UPSC Current Affairs 16 June 2026 — PIB

• India and Japan Adopt Rules of Implementation for Joint Crediting Mechanism Under Article 6.2 of Paris Agreement
• Field Operations for Houselisting and Housing Census Commences in Himachal Pradesh; Self-Enumeration Begins in Kerala and Nagaland
• Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Amends Drugs Rules, 1945; Exemption for Sale of Cough Syrups in Small Villages Withdrawn
• Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah chairs a review meeting on the rehabilitation of slums in New Delhi
• At an important meeting held in New Delhi under chairmanship of Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah, consensus reached among concerned states on long-pending Kishau Multipurpose Dam Project
• 42nd meeting of the National Capital Region Planning Board held in New Delhi today
• Prime Minister meets Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada on the sidelines of the G7 Summit
• Prime Minister addresses the session on “Forging New Partnerships and Rebuilding International Solidarity” at G7 Summit in France
• PCIM&H Represents India at 5th WHO Expert Meeting on International Herbal Pharmacopoeia
• Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Shri Bhupender Yadav chair high-level meeting on permanent solution for stubble management
• CLARIFICATION REGARDING MEDIA REPORTS ON A PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST-INDIA DEEPWATER PIPELINE (MEIDP)
• ​​​​​​​ Indian Railways Approves ₹755 Crore Champa-Korba Third Line Project to Enhance Capacity on Key Coal Corridor
• “VB - G RAM G national launch to begin from Andhra Pradesh on July 1”: Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan
• Seven CSIR Technologies Licensed to Industry; Bharatiya Nirdeshak Dravyas Released and Quantum Sensing Components Delivered to DRDO