Daily Current Affairs — 23 June 2026

📅 Published 23 June 2026 · Current affairs compiled for 23 June 2026

Daily Current Affairs · 23 June 2026

10 fully-analysed topics · 30 bilingual MCQs · 3 embedded videos · built for UPSC Prelims & Mains

📚 10 Topics
🎯 30 MCQs
🎬 3 Videos
🇮🇳 Hindi + English
Economy: 8 · History: 1 · S&T: 1

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UPSC Current Affairs MCQ — 23 June 2026

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📰 Today’s Top 5 Current Affairs
#01
Economy

Project Nimbus

📰 Why in News

The growing global protests against "Project Nimbus" highlight the ethical and geopolitical controversies surrounding Big Tech companies like Google…

✅ Quick Facts
  • Project Nimbus: Announced in 2021, Project Nimbus is a USD 1.2 billion flagship cloud-computing agreement between the Israeli government and two tech…
  • Data processing and server administration remain localized in Israel to ensure data sovereignty.
  • Activists and tech employees cite a severe lack of transparency
  • However, Google and Amazon have denied that Project Nimbus is designed for classified weapons or intelligence operations.
📝 Quick Check

Which statement correctly describes Project Nimbus?

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#02
History

Israel-Palestine Conflict

📰 Why in News

Recently, the Hamas, the militant group ruling the Gaza Strip, have mounted a scathing attack on Israel from the land, air and water leading to multiple casualties.

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  • Israel, in the recent times, has cemented many peace agreements with neighboring countries such as UAE, Saudi Arabia etc which is set to feel a jolt…
  • Balfour Declaration: The seeds of the conflict were laid in 1917 when the then British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour expressed official…
  • Unable to contain Arab and Jewish violence, Britain withdrew its forces from Palestine in 1948, leaving responsibility for resolving the competing…
  • In 1948, the Jewish declaration of Israel's independence prompted surrounding Arab states to attack
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  • As per the Plan, Jordan controlled the West Bank and Jerusalem's holy sites, and Egypt controlled the Gaza Strip
  • PLO was founded, with the aim of freeing Palestine from clutches of Israel and Jewish domination and setting up the dominance of Muslim Brotherhood…
  • "Framework for Peace in the Middle East" brokered by the U.S
  • 1987: Founding of Hamas, a violent offshoot of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood seeking to fulfill its agenda through violent jihad
  • 1993: Under the Oslo Accords Israel and the PLO agree to officially recognize each other and renounce the use of violence
  • 2005: Israel begins a unilateral withdrawal of Jews from settlements in Gaza. However, Israel kept tight control over all border crossings (blockade).
📝 Quick Check

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#03
S&T

Securing India in the Age of AI Warfare

📰 Why in News

The growing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in defence, surveillance, and geopolitics has intensified debates on AI sovereignty, highlighting its significance as a national security priority for countries like India.

✅ Quick Facts
  • AI is reshaping national security, offering both strategic advantages and critical threats
  • To safeguard its sovereignty, India must build indigenous AI capabilities, secure data infrastructure, establish regulatory frameworks, and foster…
  • Enhancing Military Precision: AI is being directly integrated into combat for lethal operations
  • Strengthening C4ISR Systems: AI is crucial for modernizing the military's "nervous system" by being integrated into C4ISR (Command
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  • About: AI sovereignty refers to a nation's independent control over its AI ecosystem—compute infrastructure
  • India's Policy Prioritization: As of March 2026
  • Indigenous Models: India is fostering domestic foundational models with multilingual capabilities
  • Threat to Military Dominance: AI enables asymmetric warfare
  • In May 2025, the Pakistani military launched a cyber attack codenamed "Iron Wall" on India, causing a massive power grid failure that collapsed power…
  • In the 2024 general elections, AI-generated deepfakes of political leaders were used to spread disinformation, exacerbating communal divisions and…
🎯 UPSC Relevance

The growing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in defence, surveillance, and geopolitics has intensified debates on AI sovereignty, highlighting its significance as a national security priority for countries like India.

📝 Quick Check

Which statement correctly describes Securing India in the Age of AI Warfare?

