SINGAPORE OPEN 2026 ( BADMINTON)

MEN'S SINGLE - A LANIER 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - AN SE YOUNG BEAT AKANE YAMAGUCHI 

MEN'S DOUBLES - SATWIK SAIRAJ & CHIRAG SHETTY 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - Y F JIA & A ZHANG 

MIXED DOUBLES - A BOJE & M CHRSITIANSEN 

FIRST WOMAN ADC TO GOVERNOR OF ODISHA ( LOK BHAWAN)

* DR HARI BABU KAMBHAMPATI, GOVERNOR OF ODISHA HAS APPOINTED IPS OFFICER MS ANANYA AWASTHI AS THE POLICE Aide -de-Camp (ADC) TO THE GOVERNOR OF ODISHA 

* SHE BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE OFFICER TO TAKE ADC OF ODISHA GOVERNOR.

MEN'S DOUBLES TITLE AT SINGAPORE OPEN 2026 ( BADMINTON) S500

* SATWIK SAIRAJ & CHIRAG SHETTY WINS THE MEN'S DOUBLES TITLE AT SINGAPORE OPEN 2026 ( S500 BADMINTON) TITLE 

WOMAN'S SINGLE TITLE AT SINGAPORE OPEN 2026 ( S500) BADMINTON

* AN SE YOUNG WINS THE WOMEN'S SINGLE TITLE AT SINGAPORE OPEN 2026 S500 ( BADMINTON) 

* SHE BEATEN AKANE YAMAGUCHI 

MONTHLY CURRENT AFFAIRS MAY 2026

 DAYS & THEME - 

* World Labour Day - 1st May (THEME 2026 - Ensuring a Healthy Psychosocial Working Environment) 

* World Tuna Day - 2nd May 

* World Press Freedom Day - 3rd May (THEME 2026 - Shaping a Future At Peace : Promoting Press Freedom For Human Rights, Development And Security ) 

* International Leopard Day - 3rd May (THEME 2026 - Save a Spot For Them) 

*  Indian Institute Of Foreign Trade Celebrates 63rd Foundation Day 

* World Hygiene Day - 5th May 

* World Athletics Day - 7th May 

* World Thalassemia Day - 8th May (THEME 2026 - Hidden No More: Finding Undiagnosed, Supporting The Unseen )  

* World Red Cross Day - 8th May (THEME 2026 - Keeping Humanity Alive ) 

* World Donkey Day - 8th May

* World Migratory Bird Day - 9th May (THEME 2026 - Every Bird Counts: Your Observations Matters ) 

* World Lupus Day - 10th May 

* 66th Raising Day Of Trishakti Corps - 10th May 

* National Technology Day - 11th May (THEME 2026 - Responsible Innovation For Inclusive Growth) 

* International Nurses Day - 12th May (Theme 2026 - Our Nurses, Our Future, Empowered Nurses Saves Lifes) 

*  National Endangered Species Day - 15th May

* SIKKIM Statehood Day - 16th May 

8 National Dengue Day - 16th May 

* International Day Of Light - 16th May (Theme 2026 - Light For Sustainable Future' ) 

* World Hypertension Day - 17th May (Theme 2026 - Controlling Hypertension Together: Check Your Blood Pressure Regularly, Defeat The Silent Killer)  

* WORLD Telecommunication Day - 17th May 

* International Museum Day - 18th May 

* World Bee Day - 20th May (THEME 2026 - Bee Together For People And The Planet - A Partnership That Sustains Us All ) 

* International Tea Day - 21st May 

* World Turtle Day - 23rd May 

* International Day For Biological Diversity - 22nd May (Theme 2026 - Acting Globally For Global impact ) 

* World Fish Migration Day - 24th May 

* World Thyroid Day - 25th May( THEME 2026 - THYROID AND  NUTRITION ) 

* World Otter Day - 27th May 

* WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY - 31ST MAY 

THEME 2026 - Unmasking The Appeal - Countering Nicotine And Tobacco Addiction 

MOU SIGNED - 

* India And Singapore Agree To Enhance The Information Sharing In Countering Terrorism.

* Ministry Of Ayush Signed MoU with Digital India BHASINI To Strengthen Multilingual Ayush Digital Services.

*  India And Ethiopia signed Bilateral Accession Protocol For Ethiopia's WTO membership In Geneva, Switzerland 

* India And Jamaica Signed On Three MoU( As EAM Visited To 3 Caribbean Nations) 

* External Affairs Minister Dr S JAISHANKAR Has Officially Opened The National Prosthetic Centre In Penal, Trinidad And Tobago 

*  UIDAI Joins Hand With National Forensic Science University For Enhance Cyber security 

*  India AI And ICMR Signed MoU To Accelerate Responsible AI Adoption In Healthcare.

INDIA - VIETNAM MOU SIGNED - 

* VIETNAM PRESIDENT TO LAM HAS VISITED INDIA ON 5TH MAY 2026 

* HE VISITED TO BODH TREE IN BIHAR ( AN UNESCO HERITAGE SITE LOCATED IN BIHAR ) 

13 MOU SIGNED BW TWO NATIONS - 

1) MoU On Mutual Cooperation Between IREL Limited And Institute For Technology Of Radioactive And Rare Elements Of Vietnam ( ITPRE) 

2) CULTURAL Exchange Programme Between Ministry Of Culture, India And The Ministry Of Culture, Sports, Tourism Of Vietnam For 2026-2030 

3) MoU Between Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) And State Bank Of Vietnam (SBV) On Cooperation In The Area Of Payment SYSTEM And Innovation In Digital Payments.

