UPSC Current Affairs 05 July 2026 — PIB

• Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah to lay the Foundation Stone and Inaugurate Several Key Initiatives at the 5th Foundation Day Ceremony of the Ministry of Cooperation in New Delhi Tomorrow
• India to host BRICS Heads of Anti-Drug Agencies meeting on 6–7 July 2026 in Guwahati
• Shivraj Singh Chouhan Releases First Installment of ₹25,863 Crore to States for VB-G-RAM-G
• Ethanol Blending in India
• India to Chair UNCTAD's Ninth Session of Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Consumer Protection
• Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah and Minister for Coal and Mines Shri G. Kishan Reddy reviewed situation of illegal coal mining and coal theft
• India to Host BRICS Women Working Group Meeting in Kochi from 6-7 July 2026
• MY Bharat – Where Digital India Meets Young India
• PM Modi's Leadership Shielded Farmers from Fertilizers Crisis: JP Nadda
• LOKAYAN 2026 - INS SUDARSHINI ARRIVES IN NEW YORK FOR SAIL4TH 250 CELEBRATIONS
• DRI seizes over 1 lakh bottles of Codeine-based cough syrup in two separate operations in Tripura and West Bengal; one person arrested
• ICMR wins Gold at National Awards for e-Governance 2026
• Ministry of Law and Justice Concludes ‘Reforms Utsav & Chintan Shivir 2026’; Releases Sankalp Patra to Advance Legal and Legislative Reforms
• Government secures future of nearly 65,000 erstwhile Ordnance Factory employees through redeployment into Regular Government Service: Dr. Jitendra Singh
• Prime Minister condoles passing of Pandavani singer Tijan Bai ji
• Ministry of Culture to Organise a Special Commemorative Programme on the 125th Birth Anniversary of Bharat Kesari Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee in Kolkata tomorrow
• INDIAN NAVAL SHIPS CONCLUDE SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO SINGAPORE
• Reforms Utsav & Chintan Shivir 2026 organised by Ministry of Law & Justice concludes at Mount Abu
• Senior Officers of the Ministry of Rural Development to Visit to Karnataka for Review of Rural Development Programmes including lunch of Viksit Bharat-GRAMG
• MSDE Extends Registration Deadline for Navachar Mantra to 15 July 2026
• Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports Dr Mansukh Mandaviya leads nationwide 80th edition of Fit India Sundays on Cycle celebrating 100 years of Sri Sathya Sai
• Prime Minister pays tribute to Shri Ram Vilas Paswan ji