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#04
Economy

India’s Statistical Database Overhaul

📰 Why in News

The Indian government has executed a wide-ranging, systemic upgrade of its core statistical databases to improve their timeliness, representativeness, accuracy, and coverage.

✅ Quick Facts
  • The data modifications span key macroeconomic metrics
  • India has modernized its statistical framework by updating the base years of GDP (2022-23)
  • Despite these reforms, challenges such as delayed Census operations, inadequate coverage of the informal sector, concerns over institutional…
  • IMF 'C' Grade Warning: The immediate institutional trigger for the overhaul was a 'C' grade (the second-lowest rating) issued by the International…
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  • Over the subsequent 15 years, the Indian economy underwent a massive structural metamorphosis including the rapid formalization via the Goods and…
  • Legacy indices such as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) with Base Year 2012 continued to track outdated items like VCRs
  • The growth rate of the real economy is derived only after adjusting nominal data against the impact of inflation (via the GDP Deflator).
  • Outdated inflation baskets distorted this deflation process
  • RBI's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) relies strictly on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to gauge retail inflation and determine benchmark interest…
  • Public sector administrative adjustments, such as Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief for current and former government personnel, are…
🏛️ Key Stakeholders
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🎯 UPSC Relevance

The growth rate of the real economy is derived only after adjusting nominal data against the impact of inflation (via the GDP Deflator).

📝 Quick Check

Which statement correctly describes India’s Statistical Database Overhaul?

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#05
Economy

India’s New GDP Series With Base Year 2022-23

📰 Why in News

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the New Series of Annual and Quarterly National Accounts Estimates with base…

✅ Quick Facts
  • India has shifted the GDP base year to 2022–23, integrating improved data sources and refined methods such as double deflation and the SUT framework
  • The revised series lowers nominal GDP by 3–4%
  • Real GDP Growth: Estimated to grow by 7.6% in Financial Year 2025-26 (revised upward from the 2011-12 base estimates)
  • Nominal GDP previously registered at 11.0% and 9.7% growth rates during Financial Years 2023-24 and 2024-25.
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  • Reflect a "Normal" Post-Pandemic Year: The year 2022–23 was chosen because it represents the most recent normal year after the disruptions caused by…
  • Using 2022–23 as the base ensures that growth comparisons are anchored in a stable economic environment.
  • Renewable energy has expanded, digital and platform-based services have grown rapidly, the number of hired domestic workers has increased, and the…
  • Earlier, household sector estimates were largely based on proxy indicators and growth rates between benchmark surveys
  • Refined Deflation Techniques: Double deflation (separate adjustment of output and input prices) is now applied in manufacturing and agriculture
  • This reduces statistical discrepancies and ensures more consistent and reliable GDP estimates.
📝 Quick Check

Which statement correctly describes India’s New GDP Series With Base Year 2022-23?

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#06
Economy

IMF Flags Concerns over India's GDP Data

📰 Why in News

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has retained its 'C' grade for India's national accounts and government finance data for 2025

✅ Quick Facts
  • IMF 2025 Assessment: The IMF's Data Adequacy Assessment rates data quality from A (adequate) to D (serious shortcomings)
  • National Accounts (GDP) Weaknesses: Outdated Base Year: Use of 2011-12 base year misrepresents the modern economic structure.
  • Flawed Deflation Method: Reliance on Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and single deflation instead of Producer Price Index (PPI) and double deflation…
  • Data Gaps: Unexplained discrepancies between production and expenditure-side GDP calculations.
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  • Lack of Granularity: Absence of timely, sector-wise investment data and seasonally adjusted figures.
  • Ensure transparency and capacity by revising GDP and CPI regularly
📝 Quick Check

Which statement correctly describes IMF Flags Concerns over India's GDP Data?