4) MoU Between Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare Of India And Drug Administration Of Vietnam ( DAV) Ministry Of Health Of Vietnam On Cooperation In The Field Of Medical Products Regulation 

5) MoU On Establishment Of Friendship And Cooperation Between Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Mumbai, And Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee 

6) MoU Between ICCR And University Of Science And Education - The Da Nang University On The Establishment Of The ICCR Chair Of India Studies 

7) MoU Between Nalanda University, Rajgir, And Ho Chi Minh National Academy Of Politics ( HCMA) Hanoi, 

8) MoU Between Ministry Of Electronic And Information Technology Of India And The Ministry Of Science And Technology Of Vietnam On Cooperation In The Field Of Digital Technologies 

9) MoU Between NPCI International Payment Limited ( NIPL) And National Payment Corporation Of Vietnam ( NAPAS)

10) MoU Between The Office Of The Comptroller And Auditor General Of India (CAG) And State AUDIT Office Of Vietnam In The Field Of Public Sector Audit.

11) MoU Between Ministry Of Tourism Of India And Ministry Of SPORTS, Culture And Tourism Of Vietnam On Cooperation In The Field Of Tourism 

12) MoU Between ICCR And University of Social Science And Humanities On The Establishment Of The ICCR Chair Of Indian Studies 

13) MoU Between Gyan Bharatam Ministry Of Culture And University of Social Science And Humanities Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (USS, VNUHCM) On Digitization Of Cham Manuscript 

* The Indian Navy And Gujarat National Law University Signed An MoU To Strengthen Cooperation In The FIELD Of Maritime Law.

* The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) Signed An MoU With Reserve Bank Innovation Hub To Combat Cyber Enabled Financial Frauds 

INDIA - UAE SIGNED MOU =

* PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI ON VISIT TO UAE 

7 MOU SIGNED BW INDIA & UAE - 

* Strategic Collaboration Agreement Between Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited ( ISPRL) And Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ( ADNOC) 

* Strategic Collaboration On Supplies Of Liquefied Petroleum Gas ( LPG) 

* Framework For The Strategic Defence Partnership 

* Arrangement On Setting Up Ship Repair Cluster At Vadinar 

* Arrangement On Skill Development In Ship Repair 

* Arrangement For Setting Up 8 Exaflop Super Compute cluster In Partnership Between CDAC, India And G-42 UAE 

* Investment Commitment From UAE To India 

* Afganistan Signed MoU with India Worth Rs USD 46 Million For Customs Infrastructure 

17 MOU SIGNED BETWEEN INDIA - NEDERLANDS - 

* Roadmap Of India - Nederlands Strategic Partnership 2026-2030 ( Investment) 

* Restitution Of Chola Cooper Plates 

* Cooperation In Mobility, And Migration Between India And Nederlands 

* Cooperation Between Tata Electrons And ASML 

* Cooperation In The Field Of Critical Mineral 

* Arrangement For Technical Cooperation In The Kalpasar Project, Gujarat 

* Roadmap On Green Hydrogen 

* Establishment Of a Joint Working GROUP On Renewable Energy 

* Arrangement Between NITI AYOG And The Nederlands On Energy Sector And Energy Transition Project 

* Establishment Of Indo - Dutch Centre Of Excellence For Flowers In West Tripura 

* Establishment of Indo- Dutch Centre Of Excellence On Training In Dairy At The Centre Of Excellence For Animals Husbandry, Bengaluru 

* Collaboration In Animals Husbandry And Dairying 

* Arrangement For Collaboration In Health 

* Customs Of Mutual Administrative Assistance Agreement 

* Cooperation In The Field Of Higher Education 

* Cooperation Between Nalanda University And University of Groningen, The Nederlands 

* Collaboration Between Leiden University Libraries And Archaeological SURVEY OF INDIA ( ASI) 

INDIA - SWEDEN 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 

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

INDIA - ITALY MOU SIGNED - 

* Elevation Of India - Italy Ties To Special Strategic Partnership ( Trade, Technology, Defence, Clean Energy) 

* India - Italy Defence Industrial Roadmap 

* MoU For Cooperation In Critical Minerals 

* MoU For Cooperation Between The Italian Corps Of The Guardia Di Finanza And Directorate Of Enforcement 

* Agreement On Celebration Of 2027 As The Year Of Culture And Tourism Between India And Italy 

* Cooperation On Fascilation Of Mobility Of Nurses From India To Italy 

* MoU For Development Of National Maritime Heritage Complex At LOTHAL, Gujarat 

* Roadmap On Higher Education And Research 

* MoU For Cooperation In Maritime Transport And Port 

* MoU On Bilateral Cooperation In Agriculture 

* MoU Between The Marine Products Export Development Authority ( MPEDA) And The Association Of ITALIAN Seafood Companies  ( ASSOITTICA ITALIA ( 

* MoU For Cooperation In The Field Of Ayurveda 

* MoU Between IITM, Pune And CMCC, ITALY ( Climate Change) 

* Cooperation Between Department Of Science And Technology And Elettra Sincrotrone, Trieste, Italy 

* MoU Between Indian Institute Of Tropical Meterolgy ( IITM) And The Abdus Salam International Centre For Therotical Physics, ( ICTP) Italy 

14 MOU SIGNED BETWEEN INDIA - CYPRUS - 

* Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides Has Announced The Establishment Of The Cyprus Trade Centre In Mumbai 

14 OUTCOMES. - 

* Elevation Of Ties To Strategic Partnership 

* MoU On Establishing a Joint Working Group On Counter Terrorism 

* MoU On Diplomatic Training Between SSIFS, And Diplomatic Academy MoFA, Cyprus 

* MoU In The Field Of Higher Education And Research 

* MoU On Cultural Cooperation 

* MoU On Innovation And Technology 

* Establishment of Official Coordination And Cooperation On Search And Rescue ( SAR) Matters 

* Roadmap For Defence Cooperation Between India And Cyprus (2026-2031) 

* Establishment Of A Cyber Security Dialogue Between India And Cyprus 

* Establishment of a Consular Dialogue Between India And Cyprus 

* Cyprus Joining The Indo - Pacific Ocean Initiative 

* gifting Of Bharat Health Initiative For Sahyog, Hita And Maitri ( BHISHM) Cube To Republic Of Cyprus .

