Current Affairs â 2 June, 2026
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Q.1) Which flagship micro-credit scheme recently completed six years of empowering street vendors?
Ans > PM SVANidhi Scheme
- Origins and Core Mission: The PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme, officially launched on June 1, 2020, by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), has successfully completed six highly impactful years of operation. Originally conceptualized as an emergency pandemic relief measure to rescue the shattered informal urban economy, it has since evolved into a permanent, transformative micro-credit facility. It explicitly targets street vendors, hawkers, and informal retail operators who were historically entirely excluded from the formal, regulated banking sector.
- Financial Structure and Subsidies: The scheme’s robust architecture provides a graded, collateral-free working capital loan system. Beneficiaries initially receive an affordable âš10,000, and upon timely or early repayment, they immediately become eligible for subsequent, larger tranches of âš20,000 and eventually âš50,000. To strongly incentivize excellent financial behavior, the central government provides a substantial 7% per annum interest subsidy via Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). Furthermore, the scheme aggressively pushes digital financial literacy by offering monthly cashbacks up to âš100 for vendors who actively adopt UPI-based digital transactions, creating a verifiable digital credit footprint for their future borrowing needs.
- Socio-Economic Impact and Banking Integration: Implemented with the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) acting as the primary technical partner, the scheme has successfully disbursed millions of loans, heavily empowering female vendors and historically marginalized castes. Moving far beyond mere credit provision, the government subsequently launched the ambitious “SVANidhi se Samriddhi” program. This strategic initiative works to culturally and economically integrate the vendors’ families into eight other major central welfare schemes, effectively covering critical aspects like life insurance, maternal health, and food security, thereby providing a comprehensive socio-economic safety net.
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Q.2) According to the 6th National Family Health Survey (NFHS), which state recorded the highest decline in child stunting?
Ans > Meghalaya
- Understanding the Stunting Metric: In the comprehensive and highly anticipated 6th National Family Health Survey (NFHS), the Northeastern state of Meghalaya registered a truly remarkable public health achievement by recording the sharpest overall decline in child stunting rates across the entire country. Stuntingâdefined scientifically as a child having a significantly low height for their ageâis a severe indicator of chronic, long-term undernutrition and poor maternal health during the critical first 1,000 days of a child’s life.
- Policy-Driven Nutritional Turnaround: This dramatic, positive shift in Meghalaya’s pediatric health metrics was not accidental. It is directly attributed to highly focused, aggressive state-level interventions such as the Meghalaya Early Childhood Development Mission. The state strategically utilized data to enhance nutritional programs directed at pregnant women, heavily promoted institutional deliveries, and ensured the strict, last-mile implementation of the central POSHAN Abhiyaan. They specifically targeted remote, tribal districts that historically suffered from deep systemic neglect and severe food insecurity.
- Broader Economic and Cognitive Implications: The unprecedented success in Meghalaya acts as a powerful, replicable model for other Indian states currently struggling to lower their malnutrition burdens. Eliminating child stunting goes far beyond physical growth; it prevents irreversible cognitive damage, ensuring that the next generation achieves higher educational outcomes and enhanced adult productivity. By drastically reducing stunting, Meghalaya is actively securing a healthier, far more economically capable future workforce.
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Q.3) Where will the world’s largest curd (yogurt) production plant be set up?
Ans > Kolkata, West Bengal
- Massive Dairy Infrastructure Expansion: Kolkata, West Bengal, has been officially designated as the site for the world’s absolute largest curd (yogurt) production facility. This multi-crore project marks a monumental, highly strategic leap in the region’s overall food processing infrastructure. It heavily capitalizes on the massive, traditionally deeply ingrained local consumption of fermented dairy products in Eastern India, transforming local dietary habits into a globally scaled industrial enterprise.
