DRDO SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPED THE ULPGM-V3 MISSILE

* ON 19TH MAY 2026 DRDO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT TRIALS OF THE ULPGM-V3 MISSILE AT KURNOOL, ANDHRA PRADESH 

* TESTED IN AIR - TO - GROUND AS WELL AS AIR - TO-AIR 

* IT CAN DESTROY TANKS, BUNKERS, DRONES, HELICOPTER 

* IT EQUIPPED WITH THE DUAL CHANNEL SEEKER

* CONTROLLED THROUGH AN ADVANCED INTEGRATED GROUND CONTROL SYSTEM ( GCS ( 

* FEATURE INCLUDING DAY/ NIGHT STRIKE CAPABILITY 

* TWO WAY DATA LINK SENDS REAL TIME TELEMETRY & IMPACT CONFIRMATION BACK TO THE GCS 

* PRODUCTION PARTNERS - BHARAT DYNAMIC LIMITED ( BDL) , ADANI DEFENCE SYSTEMS 

3RD INDIA - NORDIC SUMMIT 2026 ( HOST - OSLO)

* 3RD INDIA - NORDIC SUMMIT 2026 

* HOST - OSLO, NORWAY 

* Finland Will Host 4th Indo - NORDIC SUMMIT 

* NORDIC MEMBERS (8 Members) 

* Denmark 

* NORWAY 

* Sweden 

* Finland 

* Iceland 

* The Faroe Island 

* Greenland 

* Aland 

* Founded On - 12th February 1953 

* Helsinki Treaty ( 23rd March 1962) 

3RD INDIA - NORDIC SUMMIT - 

* Elevated India - NORDIC Relations To A Green Technology And Innovation Strategic Partnership ( Blue Economy, Digital Infrastructure) 

* Agreement To Leverage India - EU FTA And India - EFTA To Greater Trade, Technology And Investment Linkages 

* India - Nordic Initiative In Climate Action 

* India - Nordic Cooperation In Arctic 

* India - NORDIC Research Initiative In Identified STEM Areas ( Startup) 

* Enhancing Cooperation In Blue Economy ( Bilateral Maritime Security, Indo Pacific ) 

* Promoting Of Mobility Of Talent ( Research) 

* Building Of Defence Industrial Collaboration With NORDIC Countries 

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 20TH MAY 2026

1) Sourav Vijay Takes Charge As The CEO Of UIDAI.

2) Prime Minister Narendra Attend At The India - Norway Business And Research Summit In Oslo, Norway 

3) The Ministry Of Home Affairs Has Issued a Notification Announcing Amendment To The Citizenship Rules 2009, Introducing The New Provision Related To Passport Disclosure For Applicants From Pakistan, Afganistan, Bangladesh.

4) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Has Inaugurated The Assam Cricket Museum In Guwahati 

5) Oslo, Norway Host The 3rd India - Nordic SUMMIT 2026 

6) Diamond Harbour FC Clinched The Indian Football League Title 

7) An Ancient Stone Idol Of Lord Varaha Has Unearthed In Cuttack, Orissa 

 8) Bharat Forge Signed MoU With Andhra Pradesh Government To Establish India's First Private Sector Marine Gas Turbine Facility At Visakhapatnam 

9) Bee Corridor To Be Created Between Sambalpur, Dhenkanal, Behrampur 

10) Former Uttarkhand Chief Minister Major General Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri ( RETIRED) Passed Away.

11) india Ranked 9th In Total Forest Area Globally In 2026 

* India Ranked 5th In Top Global Carbon Sinks 

12) Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Visited To Vietnam 

* Vietnam Prime Minister Le Minh And  Deputy Prime Minister & Defence Minister Of Vietnam - General Phan Van Giang Hold The Meeting At Hsnoi 

* Commitment To Maintaing The Peace, Stability, Security, Freedom In Indo - Pacific Region 

* Both Minister Inaugurated The Language Lab  At Air Force Officer College, Vietnam 

* India And Vietnam Inked MoU In The Field Of AI And Quantum Technology 

* India And Vietnam Inked Announced To Setting Up At Lab At Tele Communication University At Nha Trang.