* Celebration Of The First Ever India - Cyprus Space Day on 18th May 2026 

* Opening Of a Cyprus Trade Centre In Mumbai 

* Government Of Odisha, Intel And 3DGS ( US BASED) Signed MoU For Manufacturing Of Semiconductor Ecosystem In India 

* 

HOST & SUMMIT  

* New Delhi Host The 11th Heads Of Missions Conference,

( Theme 2026 - Reforming Indian Diplomacy For 2047)

*  India Hosts The BIMSTEC Exchange Programme For Young Leaders 

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Set To Inaugurated The North Tech Symposium 

Theme 2026 - Raksha Triveni Sangam - Where Technology, Industry And Soldiering Converge 

*  India Co- Chaired The 17th ASEAN Regional Forum Inter - Sessional Meeting On Maritime Security In Jakarta, From 28-29th April 2026 

*  UNION Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan Has Inaugurated IIT Madras Technology Summit in New Delhi. 

( Theme - From IITM, For Bharat, Building Together) 

* The 2nd Joint Commanders Conference 2026 

( Theme 2026 - Military Capability In New Domains ) host By Jaipur On 7-8 May 2026

*  Delhi Host The 10th INDIAN OCEAN Dialogue 2026 

(Theme - Indian Ocean Region In A TRANSFORMING World) 

* Bengaluru Host The 2 Days 5th BRICS Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) Leaders Summit 2026 

( THEME 2026 - Ease Of Living With A Focus On URBAN Mobility) 

* Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Host The 2nd BRICS Employment Working Group Meeting 

* Yerevan, Armenia To Host The UN Biodiversity Conference (COP17) In October 2026 

*  New Delhi To Host The First International Opthalmology Research Conference At Manekshaw On 9-10th May 2026

* India Host The ISO International Sub Committee Meeting On Space System And Operation For The First Time ( 131 International Delegation From 13 Countries Participate) 

* Gandhinagar, Gujarat Host The Asian Weightlifting Championships 2026 (28 Countries Participated) 

* Two Days BRICS Foreign Minister Meeting Kicked Off At Delhi 

* Switzerland Host The 79th World Health Assembly 

* * 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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*  FINLAND To Host Next 4th Indo - Nordic SUMMIT

*  Goa Host The International Conference On Iron Ore 2026 

* India To Host The 68th Session Of ASIAN Productivity Organization Governing Body In New Delhi 

* Due To Ebola Outbreak The 4th India - Africa Forum SUMMIT Cancelled

* New Delhi To Host The QUAD Foreign Minister Meeting

* 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 

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

* Kolkata To Host The International Day Of Yoga 2026 Main Event 

Theme 2026 - Yoga For Healthy Ageing 

QUAD FOREIGN MINISTER MEET - 

* * HOST - DELHI 

*   QUAD - INDIA, USA, JAPAN & UAE 

* USA And India Signed Strategic Critical Mineral Cooperation Framework To Secure Supply Chain For Technology, Energy, Defence.

* 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 

* ISRO & SPACE - 

GALAXEYE SPACE - 

* GALAXEYE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED THE WORLD'S FIRST OptoSAR Satellite ( ALL WEATHER) 

* IT IS THE LARGEST PRIVATELY BUILT SATELLITE IN INDIA, 

* LAUNCHED FROM FALCON -9. BY SPACE X 

* Skyroot Aerospace Has Raised USD 60 Million Valuation 

 * Mumbai Based Manastu Space Has Successfully Cleared The Thermovac Testing At IN -SPACE Facility At Ahmedabad 

*  ISRO Scientists Nandini Harinath's Saree, Which She Wore During Mangalyaan Mission Showcase At Prestigious Smithsonian Museum In US

* 

AWARDS - 

* ISRO TEAM ( CHANDRAYAAN 3) Wins The Prestigious GODDARD Astronautics Award From The American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics

* Astronomers Spot A Blue Straggler Star Hosting Brown Dwarf 

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

* Red Balloon Launched India's First Super Pressure Balloon, ( Payload Upto 50 Kg)

*  ISRO's Chandrayaan -2 Dual Frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar ( DFSAR) Observation Revealed The Subsurface Ice In Lunar South Polar Regions 

* Chandrayaan 2 Orbiter Is A Microwave Imaging Instrument In L And S-Band Frequencies And The First Fully Polari metric SAR To Study The Moon 

* 

DRDO - 

*  DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED The Phase -2 2 Stage Hypersonic Glide Vehicle, Long Range Anti Ship Hypersonic Missile ( LR - AShM) From Odisha Coast 

* Estimates Range Of 1500 Km 

*  DRDO Has Inaugurated The CBRN Field Training And Demonstration Centre At Burari Plans, Delhi.

* DRDO Inaugurated The Chemical, Biological, Radiological And Nuclear (CBRN) 

TARA TESTED - 

* DRDO AND INDIAN AIR FORCE SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED THE MAIDEN FLIGHT TRAIL OF INDIGENOUS GLIDE WEAPON SYSTEM TARA AT OFF COAST ODISHA. ( On 7TH MAY 2026) 

* TARA - TACTICAL ADVANCED RANGE AUGMENTATION 

* TARA HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND DESIGNED BY RESEARCH CENTRE IMARAT ( RCI), HYDERABAD, WITH DRDO LABORATORY 

* TEST CONDUCTED WITH THE INDIAN AIR FORCE JAGUAR AIRCRAFT.