- Economic Ripple Effects and Rural Prosperity: Establishing this mega-plant is expected to generate massive, immediate local employment while dramatically enhancing regional supply chain logistics. More importantly, it provides a highly stable, immensely lucrative, and guaranteed market for hundreds of thousands of local rural dairy farmers. By shifting the focus from selling raw, perishable milk to manufacturing highly profitable Value-Added Products (VAPs) like packaged curd, paneer, and buttermilk, cooperative farmers will see a direct, massive increase in their daily profit margins.
- Advanced Technological Integration: The sprawling plant will heavily utilize state-of-the-art, entirely automated fermentation and pasteurization technology to ensure strictly standardized quality and biological safety. It will feature massive, temperature-controlled silos and heavily rely on an unbroken, highly advanced cold-chain logistics network. Furthermore, while the plant will comfortably meet massive domestic demand across Eastern and Northeastern India, its immense scale also facilitates highly lucrative potential export opportunities into neighboring South Asian markets like Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal.
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Q.4) Who recently assumed charge as India’s new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)?
Ans > General N. S. Raja Subramani
- Assuming the Highest Military Office: General N. S. Raja Subramani officially took over as India’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), assuming the absolute highest and most critical military advisory role to the Government of India. The CDS acts as the principal military advisor to the Defense Minister on all tri-services matters and leads the highly influential Department of Military Affairs (DMA) within the Ministry of Defense. This pivotal role was first created in 2019 following recommendations from the historic Kargil Review Committee.
- The Push for Integrated Theater Commands: A primary, urgent focus of General Subramani’s tenure will be to aggressively accelerate the complex formation of integrated theater commands. Currently, the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force operate largely under their own distinct regional commands. The CDS is tasked with flawlessly merging these forces into unified geographic theaters (such as dedicated Maritime, Air Defense, and Land-based commands) to ensure rapid, synchronized, and devastating responses during potential multi-front conflicts.
- Modernization and Indigenization: Beyond operational restructuring, his leadership is heavily expected to prioritize the massive modernization of India’s conventional forces. This involves overseeing the synchronized, joint procurement of next-generation defense technologies to eliminate highly expensive, redundant purchases among the three branches. Furthermore, General Subramani will be the primary military driver pushing the government’s ambitious “Atmanirbhar Bharat” (Self-Reliant India) initiative, forcefully steering defense contracts away from foreign imports and toward domestic private and public sector defense manufacturers.
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Q.5) Where was the open-air naval museum ‘Nausena Shaurya Vatika’ inaugurated by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh?
Ans > Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
- Celebrating the Nation’s Maritime Heritage: Defense Minister Rajnath Singh formally and grandly inaugurated the massive open-air naval museum named ‘Nausena Shaurya Vatika’ (Naval Valor Garden) situated perfectly along the Gomti riverfront in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. This unique architectural installation is specifically aimed at preserving and publicly showcasing the glorious, often highly classified maritime history, operational victories, and immense technological evolution of the formidable Indian Navy.
- Immersive Exhibits and Historical Artifacts: The sprawling, unique museum features an incredibly impressive array of authentic, decommissioned naval artifacts previously used in active combat. Visitors can physically interact with scaled models of iconic aircraft carriers and destroyers, view massive anti-ship missiles, heavy-weight torpedoes, and towering anti-aircraft guns salvaged from legendary, retired warships like the INS Gomati. The immersive displays meticulously detail the unmatched valor of the Indian Navy during key historical conflicts, including the pivotal 1971 Indo-Pak war.
- Strategic Outreach to Landlocked States: Sited deliberately in a massive, entirely landlocked state far away from the traditional coastal naval bases, the museum serves a highly strategic public relations and outreach purpose. It operates under the Navy’s broader “Know Your Navy” initiative, designed explicitly to bring maritime consciousness to the northern plains. The ultimate goal is to deeply inspire the massive youth demographic of Uttar Pradesh to explore highly rewarding, adventurous career opportunities within the Indian Armed Forces.
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Q.6) Who assumed charge as the 27th Chief of the Naval Staff of the Indian Navy?