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#07
Economy

RBI’s Monetary Policy

📰 Why in News

In the June 2025 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting

✅ Quick Facts
  • A neutral stance gives the RBI flexibility to raise or cut rates depending on evolving inflation or growth risks
  • About: Monetary policy is the process through which the RBI regulates the money supply in the economy by using various monetary instruments under its…
  • Objectives: The primary objective is price stability, with inflation targeting as the primary focus
  • Quantitative Tools Reserve Ratios: Cash Reserve Ratio: The percentage of a bank's Net Demand and Time Liabilities (NDTL) that must be maintained as…
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  • Statutory Liquidity Ratio: Banks are required to hold a fixed portion of their NDTL as liquid assets such as cash, gold, and unencumbered securities.
  • Repo Rate: It is the rate at which the RBI offers overnight liquidity to banks in exchange for government and other approved securities as collateral.
  • Reverse Repo Rate: It is the rate at which the RBI absorbs overnight liquidity from banks in exchange for eligible government securities as…
  • The bank rate is the interest rate at which the RBI lends long-term, unsecured funds to commercial banks, without collateral
  • These bonds generally have a short tenure of less than six months, though the maturity period may vary as per requirements.
  • Margin Requirement: It is the difference between the market value of the assets and its maximum loan value
🏛️ Key Stakeholders
RBIReserve Bank
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Which statement correctly describes RBI’s Monetary Policy?

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#08
Economy

Index of Industrial Production and Revision of Base Year

📰 Why in News

India's Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growth slowed to 4.9% in April 2026 from 5.8% in April 2025, while the government introduced a revised IIP series with 2022-23 as the new base year, replacing 2011-12.

✅ Quick Facts
  • Sectoral Performance (April 2026): The manufacturing sector, which dominates with about 76% weight in the IIP basket, grew by 6.2%
  • About: Published monthly by the National Statistical Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)
  • The index value for the base year is always set to 100, and current production is measured as a percentage against it.
  • Furthermore, the weights assigned to each sector and industry have been revised in alignment with the updated Gross Value Added (GVA) 2022-23 series.
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  • Electricity generation is now cleanly split between renewable and non-renewable sources
  • It serves as an early measure of industrial performance
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#09
Economy

Gross Domestic Product and Net Domestic Product

📰 Why in News

The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI)

✅ Quick Facts
  • Alongside, India is planning to shift from GDP to Net Domestic Product (NDP) as the primary measure of economic activity, in line with the United…
  • The First Advance Estimates for FY 2025–26 project a robust 7.4% real GDP growth
  • India plans to transition from GDP to Net Domestic Product (NDP) in line with SNA 2025 to better capture net
  • About: GDP is the total monetary value of all final goods and services produced within a country's borders during a specific period (usually a year…
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  • Types of GDP: Nominal GDP: Measured at current market prices, without adjusting for inflation
  • Real GDP: Adjusted for inflation using the GDP deflator. Reflects the actual quantity of goods and services produced
  • Before 2015: India computed GDP with 2004–05 as the base year, and measured GDP at factor cost, excluding indirect taxes and subsidies
  • The revised GDP series will continue to follow SNA 2008, while the NDP shift aligns with SNA 2025.
  • Non-adjustment for Capital Depreciation: GDP measures gross output and does not deduct depreciation of physical capital such as machinery
  • Exclusion of Environmental Costs: GDP treats resource extraction and pollution-intensive activities as value addition
📝 Quick Check

Which statement correctly describes Gross Domestic Product and Net Domestic Product?

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#10
Economy

Periodic Labour Force Survey 2025

📰 Why in News

The Annual Report of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2025

✅ Quick Facts
  • It is the 1st comprehensive report based on the calendar year (January 2025-December 2025) as the survey period.
  • The PLFS 2025 reports a stable labor market with a 3.1% unemployment rate and 59.3% participation.
  • Despite a positive shift toward formal salaried roles and manufacturing, a 25% youth "NEET" rate persists.
  • Skill gaps remain high, with only 4.2% of workers having formal vocational training.
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  • Stable Participation Rates: The Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) for persons aged 15+ remained stable at 59.3%
  • Worker-to-Population Ratio: The Worker Population Ratio (WPR) reached 57.4%
  • 67.8% of the population aged 15+ has attained at least a secondary level of education
  • About: PLFS is India's official framework for tracking employment and unemployment dynamics
  • Core Objectives: Monthly & Quarterly Estimates (Rural + Urban): Since January 2025
  • Annual Estimates: Provides a comprehensive yearly report based on the Calendar Year (January–December)
📝 Quick Check

Which statement correctly describes Periodic Labour Force Survey 2025?

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