contribution Convention will take effect on July 15, 2026, with Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal reviewing rollout preparations in the UK.
Goldman Sachs upgraded India's CY2026 GDP growth forecast to 6.8% and cut its inflation projection after the US-Iran peace deal lowered oil prices.
India's foreign exchange reserves climbed to $672.587 billion in the week ended June 19, led by a jump in gold reserves.
The RBI has notified rules giving victims of small-value digital banking fraud compensation of up to Rs 25,000.
Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Mirabai Chanu will lead India's 11-member weightlifting squad at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Four unique traditional crops of Madhya Pradesh have been awarded Geographical Indication (GI) tags.
The 5th Royal Ranthambore International Tiger Week 2026 began at Ranthambore on June 26 with a focus on ecosystem-based conservation and human-wildlife coexistence.
China's LineShine supercomputer in Shenzhen topped the June 2026 TOP500 list at 2.198 exaflops, displacing the US system El Capitan to become the world's fastest.
Under its BRICS Chairship 2026, India hosted the 11th BRICS Energy Ministers' Meeting in Gurugram on June 25, 2026, adopting a Joint Communique and launching the BRICS Digital Centre of Excellence for Smart Grids and Energy Storage.
On June 25, 2026, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy met PM Modi in New Delhi and announced an additional $13 billion for AI and cloud infrastructure, taking Amazon's total planned India investment to a record $48 billion between 2026 and 2030.
Chief of the Air Staff ACM Amar Preet Singh released 'The Second Orbit', the memoir of astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian to visit the ISS.
India will restart accepting tourist visa applications from Bangladeshi citizens on June 28, 2026, ending a nearly two-year suspension.
The Day of the Seafarer, a UN observance led by the International Maritime Organization, is marked every June 25; the 2026 campaign theme is 'Carrying world trade. Carrying the risks', spotlighting seafarers who keep global trade moving through conflict-hit waters.
In its latest Asia-Pacific outlook, S&P Global Ratings projected India's real GDP growth will slow to 6.6% in FY27 from 7.7% in FY26, and consumer inflation will rise to 5.1%, citing energy stress, a sub-par monsoon and slowing global growth.
MoSPI announced on June 24, 2026 that India will release its first-ever monthly Index of Services Production (ISP) — a services-sector counterpart to the IIP — with base year 2024-25, beginning with trial data on July 14.
On June 24, 2026, the RBI finalised a revised customer-compensation framework for digital-payment fraud — capping relief at Rs 25,000, introducing a 'shadow reversal' provisional credit, and deferring the start to January 1, 2027.
Scientists have discovered a new genus and species of tiger moth, Antaram idukki, in Kerala's Idukki district, highlighting the Western Ghats' hidden biodiversity.
A study published June 24, 2026 in Science Advances confirmed NASA's Perseverance rover detected macromolecular (complex organic) carbon in mudstones of the Bright Angel formation in Jezero Crater — the most extensive organic detection on Mars yet, a potential but unconfirmed sign of past life.
At the 65th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar, Dev Meena set a national pole vault record (5.46m) and teenager Anushka Yadav broke the women's hammer throw national record (67.02m), both qualifying for the 2026 Asian Games.
With the monsoon deficit at around 43%, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the Centre has prepared contingency plans for 315 vulnerable districts (111 high-priority) across 12 states, urging a shift to less water-intensive crops.
At the ISSF Junior World Championship 2026 in Suhl, Germany, India's Abhinav Shaw and Shambhavi Kshirsagar won the 10m air rifle mixed team gold with a junior world record on June 24, 2026, part of a six-medal day for India.
The BRICS Heads of Space Agencies (HOSA) Meeting 2026, hosted by ISRO in Bengaluru under India's BRICS Chairship, concluded on June 24, 2026 with Union Minister Jitendra Singh pitching a 'BRICS Space Economy'.
India hosted the 16th BRICS National Security Advisers' Meeting in New Delhi on June 22, 2026; on the sidelines, NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese FM Wang Yi reviewed ties and noted progress toward 'gradual normalisation'.
Indigenously built warships INS Udaygiri (stealth frigate) and INS Kavaratti (anti-submarine warfare corvette) of the Indian Navy's Eastern Fleet made a port call at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, arriving June 22 and departing June 24, 2026.
PM Modi led the 12th International Day of Yoga from Kolkata's Red Road; the 2026 theme is 'Yoga for Healthy Ageing'.
The 23rd PM-KISAN instalment was disbursed from West Bengal, transferring Rs 18,880 crore to over 9.44 crore farmers.
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.
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.
The RBI has revised the Kisan Credit Card framework, standardising crop-season definitions and reaffirming collateral-free loans up to Rs 2 lakh.
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'.
India advanced two places to 70th on the World Economic Forum's Energy Transition Index 2026 and was among the strongest improvers, even as global transition readiness fell for the first time in over a decade.
IIT Delhi is India's highest-ranked university in the QS World University Rankings 2027 at 118th globally, up five places and equalling the best-ever Indian rank.
Income Tax Department data show net direct tax collections grew 14.64% year-on-year to Rs 5.21 lakh crore as of June 17, with advance tax up 15.3%.
The Finance Ministry ratified an 8.25% EPF interest rate for FY26 — unchanged for a third year — to be credited to over 7 crore members this month.
Midfielder Manpreet Singh became India's most-capped hockey player with his 413th cap against Germany in the FIH Pro League, overtaking Dilip Tirkey.
India opened the ISSF Junior World Championship 2026 in Suhl, Germany with three medals, including individual and team gold for Sejal Kamble in the junior women's 10m air pistol.