Ans > Admiral Krishna Swaminathan
- Taking the Helm of Maritime Security: Admiral Krishna Swaminathan officially and ceremoniously assumed the prestigious office as the 27th Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), taking absolute command of one of the world’s most formidable, technologically advanced, and rapidly expanding maritime forces. As the absolute highest-ranking officer in the Indian Navy, he is fundamentally responsible for the operational readiness, strategic deployment, and overall administrative governance of the entire naval fleet.
- Accelerating Naval Modernization: His critical command is expected to heavily focus on rapidly expanding India’s deep “blue-water” projection capabilities. This requires aggressively pursuing highly delayed indigenous warship and submarine construction projects, most notably the crucial Project-75I (which aims to build advanced stealth submarines) and finalizing the plans for India’s second indigenously built aircraft carrier (IAC-2). Modernizing the fleet’s drone swarms and autonomous underwater vehicles will also be a top operational priority under his watch.
- Countering Shifting Indo-Pacific Threats: With incredibly volatile, shifting geopolitical dynamics currently gripping the Indo-Pacific, Admiral Swaminathan’s leadership will be absolutely crucial. He must ensure highly secure Sea Lanes of Communication (SLOCs) that carry over 80% of India’s international trade. Furthermore, his fleet must forcefully counter rising, unchecked naval assertiveness by hostile state actors in the South China Sea while simultaneously leading massive anti-piracy and anti-drone operations to protect commercial shipping in the highly dangerous Gulf of Aden.
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Q.7) Min Aung Hlaing, who recently visited India on a five-day tour, is the leader of which country?
Ans > Myanmar
- A Highly Calculated Diplomatic Engagement: Myanmar’s military leader, General Min Aung Hlaing (who seized power during the highly controversial 2021 military coup), embarked on a highly significant, closely watched five-day official tour to India. This visit marks a crucial, highly pragmatic moment in bilateral diplomatic relations between the two neighboring nations, indicating India’s willingness to engage directly with the ruling junta to fiercely protect its own vital national security interests.
- Focusing on Border Security and Insurgency: The high-level discussions predominantly centered around aggressively securing the incredibly volatile, highly porous 1,643-kilometer Indo-Myanmar border. India recently moved to suspend the historic Free Movement Regime (FMR) and initiate massive border fencing due to severe, ongoing issues. The talks heavily focused on managing the massive influx of political refugees into states like Mizoram and Manipur, and ensuring the junta cracks down on anti-India insurgent groups currently operating from dense jungle camps inside Myanmar.
- Balancing Regional Geopolitics (Act East Policy): Maintaining an open, working dialogue with Myanmar remains absolutely critical to the success of India’s strategic “Act East” policy. India desperately needs Myanmar’s cooperation to finalize massively delayed, multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects like the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project and the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway. Furthermore, this engagement is a highly calculated strategic balancing act designed specifically to counter and dilute China’s rapidly expanding, heavy geopolitical and economic footprint within Myanmar.
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Q.8) What is the name of the annual summit held for Defense Secretaries focusing on Indo-Pacific security, recently hosted in Singapore?
Ans > Shangri-La Dialogue
- Asia’s Premier Security Forum: The Shangri-La Dialogue, meticulously organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and hosted annually at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, is widely, globally recognized as Asia’s absolute premier defense and security summit. Since its inception in 2002, it has served as the most vital, high-profile gathering bringing together top defense ministers, military chiefs, intelligence directors, and high-ranking security officials from across the globe.
- Addressing the Volatile Indo-Pacific: The intense, highly publicized plenary dialogues strictly focus on the incredibly complex, rapidly evolving, and highly dangerous security architecture of the Indo-Pacific region. Major recurring themes deeply debated at the summit include the dangerously rising military tensions in the Taiwan Strait, the highly contested territorial claims and freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs) in the South China Sea, and the strategic implications of massive military alliances like AUKUS and the Quad.