* SPEED - 40-1200 KMPH 

AGNI (MIRV) SYSTEM - 

* * DRDO SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED THE FLIGHT TRIAL OF AN ADVANCED AGNI MISSILE WITH MIRV ( MULTIPLE INDEPENDENTLY TARGETED RE -ENTRY VEHICLE) SYSTEM FROM A P J ABDUL KALAM ISLAND, ON 8TH MAY 2026 ODISHA 

* 

*  Defence Research And Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad Based Laboratory Of DRDO Have Successfully Conducted An Extensive Long Duration Test Of Its Actively Cooled Full Scale Scramjat Combustor, 

* 

DRDO TESTED 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 

* Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh Has Been Entrusted With Additional Charge Of DRDO 

INAUGURATION - 

 * UNION Railway Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnav Has Flagged Off Extended Sringar - Jammu Vande Bharat Express 

* Dr M Ravichandran Inaugurated The Open Field Observatory Of The Coastal Atmospheric Research Test Bed ( C-ART) At Andhra University, Vishakapatnam.

*  Ministry Of development & Empowerment Of North East India And Sanjay Jaju Have Launched The PADMA DOREE --- 

( A Cross Regional Textile Initiative Linking North East And Madhya Pradesh ) 

( Blends Eri Silk And Chanderi Traditon To Promote a Sustainable Artesian - Centric Textile Ecosystem) 

* AERB Grants Permission For Major Equipment At Kudankulam Nuclear Project 

*  Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Shri Harsh Sanghvi Has Flagged Off The Kaiga Unit 5 & 6 Nuclear Reactor Ensheild 

*  Gujarat University Introduced Modi Tattva Module In Sociology 

* Indian Institute Of Mass Communication (IIMC) Released Special Issue Of SANCHAR MADHYAM, Marking 200 Years Of Hindi Journalism 

* India And European Union (EU) Have Launched a 169 Crores Rupee Joint Initiative To Strengthen EV Battery Recycling Capacity Under The India - EU Trade And Technology 

* Union Minister For Communication Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Inaugurated 100th N -gen Post Office At North Eastern Hill University, Shillong 

 * Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated The Advanced Cadaveric Surgical Training Centre At Parul University, Vadodara.

*  Prime Minister Narendra Modi INAUGURATES the Dhyan Mandir, At The Art Of Living International Centre In Bengaluru.

*  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Inaugurated The SINDHU Hospital In Hyderabad 

* Union Minister Pabitra Margherita Has Inaugurated The Vasudhiava Kutumbakam Wall In University of Peace, Costa Rica.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Unveiled A Commemorative Coin And Stamp On The Occasion Of Spiritual Legacy Of Somanath Temple.

*  Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Laid Foundation Stone of 5th Gen Fighter AMCA ( Advanced Medium Combat  Aircraft) PROJECT At Puttaparthi, ( Worth Rs 15,803 Crores 

*  India Post Has Released The Postage Stamp Of Acharya Dinesh Chandra Joshi 

* RAJASTHAN Gets First Semiconductor Plant In Saralpur, In Bhiwadi 

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated The Millions Mind Tech Park At GREMI City 

* Mullivaikkal Memorial, Dedicated To Victims Of Tamil Genocide Officially Unveiled At Sydney, Australia 

*  INDIAN Navy Inaugurated It's Premiere Naval Sailing Node At Upper Lake, Bhojtal, Bhopal 

*  Union Home Minister Amit Shah Flagged Off 400 New Vehicle's For Chhattisgarh ( Launched The CG DIAL 112 Emergency Services)

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

 * Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh And Mr Kwon Oh -eul Korean Patriot And Veteran Minister Jointly Inaugurated The Indian War Memorial At Seoul On The Occasion 75th Anniversary 

* Andhra Pradesh Minister Loka Naresh Has Inaugurated 600 MW SAEL Mega Solar Project In Kadapa Rs 3000 CRORES Investment)

* Oil India Limited (OIL) Has Successfully Unlock A New Gas Bearing Pay Zone In Rajasthan Dandewala 

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

* 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 

* Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena Of Ladakh Has Launched The Sindhu Jal Samriddhi Abhiyan And Inaugurated India's First Ever Rock Check Dam On Indus River 

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Inaugurated India's First Integrated Next Generation Aviation Weather And Fog Monitoring System  SKYCAST At Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi Under Mission Mausam 

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* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Inaugurated The NAUSHENA SAURYA VATIKA In Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 

AWARDS - 

* Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General TERI Has Awarded The SHEconomy Sun Downer Award 

* Andhra Pradesh Community Natural Farming (APCNF) An Initiative Shortlisted For Food Planet Prize 2026 

* Nobel Laureate Shri Kailash Satyarthi Has Win The IMC Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Award 

*  Mumbai Pune Missing Link Enters Guinness World Book Record For Widest Tunnel ( 23.5 m) In World 

* Arunachal Pradesh K Parnaik Honours Dancer Manami Moyir Gamlin With Land Of The Rising Sun Medallion.

* Andaman And Nicobar Administration Sets A Guinness Book World Record For Largest Flag Unfurled Under Water 

*  DISTINGUISHED Neurosurgeon Dr M Balamurugan Of Appollo Hospital, Chennai Has CONFERRED With Honorary Professorship Of Myanmar Defence Service Medical in Yangon 

* Shashi Tharoor Has Awarded With Pride Of Bengal At Indian Chamber Of Commerce Young Leaders Forums in Kolkata 

2026 PULITZER AWARDS - 

* ANAND RK (India) ( cyber crime) 

* SUPARNA SHARMA ( India) 

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* Bangladeshi Singer Runa Laila Has Honoured With Prestigious Minar -e-Delhi Award 

* India's Padman Arunachalam Muruganamtham Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize 2026 

* Andaman Creates A World Record As 14 Divers Form A 22 meter Tallest Under Water Human Stack 

*  Chief Justice Of India Justice Shri Suryakant Has Awarded Manoj Tiwari ( BJP MP) As DINKAR SANSKRITI SANMAN 2026 

