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Places & Facts for Prelims — Monthly Current Affairs Recaps | Vaidra
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232 topics across every published month
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June 2026
Resettlement Census Notified for Great Nicobar Project
both
Padma Barrage
both
Lipulekh Pass
both
GI tag — Bhagaiya Silk (Jharkhand)
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GI tag — Kuchai (Tussar) Silk (Jharkhand)
both
GI tag — Munda jewellery (Jharkhand)
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GI tag — Bamboo Craft (Jharkhand)
both
Khurasani Imli GI tag
both
National Chambal Sanctuary
both
Namdapha National Park
both
Philippines earthquake
both
Zojila Tunnel
both
Cuba's geography
both
Uttar Pradesh
both
Sikkim
both
Arunachal Pradesh
both
Haryana
both
Assam
both
Odisha
both
Rajasthan
both
Madhya Pradesh
both
Tamil Nadu
both
Norway (Capital: Oslo)
both
Netherlands (Capital: Amsterdam)
both
Ukraine (Capital: Kyiv)
both
Mongolia (Capital: Ulaanbaatar)
both
United Kingdom (Capital: London)
both
Armenia (Capital: Yerevan)
both
Cambodia (Capital: Phnom Penh)
both
France (Capital: Paris)
both
Philippines (Capital: Manila)
both
Guatemala (Capital: Guatemala City)
both
Bangladesh (Capital: Dhaka)
both
Venezuela (Capital: Caracas)
both
Ethiopia (Capital: Addis Ababa)
both
Qatar (Capital: Doha)
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Seychelles (Capital: Victoria)
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Zimbabwe (Capital: Harare)
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Bolivia (Capital: La Paz [administrative]; Sucre [constitutional])
both
May 2026
Geography of the Israel-Palestine Region
prelims
Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) 2.0
prelims
India to Host 1st International Big Cat Summit
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Chandrayaan-3 Hop Experiment Reveals Lunar Regolith Structure
prelims
Lipulekh Pass, Uttarakhand
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Arunachal Pradesh — Mission Arunachal Kiwi
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Vadinar, Gujarat
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Hasdeo-Arand forest, Chhattisgarh
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Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary, Odisha
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Kuno National Park, MP
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Musi Riverfront Development Project, Telangana
both
Andhra Pradesh
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Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu
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Cauvery (Kaveri) River
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Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong corridor, Assam
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Raebareli, UP
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Ernakulam, Kerala
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Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu
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Somnath Temple, Prabhas Patan, Gujarat
both
Gujarat
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Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Swaraj Dweep)
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Kanha Tiger Reserve, MP
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Kerala
both
Oor Pare, Nilgiris, TN
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Odisha's bauxite hills (Rayagada & Kalahandi)
both
Shekha Jheel, Aligarh, UP
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Latvia (capital Riga)
both
Netherlands (capital Amsterdam)
both
Republic of Korea (capital Seoul)
both
Cyprus (capital Nicosia)
both
Iran (capital Tehran)
both
Philippines (capital Manila) — Mayon Volcano
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Indonesia (capital Jakarta)
both
Vietnam (capital Hanoi)
both
Tanzania (capital Dodoma)
both
Oman (capital Muscat)
both
UAE (capital Abu Dhabi)
both
Chile (capital Santiago)
both
Suriname (capital Paramaribo)
both
Jamaica (capital Kingston)
both
Algeria (capital Algiers)
both
Canada (capital Ottawa)
both
Cuba
both
Libya
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Chabahar Port, Iran
both
Falkland Islands
both
Mizoram → Israel
both
National Panchayat Awards 2025
both
Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore
both
Maharana Pratap Jayanti
both
National Technology Day
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International Workers' Day / May Day
both
ITU Plenipotentiary Conference-2030
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Kimberley Process Intersessional Meeting 2026
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Santa Marta Climate Conference, Colombia
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1st India-Japan AI Strategic Dialogue, Mumbai
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1st Biennial Conference of BIMReN (BIMSTEC-India Marine Research Network), Kochi
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BRICS Deputy Foreign Ministers' Meeting on MENA, New Delhi
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3rd Synchronised Nilgiri Tahr Survey
