Current Affairs 2026: National, International, Economy & Science News
June 08, 2026 Stay updated with Current Affairs Today 2026 including daily GK updates, important news, government schemes, economy, awards, science, and international events for competitive exam preparation. National News 1. Panchayat Advancement Index…
India’s GDP Grows 7.7 Per Cent in FY26
Source: IE Background & Concept Why does this matter? A growth figure like 7.7% is an aggregate of every act of production in the economy. Understanding it requires knowing what is being measured (GDP vs GNP), at which prices (constant vs current,…
The Power of Mangroves Over Seawalls
Source: The Hindu Background & Concept What is the issue? After Cyclone Dana, the debate over coastal protection has reopened: should India keep investing in “grey” engineered defences (concrete seawalls, groynes), or shift to…
Jan Samarth Portal Marks 4th Anniversary
Source: PIB Background & Concept What is the issue it solves? India has near-universal bank-account coverage (via PM Jan Dhan Yojana), but credit access remains uneven. Useful schemes — PMMY, PM SVANidhi, KCC, AIF — exist, yet awareness gaps and…
RBI’s Urban (UCCS) and Rural (RCCS) Consumer Confidence Surveys
Source: The New Indian Express Background & Concept What do these surveys do? The RBI runs bi-monthly household surveys to read consumer sentiment, which feed into monetary-policy assessment. The two confidence surveys (UCCS and RCCS) generate two…
India Slips to 7th in Global Market Cap Rankings
Source: The Hindu Background & Concept What does the ranking measure? Total market capitalisation is the combined dollar value of all listed companies in a country — a rough yardstick of financial-market depth and global investor interest. Rankings…
Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) — FCNR(B) Deposits
Source: Mint Background & Concept What is happening? To stabilise the rupee and rebuild reserves, the RBI is subsidising banks’ currency-hedging cost so they can offer attractive FCNR(B) rates to NRIs while staying profitable. Banks raising…
Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) Wins Gold at National Awards for e-Governance 2026
Source: PIB Background & Concept What is being recognised? The PAI converts Gram Panchayat performance into measurable, comparable scores on a unified digital dashboard, aligned to the LSDG framework — India’s adaptation of the UN SDGs to the…
Current Affairs Today 2026 PDF | Daily GK & Important News Updates
Read the latest Daily Current Affairs 2026 for UPSC, SSC, Banking, Railway, PCS, and other government exams. Get important national, international, economy, science, sports, and government scheme updates with PDF notes and quizzes. 04 June 2026 National…
Project UDAYAK
Source: PIB Background & Concept What is Project UDAYAK? A territorial project of the BRO that constructs and maintains strategic roads, bridges, helipads, and border fencing in the easternmost districts of Arunachal Pradesh and parts of Assam —…