- The Importance of Track 1.5 Diplomacy: Beyond the heavily scripted public plenary sessions, the true massive value of the Shangri-La Dialogue lies in its facilitation of highly sensitive, unscripted, behind-closed-doors bilateral meetings. It serves as a critical, irreplaceable pressure release valve for fiercely competing global superpowers (like the US and China) to communicate directly and frankly, utilizing “Track 1.5” diplomacy to actively prevent tragic miscalculations or accidental military escalations in a highly volatile maritime theater.
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Q.9) Which Southeast Asian country recently announced a ban on social media platforms for children under the age of 16?
Ans > Malaysia
- A Landmark, Aggressive Digital Policy: In a highly debated, incredibly aggressive regulatory move intended to fundamentally alter the digital sphere, the government of Malaysia officially announced a strict, comprehensive legal ban on the usage of all major social media platforms for children under the age of 16. This massive regulatory shift places Malaysia at the absolute forefront of a growing global movement pushing back against the unchecked dominance of Silicon Valley tech giants over youth demographics.
- Protecting Youth Mental Health: The Malaysian government heavily justified this sweeping, draconian legislation as a desperately necessary public health intervention. They cited massive, peer-reviewed clinical data demonstrating the severe, highly documented psychological impacts of unregulated screen time. The ban aims to forcefully protect vulnerable adolescents from devastating online phenomena such as algorithmic dopamine addiction, severe body dysmorphia, rampant cyberbullying, and exposure to highly inappropriate or radicalizing content.
- Enforcement, Fines, and Global Debate: The stringent policy, enforced strictly by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), legally forces massive tech conglomerates to implement rigorous, highly secure biometric age-verification protocols, backed by the threat of colossal financial penalties for non-compliance. However, the ban has sparked massive, ongoing global debates regarding strict digital privacy, the technological feasibility of perfect age gating, and the difficult philosophical balance between enforcing state control versus promoting parental responsibility and early digital literacy.
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Q.10) The ‘Amalsad Chikoo’ of which state recently received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag?
Ans > Gujarat
- Prestigious Agricultural Recognition: The highly renowned ‘Amalsad Chikoo’ (scientifically known as Sapodilla), primarily and extensively cultivated in the rich, fertile soils of the Navsari district in South Gujarat, was officially and formally granted the highly prestigious Geographical Indication (GI) tag. This intellectual property certification is heavily governed by the Geographical Indications of Goods Act and aligns with strict international WTO TRIPS agreements, explicitly protecting products tied to specific geographic origins.
- Unique Agro-Climatic Characteristics: The GI tag formally recognizes the fruit’s absolutely exceptional natural sweetness, its highly distinct granular texture, and crucially, its remarkably long shelf life compared to other varieties. These highly desirable traits are not easily replicated elsewhere; they are the direct, biological result of the specific, highly localized agro-climatic conditions, the unique mineral composition of the soil, and the specific coastal humidity of the Amalsad region where generations of farmers have perfected their cultivation techniques.
- Massive Economic Benefits for Local Farmers: This powerful legal certification acts as an absolute shield against bio-piracy and market fraud, significantly preventing the unauthorized use of the ‘Amalsad’ name by inferior growers in other states. By guaranteeing authenticity, it ensures massively premium market pricing for authentic local cooperative farmers. Furthermore, the GI tag acts as a powerful global branding tool, massively boosting agro-tourism in the region and heavily expanding potential, highly lucrative export markets for this specific regional produce into the Middle East and European Union.
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Q.11) Mukesh Singh was recently appointed as the new Director General of Police (DGP) of which state?
Ans > Manipur
- Assuming Critical Law and Order Leadership: Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Mukesh Singh was officially, and highly strategically, appointed as the new Director General of Police (DGP) for the incredibly volatile Northeastern state of Manipur. In this apex role, he takes absolute, direct command of the state’s entire police apparatus, intelligence networks, and specialized armed constabulary battalions during an immensely challenging period of internal state security.
