Current Affairs Quiz 21 June 2026

FACT: UNGA Resolution 69/131 (December 11, 2014) declaring June 21 as the International Day of Yoga was co-sponsored by a record 175 nations. ANALYSIS: The idea was proposed by PM Modi at the 69th UNGA on September 27, 2014, and June 21 was chosen as the summer solstice.

FACT: INS Dunagiri is the fifth ship of Project 17A, the Nilgiri-class stealth frigates, built by GRSE Kolkata. ANALYSIS: Project 17A is the follow-on to the Project 17 Shivalik-class, with improved stealth, BrahMos and MRSAM missiles, and around 75% indigenous content.

FACT: Courts have read a Right to Walk (safe, encroachment-free footpaths) into Article 21, the right to life, interpreted to mean a life of dignity. ANALYSIS: This places a positive duty on the state and urban local bodies to provide safe pedestrian infrastructure.

FACT: The FATF is the inter-governmental global watchdog for AML/CFT, established in 1989 and headquartered in Paris; it is not a UN body. ANALYSIS: In June 2026 India was elected FATF Vice-President for 2026-27, its first ever, with Vivek Aggarwal taking the post.

FACT: Coal gasification converts solid coal into syngas (mainly carbon monoxide and hydrogen) by reacting it with controlled oxygen and steam at high temperature. ANALYSIS: Syngas is then processed into chemicals such as ammonia, methanol or ammonium nitrate, enabling value-addition over simple combustion.

FACT: A GLOF is the sudden release of water from a glacial lake when its natural dam, often a loose moraine or ice barrier, fails due to overtopping, avalanche or earthquake. ANALYSIS: A June 2026 study found four of five Tawang glacial lakes expanding, raising GLOF risk in Arunachal Pradesh.

FACT: PM-KISAN is a central sector scheme with 100% central funding, paying Rs 6,000 per year in three equal installments via DBT to Aadhaar-seeded accounts. ANALYSIS: The 23rd installment released Rs 18,880 crore to 9.44 crore beneficiaries, including 2.18 crore women farmers.

FACT: The World Bank Board approved a $1.5 billion Development Policy Financing (DPF) for India to back tax simplification, trade integration, labour-law updates and capital mobilisation. ANALYSIS: DPF is budget-support lending tied to policy reforms, distinct from project loans.

FACT: The EU’s toughest-ever Return Regulation, approved on June 17, 2026, allows offshore “return hubs” and longer detention, raising concerns over non-refoulement. ANALYSIS: Non-refoulement bars returning a person to a country where they face persecution or serious harm.

FACT: The Abhigyan app matches a smartphone fingerprint scan against NAFIS (around 1.3 crore records) in about 35 seconds, enabled by the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022. ANALYSIS: This raises proportionality concerns under the Puttaswamy (2017) privacy judgment.

FACT: The National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission, launched on July 1, 2023 at Shahdol (MP), targets elimination by 2047. ANALYSIS: President Murmu stated in June 2026 that India would achieve this well before 2047, with 7 crore people screened so far.

FACT: AgriStack is a digital public infrastructure for agriculture under the Digital Agriculture Mission (Rs 2,817 crore), built around a Farmer Registry and linked to KCC, DBT, crop insurance and MSP. ANALYSIS: West Bengal was brought into the PMFBY for the first time alongside this rollout.

FACT: The Kigali Amendment (2016) is to the Montreal Protocol and mandates the phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), potent greenhouse gases used in cooling. ANALYSIS: A June 2026 study warned India’s AC boom could strain the grid by 2028, with room ACs drawing around 60 to 70 GW.

FACT: Colombia uses a two-round (runoff) system, and the June 21, 2026 runoff saw the far-right Abelardo de la Espriella narrowly defeat the leftist Ivan Cepeda. ANALYSIS: A runoff is held between the top two candidates when none secures a majority in the first round.