13) Arsenal Wins The 2025/26 English Premier League 

14) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Announced The Group Captain K K Venugopal, Executive Director And Chief Test Pilot ( Fixed Wing) HAL Has Been Elected As The Fellow of Society Of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP) 

15) India Became The Bangladesh's 2nd Largest Trading Partner Overtaking US 

16) Punjab Chief Minister Mann Launched India's First Underground Electricity Cable Pilot Project From Punjab Satoj Village 

17) Professor Dr Medha Vishram Kulkarni, MP In Rajya Sabha Has Appointed Chairperson Of Department Related Parliamentary Standing Commitee On Science Technology, Earth Forest Environment 

18) FINLAND To Host Next 4th Indo - Nordic SUMMIT 

TWO NEW SPECIES OF JUMPING SPIDER SPECIES FOUND IN PUNE

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW JUMPING SPIDER SPECIES FOUND IN PUNE 

* SPECIES NAMED 

* MOGRUS SHUSHKA 

* MOGRUS PUNE 

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A NEW SPECIES OF GECKO FOUND IN DARJILING

* A BENT TOED GECKO SPECIES FOUND IN THE MIST LADEN MOUNTAIN OF DARJEELING 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZSI, FAKIR MOHAN UNIVERSITY, ODISHA, AND HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENT ALLIANCE LEAGUE 

* SPECIES NAME - CYRTODACTYLUS NEBULICOLA 

* NEBULA ( LATIN WORD ( MEANING - MIST OR CLOUD, And COLA MEANS DWELLER OR INHABITANTS 

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A RARE HIMALAYAN FLOWERING PLANT SPECIES REDISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* A RARE HIMALAYAN FLOWERING PLANT SPECIES REDISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH ( AFTER 120 YEARS) 

* SPECIES NAME - GEUM HIMALYAN 

* SPECIES IS IDENTIFIED IN NEAR SE LA PASS BY BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( BSI) 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE LISTED THIS SPECIES VULNERABLE IN INDIA 

LIST OF 32 INTERNATIONAL CIVILIAN HONOURED BY PM NARENDRA MODI

* Palestine's Grand Collar Of The State Of Palestine ( 2018) 

* Saudi Arabia's Order Of King Abdul-Aziz (2016) 

* Afghanistan's State Order Of Ghazi Amir Amanullah Khan 

* UAE's Order Of Zayed Award - 

* Maldives Order Of Nishan Izzuddin 

* Bahrain's King Hamad Order Of The Renaissance 

* US Government's Legion Of Merit 

* Bhutan's Order Of The Druk Gyalpo - 

* Fiji's Order Of Fiji -

* Papua New Guinea's Order Of Logohu - 

* Republic Of Palau's Ebakl Award - 

* Egypt's Order Of The Nile - 

* France's Grand Cross Of The Legion - 

* Greece's Grand Cross Of The Order Of Honour - 

* Order Of St. Andrew The Apostle ( Russia) - 

* Grand Commander Of The Order Of The Niger ( 17th NOVEMBER 2024) 

*  PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI RECEIVED THE GUYANA HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOUR 

* 17TH HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOUR 

* THE ORDER OF EXCELLENCE 

* PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI RECEIVED THE DOMINICA AWARD OF HONOUR 

* President Of Dominca Sylvanie Burton Presented to The PM NARENDRA MODI.

* 17TH Honour Received By PM NARENDRA MODI.

* Barbados Prime Minister Mottley Presented The Barbados Honorary Order Of Freedom Of Barbados To Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

*  PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HONOURED WITH MUBARAK - AI- KABEER Order By The Amir Of Kuwait, Sheikh Meshal Al- Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah 

* PM Narendra Modi's 20th Honour In Terms Of Civilian .

* PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS RECEIVED PRESTIGIOUS HIGHEST HONOUR OF MAURITIUS BY THEIR PM NAVIN RAMGOOLAM.

* GRAND COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE STAR 

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* * SRILANKA PRESIDENT ANURA KUMARA DISSANAYAKE HONOURS PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI WITH 

MITHRA VIBHUSHANA AWARD - 

* COUNTRY'S HIGHEST AWARD 

* ON THE VISIT TO CYPRUS INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS BEEN CONFERRED WITH THE COUNTRY'S HIGHEST HONOUR - 

GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF MAKARIOS III 

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* * PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS HONOURED WITH THE NATIONAL HONOUR OF GHANA - THE OFFICER OF THE ORDER OF THE STAR OF GHANA BY PRESIDENT OF GHANA - JOHN MAHAMA 

* PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS RECEIVED 24TH GLOBAL HONOUR INCLUDING IT.