* ) Indian Business Community Deepak Bhatia Managing Director Of Uncle's Shop Building Material Trading Received The ERTH DUBAI AWARD 

*  Abhay Firodia Wins The 2026 PUNYA BHUSHAN AWARD 

SARDAR GAURAV RATNA AWARDS 2026 - 

 * Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has CONFERRED With The SARDAR GAURAV RATNA Award In Vadodara 

* President Droupadi MURMU Presents Confer National Florence Nightingale Awards 

*  Sudanese Journalist Syndicate Have Received The 2026 UNESCO/ Guillermo World Press Freedom Prize 

* Indian Born Filmmaker Soumya Jyothi Prariharis Documentary On Veteran Odia Artist And Writer Prafulla Mohanty Has Received Tongues On Fire Flame Award For Best LGBTQIA + Film At UK ASIAN Film Festival At UK 

* Professor Arun Kumar Shukla Received Two Prestigious Honours 

* Om Prakash Bhasin Award In Biological Science 

* The International Award By Biochemical Society 

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SWEDEN HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOUR 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 

 * Haryana Won The Geospatial Excellence Award In Nederlands For Using GIS Technology 

* * 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 

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2026 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE - 

* 2026 TAIWANESE YANG SHUANG ZI ( 'S NOVEL  TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE 

* IT TRANSLATES TO ENGLISH BY ( LIN KING) 

* FIRST MANDRIN - CHINESE LANGUAGE BOOK TO WIN INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 

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FAO AGRICOLA MEDAL - 

* Food And Agriculture Organisation ( FAO) Of United Nations Conferred FAO AGRICOLA Medal On PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI 

* Acharya Balakrishna Has Received The Champion Health Award 2026 At Mumbai Conclave.

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

* Mahatma Gandhi University Honoured Actor Mammothy With Doctorate.

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) 

* Dr Sivaranjani Santosh An Indian Paediatricians And Public Health Advocate list In Forbes Self Made Woman 

* Kishore Rithe, Director Bombay Natural History Society Has Honoured With The Sharadachandra Manohar Bhalerao Memorial Award 2025 ( For His Book - SATPUDYACHA SAATBAARA) 

* Bena Sareen Wins 2026 Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize For Amitava Kumar's My Beloved Wife 

*  Vijayawada Photographer T Srinivasa Reddy Has CONFERRED With AP S Master Honour For 2026 By Australian Photography Society 

*  Indian Haj Mission Has Received Two Prestigious Labbaytum Awards From Saudi Ministry Of Hajj 

* Shrey Parikh Wins The Scripps National Spelling Bee 

DEFENSE - 

 * Indian Italian Defence Ministers Agree To Bilateral Military Cooperation Plan ( MCP) 2026-27 

* Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh k Tripathi Set To Visit MYANMAR For 4 Days.

* External Affairs Minister Dr S JAISHANKAR Set To Visit Jamaica, Suriname And Trinidad And Tobago 

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Announced The Transfer Of Technology (ToT) Policy Has Been Revised 

* Institute For Plasma Research ( Gandhinagar) Has Successfully Demonstrated It's Fully Integrated 8kN Electromagnetic Launcher ( EML) Prototype For Defence 

* Dr Manpreet Sethi, Fellow ( CAPSS ) Awarded A Commendation By General Anil Chauhan, Chief Of Defence Staff 

* Indian Army And Air India Limited Signed A Memorandum Of Cooperation 

OPERATION RAGEPILL - 

 Union Home Minister Amit Shah Announced The First Ever Seizure of JIHADI DRUG - Capatgon 

Worth Rs 182 Crores By NCB During OPEATION RAGEPILL 

INDUCTED - 

* Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders LIMITED (MDL) Has Delivered The 4th Stealth Frigate Of The P17A Class MAHENDRAGIRI To INDIAN Navy.

 

*  CSIR - NAL Has Handed Over The First Set Of Composite Parts Of The Center Fuselage Of LCA MK2 To HAL 

 * Indian Coastguard  Has Commissioned The Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) ACHAL. ( BUILD BY GOA SHIPYARD LIMITED) 

* DRDO India Highlights The Brahmos Aerospace Revenue Has Crossed Rs 5200 Crores For The Year 2025/26 

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* India Launched The OPERATION GLOBAL HUNT, To Track Over 100 Fugitive Worldwide In a Multi Agency Crackdown On Major Criminal Network With Interpol Support 

*  NCB Launched The OPEATION WIPE ( Web Based Illicit Activities Prevention And Enforcement ) To counter Growing Threat Of Online Drug Trafficking)

*  Lt Col Kabilan Sai Ashok Made History For Indian Army Became The First Indian President Of CISM Boxing Committee And Being Awarded The Medal Of The KNIGHT At CISM Hq MONACO 

UN MILITARY GENDER ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR AWARD - 

* Indian Army Officer Major Abhilasa Barak, Serving With The UN Peacekeeping Mission In Lebanon Has Been Awarded The United Nations Military Gender Advocate Of The Year Award 2025

HOST - 

* The 2nd Joint Commanders Conference 2026 

( Theme 2026 - Military Capability In New Domains ) host By Jaipur On 7-8 May 2026 

* Noida Based IG Defence Unveiled The Two Indigenous Weapon Platform - KAL & JWALA At North Tech Symposium 2026 At Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh 

* KAL IS India's First Privately Developed Long Range One Way Attack Drone 

* With A Strike Range Of Upto 1000 Km, (7-8 Hour Endurance) 

* Maximum Weight Capacity 200 Kg 

* JWALA Is Short Range Surface To Air Drone 

* INDIAN Air Force Has Signed Three Contracts With IIT BOMBAY For Adoption Of Predictive Maintenance For Su -30 MKI Fleet 

PORTAL & APP - 

* Indian Army Has Launched The KAUTILYA, An Application Aimed To Strength Structured Data Generation And Enabling a Digital Empowered, AI Ready Ecosystem 

* INDIAN Army Launched The Q- FORCE, An Integrated Application DESIGNED To Streamline Logistics And Sustainment Management 

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

* Indian Navy's Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel SANGHAMITRA Launched In Kolkata.