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Genomic mapping of pangolin trafficking
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Barn Swallow, Imphal Valley, Manipur
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India's 1st satellite-tagged Ganges Soft-shell Turtle
both
Rusty-Spotted Cat, Aravallis (Delhi-NCR/Haryana)
both
Colombia's hippo crisis
both
Eyespots in marine animals (skates & rays, superorder Batoidea)
both
JANANI
both
RBI's UDGAM Portal
both
Mizoram Ginger Mission
both
Karnataka's IPGRS for gig workers
both
Atmanirbhar Pulses Mission — Bihar's 1st structured pulse procurement
both
Project Freedom
both
UAE's exit from OPEC and OPEC+
both
Singapore overtakes UAE as India's 2nd-largest export market
both
Ebola (EVD) outbreak, DR Congo
both
Operation Navjeevan, Jharkhand
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Gaganyaan's Environmental Control & Life Support System (ECLSS)
both
India's abstention on the UNGA climate resolution
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SC allows euthanasia of rabid/dangerous stray dogs
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April 2026
Conflict Areas in News: Red Sea, Qeshm Island, Ust-Luga Port, Scarborough Shoal
prelims
Strait of Malacca back in the spotlight
prelims
Canary Islands: INS Sudarshini's maiden visit
prelims
Umiam Lake (Barapani)
prelims
Andaman Sea migration route
prelims
Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor
prelims
Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project (SLHEP)
both
Hydropower projects in Arunachal Pradesh: Kamala & Kalai-II
both
Avalanche at Zojila Pass
both
Kashmir Valley lakes
both
Project HIM SAROVAR
both
Shekha Jheel Bird Sanctuary (UP)
both
Mahi Banswara Rajasthan Atomic Power Project
both
Dholera SEZ, Gujarat
both
Amaravati
both
Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra)
both
Kalpakkam (Tamil Nadu)
both
Cyrtodactylus jayadityai
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Cheetah cubs, Kuno National Park (MP)
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India-Turkiye Foreign Office Consultations
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Arab League emergency session (Cairo, Egypt)
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SCO Defence Ministers' meeting (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)
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UN Women report
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United Kingdom (capital London)
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Haiti's Artibonite region (capital Port-au-Prince)
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Mali (capital Bamako)
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Nigeria (capital Abuja)
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Angola (capital Luanda)
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Argentina (capital Buenos Aires)
both
UAE (capital Abu Dhabi)
both
Myanmar (capital Nay Pyi Taw)
both
Mauritius (capital Port Louis)
both
Indonesia (capital Jakarta)
both
Lebanon (capital Beirut) - Israel
both
Meghalaya-Starlink
both
Konyak tribe (Nagaland)
both
March 2026
Panama Canal
both
Ladakh Magmatic Arc
both
Basant Utsav (West Bengal)
both
Kerala
both
Lebanon
both
South Sudan
both
Cameroon
both
Malawi
both
Iraq
both
Iran
both
Strait of Hormuz
both
Solomon Islands
both
Tonga
both
UAE
both
Madagascar
both
February 2026
Namo Bharat RRTS & Meerut Metro
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Sawalkot Hydroelectric Project
both
Jammu and Kashmir
both
Assam
both
Madhya Pradesh
both
Chhattisgarh
both
Nagaland
both
Maharashtra
both
Meghalaya
both
West Bengal
both
Karnataka
both
Andhra Pradesh
both
Tamil Nadu
both
Andaman and Nicobar
both
Kerala
both
Greece (capital Athens)
both
United Kingdom (capital London)
both
Ireland (capital Dublin)
both
Cuba (capital Havana)
both
Armenia (capital Yerevan)
both
DR Congo (capital Kinshasa)
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Eritrea (capital Asmara)
both
Sweden (capital Stockholm)
both
Ukraine (capital Kyiv)
both
South Korea (capital Seoul)
both
Iran (capital Tehran)
both
Saudi Arabia (capital Riyadh)
both
Sri Lanka (capital Colombo)
both
Japan (capital Tokyo)
both
Diego Garcia
both
Malaysia (capital Kuala Lumpur)
both
V.O. Chidambaranar Port, Tuticorin
both
Sela Lake & Sela Pass, Arunachal Pradesh
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January 2026
Ladakh
both
Jammu & Kashmir
both
Assam
both
Rajasthan
both
Madhya Pradesh
both
Uttarakhand
both
Uttar Pradesh
both
Gujarat
both
Kerala
both
Karnataka
both
Telangana
both
Tamil Nadu
both
Andhra Pradesh
both
Andaman & Nicobar
both
Germany (Capital: Berlin)
both
Bulgaria (Capital: Sofia)
both
Israel (Capital: Jerusalem)
both
Venezuela (Capital: Caracas)
both
Chile (Capital: Santiago)
both
Argentina (Capital: Buenos Aires)
both
Greenland (Capital: Nuuk)
both
Russia (Capital: Moscow)
both
Qatar (Capital: Doha)
both
Yemen (Capital: Sanaa)
both
Myanmar (Capital: Naypyidaw)
both
Liechtenstein (Capital: Vaduz)
both
Iran (Capital: Tehran)
both
Atal Setu (MTHL)
both
Chenab Bridge
both
New Pamban Bridge
both
Dhola–Sadiya (Bhupen Hazarika Setu)
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