Current Affairs for Exams

Amazon to Invest an Additional $13 Billion in India for Cloud and AI

Amazon announced an additional $13 billion investment to expand AI and cloud infrastructure in India by 2030, taking its total AI/cloud commitment to over $21 …

RBI Revises Upper-Layer NBFC Rule: Single Rs 1 Lakh Crore Asset Threshold

The RBI has simplified the criterion for an Upper-Layer NBFC: any NBFC with assets of Rs 1 lakh crore or more now qualifies, replacing the …

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India's Shipbuilding Push and Why Cooperation With South Korea Matters

India wants to join the world's top shipbuilding nations through its Maritime India Vision and a large support package. A deepening partnership with South Korea, …

Bangladesh Discusses Teesta River Project in Beijing: What It Means for India

Bangladesh discussed a Chinese-backed plan for the shared Teesta river during a Beijing visit on 25 June 2026. Because the project sits near India's narrow …

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Strait of Hormuz: Why This Narrow Sea Route Still Worries India After the Ceasefire

About one-fifth of the world's oil passes through the narrow Strait of Hormuz. Even after a ceasefire, disputes over transit routes and a ship attack …

India and Iran: The Historical Arc of a Relationship and Why It Still Matters

India and Iran share more than three thousand years of cultural ties that today underpin energy trade, the Chabahar port and the International North-South Transport …

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Amazon to Invest an Additional $13 Billion in India's Cloud and AI; CEO Meets PM Modi

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy met Prime Minister Modi on 25 June 2026 and announced an additional $13 billion investment to expand AI and cloud infrastructure …

RBI's New Fraud Compensation Mechanism: What's Different, Who Pays, How to Claim

The RBI has notified a revised digital-payment fraud compensation mechanism, effective 1 January 2027, that pays a genuine victim up to 85% of the net …

50 years of the Emergency (1975-77): what aspirants should know

The Emergency was declared on June 25, 1975 under Article 352 and lifted in March 1977. It involved suspension of some fundamental rights, press censorship …

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Mahesh Dixit appointed new Intelligence Bureau chief

The Centre appointed 1993-batch IPS officer Mahesh Dixit as the new Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) for a two-year tenure, to succeed Tapan Kumar …

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CCPA fines two major brands over misleading '100%' front-label claims

The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) fined two food and beverage brands Rs 1 lakh each in June 2026 for misleading "100%" front-label claims, ordering …

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Passport and proof of citizenship: what India's laws actually say

The MEA clarified in June 2026 that an Indian passport is a travel document, not standalone proof of citizenship. Citizenship in India flows from the …

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