- Navigating a Highly Sensitive Security Environment: His crucial appointment comes at an absolutely critical juncture. Manipur has been deeply deeply fractured by severe, highly publicized, ongoing ethnic violence and deep-seated inter-community distrust. DGP Singh is tasked with the truly immense, highly sensitive responsibility of restoring total societal normalcy, heavily disarming radicalized civilian militias, aggressively enforcing strict curfews, and maintaining stringent, impartial law and order across both the densely populated valley and the remote hill districts.
- Strategic Coordination and Counter-Insurgency: Singh brings a truly massive wealth of extensive operational experience in highly complex counter-insurgency operations and high-stress crisis management. His tenure will be incredibly pivotal, as he must flawlessly coordinate state police efforts with massively deployed Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) like the Assam Rifles and the CRPF. Additionally, he faces the massive challenge of heavily curbing lucrative cross-border drug trafficking (due to the state’s proximity to the Golden Triangle) and stopping the illegal smuggling of sophisticated military-grade arms.
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Q.12) Who is the current head of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)?
Ans > Ajay Seth
- Leading a Massive Financial Regulatory Body: Ajay Seth is currently serving as the highly influential head of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI). Established under the IRDA Act of 1999 following the recommendations of the Malhotra Committee, the IRDAI serves as the powerful apex statutory body entirely responsible for regulating, licensing, and developing India’s massive, multi-billion dollar life and non-life insurance sectors.
- Driving the “Insurance for All by 2047” Vision: Under Seth’s incredibly dynamic leadership, the IRDAI is heavily, aggressively focused on massively increasing national insurance penetration to meet the ambitious “Insurance for All by 2047” mandate. He is fiercely pushing the revolutionary “Bima Trinity” initiative: launching ‘Bima Sugam’ (a unified, Amazon-like digital insurance marketplace), deploying ‘Bima Vahak’ (a massive, women-led rural distribution workforce), and promoting ‘Bima Vistaar’ (highly affordable, bundled parametric products for the masses).
- Balancing Rapid Growth with Strict Policyholder Protection: The authority is currently shifting from a rigid, highly bureaucratic rule-based regime to a much more flexible, principle-based regulatory environment to heavily encourage rapid “insurtech” innovations. However, Seth continues to tightly and meticulously balance the massive, aggressive growth of private insurance firms with the strict, uncompromising implementation of robust financial guidelines. These stringent rules are designed explicitly to ensure total transparency, prevent rampant mis-selling, and fiercely protect the financial interests and massive claim settlements of millions of vulnerable policyholders.
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Q.13) How many total medals did India win, and what was its rank, at the 22nd Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships held in Hong Kong?
Ans > Ranked 2nd with 19 medals
- A Stellar, Unprecedented Athletic Performance: The massive Indian junior contingent delivered an absolutely phenomenal, highly historic performance at the fiercely competitive 22nd Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships hosted recently in Hong Kong. This incredibly strong showing serves as a massive, undeniable testament to India’s rapidly rising, undeniable dominance in youth track and field events across the entire Asian continent, proving the nation is no longer just a participant, but a massive regional powerhouse.
- Detailed Medal Tally Breakdown: India spectacularly and decisively secured the prestigious 2nd overall rank on the final championship leaderboard by hauling a massive, highly impressive total of 19 medals. This brilliant, multifaceted collection specifically included 10 prestigious Gold medals, 5 hard-fought Silver medals, and 4 crucial Bronze medals, showcasing immense depth and talent across a wide variety of highly specialized track and field disciplines, heavily outperforming traditional regional rivals.
- Showcasing Future Global Olympians: This highly successful, widely broadcast tournament showcased exceptional, rigorously trained young talent in high-stress events spanning explosive sprints, highly technical javelin throws, and grueling middle-distance running. This massive surge in youth performance is heavily attributed to the massive success of grassroots government initiatives like Khelo India, the massive integration of modern sports science, and the hiring of elite foreign coaches, strongly indicating a very bright, highly competitive future for India in upcoming global Olympic and World Championship cycles.
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Q.14) Which team won the recent IPL tournament?
