Weekly Current Affairs 2026

Weekly Current Affairs: July 20–26, 2026

This week: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns after nationwide student protests over the NEET paper leak, and the Cockroach Janta Party calls off its agitation; PM Modi announces fast-track courts and a Nandan Nilekani-led task force on examination reforms; the Cabinet clears an anti-paper-leak Bill with 10-year jail terms and ₹10 crore fines; the Monsoon Session opens with a Bill to raise Supreme Court strength from 34 to 38 judges; India becomes the 123rd WTO member to accept the Fisheries Subsidies Agreement; the Core Industries Index shifts to a 2022-23 base with iron ore added; India approves Qdenga, its first dengue vaccine; DRDO tests the Kusha LR-SAM; Samudra Pradakshina returns after 314 days; Andy Burnham becomes UK Prime Minister; and Mirabai Chanu wins India’s first gold at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Plus catch-ups: Skyroot’s Vikram-1, the 72nd National Film Awards, the Investment Friendliness Index, India’s first geothermal wells and P. V. Sindhu’s Japan Open title.