THREE NEW PLANT SPECIES DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED THREE NEW PLANT SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* PLANT SPECIES ARE FOUND IN TAWANG AND WEST KHAMANG DISTRICT 

* THREE NEW DECIDUOUS SPECIES - 

a) BERBERIS ORBICULARIS 

b) BERBERIS PSEUDOVIRESCENS 

c) BERBERIS TAWANGENSIS

A NEW SPECIES OF TOAD HAS BEEN DISCOVERD IN MEGHALAYA

* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW TOAD SPECIES IN KHASI HILLS AT MEGHALAYA 

* SPECIES NAMED - DUTTAPHRYNUS DHARA ( DHARA NAMED AFTER KHASI FEMALE GARMENT) 

* COMMONLY WOVEN FROM MUGA SILK AND DRAPPED ELEGANTLY OVER BOTH SHOULDERS TO THE ANKLES 

* DHARA MEANS (IN KHASI) IS MORE TRADITIONAL ATTIRE ( DHARA OR JAINSEM) 

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A NEW ALGAL SPECIES DISCOVERED IN WESTERN GHATS ( NAMED AFTER SUBHRANSHU SHUKLA)

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW ALGAL SPECIES IN WESTERN GHATS ( KERALA) 

* SPECIES FAMILY BELONGS TO - INTERFILUM .

* SPECIES NAMED - INTERFILUM SHUKLAII ( NAMED IN HONOUR TO GROUP CAPTAIN SUBHRANSHU SHUKLA) 

* SPECIES COLLECTED FROM KUMBHAVURUTTY FOREST 

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SHAW PRIZE 2026

* MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES - 

*) EMMANUEL CANDES 

*) CAMMILO DELELLIS 

LIFE SCIENCE & MEDICINE - 

*) ANNE DEJEAN 

*) HUGUES DE THE 

*) ZHU CHEN 

ASTRONOMY - 

*) Ken'ichi Nomoto 

*) Stanford Woosley 

( For Their Studies Of Stellar Explosion And The Origin Of The Elements) 

UNION AGRICULTURE MINISTER SHIVRAJ SINGH UNVEILED HIS BOOK

  8 In Presence of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, H D DEVEGOUDA Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Has Launched His Book - APANAPAN

RENOWNED ARCHAEOLOGIST SHEREEN RATNAGAR PASSED AWAY

* ON 25TH MAY 2026 NOTED ARCHAEOLOGIST SHEREEN RATNAGAR PASSED AWAY.

* BORN IN - 1944 

* HER WORK ON INDUS VALLEY CIVILISATION 

* SHE WAS PROFESSOR OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANCIENT HISTORY AT THE CENTRE FOR HISTORICAL STUDIES AT JNU, NEW DELHI.

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NOTABLE BOOKS - 

* Encounter the Westerly Trade Of The Harappa Civilization (1981) 

* The End Of The Great Harappan Traditon 

* Understanding Harappa 

* Mobile And Marginalized People 

* Trading Encounters: From The Euphrates To The Indus In The Bronze Age 

* Ayodhya: Archaeology After Excavation 

* The Time chart History Of Ancient Egypt 

* Being Tribal 

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 27TH MAY 2026

1) IAS OFFICER Piyush Singla Has Been Appointed As The Director In The National Health Authority - Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission 

2) Ancient Hero Stone Linked To Rajendra Chola Unearthed Near Pochampali, 

3) Mahatma Gandhi University Honoured Actor Mammothy With Doctorate.

4) Vaccinium Piliferum, A rare And Endangered Wild Relative Of Blueberry Has Rediscovered In Arunachal Pradesh After 188 Years.

5) IIT Roorkee Has Developed Sustainable Barnyard Millet Based Edible Straws

6) Astronomers Spot A Blue Straggler Star Hosting Brown Dwarf 

7) In Presence of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Has Launched His Book - APANAPAN

8) Founder Of Kotak Mahindra Bank Uday Kotak Has Been Conferred With Padma Bhushan Award 

9) US And India Signed Strategic Critical Mineral Cooperation Framework To Secure Supply Chain For Technology, Energy, Defence.

10) At QUAD FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTERS MEETING ( Delhi) 

3 Major Takeaways - 

a) Agreed On Indo - Pacific MARITIME Surveillance And On A Common Operating Picture In The MARITIME Domain, Collaborate On Pilot Project In Fiji 

b) Finalise The QUAD Critical Mineral Framework 

C) Announced The QUAD Initiative On Indo - Pacific Energy Security, Management, POLICY, International Market Analysis And Emergency Response Exercise 

11) Veteran Actor Ramakant Dayama Passed Away 

12) Manipuri Astrophysicist Ronaldo Laishram Has Discovered A 12.6 billion Years Old Galaxy Structure ( Named After Manipur's LOKTAK Lake) LOKTAK PROTOCLUSTER 

13) Renowned Archaeologist Shereen Ratnagar Passed Away.

14) President Droupadi MURMU Has Flagged Off Pink Bus Service In Gangtok, Sikkim, Named Amma Didi Bahini Bus Seva For Only Women 

15) Union Minister Dr Virendra Kumar Has Launched The PM - AJAY Portal And AJAY Mobile Application To Digitize And Strengthen SC Welfare Scheme 

16) Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated The PECVD Setup, India's First Ever Indigenous Setup For Fabrication Of a Si Solar Cells At Kolkata 

17) ECI APPOINTS Ravi Prakash As New Chief Electoral Officer Of Puducherry 

18) Telengana Has Emerged As High Performer In The Logistics Ease Across Different States 2025 Report By Union Ministry of Commerce 

SENEGAL APPOINTS NEW PRIME MINISTER

* SENEGAL PRESIDENT BASSIROU DIOMAYE FAYE APPOINTED ECONOMIST AND FORMER CENTRAL BANKER AHMADOU AL AMINOU LO

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 26TH MAY 2026

World Thyroid Day - 25th May

THEME 2026 - THYROID AND  NUTRITION 

1) Odisha Forest Department Set To Introduce Caravan Tourism At 7 Eco - Tourism Sites.