An Indian Army contingent left on June 18 for the 23rd edition of the multinational peacekeeping Exercise Khaan Quest 2026 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (June 20-July 3).
The Indian Coast Guard inducted its first indigenous Air Cushion Vehicle (hovercraft H-561), built by Chowgule & Company in Goa, on June 18, 2026.
On June 17, 2026 — World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (theme: 'Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. Restore.') — India released its second progress report showing 21.76 million hectares of land restored under the Bonn Challenge.
Defence Ministry data show production rose 15.6% to a record Rs 1.78 lakh crore in FY26, with private-sector share at an all-time high of Rs 42,000 crore.
After Modi's trilateral with Costa and Von der Leyen on the G7 sidelines, the EU said the India-EU FTA — the 'mother of all deals' — will be signed by end-2026.
Modi and Starmer announced on June 17 that the India-UK CETA and the Double Contribution Convention will simultaneously enter into force on July 15, 2026.
The National Stock Exchange filed its DRHP with SEBI on June 17, 2026 for an IPO of about Rs 30,000 crore — entirely an Offer for Sale of around 6% of paid-up capital.
The RBI lifted interest-rate ceilings on fresh FCNR(B) (3-5 yr) and NRE (3 yr+) deposits till September 30, 2026 to attract more NRI inflows.
India women's vice-captain Smriti Mandhana is the only Indian on TIME magazine's inaugural 100 Most Influential People in Sports 2026 list.
Using data from Aditya-L1's VELC instrument, Indian scientists found strong evidence on how the Sun's corona becomes far hotter than its surface.
During PM Modi's visit, India and Slovakia upgraded their relationship to a 'comprehensive partnership' and signed agreements including on defence.
PM Modi and US President Trump met in person for the first time in 16 months on the sidelines of the G7 Summit.
UNICEF's Children's Climate Risk Report 2026 warns over 1.1 billion children face three or more climate hazards, with hundreds of millions of Indian children exposed to extreme heat.
The G7 Summit 2026 opened in Évian, France, with PM Modi attending as an outreach partner and stressing the security of maritime routes for seafarers.
PM Modi and Canadian PM Mark Carney held talks at the G7 to revive ties, aiming to conclude a trade deal and launch defence cooperation.
Robert A.F. Thurman — a Padma Shri awardee, Columbia University's first Jey Tsong Khapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies and co-founder of Tibet House US — died at 84 on June 16, 2026.
The traditional Tripura Sarinda — a unique indigenous tribal stringed musical instrument — received a Geographical Indication (GI) tag, taking Tripura's GI count to four.
Indira Lankesh, Kannada writer-entrepreneur and mother of slain journalist Gauri Lankesh, died in Bengaluru aged 83.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari announced a Rs 39,800 crore national-highway investment for Meghalaya and the Northeast at a Shillong summit.
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day was observed on June 15 to raise awareness of the rights and dignity of senior citizens.
Reports highlight Pakistan launching six Earth-observation satellites in 16 months to monitor India, even as ISRO advances a plan to restore its NavIC navigation system.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said the Manas National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has recorded zero rhino and tiger poaching for three consecutive years.
The Indian Air Force will take part in Exercise Pitch Black 2026, Australia's largest multinational air-combat exercise, with 19 nations.
The Supreme Court asked the government to respond to a plea challenging the use of Aadhaar as proof of citizenship.
India and the UAE are intensifying efforts to expand local-currency (rupee-dirham) trade settlement, which already covers over 15% of bilateral trade.
The RBI issued final guidelines defining mis-selling and curbing aggressive selling of financial products by banks and influencers.
Fintech major Razorpay filed a confidential pre-DRHP with SEBI for an IPO estimated at Rs 5,000-6,000 crore.
DRDO successfully flight-tested the indigenous Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM) off the Odisha coast on June 15, 2026.
Slovakia conferred its highest state honour, the Order of the White Double Cross (1st Class), on PM Modi — his 33rd international award.
India introduced a new Producer Price Index series and plans to phase out the WPI within five years.
India's WPI inflation rose to a series high of 9.68% in May 2026, driven by surging fuel and crude prices.
World Blood Donor Day was observed on June 14 to thank voluntary blood donors and raise awareness about the need for safe blood.
Indian archer Dhiraj Bommadevara won the men's individual recurve gold and, with Kumkum Mohod, the mixed team gold at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Antalya.
Deepti Sharma took 5/10 against Pakistan to become the highest wicket-taker in Women's T20Is as India won their World Cup opener by 64 runs.
India proposed quantum-computing cooperation with Russia under its National Quantum Mission at the first BRICS Quantum Technologies forum in Moscow.
Three more Great Indian Bustard chicks hatched in Rajasthan, taking the conservation-breeding population to 94, Union minister Bhupender Yadav said.
Olympic and world champion Neeraj Chopra will return to action at the Doha Diamond League on June 19, his first competition of the 2026 season.
India is targeting 100 GW of wind energy by 2030 and 155 GW by 2035, and launched the WT-MARUT portal to strengthen the wind-turbine supply chain.
Jio Platforms climbed 320 places to break into the global top 20 of WIPO's PCT patent rankings, the only Indian firm on the list.
DRDO carried out three successful flight tests on June 10-11, demonstrating a multi-layered ballistic missile defence system and a naval anti-ship missile.
The government appointed Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth as the next Chief of Army Staff, effective June 30, 2026.
BRICS Agriculture Ministers unanimously adopted the Indore Declaration, launching farmer-centric initiatives under India's chairship.
