Today at a Glance
A quick scan of the day’s most exam-relevant developments for June 10, 2026. Detailed articles follow in today’s edition.
Polity and Governance
Modi becomes India’s longest continuously-elected PM. On June 10, 2026, Narendra Modi completed 4,399 consecutive days in office, surpassing Jawaharlal Nehru’s elected tenure of 4,398 days by a single day. The record is for the longest continuously-elected Prime Minister; Nehru’s overall tenure remains the longest. A useful prompt to revise the constitutional office of the PM (Articles 74, 75, 78). (See full article.)
Supreme Court: right to travel abroad is not absolute. In Seesa Santosh v. State of Telangana (2026 INSC 628), the Court held that the right to travel abroad under Article 21 must be balanced against the right to a speedy trial and the societal interest in justice. It set aside a High Court order allowing an accused to travel to the US for medical treatment. (See full article.)
Security and Defence
Russia offers India the Su-57. President Putin offered India the Su-57 fifth-generation stealth fighter with joint production and technology transfer. The offer revives questions about India’s strategic autonomy and its own AMCA programme, against the competing US F-35 offer and the CAATSA sanctions risk. (See full article.)
Army plans over 300 K9 Vajra-T howitzers. A proposal worth about Rs 23,000 crore for over 300 K9 Vajra-T 155mm self-propelled howitzers, to be built by L&T under a Hanwha (South Korea) licence, would be India’s largest artillery buy in decades. (See full article.)
Science, Technology and Economy
Reliance and Meta to build a 168 MW AI data centre in Jamnagar. Reliance will build the facility, leased by Meta, powered by renewables and cooled by desalinated seawater, Meta’s first built-to-suit data-centre capacity in India. It fits India’s wider AI-infrastructure push under the IndiaAI Mission. (See full article.)
NASA names the Artemis III crew. NASA announced the prime crew for the Artemis III Moon mission, with Randy Bresnik as commander and ESA’s Luca Parmitano as pilot, ahead of a planned crewed lunar landing, the first since Apollo 17 (1972). India is an Artemis Accords signatory (2023).
JSW Infrastructure wins Kolkata outer container terminal. JSW received the Letter of Award from the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Authority (SMPA), Kolkata, India’s only major riverine port, to develop the Outer Container Terminal on a DBFOT PPP basis, a 30-year concession of about 0.93 million TEUs.
Environment
COP31 presidency proposes a “35 by 35” electrification target. Turkey and Australia, the incoming COP31 hosts, unveiled at the Bonn Climate Conference (SB64) a voluntary goal to raise electricity to 35% of global final energy demand by 2035, with the IEA tasked to map pathways. (See full article.)
Social Sector and Economy
Uttar Pradesh launches Project GANGA. The state launched Project GANGA (Government Assisted Network for Growth and Advancement) to bring high-speed broadband to 57,000 gram panchayats and about 20 lakh families, complementing the Centre’s BharatNet, with roughly half the beneficiaries women.
Assam exports first GI-tagged Tezpur litchi. The first international shipment of GI-tagged Tezpur litchi (one tonne to Dubai, 600 kg to Singapore) was flagged off with APEDA support, marking the centenary of Tezpur litchi cultivation. Tezpur litchi received its GI tag in 2015.
International
Canada to ban social media for under-16s. PM Mark Carney’s government will introduce a Digital Safety Act, including a ban on social media for children under 16 and a new online-safety regulator, following Australia’s lead. It feeds the global child-online-safety debate relevant to India’s DPDP Act, 2023.
Persons in News
Bharathiraja (1941 to 2026). The veteran Tamil director and pioneer of on-location rural Tamil cinema died at 84. His debut, “16 Vayathinile” (1977), redefined Tamil film-making. He won six National Film Awards and the Padma Shri (2004).
Prelims Pointers
- Modi’s continuous PM tenure: 4,399 days (June 10, 2026); Nehru’s elected benchmark: 4,398 days
- Seesa Santosh v. State of Telangana, 2026 INSC 628: travel abroad under Article 21 is not absolute
- India’s indigenous fifth-generation fighter: AMCA; Russia’s offer: Su-57
- K9 Vajra-T: 155mm/52-calibre, range over 40 km, built by L&T
- Artemis III commander: Randy Bresnik; India signed the Artemis Accords in 2023
- SMPA, Kolkata: India’s only major riverine port
- “35 by 35”: electricity to 35% of global final energy by 2035 (Bonn SB64, COP31 presidency)
- Tezpur litchi: GI tag in 2015; export agency APEDA
Source: Current Affairs Today, June 10, 2026 — Ujiyari.com | Free UPSC & State PCS Current Affairs
