Daily Current Affairs 2 July 2026

Welcome to the Ujiyari Daily Current Affairs edition for July 2, 2026. Our lead covers the India-Japan 16th Annual Summit, held in New Delhi during Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s visit, and its Joint Declaration on Economic Security and cooperation on artificial intelligence. We also analyse the VB-G-RAM-G rural employment mission that replaced MGNREGA from July 1, the June 2026 GST collections that rose nearly 14 per cent, Odisha’s Gyanodaya scheme offering free education from kindergarten to postgraduate level, the monsoon’s deficit opening under an El Nino shadow, and the first passport-fee revision in fourteen years. The full roundup, six deep-dive articles, and a 15-question quiz follow.