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Published on 14 Jun 2026

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  • The UNGA elected Austria, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago, and Zimbabwe as non-permanent UNSC members for the 2027-2028 term, while Germany failed to secure a seat.
  • India and the United Kingdom launched the Critical Minerals Global Supply Chain Observatory in New Delhi to monitor clean energy supply chains.
  • India’s MY Bharat platform set a Guinness World Record for the “Most Users to Take an Online Quiz in One Week” with 390,812 participants.
  • The 14th India-Philippines Joint Working Group meeting on Trade and Investment was held in Manila to boost bilateral trade and economic cooperation.
  • Scientists identified 14,000-year-old footprints and handprints of five hunter-gatherers in an Italian cave, providing the first fossil evidence of human crawling.
  • A new 120-million-year-old four-winged feathered gliding dinosaur species, named Jian changmaensis, was discovered in northwestern China's Changma Basin.
  • APEDA facilitates the first export of GI-tagged Tezpur Litchi from Assam to Dubai.
  • Indore to host BRICS Agriculture Meeting under India’s presidency from June 9, 2026.
  • Saudi Arabia lifted its five-year ban on all imports from Lebanon on 10 June 2026.
  • India participated in the 114th International Labour Conference in Geneva, reaffirming commitment to inclusive growth, gender equality, and skill development.
Source: SarkariPariksha