DAILY GK 3-4 JUNE 2026
1.
‘PMRC SCHEME 2026’ TO ATTRACT GLOBAL INDIAN TALENT
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The
Department of Higher Education (DoHE) under the
Ministry of Education (MoE), officially launched the Prime Minister Research
Chair (PMRC) Scheme 2026 and opened applications for
the programme.
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The scheme is aflagship initiative of the Government of India (GoI)
that aims to bring accomplished Indian-origin researchers, scientists,
technologists and professionals from around the world into India’s research and
innovation ecosystem.
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The scheme outlines 13 priority
sectors.
2.
FIRST PRIVATE UNIVERSITY TO ESTABLISH ‘INDIAAI DATA LAB’
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Chandigarh University (CU), in Ajitgarh, Punjab, became
India’s first private university to launch an IndiaAI Data Lab in
partnership with Intel India, to enhance students’
employability by providing industry-relevant skills in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data
Science, and emerging technologies.
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The
IndiaAI Data Lab equips students with practical AI experience, bridges
academia-industry skill gaps, strengthens research capabilities, and enhances
career readiness through hands-on, industry-aligned projects.
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Focus Areas: AI research, innovation, faculty development,
hackathons, and industry-academia collaboration.
3.
INDIA JOINS ANTHROPIC’S PROJECT GLASSWING
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India joined ‘Project Glasswing’, a
global cyber security initiative led by Anthropic PBC, gaining access to Claude
Mythos AI, an advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) model
designed to identify software vulnerabilities
and strengthen cyber defences for critical infrastructure.
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The initiative aims to help
participating countries enhance
cybersecurity resilience and protect critical digital infrastructure.
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Mythos is an AI-powered security
auditor that
analyses large software codebases, detects vulnerabilities, identifies security
weaknesses, generates remediation patches, and can uncover flaws at a scale
beyond traditional tools.
4.
INDIA’S
100TH RAMSAR SITE
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The
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change (MoEF&CC) officially designated SurhaTaal, which
is officially known as Jai Prakash
Narayan Bird Sanctuary, located
in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh (UP) as India’s 100th Ramsar
Site and the 13th Ramsar Site in UP, recognizing it as a
Wetland of International Importance
under the Ramsar Convention.
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This
milestone has made India the country
with the highest number of Ramsar Sites in Asia and one of
the leading nations globally in terms of Ramsar-recognized wetlands.
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The
total number of ramsar sites in India has increased from 26 to 100 (in the last 11 years), while the number
of ramsar sites in UP has increased to 13.
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As
of June 2026, the total number of Ramsar
sites in the world is 2,595 (SurhaTaal as 2,595th
such site globally).
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It is a natural perennial oxbow
lake, situated in the Ganga and Saryu river, was formed from a meander of the Ganga river and
receives freshwater inflow through three channels.
5.
FIVE NEW NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS OF UNSC
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The
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) elected 5
countries namely: Austria, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, Trinidad and
Tobago(T&T), and Zimbabwe, as non-permanent members of the 15-member United Nations
Security Council (UNSC), during the closely contested elections held at UN
Secretariat in New York.
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These newly elected non-permanent
members will serve on the council for a two-year term, starting
from January 1, 2027 to December 31, 2028.
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The election marks Kyrgyzstan’s
first-ever term on the UNSC since becoming a member of the UN in
1992.
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These 5
new non-permanent members will replace
countries: Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama, and Somalia, whose
term ends on December 31, 2026.
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This
year, a total of 7 candidates contested
the elections for UNSC’s 5 non-permanent member seats and these were:
Germany, The Philippines, Austria, Portugal, Zimbabwe and Trinidad and Tobago
and Kyrgyzstan.
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The
5 elected countries will join the current
non-permanent members namely: Colombia,
Bahrain, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Latvia and Liberia, who
will continue to serve on the council until December 31, 2027.
6.
RUDRAM-II AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE
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The
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and
the Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully conducted
flight-tests of the ‘RudraM-II Air-to-Surface
Missile(ASM)’ from an airborne platform.
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RudraM-II ASM is an indigenous air-launched missile for
Suppression/Destruction of Enemy Air Defences (SEAD/DEAD) missions, carrying a 200 kilogram(kg) warhead.
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It achieves speeds up to Mach
5.5 and a range of 300 kilometer(km), doubling
the reach of RudraM-I (150 km).
7.
FORBES WORLD’S TOP 10 RICHEST PEOPLE 2026
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Forbes, released its latest World’s
Top 10 Richest People rankings – June2026.
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Elon Musk, continued to retain the top spot since May 2024, with an
estimated net worth of USD 835 billion
as of June 1, 2026.
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Larry Page, co-founder of Alphabet Inc. (parent company of Google),
emerged as the world’s 2nd richest
person, with estimated net worth of USD 309 billion.
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Sergey Brin, who is also co-founder of Alphabet Inc. (Google) ranked
at 3rd position with estimated net worth of USD 285 billion.
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Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, secured the 4th position with an estimated
net worth of USD 277 billion as of June 2026.
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Larry Ellison (5th Rank): Larry Ellison, co-founder and Chairman of Oracle Corporation,
ranked 5th globally with an estimated net worth of USD 276 billion as of June
2026.
8.
FOOD PLANET PRIZE
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Andhra Pradesh Community Managed
Natural Farming (APCNF), an
initiative of Andhra Pradesh (AP) Government, won
the 2026 Food Planet Prize, one of the world’s largest environmental awards
focused on transforming food systems, for its work in promoting farming
practices that reduce dependence on synthetic inputs and support
climate-resilient agriculture.
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The award was presented by the Curt
Bergfors Foundation in Båstad, Sweden.
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APCNFt is one of the world’s
largest community-driven initiatives promoting agroecology and natural
farming, launched in 2016 by RythuSadhikaraSamstha (RySS) under the Agriculture
Department of the AP government.
9.
PRINCESS OF ASTURIAS AWARD
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Argentine
footballer Lionel Messi, captain of Inter Miami CF won the Princess
of Asturias Award for Sports 2026, becoming the first
individual footballer to earn the honour.
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The award will be presented by the Princess of Asturias Foundation (FPA) in
a ceremony in October 2026 at the Campoamor Theatre in Oviedo, Spain.
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The
2026 Princess of Asturias Awards recognisedPatti
Smith (Arts), Studio Ghibli
(Communication and Humanities), David
Klenerman, Shankar Balasubramanian, and Pascal Mayer (Scientific and
Technical Research), Svalbard Global
Seed Vault (International Cooperation), and Timothy Garton Ash (Social Sciences), while the Literature and
Concord award recipients are yet to be announced.
10. BIRRER-BROOKES AWARD
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Major Prabhat
Mishra of the Indian Army (IA) received the Birrer-Brookes
Award for Outstanding Master
of Military Arts and Science (MMAS) Thesis and the General
Douglas MacArthur Military Leadership Writing Award during the
graduation ceremony of USA Army Command
and General Staff College’s Command and General Staff Officer Course (CGSOC),
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA.
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He
received the awards among 951 graduates,
including 120 international officers from 92 countries, who completed the
prestigious 10-month programme.
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Major
Prabhat Mishra of the IA’s 22 Kumaon Regiment secured
4th rank among 1,185 officers (top 1%), becoming the first Indian
officer to simultaneously win both the awards, and receive the
Golden Pen Award for scholarly excellence.