( INDIAN Navy Launched The SANGHAMITRA ( Which Is Named After Emperor Ashok's Daughter) 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* * 1991 Batch IDAS OFFICER Shri Anugraha Narayana Das Has Assumed Charge As The Controller General Of Defence Accounts ( CGDA) 

* Lt General Balbir Singh Assumed As The Corps Commander Of 15th Chinar Corps.

* 1990 Batch IDAS Shri Vishvajit Sahay Assumed As The Secretary Defence Finance 

* Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra Has Retired After 39 Years Of Service ( Recently Served As Western Air Command Chief) 

* * LT GENERAL NS RAJA SUBRAMANI, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM ( RETIRED) HAS APPOINTED AS THE CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF 

* GOVERMENT APPOINTS VICE ADMIRAL KRISHNA SWAMINATHAN AS THE NEXT CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF.

* Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan Appointed As The Next Flag OFFICER Commanding In Chief Western Naval Command Ib Mumbai 

* VICE Admiral Vineet McCarty Appointed As The Commander In Chief Andaman & Nicobar Command.

* Major Dr Dwipannita Kalita, Army Doctor Became The Assam's First Female Paratrooper.

* SQUADRON LEADER SAANYA BECAME THE FIRST INDIAN WOMAN OFFICER TO EARN THE COVETED CAT -A QUALIFIED FLYING INSTRUCTOR ( QFI) QUALIFICATION 

* Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar Assumed As 48th Vice Chief Of Naval Staff 

BOOKS - 

* Chief Of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan Has Released A Book - The Algorithm Of War: Code, Compute, Conquer Author - Brigadier Maneesh Parthsarathy.

* Lt General CDS Anil Chauhan Has Launched The EK SAINIK DIARY ( 1943-1971) Book Of Hony Captain Mohar Singh Bainsala 

* General CDS Anil Chauhan Has Released The Book - India's Water Security : Strategies And Solution ( Author - Major General Akash Kaushik) 

* ZEN Technologies Has Unveiled The India's First Modular AI Powered Counter Drone System At North Tech Symposium 2026 

*  Indian Air Force Flagged Off a Commemorative 88 Hours Continuous Relay Run On The Historic First Anniversary Of Operation Sindoor 

(*  Indian Coast Guard Conducted Girder Laying Ceremony For Indigenous Air Cushion Vehicle ( ACVs) In Goa 

*  INDIAN Air force Major General Lissamma Pv Received The National Florence Nightingale Awards 

* India's First Privately Built Military Aircraft C-295 Rolled Out By Tata In Gujarat 

* GSL Has Delivered The 5th Adamya Class FPV ICGS AKSHAY To Indian Coast Guard.

DEFENSE MINISTER VISITED TO VIETNAM - 

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 Hanoi 

* Commitment To Maintaining 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.

 * India And Republic Of Korea SIGNED A Landmark MoU In Cooperation In Critical Domains Of Defence, Cyber And Defence Information.

* Nibe Limited Successfully Demonstrated Its SURYASTRA Rockets With 150 Km And 300 Km Range At ITR Chandipur, Odisha 

* Pune Based Nibe Limited Has Successfully Tested The 300 Km Range SURYASHTRA Precision Rocket System . ( TESTED At Chandipur, Odisha)

* India And South Korea Jointly Develop The Laser WEAPON, 

* Nibe Limited Has Successfully Completed The NCNC Demonstration Of It's VAYU ASHTRA -1 Loitering Munition At Pokharan And Joshimath 

* Indian Navy Has Successfully Scuttled INS GULDAR Off Sindhudurg Coast Of Maharshtra To Create India's First Under WATER Museum 

* ITBP All Women Expedition Successfully Summits The Mount Everest ( Under Mission Vande Mataram) 

*  Short Range Ballistic Missile AGNI -1 Successfully Test Launched From The Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha 

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Flagged Off The Suryashtra Universal Rocket Launcher System In Shiridi, Maharashtra 

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

*  Hyderabad Based Zen Technologies Has Unveiled India's First Integrated Smart Border Suite ( ISBS) 

* Lance Havildar Harbhajan Singh ( MONUSCO) And Naib Subedar Sujit Kumar Pradhan ( UNMISS) Set To Honoured By UN With The Dag Hammarskjold Medal POSTHUMOUSLY On International Peacekeepers Day * 

*  NSA Ajit Doval Participate In The International Security Forum At Moscow 

* CDS GENERAL Anil Chauhan Retires After 4 Decades 

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

*  Former Manipur MLA A S Arthur Passed Away 

* Gerry Conway, A Noted Comic Book Writer Passed Away.

* Former F1 Driver Alex Zanardi Passed Away. ( 4 Time Olympian Gold Medallist From Italy) 

* Meena Muthaiah, Educationist And Philanthropy Passed Away.

*  Dollar Industries Founder Dindayal Gupta Passed Away.

* Lily Das Mallick, All India Radio First Woman From Assamese News Reader Passed Away.

* J Craig Venter, Who Work On Human Genome Passed Away.

* Malayalam Actor Santosh Nair Passed Away.

* South Film Industry Noted Producer R B Chaudhary Passed Away.

*  CNN Founder Ted Turner Passed Away.

* Former IPL Player Amanpreet Singh Gill Passed Away.

* KPIT Tech Founder And Chairman Of The Board, SB Ravi Pandit Passed Away.

* Shri Arun Kumar Tyagi, Ex General Manager Gevra Area And Director (Technical) Northern Coalfield Limited Passed Away.

* Former Botswana President Festus Mogae Passed Away.