Ans > Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)
- A Monumentally Historic Maiden Victory: In a truly monumentally historic, highly emotional moment for franchise cricket worldwide, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) officially and spectacularly clinched their absolute maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) championship title. This highly anticipated victory completely shook the cricketing world, finally delivering the highly coveted, elusive trophy to one of the most valuable sports franchises on the planet.
- Ending Decades of Heartbreak: The incredibly dramatic victory finally ended nearly two decades of severe, highly publicized heartbreak for one of the league’s most fiercely loyal, passionately supported, and incredibly vocal fan bases (famous for their relentless “Ee Sala Cup Namde” slogan). Winning the final match marked the absolute, undeniable pinnacle of the franchise’s long, deeply tumultuous journey, completely silencing years of intense media criticism regarding their historical inability to win high-pressure knockout matches.
- A Radically Balanced Tactical Campaign: Unlike many of their previous, highly flawed seasons that relied far too heavily on the individual brilliance and star power of just two or three highly paid marquee players, this specific title run was characterized by an incredibly balanced, highly ruthless team effort. The team flawlessly executed complex T20 strategies (utilizing the new Impact Player rule perfectly), showcasing incredibly lethal, highly economical death bowling, and a highly consistent, aggressively explosive middle-order batting lineup that completely dominated opposition attacks.
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Q.15) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty recently won the men’s double title in which badminton tournament?
Ans > Singapore Open
- Establishing Absolute Global Badminton Dominance: India’s absolute premier, world-beating badminton men’s doubles pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, spectacularly and decisively captured the highly coveted men’s double title at the fiercely competitive BWF Singapore Open. This incredible victory adds yet another massive, shining trophy to their already legendary cabinet, which proudly includes an Asian Games historic gold, a miraculous Thomas Cup team victory, and a highly celebrated stint as the official World No. 1 ranked pair.
- Conquering Elite BWF Super Series Competition: The Singapore Open is a highly prestigious, massively ranking-heavy tournament on the BWF World Tour circuit. The Indian duo defeated top-seeded, incredibly fast, and highly aggressive opponents in the grueling final match. They displayed a truly flawless, highly technical combination of sheer, brute physical power (highlighted by Satwik’s terrifying 500+ kmph jump smashes), lightning-fast reflex defense, and brilliant, highly tactical front-court net interceptions orchestrated perfectly by Chirag.
- Building Crucial Olympic Momentum: This massive, highly demoralizing victory for their global rivals further solidifies their undisputed ranking among the world’s absolute elite, deeply feared pairings. More importantly, winning such a highly rated Super Series event builds absolutely critical psychological and ranking momentum for upcoming, massively important BWF World Championships and major international multi-sport events like the Olympics, cementing them as India’s absolute brightest hopes for guaranteed international medals.
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Q.16) Which veteran playback singer, who was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2023, recently passed away?
Ans > Suman Kalyanpur
- The End of a Glorious Musical Era: The entire Indian music and film industry heavily and deeply mourned the tragic passing of veteran playback singer Suman Kalyanpur, a truly legendary, deeply revered voice hailing from the absolute golden, classical era of Indian cinema. Her incredibly pure, melodious voice served as the highly emotional soundtrack for an entire generation of cinema-goers, making her a massive cultural icon whose deeply emotional renditions remain incredibly popular today.
- A Prolific, Highly Versatile Career: Suman Kalyanpur enjoyed an incredibly prolific career, recording hundreds of timeless, unforgettable melodies spanning the 1950s heavily through the late 1970s. She frequently collaborated with absolute iconic music directors like Shankar-Jaikishan, Roshan, and Madan Mohan. Notably, she incredibly held her own and carved out a massive, highly distinct niche for herself despite operating in an era completely, absolutely dominated by the towering presence of legends like Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle, showcasing massive linguistic versatility by singing brilliantly in Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, and Bengali.
