Current Affairs for Competitive Exams: 05 June 2026, Daily Roundup

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Current Affairs for Competitive Exams: 05 June 2026, Daily Roundup

Current Affairs – 05 June 2026

National Affairs

1. Sustainable Urban Mobility Initiative (SUMI 2.0) Launched: On World Environment Day, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs launched SUMI 2.0 to improve eco-friendly urban transport.

Major targets:

  • Deployment of 10,000 electric buses in 50 Tier-1 and Tier-2 cities by 2030.
  • Expansion of metro rail corridors by 500 km to improve city transport and reduce pollution.

2. RBI Keeps Repo Rate Unchanged: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.25% for the second consecutive time.

Key points:

  • India’s GDP growth for FY 2025–26 stood at 7.7%.
  • RBI announced measures to attract long-term green investments into India.

3. SEBI Revises Green Bond Framework: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) introduced a new framework for Green Bonds, effective 1 July 2026.

Changes include:

  • More sectors like biodiversity, climate adaptation, and blue economy projects included.
  • Stricter rules to prevent “greenwashing” through third-party environmental audits.

4. New Coastal Highway Approved: The Cabinet approved a 160.18 km coastal highway project from Rameswaram to Paradeep in Odisha under the Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) with a cost of ₹8,300 crore.

5. Southwest Monsoon Arrives in Kerala: The Southwest Monsoon officially reached Kerala on 4 June, around three days later than normal, marking the beginning of India’s rainy season.

6. India’s First Flex-Fuel Passenger Vehicle Launched: Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Hardeep Singh Puri launched India’s first flex-fuel passenger vehicle by Maruti Suzuki in New Delhi to promote ethanol-based fuel use.

7. AI Chatbot ‘Samadhan Didi’ Launched: The government launched ‘Samadhan Didi’, an AI-based grievance redressal chatbot linked to CPGRAMS, developed with BHASHINI technology.

8. Secunderabad Railway Station Redevelopment: The redevelopment of Secunderabad Railway Station into a world-class transport hub is progressing rapidly with 64% work completed under a ₹714 crore project.

9. Political Developments

  • K. Annamalai quit BJP and announced plans for a regional political movement in South India.
  • BJP announced candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in five states.
  • West Bengal Assembly signed an MoU to implement the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA).

International Current Affairs

1. 18th India–France Strategic Dialogue: NSA Ajit Doval and French counterpart Emmanuel Bonne held the 18th India–France Strategic Dialogue in New Delhi.

Focus areas included:

  • Defence manufacturing in India
  • Cybersecurity cooperation
  • Indo-Pacific maritime security under the Horizon 2047 roadmap.

2. India Appoints New Ambassador to Saudi Arabia: India appointed senior diplomat Vipul as the next Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

3. India’s LPG Imports Shift: For the first time, the United States became India’s largest LPG supplier, replacing the Middle East as the top source.

4. Telangana–Germany Partnership: Telangana signed a cooperation agreement with Thuringia (Germany) in areas like:

  • Technology
  • Skill development
  • Startups
  • Life sciences

5. Pakistan Raises Chenab River Issue: Pakistan criticised India’s proposed river-linking projects involving the Chenab River, calling them a violation of the Indus Waters Treaty.

Global Geopolitical Crisis

1. Portugal & Austria Elected to UNSC: Portugal and Austria were elected as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for 2027–28.

2. Bangladesh Diplomat to Lead UNGA Session: Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman was elected President of the 81st UN General Assembly Session, beginning September 2026.

Defence

1. DRDO Tests Hypersonic Missile ‘RudraM-II’: India successfully tested the RudraM-II hypersonic air-to-surface missile from a Su-30MKI aircraft.

Features:

  • Speed: Mach 5+
  • Range: 300 km
  • Designed to destroy enemy radar systems and strengthen India’s precision strike capability.

2. Indian Navy to Add Five Indigenous War Platforms: The Indian Navy announced the induction of five Made-in-India naval platforms, including:

  • 2 Project-17A stealth frigates
  • 1 survey vessel
  • 2 anti-submarine warfare crafts

These will improve maritime security and coastal defence.

3. New Naval Leadership: Admiral Krishna Swaminathan officially assumed charge as the 27th Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy.

4. IAF Uses Bambi Bucket in Forest Fire: The Indian Air Force used Mi-17 V5 helicopters fitted with Bambi Buckets to control the Kasauli forest fire in Himachal Pradesh, dropping over 62,500 litres of water.

Science & Technology

1. ISRO’s Aditya-L2 Mission Progress: ISRO confirmed that Aditya-L2, launched in April 2026, successfully completed a critical orbital manoeuvre toward the Sun-Earth L2 point for solar observation.

2. IndiaAI Data Lab Established: Chandigarh University became India’s first private university to set up an IndiaAI Data Lab in partnership with Intel India.

3. FSSAI Vegan Logo Rule: FSSAI mandated a standard vegan logo for approved vegan food products from 1 July 2027.

Sports

1. World Yogasana Sports Championship: The first World Yogasana Sports Championship began in Ahmedabad, supported by the Ministry of AYUSH and the Sports Authority of India.

2. Boxing Rankings: Indian boxer Jaismine Lamboria became World No.1 in the women’s 57 kg category, while Priya Ghanghas and Vishvanath Suresh entered the top three rankings.

3. India vs Pakistan – Hockey: India faced Pakistan in the semifinal of the Men’s U-18 Asia Cup Hockey Tournament in Japan.

4. Lionel Messi Honoured: Football legend Lionel Messi received the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports.

Global Observance

World Environment Day – 5 June: Theme (2026): “Inspired by Nature: For Climate. For Our Future.”
Host Country: Azerbaijan (Baku)

India promoted campaigns like “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” and Mission LiFE to encourage environmental conservation.

Miscellaneous One-Liners Current affairs

  • Assam: Launched Mission Senehjori to promote GI-tagged Muga Silk.
  • Haryana: Departments directed to upload Vision-2047 plans on AI platform.
  • MSDE: Launched ‘Navachar Mantra’ to support grassroots innovators and startups.
  • Tripura: Home Minister Amit Shah began a two-day visit for border security review.
  • Judiciary: Constitutional expert Subhash C. Kashyap passed away at 97.
  • Bihar: Death toll in Muzaffarpur private hospital fire rose to five.

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