*  Karnataka Minister For Planning And Statistics D Sudhakar Passed Away.

* Australian Tennis True Legend Anderson Passed Away.

* Dr Radhakrishnan Pillai, Author Passed Away 

* * PADMASHRI AWARDEE KSHETRIMAYUM ONGBI THOURANISABI DEVI PASSED AWAY .

* SHE IS AN EMINENT CLASICAL DANCER & AUTHOR 

* BORN IN - 3RD NOVEMBER 1946 

* PASSED AWAY ON 12TH MAY 2026 

AWARDS - 

* PADMA SHRI (2003) 

* SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI AWARD 

* MANIPURI STATE KALA AKADEMI AWARD 

* NRITYA RATNA AWARD 

* ROYAL ROBE FROM GOVERNMENT OF MANIPUR 

AS AUTHOR - 

* DIVA RAS ( 2 VOLUMES 1993) 

* RAS MAKHA AMSUNG NUNGI MASHAK ( 2006) ( BASED ON MANIPURI DANCE) 

* Former MLA From Kantabanji, ODISHA Ayub Khan Passed Away 

* FORMER President Of Mohun Bagan Swapan Sadan Bose Passed Away.

*  Kannada Actor Dileep Raj Passed Away 

* Kenneth Keith, Member Of ICJ ( International Court Of Justice) From 2006-2015 Passed Away 

* Served As a Judge Of The New Zealand Court Of Appeal And Supreme Court ( 1996-2006) and Law Commissioner In New Zealand. 

* Former President Of Confederation Of AFRICAN Athletics (CAA) And Member Of World Athletics council Hamad Kalkaba Malboum Passed Away 

* Veteran CPI (M) Leader And Former MP Sudhanshu Sil Passed Away 

* Shri Bengia Tolum, Social reformer And Cultural Architect Of Arunachal Pradesh Passed Away 

* K Balakrishnan, Former Chief Editor Of Malayalam Daily Passed Away 

* Noted Psychiatrist Anand Nadkarni Passed Away 

*  Shri Sabir Khan, Eminent Tabla Mastero And Recipient Of Sangeet Natak Academy Award Passed Away 

* Scotland Rugby Player Scott Hasting Passed Away 

* Assam Eco Tourism Pioneer Achintya Barua Passed Away.

 * Former England Cricketer M J K Smith Passed Away 

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

* Former Australian Wicketkeeper John Maclean Passed Away.

* Indian Origin Microsoft Veteran Soma Somasegar Passed Away.

* RETIRED Indian information OFFICER Triloki Nath Passed Away 

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

* Veteran Congress Leader And SOCIAL Cultural Activist Mangalam Gopinath 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 

* Veteran Actor Ramakant Dayama Passed Away 

* Olympian And Former Shooter Raja Randhir Singh Passed Away 

* He Served As The Secretary General Of The Indian Olympic Association 

* He Was Also Member Of International Olympics Committee 

* Noted National Awards Winning Bengali Film Maker Anik Dutta Passed Away.

* Legendry Poet Bashir Badr Passed Away. ( PADMASHREE AWARDEE) 

*  CCI's First Chairperson Dhanendra Kumar Passed Away 

* Mangala Kanti Roy, Padmashree Awardee Sarinda Player Passed Away ( Known As Morog Dadu ( 

*  Noted IFS OFFICER H S Power Passed Away 

* Shri H S Power Passed Away ( An Notable IFS OFFICER ) MADHYA Pradesh Cadre 

* He Was Director Of Project Tiger Till 1985 

* Conferred With Padma Shri For Tiger And Wildlife Conservation 

* Work For Kanha TIGER RESERVES 

 * K P Dhanapalan, Senior Congress Leader And Former KERALA MP Passed Away.

PORTAL & APP - 

* Mizoram Launched The KHUAREL, Mobile Application, a Real Time Disasters Incident Reporting And Management System 

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Launched The SHAKTI SHREE Mobile Application And Unveiled An Internship Guidelines Book 

* Government Of India Unveiled The SWASTH BHARAT PORTAL, Single Platform To Eliminate Duplicate, Data Entry, Streamline Reporting, And Support Faster Decision Making Across HEALTH Programme 

*  NITI AYOG Launched The Central Prahari OFFICER ( CPO ) Portal To Strengthen The Real Time Governance Last Mile Delhivery 

*  UNION Health Ministry Launched The JANANI Platform - To Strengthen Maternal And Child Healthcare At National Summit On best Practices 

( JANANI - Journey Of Antenatal, Natal And Neonatal Integrated Care) 

* ) Union Minister Of Power, Housing And Urban Affairs Shri Mohanlal Khattar Has Launched The BEE Star Label Mobile Application 

* The Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI,) Has Launched ABHAY - An AI Based Helpbot For Authentication Of CBI Notices a First Of It's Kind Real Time Notice Verification System Designed For Citizen ( To Protect From Menacing Of Cyber Fraud And Digital Arrest Scam) 

 ( ABHAY - AI BASED HELPBOT FOR AUTHENTICATION) 

* Neelam Shami Rao Has Launched The Bharat Tex Mobile Application In New Delhi 

UMMID - 

* It Enables The Seamless Event Navigation, B2B Meeting, Digital Badge, 

* * Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Launched The UMMID Network 

( UMMID - UNIQUE METHODS OF MANAGEMENT OF INHERITED DISORDERS) 

* It Is A National Initiative Led By The Department Of Biotechnology To Tackle Inherited Genetic Disorders

* Tripura Chief Minister Manik Shah Has Virtually Launched The Mukhyamantri Samipeshu Platform For Grievance Redressal 

* Indian Army Has Launched The KAUTILYA, An Application Aimed To Strength Structured Data Generation And Enabling a Digital Empowered, AI Ready Ecosystem 

* INDIAN Army Launched The Q- FORCE, An Integrated Application DESIGNED To Streamline Logistics And Sustainment Management 