- National Recognition and Cultural Legacy: For her truly immense, highly impactful, and lifelong contribution to Indian art, playback singing, and the nation’s massive cultural soft power, the Government of India appropriately and finally honored her with the highly prestigious Padma Bhushan (India’s third-highest civilian award) in the year 2023. This massive recognition was widely celebrated by music historians as a highly overdue, incredibly fitting acknowledgment of her deeply enduring, massively influential musical legacy.
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Q.17) What is the theme of the Global Day of Parents 2026?
Ans > Together for Parents
- A Vital United Nations Observance: Officially designated by a massive resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012, the Global Day of Parents is observed worldwide on June 1st. It serves as a highly critical, globally recognized day to deeply appreciate the immense, entirely selfless, and lifelong commitment of parents everywhere towards the holistic nurturing and highly protective upbringing of their children across all diverse cultures and incredibly varied economic backgrounds.
- Deconstructing the 2026 Theme: The officially designated global theme for 2026, “Together for Parents,” highly and urgently emphasizes the critical need to build massively strong, highly supportive systemic and societal frameworks. It recognizes that in an increasingly complex, highly digitized, and economically stressful modern worldâcharacterized by dual-income households and isolated nuclear familiesâparents cannot succeed in a vacuum. They urgently require the deep, highly coordinated assistance of the entire community and robust government institutions to raise emotionally healthy children.
- Aggressive Policy Advocacy and Systemic Change: The observance day heavily advocates for massive, systemic changes rather than just mere appreciation. It forcefully pushes governments and massive corporate employers to immediately adopt highly family-friendly workplace policies, provide deeply subsidized, highly accessible universal childcare, and mandate extended paid parental leave (including crucial paternity leave). By heavily reducing severe parental financial and psychological stress, these policies directly and massively promote highly robust, incredibly healthy early childhood development and overall societal stability.
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Q.18) Who became the first female Chief Justice of Meghalaya?
Ans > Justice Revati Mohite Dere
- A Truly Historic Judicial Milestone: In a truly historic, incredibly celebrated moment for the state’s entire judiciary and legal fraternity, Justice Revati Mohite Dere was officially, formally sworn in as the very first female Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court (which was established relatively recently in 2013). Her oath of office marks a massively significant, highly visible leap forward in the state’s legal history.
- Breaking Severe Institutional Barriers: Her highly elevated appointment represents a massive, desperately needed step forward regarding systemic gender diversity and female inclusion at the absolute highest, most powerful echelons of the Indian legal system. Historically, the Indian higher judiciary (across various High Courts and the Supreme Court) has suffered from incredibly low, deeply disproportionate female representation on the bench, making her appointment a massive inspiration for young female lawyers and law students nationwide.
- A Highly Distinguished and Progressive Career: Known widely for her incredibly sharp legal acumen, fierce independence, and highly progressive, firmly constitution-based rulings, Justice Dere brings decades of rich, highly multifaceted, and complex legal experience from her long, celebrated tenure at the massive Bombay High Court. In her new, highly prestigious leadership role in the Northeast, she assumes massive administrative responsibilities, tasked heavily with rapidly modernizing the state’s legal infrastructure, massively reducing case pendency, and ensuring rapid, entirely equitable access to justice for remote tribal populations.
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Q.19) Which wetland became the 12th Ramsar site of Uttar Pradesh?
Ans > Shekha Jheel
- A Massive Boost for Environmental Conservation: Shekha Jheel, a highly vital, deeply complex ecological freshwater habitat located in the Aligarh district, was officially, and highly formally, designated as the 12th Ramsar site in the massive state of Uttar Pradesh. This designation drastically elevates the previously localized jheel (lake) into a highly protected, strictly monitored environmental asset of immense global importance, strictly governed by the powerful 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands signed in Iran.
- Immense International Ecological Significance: The prestigious Ramsar designation legally and biologically recognizes the massive wetland as being of truly immense international importance. It specifically serves as an absolutely crucial, life-saving wintering ground and vital stopover hub for thousands of highly endangered, deeply sensitive migratory bird species that travel massive distances annually via the perilous Central Asian Flyway (CAF), migrating from freezing Siberian and Central Asian regions to the warmer Indian plains.