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*  * PRIME MINISTER OF TRINIDAD TOBAGO KAMALA  PERSED BISSESSER HONOURS INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI WITH THE ORDER OF THE TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 

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* * PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI ON BRAZIL TOUR ( FOR BRICS SUMMIT (17TH EDITION) 

* PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI CONFERRED WITH THE BRAZIL HIGHEST HONOUR - 

GRAND COLLAR OF THE NATIONAL ORDER OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS 

* PM NARENDRA MODI HONOURS WITH THE 26TH HIGHEST HONOUR 

* * PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI ON VISIT TO NAMIBIA 

* PM MODI CONFERRED WITH THE NAMIBIA HIGHEST HONOUR - 

THE STRUCTURE MOST ANCIENT ORDER OF WELWITSCHIA MIRABILIS 

* PM MODI RECEIVED 27TH INTERNATIONAL HONOUR 

* * ETHIOPIA PM DR ABIY AHMED ALI PRESENTED COUNTRY'S HIGHEST HONOUR TO PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI 

* GRAND ORDER OF STAR OF ETHIOPIA ( GREAT HONOR NISHAN OF ETHIOPIA) 

* * ON VISIT TO OMAN, PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS CONFERRED WITH THE OMAN HIGHEST HONOUR ( DECEMBER 2025) 

* THE FIRST CLASS OF  THE ORDER OF OMAN 

* * * ISRAEL PARLIAMENT CONFERRED SPEAKER OF THE KNESSET HONOUR ON PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI.

* IT IS THE HIGHEST HONOUR OF ISRAEL PARLIAMENT.

* * ON 17TH MAY 2026, ON VISIT TO SWEDEN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS CONFERRED WITH THE ROYAL ORDER OF THE POLAR STAR, DEGREE COMMANDER GRAND CROSS ( HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOUR OF SWEDEN) 

* 31ST GLOBAL HONOUR RECEIVED BY PM NARENDRA MODI 

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* NORWAY CONFERRED IT'S HIGHEST HONOUR GRAND CROSS OF THE ROYAL NORWEGIAN ORDER OF MERIT TO PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI.

* THIS IS THE 32ND HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOUR 

PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI ON VISIT TO SWEDEN

* PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi On Visit To Gothenburg, Sweden 

*  An MoU Signed Between the ISRO And The Swedish National Space Agency ( SNSA) For India's Venus Mission 

SWEDEN HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOURE RECEIVED BY PM MODI - 

* ON 17TH MAY 2026, ON VISIT TO SWEDEN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS CONFERRED WITH THE ROYAL ORDER OF THE POLAR STAR, DEGREE COMMANDER GRAND CROSS ( HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOUR OF SWEDEN) 

* 31ST GLOBAL HONOUR RECEIVED BY PM NARENDRA MODI 

6 MOU SIGNED - 

* PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI ON VISIT TO SWEDEN ( THIRD COUNTRY ) 

* PRIME Minister of Sweden - Ulf Kristersson 

6 MOU SIGNED BW INDIA - SWEDEN- 

* Elevation Of Indian - Sweden Bilateral Relation To a Strategic Partnership - Adoption Of Joint Statement And Joint Action Plan (2026-2030) 

- Strategic Dialogue For Stability And Security 

- Next Generation Economic Partnership 

- Emerging Technologies And Trusted Connectivity 

* Launch Of India - Sweden Joint Innovation Partnership 2.0 

* Endorsement To Jointly Develop India - SWEDEN Technology And Artificial Intelligence Corridor ( SITAC) 

* Doubling Bilateral Economic Exchange Trade And Investment With In Next 5 Years 

* Development Of India - SWEDEN SME And Startup Platform 

* Institution Of Tagore - SWEDEN Series 

* Sweden Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson Has Gifted Prime Minister Narendra Modi Letter of Ravindra Nath Tagore 

NEW CHIEF MINISTER SWORN IN ( WEST BENGAL, ASSAM, TAMILNADU, KERALAM, PUDUCHERRY)

 * * MR SUVENDU ADHIKARI SWORN IN AS WEST BENGAL NEW CHIEF MINISTER.

 * President Droupadi MURMU Appoints N Rangaswamy As Chief Minister Of UT Puducherry 

* TAMILAGA VETRRI KAZHAGAM PRESIDENT ACTOR C JOSEPH VIJAY SWORN IN AS NEW CHIEF MINISTER OF TAMILNADU.

* HIMANTA BISWA SARMA SWORN IN AS CHIEF MINISTER OF ASSAM FOR SECOND TIME.

* CONGRESS LEADER V D SATHEESAN TAKES OATH AS CHIEF MINISTER OF KERALAM.