- Gyanender Singh Malik was appointed as the Director General of Police (DGP) of Gujarat in June 2026.
- Shreyas Iyer was appointed as the captain of the Indian men’s T20 cricket team in June 2026, replacing Suryakumar Yadav.
- India won the SAFF Women’s Football Championship 2026 by defeating Bangladesh 3-1 in the final at Margao.
- India won the Men’s Under-18 Hockey Asia Cup 2026 by defeating Japan 4-1 in the final at Kakamigahara.
- At 15 years and 71 days, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest cricketer selected for the senior Indian national team in June 2026.
- Shaili Singh won the gold medal in the long jump event (6.24 meters) at the New Taipei City Athletics Open 2026.
- As of June 2026, India ranks 147th globally in terms of women’s representation in the lower house of Parliament.
- Operation Sherawali was an anti-militancy joint operation conducted by the Army, J&K Police, and CRPF in Rajouri’s forests in June 2026.
- R. Praggnanandhaa became the first Indian chess player to win the prestigious Norway Chess 2026 tournament.
- The Sea of Azov is connected to the Black Sea in the south through the Kerch Strait.
- Andhra Pradesh’s natural farming was honored with the Food Planet Prize 2026 by Sweden’s Curt Bergfors Foundation.
- Mission Senehjori was launched to uplift Assam’s Muga silk and improve the livelihood conditions of local weavers.
- Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva won the women’s singles title at the 2026 French Open, defeating Poland’s Maja Chwalińska.
- Project Glasswing is an initiative primarily related to the fields of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI).
📅 June 8, 2026 · Monday