Prelims Current Affairs includes India Joins Un Global Dialogue On Ai Governance, India To Chair Unctad Consumer Protection Meeting, Madhya Pradesh Tops India’s 2025-26 Gi Registrations, Delhi Government Launches Mission Kayakalp, Icmr-Minds Wins Gold At National E-Governance Awards 2026, Arrow-3 Missile Defence System & Drdo Launches Underwater Fiber Optic Sensing System (Ufoss)

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

1.  INDIA JOINS UN GLOBAL DIALOGUE ON AI GOVERNANCE

Current Context: India participated in the inaugural United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance, held on 6-7 July 2026 in Geneva, Switzerland.

ABOUT THE DIALOGUE

• The UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance is the first universal, multi-stakeholder forum on Artificial Intelligence governance under the United Nations.
• Established under United Nations General Assembly Resolution 79/325.
• It implements the AI-related commitments contained in the Global Digital Compact, adopted at the Summit of the Future in September 2024.
• First universal, multi-stakeholder forum on AI governance under the UN system

Key Discussion Areas:

• AI’s social and economic implications
• Bridging the global AI divide
• Promoting safe and trustworthy AI
• Safeguarding human rights in context of AI

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 

2. INDIA TO CHAIR UNCTAD CONSUMER PROTECTION MEETING

Current Context: India is chairing the 9th Session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts (IGE) on Consumer Protection Law and Policy, organised by UNCTAD, from 6-8 July 2026 at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.

ABOUT THE MEETING

• The IGE on Consumer Protection Law and Policy is the principal intergovernmental forum under UNCTAD for dialogue and cooperation on consumer protection.
  Objective
• Strengthen international cooperation in consumer protection.
• Exchange best practices among countries.
• Head of Indian Delegation:Nidhi Khare (Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs)

About UNCTAD

• United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is the principal United Nations body dealing with trade, investment, finance, technology, and sustainable development.
• Established: 1964, By: United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
• Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland

STATE NEWS

3. MADHYA PRADESH TOPS INDIA’S 2025-26 GI REGISTRATIONS

Current Context: India registered 125 new GI tags during 2025-26, increasing total to 822. Madhya Pradesh led with 26 new registrations.

Top States:

• Law: Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999
• Effective From: 15 September 2003
• Registrar: GI Registry, Chennai
• Administrative Ministry: Ministry of Commerce and Industry

STATE NEWS

4.  DELHI GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES MISSION KAYAKALP

Current Context: Delhi Government launched Mission Kayakalp to modernise government schools.

• It aims to improve the physical infrastructure and learning environment of government schools, ensuring that they become centres of quality education and holistic development rather than merely educational institutions.
• Upgrade infrastructure in government schools.
• Create clean, safe, and inclusive campuses.
• Improve access to modern educational facilities.

HEALTH

5.  ICMR-MINDS WINS GOLD AT NATIONAL E-GOVERNANCE AWARDS 2026

Current Context: ICMR’s AI-powered mental healthcare platform won Gold Award at National e-Governance Awards 2026.

ABOUT ICMR-MINDS

• Full Form: ICMR’s Multistate Implementation Research Study on Integration of Screening and Management of Mental and Substance Use Disorders with other Non-Communicable Diseases (ICMR-MINDS).
• It is a National Health Research Priority Project of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
• The project integrates mental health and substance use disorder services with the management of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) at the primary healthcare level
• Award:Gold Award in “Innovation through AI and New Age Technologies” category
• About National e-Governance Awards:
• Conferred by: Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG)
• Under: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

DEFENCE 

6. ARROW-3 MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM

Current Context: Germany expands its missile defence network with a second Arrow-3 site planned in Bavaria.

ABOUT ARROW-3 MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM

• Arrow-3 (Hetz-3) is an exo-atmospheric anti-ballistic missile defence system designed to intercept and destroy medium-range, intermediate-range, and some long-range ballistic missiles outside the Earth’s atmosphere.
• It forms the top layer of Israel’s multi-layered missile defence network.
• The Arrow-3 Missile Defence System has gained global attention due to its successful operational use by Israel against long-range ballistic missile threats and its export to Germany, making Germany the first country outside Israel to deploy the system.
• Developed by:Israel and United States (jointly)

Key Features:

• Two-stage solid-fuelled interceptors
• Range: Up to 2,400 km
• Intercepts threats at altitude of 100 km

DEFENCE

7.  DRDO LAUNCHES UNDERWATER FIBER OPTIC SENSING SYSTEM (UFOSS)

Current Context: DRDO launched a major naval project to deploy indigenous UFOSS on Indian Ocean seabed to detect submarines.

ABOUT UFOSS

• The DRDO has initiated the development of the Underwater Fiber Optic Sensing System (UFOSS), an advanced seabed surveillance network designed to provide 24×7 underwater domain awareness in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
• The project aims to strengthen India’s maritime security amid the increasing deployment of Chinese and Pakistani submarines in the Indian Ocean.
• It is a fixed seabed surveillance network that uses fiber-optic cables integrated with acoustic and hydrographic sensors to continuously monitor underwater activity.
• The system is regarded as India’s indigenous equivalent of strategic underwater surveillance grids deployed by major naval powers.

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