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NDA Monthly Current Affairs — June 2026 (PDF)

Cavalier NDA monthly current-affairs compendium for June 2026 — 82 exam-focused items across defence, science, environment, economy, polity and international relations, compiled from the month's weekly digests.

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What this monthly covers

Each card in the PDF condenses one of these daily explainers into revision points. Read the full article for the MCQs and the exam-pattern note.

• 2 June 2026
  • WAVES OTT Crosses 1 Crore Users: Prasar Bharati & Public Broadcasting Explained Science & Technology
  • VYOMA Challenge & BHASHINI: Edge AI and Indian Languages Explained Science & Technology
  • RudraM-II Missile Test: Anti-Radiation Weapons & DRDO Explained for NDA/CDS Defence
  • PM Research Chair Scheme 2026: Reverse Brain Drain & ANRF Explained Science & Technology
  • Bullet Train Tunnel Breakthrough: India's High-Speed Rail Explained for NDA/CDS Science & Technology
  • INS Sudarshini at Antigua: Naval Diplomacy, SAGAR & MAHASAGAR Explained Defence
  • El Niño & the Monsoon: ENSO, IOD and Indian Agriculture Explained Geography
• 3 June 2026
  • World Bicycle Day 2026: The Humble Cycle, Fitness and a Greener Commute Sports & Culture
  • Ritwik Ghatak in 4K: A Master of Parallel Cinema Restored for the World Sports & Culture
  • Rameswaram–Paradeep Coastal Highway: India's Road Network Explained Science & Technology
  • Pune Scientists' Gene-Silencing Nanomedicine: How RNA Could Out-Smart Cancer Science & Technology
• 4 June 2026
  • Field Commanders Get Doubled Financial Powers: Defence Procurement Decoded Defence
  • 1st World Yogasana Championship 2026: When Yoga Became a Competitive Sport Sports & Culture
  • MY Bharat Sets a Guinness World Record: India's Youth Platform Explained Awards & Schemes
  • India–Zimbabwe Hold Their First Joint Defence Committee: Defence Diplomacy Explained Defence
  • India's First Flex-Fuel Car: Ethanol Blending, E20 and Energy Security Science & Technology
  • The Catalyst That Changes Itself: Green Hydrogen and Electrolysis Explained Science & Technology
  • ANRF's Patent & Research-Writing Portal: India's Science Establishment Mapped Science & Technology
• 5 June 2026
  • India's 7th Regional Meteorological Centre: IMD & Weather Forecasting Explained Geography
  • 100 Years of Kodaikanal Solar Data: The Sun & Solar Cycle Explained Science & Technology
  • INS Chilka Passing Out Parade: Navy Training & the Agnipath Scheme Explained Defence
  • Indian Railways' Hydrogen Train: Green Hydrogen & Net-Zero Rail Explained Science & Technology
  • India's Biodiversity Governance: NBA, the Biological Diversity Act & the CBD Explained Environment
  • India's 100th Ramsar Site: Wetlands & the Ramsar Convention Explained Environment
  • E85 Fuel Rollout: Ethanol Blending & Flex-Fuel Explained for NDA/CDS Science & Technology
• 6 June 2026
  • U18 Hockey Asia Cup 2026: India's Boys Strike Gold, Girls Win Bronze Sports
  • Praggnanandhaa Conquers Norway Chess 2026: India's Chess Golden Age Continues Sports
• 7 June 2026
  • SAFF Women's Championship 2026: India's Blue Tigresses Reclaim the Crown Sports
  • Major Abhilasha Barak Wins UN Military Gender Advocate Award: India's Blue-Helmet Pride Defence
• 8 June 2026
  • Gallantry Awards 2026: The Three Chakras Every Aspirant Must Know Cold Defence & Security
• 9 June 2026
  • 250 MW Solar-BESS on Defence Land at Sitapur: How MoD Is Turning Vacant Cantonments Into Energy Assets Defence & Security
  • Air Force Academy CGP 217: First NDA Women Cadets to Receive President's Commission on 13 June Defence & Security
• 10 June 2026
  • ₹449 Crore GNSS Jammers Contract for Indian Navy: Electronic Warfare and Aatmanirbhar Bharat Explained Defence & Security
  • iDEX, TPCR and Defence Procurement: How India Is Pulling Start-ups Into the Military Ecosystem Defence & Security
• 11 June 2026
  • Quantum Computing and QKD Labs at MNIT Jaipur: Why Quantum Technology Is a National Security Priority Science & Technology
  • Navy's EOD Team Recovers Unexploded Missile Warhead off Kochi: Maritime Security and the IFC-IOR Explained Defence & Security
• 12 June 2026
  • DRDL Advanced Weapon System Complex and 'Mission Sudarshan Chakra': India's Missile and Air-Defence Push Defence & Security