2) Toshifumi Suzuki, The Founder Of The Seven - Eleven Japan Passed Away.

3) Defence Secretary Shri Rajesh Kumar Singh Has COMMISIONED A State Of Art Ring Gantry Based Linear Accelerator At Army Hospital, Delhi.

4) A Rare Sculpture Of Depict Celebrated Ganapatideba And Queen Somaladevi Has Been Discovered In Siddipet District ( Of Kakatiya Era) In Telengana 

5) India Created History At The International Association Of Ultra runners 24 Hour Asia And Oceania Championship In Japan ( 5 Medals) 

6) Assam Government Has Introduced The Uniform Civil Code Bill 2026 

7) Paris Host The 93rd General Session Of World Organisation For Animals Health 

* India Achieved Few 

* Foot And Mouth Disease ( FMD) Endorse Control Programme 

* Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ( BSE) Negligible Risk Status 

* Contagious Bovine Pleuropne monia ( CBPP) Freedom Status 

* African Horse Sickness ( AHS) Historical Freedom 

8) Former Indian Cricketer Sunil Gavaskar Along With Mathew Hayden Has Launched The Midwicket Stories 

9) YOU CAN BECOME ZERO SE HERO Book Author - Rajiv K Poddar 

10) Former IAS OFFICER Elias George Has Been Appointed As The Chairperson Of The Board Of Director Federal Bank Limited 

11) Veteran Congress Leader And SOCIAL Cultural Activist Mangalam Gopinath Passed Away 

12) IIT MADRAS And MDL Have Launched An Advanced Circulating Water Tunnel Facility For Research In Hydrodynamic, Ship DESIGN, And Ocean Engineering 

13) Odisha's Educationalist, Linguist, And Folk Storyteller Dr Mahendra Kumar Mishra Has Received Prestigious PADMA Shri 

14) Puri, Odisha To Host The 2nd BRICS Technical Meeting On Disaster Risk Reduction 

15) ICMR Launched First Of Its Kind Innovator Industry Platform 

16) CDS General Anil Chauhan Has Launched The Tri Service Tele Directory Web Application.

17) Srilanka Has Introduced The Free Electronic Travel Authorization ( ETA) Scheme For Citizen Of 40 Countries, Including India 

18) The Election Commission in India (ECI) APPOINTS Senior IAS OFFICER Neelam Meena As The New Chief Electoral Officer Of West Bengal 

19) Ghalibaf Elected As Parliament Speaker Of Iran For 7th Time 

20) Government Notified The Liquefied Petroleum Gas ( Regulation Of Supply And Distribution ) Amendment Order 2026 

A RARE MICROSCOPIC FOOLS GOLD DISCOVERD IN GUJARAT

* RESERCHERS FROM BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY (BHU), Indian Institute Of Technology, Dhanbad, Geologist Discovered A RARE MICROSCOPIC SUNFLOWER SHAPED MINERAL PYRITE (Known As FOOL'S GOLD) WITH IN IGNITE COAL RESERVE OF GUJARAT 

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 25TH MAY 2026

World Fish Migration Day - 24th May 

1) The Geological Survey Of India (GSI) Has Identified Deposits Of Critical Mineral In The Tukreswari Hills, And Sijukona Hills Of Goalpara District, Assam 

2) Khasi And Garo Have Been Now Added To CBSE Language Curriculum 

3) Nagaland State Biodiversity Board (NSBB) States That State Forest Cover Loss Of ABOUT 794.88 Sq km Between 2013 & 2023 

4) Government Of India Has Sent A First Tranche Of Medical Support And Kit To Africa Amid Ebola Outbreak

5) Sikkim Officially A Member Of Brahmaputra Board 

6) Dr Lharkyal Lama, PRESIDENT OF The International Buddhist Confederation Has Been Conferred The Prestigious Mahasadhamma Jyotikadhaj Title By Myanmar 

7) Gulveer Singh Wins Silver In The World Athletics Continental Tour Silver Meet In Los Angels ( Men's 5000m He COMPLETED in 13:03:93

8) Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai Set To Become Patna High Court Chief Justice ( She Became The First Female Chief Justice Of Patna High court)

9) Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena Has Launched An Ambitious Ecological Restoration Project To Reclaim Nearly 800 Acres Of Barren Island Near Spituk 

A NEW SPECIES OF TARDIGRADE FOUND IN BAY OF BENGAL

* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF TARDIGRADE IN BAY OF BENGAL. 

* KNOWN AS THE MARINE WATER BEAR 

* THIS SPECIES IS FOUND AFTER 43 YEARS ( ELUSIVE GENUS)

* TEAM OF CSIR - National Institute Of Oceanography, University Of Minho, Portugal, And The Academy Of Scientific And Innovative Research ( acSIR) 

* SPECIES FOUND IN MARKANDI, ODISHA 

* NAMED - ACTINARCTUS ODISSI ( NAMED IN HONOUR TO ODISHI DANCE) 

* TARDIGRADE ARE KNOWN FOR RESILIENCE, SURVIVE IN HARSH ENVIRONMENT, Bear LIKE APPERANCE 

* THE SPECIES HAS DOMED SHAPED BODY SURROUNDED By TRANSPARENT, WING LIKE FLAPS CALLED ALAE,