15 June 2026 Current Affairs & PDF

Today’s 15 June 2026 Current Affairs will provide you with important national and international updates that are highly relevant for all competitive exams.

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Highlights of 15 June 2026 Current Affairs

• Prince Raj won the silver medal, standing second in the order of merit of the Spring Term 2026. Prince Raj, an alumnus of Sainik School Kapurthala, had earlier won gold at the National Defence Academy (NDA) Khandakwasla last year and has now secured silver at the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun.
• Three traditional products from Bihar — Nalanda’s Bawan Buti sarees, Gaya’s Patharkatti stone craft, and Bhojpuri’s Pidiya painting — have received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.
• The Indian Council of Medical Research’s National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR‑NIE) has collaborated with the Centre for Data of Public Good and the ISaac Centre for Public Health (ICPH) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to develop the Analytics for Public Health Action and Research Venture (ADARV). The platform aims to make epidemic intelligence as fast, reliable, and actionable as weather forecasting.
• India and Nepal have been in discussions regarding the Janakpur–Ayodhya train link.
• Tejas Shirse broke his own men’s 110‑metre hurdles national record with a timing of 13.27 seconds at the Indian Athletics Series 9. His previous record was 13.41 seconds, set in 2024. With this performance, he now holds the sixth‑best time of the season in Asia.
• The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully conducted three consecutive flight tests of a multilayered defence system against long‑range ballistic missiles.
• The Government of Nepal has approved the transport of 40 MW of electricity to Bangladesh.
• Al‑Qaqa Ibn Antar from Yemen, also known as the “Spider Man of Yemen,” died after falling into a volcano crater while climbing a vertical rock without safety equipment. He lost his grip and fell into the 120‑metre‑deep crater.
• Indian hockey player and former captain of the Indian hockey team, Manpreet Singh, has equalled Dilip Tirkey — the current President of Hockey India — with 412 international matches.
• The New York Knicks won their maiden NBA title after 53 years.
• For the first time in the history of archery, India clinched a double gold medal in recurve archery. Dhiraj Bommadevara and Kumkum Mohod won gold in the recurve mixed team event, while Dhiraj Bommadevara also secured gold in the individual recurve event.
• 15 June 2026 is being celebrated as Global Wind Day, and India will host the Global Wind Day 2026 Conference in Goa.
• India has approved radioligand therapy with the launch of Pluvicto, making it the country’s first regulatory approval of radioligand therapy for advanced prostate cancer.
• The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme has entered its 11th year, since its inception in 2015. The scheme focuses on the survival, protection, education, and empowerment of girls.
• The Ministry of Ayush has set another milestone by setting a Guinness World Record for the largest YouTube live yoga session ahead of the International Day of Yoga 2026. It was recorded that the Ministry of Ayush had 435,831 verified viewers during the live yoga session.

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