  • Amarnath Yatra 2026 Security Review: CAPFs, J&K Security Grid and Internal Security Explained Defence & Security
• 13 June 2026
  • Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth Named Next Army Chief: The COAS Role, Army Command Structure and Why It Matters Defence & Security
  • First NDA Women Cadets Commissioned: 17 Officers Across Army, Navy and Air Force — A Historic Milestone Defence & Security
• 14 June 2026
  • INS Sharda's Colombo Port Call: Naval Diplomacy, the MAHASAGAR Vision and India's Indian Ocean Outreach Defence & Security
  • India's Space Economy Heading to $45 Billion: ISRO, 400+ Startups and the Reforms Behind the Boom Science & Technology
• 15 June 2026
  • NCC Adds Two New Directorates: The National Cadet Corps Defence & Security
  • DRDO Test-Fires the LRLACM: India's New 1,000-km Cruise Missile and How Cruise Missiles Work Defence & Security
• 17 June 2026
  • Tarapur Atomic Power Station: World's Oldest Operating Reactors Get Life Extension Science & Technology / Defence
  • India's Defence Production Hits Record ₹1.78 Lakh Crore in FY2025-26 Defence & Security
• 18 June 2026
  • Indian Coast Guard Inducts First Indigenous Air Cushion Vehicle: ICG and Hovercraft Explained Defence & Security
  • Exercise KHAAN QUEST 2026: India, Mongolia and UN Peacekeeping Explained Defence & Security
• 19 June 2026
  • Naxal-Free India: How Six Decades of Left-Wing Extremism Were Ended by 2026 Defence & Internal Security
  • Indian Navy Commissions Three Indigenous Platforms — Dunagiri, Sanshodhak and Agray at Kolkata Defence & Security
• 20 June 2026
  • Defence Preparedness and the Changing Character of Warfare Defence & Security
  • Ashtalakshmi: The North-East at the Heart of India's Growth Story Geography & Strategy
• 21 June 2026
  • India's Space Odyssey: 12 Years from Mangalyaan to a National Space Station Science & Technology / Strategy
  • DAE's Sodium Cell & Deuterated-Compounds Plant: India's Three-Stage Nuclear Push Science & Technology / Strategy
• 22 June 2026
  • Rakhigarhi Skeletons Go to AnSI: The Indus Valley Civilisation History & Culture / Archaeology
  • Marshal Arjan Singh Memorial Hockey 2026: The IAF's Only Five-Star Officer Explained Defence / General Knowledge
• 23 June 2026
  • INCOIS Launches El Niño Bulletins for India's Maritime Sectors Geography & Oceanography / Science
  • Eastern Fleet in Vietnam, Tarkash in Mauritius: India's Naval Diplomacy Explained Defence & Strategy
• 24 June 2026
  • SAIL's DMR-249A Naval Steel: The Indigenous Alloy Behind India's New Warships Defence & Science / Strategy
  • BRICS Space Economy: ISRO Hosts Heads of Space Agencies in Bengaluru Science & Technology / Space
• 25 June 2026
  • MDL Lays Keel of Next-Gen OPV for the Indian Coast Guard Defence & Security / Maritime
  • IAF's Indigenous 'Netra' AEW&C Gets Final Operational Clearance: India's Eye in the Sky Defence & Strategy / Science & Technology
• 26 June 2026
  • NBA's SOP on Threatened Species: Biodiversity, the IUCN Red List & India's Conservation Framework Biology & Environment / General Science
  • Nuclear Hydrogen at Kalpakkam: India's Cu–Cl Thermochemical Plant & the Hydrogen Economy Explained Science & Technology / Energy
• 27 June 2026
  • Vision MAHASAGAR & India–Seychelles: India's Indian Ocean Maritime Strategy International Relations / Defence
  • ICGS Akshay Commissioned: The Indian Coast Guard — Role, History & Fleet Defence / Security
• 28 June 2026
  • Project Tiger & the Sariska Reintroduction: Tiger Conservation Environment & Ecology
  • India–Greece Relations: Strategic Partnership, IMEC & the Mediterranean International Relations
• 29 June 2026
  • DRDO & the DFP-2026 Reform: India's Defence R&D Engine Defence / Science & Technology
  • Border Roads Organisation & Project BRAHMANK: Strategic Border Infrastructure Defence / Infrastructure
• 30 June 2026
  • Space Weather & Solar Storms: CMEs, Geomagnetic Storms & Aditya-L1 Science & Technology / Space
  • New Chief of the Army Staff: The COAS, the Indian Army's Structure & Commands Defence / Security

How to use it

Read the PDF once end to end, then use the bold figures and names as a self-test: cover the card, recall the number, check. Come back to the monthly the week before the paper — it is written as a revision sheet, not a news bulletin.