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 …

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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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Environment

Golden langurs rescued from traffickers, released into the wild in Assam

Seven endangered golden langurs rescued from an alleged trafficking network in Assam were released back into the wild after rehabilitation. The species is protected under …

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Environment

Protecting the Western Ghats: Why southern states must break the impasse

The Western Ghats are a biodiversity hotspot and the source of major rivers, but a 12-year-old plan to protect them as Eco-Sensitive Areas is stuck …

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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Why India may be better prepared this time to withstand a poor monsoon

The monsoon brings most of India's rain and shapes its farm economy. After a weak start to the 2026 season, this explainer looks at buffer …