Current Affairs Quiz 22 June 2026

FACT: As of 2026 BRICS has 11 members after an expansion that took effect from January 1, 2024. ANALYSIS: The members are Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and the UAE; it is a consultative plurilateral, not a military alliance or UN body.

FACT: The 2026 BRICS NSA Meeting carried the theme “Non-traditional security challenges confronting the world today”. ANALYSIS: It reviewed Joint Working Groups on counter-terrorism and on ICT and emerging-technology security, reflecting cyber, terror-financing and supply-chain concerns.

FACT: The India-Korea CEPA is a comprehensive trade and investment agreement in force since January 2010 and is currently under review and upgrade. ANALYSIS: The review aims to address the goods-trade imbalance and improve market access for Indian exporters.

FACT: India describes Mongolia as a “spiritual neighbour” owing to shared Buddhist heritage, while Mongolia itself follows a “third neighbour” policy to balance Russia and China. ANALYSIS: India is not geographically contiguous with Mongolia, so the relationship rests on cultural, development and mineral cooperation.

FACT: Kudankulam uses Russian VVER-1000 reactors, a pressurised water reactor design supplied with technology partner Atomstroyexport. ANALYSIS: This differs from India’s indigenous mainstay, the PHWR, which runs on natural uranium and heavy water.

FACT: Aqueous zinc-ion batteries use a water-based, non-flammable electrolyte and abundant, cheap zinc, making them safe and economical for stationary storage. ANALYSIS: They trade lower energy density for safety and cost, which suits the grid rather than portable devices.

FACT: The Energy Transition Index (ETI) is published annually by the World Economic Forum (WEF). ANALYSIS: India ranked 70th in 2026 with a score of 54.9, up two places, and was among the strongest improvers even as global readiness slipped.

FACT: The Chapekar brothers shot Pune Plague Committee chief W.C. Rand and Lt. Ayerst on June 22, 1897, an act widely regarded as the first act of revolutionary nationalism after the Revolt of 1857. ANALYSIS: It was a direct response to coercive anti-plague house-searches under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897.

FACT: Operation Barbarossa was Nazi Germany’s invasion of the USSR launched on June 22, 1941, the largest land invasion in history with around 3.8 million Axis troops. ANALYSIS: It opened the Eastern Front of World War II and ultimately brought the USSR into the Allied camp.

FACT: Only the Attorney-General for India, under Article 76, is a constitutional law officer. ANALYSIS: The Solicitor General and Additional Solicitors General are statutory law officers appointed by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, not created by the Constitution.

FACT: TRISHNA is a joint thermal-infrared Earth-observation mission of ISRO and the French space agency CNES. ANALYSIS: ISRO provides the platform and VNIR/SWIR instruments while CNES provides the thermal-infrared instrument; the mission supports food and water security.

FACT: The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 sets a target of 6% of GDP for education spending, against which the actual 4.12% falls short. ANALYSIS: Parliamentary Standing Committees, constituted under the Rules of Procedure of the Houses, exercise oversight through such reports.

FACT: The RBI follows a flexible inflation-targeting framework with a target of 4% CPI inflation within a tolerance band of 2% to 6%. ANALYSIS: With CPI at about 3.93% in May 2026, inflation was within the band, supporting the decision to hold the repo rate at 5.25%.

FACT: South Africa beat India by six wickets at Old Trafford, Manchester, and the match marked Harmanpreet Kaur’s 200th T20I. ANALYSIS: India posted 158/7 and South Africa chased 159 in 19.1 overs.