- Strict Biodiversity Protection and Future Mandates: This highly elevated, legally binding status strictly mandates the immediate implementation of robust, highly scientific conservation frameworks by the state government. It legally forces the heavily populated state to aggressively protect the wetland’s highly fragile, incredibly complex ecosystem from severe, constantly looming threats such as rampant urban encroachment, highly toxic agricultural chemical runoff, and severe industrial pollution. The designation ensures the lake continues to provide massive ecological services like crucial groundwater recharge, massive flood mitigation, and deep carbon sequestration.
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Q.20) Which country has captured the 900-year-old fort of Lebanon?
Ans > Israel
- Massive Geopolitical and Military Escalation: Amidst the highly intense, incredibly destructive, and rapidly ongoing regional conflict in the Middle East, heavily armed Israeli military forces took total tactical control of a highly strategic, incredibly famous 900-year-old Crusader-era fort located deep within sovereign Lebanese territory. This highly aggressive military maneuver represents a massive, deeply concerning escalation in the ongoing asymmetric warfare heavily dominating the volatile southern Lebanon region.
- Exploiting a Highly Strategic Vantage Point: Built centuries ago precisely on highly elevated, deeply rugged terrain, the ancient stone fortress commands massive, undeniable tactical significance in modern warfare. By violently capturing this heavily fortified structure, the occupying military force gains a wide, highly unobstructed, and strategically priceless surveillance view of the surrounding deep valleys, civilian settlements, and, most importantly, highly critical cross-border militant supply routes that are otherwise impossible to monitor effectively from lower ground.
- The Tragic Phenomenon of Historical Casualties of War: The violent, highly publicized capture of this site vividly and tragically underscores a devastating reality of modern conflicts: how incredibly invaluable, irreplaceable historical heritage sites frequently become deeply entangled, highly militarized, and often tragically, irreversibly damaged during modern geopolitical warfare. Utilizing such globally significant cultural sites for active military operations deeply alarms international archaeologists and raises massive, incredibly severe concerns regarding blatant violations of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
đ Quick Summary â Current Affairs 2 June, 2026
- National Schemes: PM SVANidhi scheme completed 6 successful years supporting street vendors.
- Health Survey: Meghalaya recorded the highest decline in child stunting as per the 6th NFHS.
- Infrastructure: Kolkata to host the world’s absolute largest curd production plant.
- Defense Leadership: General N. S. Raja Subramani assumed office as India’s new CDS.
- Naval Museums: ‘Nausena Shaurya Vatika’ inaugurated by Defense Minister in Lucknow, UP.
- Naval Chief: Admiral Krishna Swaminathan took charge as the 27th Chief of the Naval Staff.
- Diplomacy: Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing visited India to discuss border security.
- Security Summits: The Shangri-La Dialogue on Indo-Pacific security was held in Singapore.
- Tech Policies: Malaysia formally announced a ban on social media for youth under 16.
- GI Tags: The sweet ‘Amalsad Chikoo’ from Gujarat officially received the GI tag.
- Police Appointments: Mukesh Singh was appointed as the new DGP of Manipur state.
- Financial Regulators: Ajay Seth leads the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI).
- Athletics: India ranked 2nd (19 medals) at the 22nd Asian U-20 Championships in Hong Kong.
- Cricket: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) historically won their maiden IPL tournament.
- Badminton: Satwik-Chirag captured the men’s double title at the Singapore Open.
- Obituaries: Legendary playback singer and Padma Bhushan awardee Suman Kalyanpur passed away.
- Global Days: “Together for Parents” is the theme for the Global Day of Parents 2026.
- Judiciary Milestone: Justice Revati Mohite Dere became the 1st female Chief Justice of Meghalaya.
- Environment: Shekha Jheel was officially designated as UP’s 12th Ramsar wetland site.
- Geopolitics: Israel captured a strategic 900-year-old fort within Lebanese territory.
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