* Union Minister Dr Virendra Kumar Has Launched The Senior Holistic Care Assistance And Training For Your Utility (SHATAYU) Dashboard To Support And Strengthen Caregiving Services For Senior Citizen 

* Union Social Justice Minister Virendra Kumar Launched The JEEVAN Application ( JEEVAN - JOINT ELDERLY EMPOWERMENT AND VIRTUAL ASSISTANCE NETWORK) To Assistance Senior Citizen in Country 

* ICMR Launched First Of Its Kind Innovator Industry Platform 

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

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

* ) On The Occasion Of World No Tobacco Day, UNION Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava Launched The Pilot Version Of The Tobacco Free Educational Institution - toFEI Application In New Delhi 

*  Department Of Financial Services Has Launched The Common Landing Portal For Unclaimed Financial Assets To Facilitate Easier Access To Information On Unclaimed Financial Assets 

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* Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Has Launched Unified Ship Recycling Portal For Ship Recycling Credit Scheme To Boost Indian Shipbuilding 

* Union Minister Also Launched The Logistics Ports Performance INDEX ( LPPI) For FY 2024/25 On The Occasion 37th Anniversary Of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority, Mumbai 

* This INDEX Evaluate The Three Cargo Segment Dry Bulk, Liquid Bulk, And Container Cargo Using Operational Indicator Such As Cargo Handled Vessel Turn Around Time, Waiting Time, Ship Berth Day Output Etc., 

* Shri Sonowal Launched Four Initiative Developed By The Directorate General Of Shipping ( DGS) To Improve Service Delivery, Transparency, And Accountability For Seafarers, And Maritime Stakeholders 

* Launched A Grievances Redressal Module Under e-Navik Platform 

* A Ship Registration Module Under e-Samudra Portal 

* A Medical Practitioner Module 

* Unified Recycling Credit Note Module 

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Launched The CPGRAMS AI Enabled Voice Chatbot, Samadhan Didi In New Delhi ( Developed By DARPG In Collaboration With BHASINI) For Citizen Grievances 

BANKING & FINANCE - 

BANKING - 

*  Federal Bank To Acquire Select Credit Card Portfolio From Standard Chartered Bank.

*  SEBI Has Appointed Care Rating Limited To Function As The Past Risk And Return Verification Agency ( PaRRVA) 

*  The Reserve Bank of India Has Exempted Non - Deposit Taking Non -Banking FINANCE Companies ( NBFC) With An Asset Size Of Less Than 1000 Crores And Not Availing Public Funds, 

* India Post Payment Bank (IPPB) Has Announced The Launch Of Its Self Help Group (SHG) Savings Account 

* UPI COMPLETED 10 Years 

* MoU Signed Between Government Of Gujarat And India Post Payment Bank To Provide Free Digital Life Certificate Via Post man

* UPI Transaction Value Exceeds Rs 314 Lakh Crores In FY 26

* Recently The 10th Joint Trade Committee Meeting Between India And Kenya Held 

( India And Kenya Bilateral Trade REACHES USD 4.31 billion In 2025/26) 

* Government Of India Has Collected Rs 2.43 Lakh Crores GST IN April 2026

* The Income Tax Of India Has Launched The Chat bot KAR SAATHI (.AI Powered Assistance) 

* Axis Bank Opens Its First DIGITAL Locker Focused Branch In New Delhi 

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 * Government Notified 100% Foreign Direct Investment In Insurance Sector 

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* National Stock exchange (NSE) Launched Electronic Gold Receipts (EGRs), 

* EGRs Is Dematerialised Securities That Represents Ownership Of Physical Gold, Which Is Stored In The SEBI, Accredited Vaults, And Held Electronically Through Depositary 

* Bank Of Baroda Gets Letter Of Appointment From PFRDA To Act As Sponsor Of Pension Fund 

( PFRDA - Pension Fund Regulatory And Development Authority) 

* UPI Records Rs 22.35 Billion Transaction In April 2026 

* Reserve Bank of India (RBI) HAS Issued The Foreign Exchange Management ( Authorised Persons) Regulation 2026 

* The New Regulation Aims To Rationalize The Process For Granting And Renewing Licence To Authorised Person While Expanding The Principal Agents Model For Delivering Forex Service. 

* India Achieved A Historic Milestone In Export - Of USD 863.11 Billion In FY 2025/26 

*  Kotak Mahindra Bank Has Gets RBI NOD To Acquire 9.99% In AU Small FINANCE Bank 

* Kotak Mahindra Bank Gets RBI NOD To Acquire Aggregate Holding Of Up To 9.99% In The Federal Bank 

* NITI AYOG Vice Chairman Suman Berry Has Released The Policy Report Titled - School Education System In India 

* Department Of Financial Service's Insurance Division Top Grievances Redressal Assessment And Index ( GRAI) Ranking In Group A Category in March 2026 

* BSE Announced The Rs 5000 Crores Revenue Milestone In FY 26 

*  Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana Completed 11 Years.

* Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Has Imposed Monetary Penalty On Hinduja Housing Finance Limited And Yes Bank Limited For KYC 

*  Reserve Bank of India And European Central Bank Have Signed MoU Aimed At Enhancing Cooperation In The Field Of Central Banking.

* SBI Research - India Projected To Clock 6.6% GDP Growth FY 27.

* Public Sector Banks (PSBs) Recorded An All-time High Net Profit - Of Rs 1.98 Lakh Crores In FY 2025/26 

* PSBs Total Business Records REACHED 283.3 Lakh Crores In FY 26 

* PSBs Registered Lowest Ever NPAs Asset Quality 

* The Department Of Financial Services Launched The Bharat MARITIME Insurance Pool (BMIP)

*  SBI mutual Fund Buys 5.89 Million Adani Enterprises Share By Block Deal 

* Assam Chief Minister HIMANTA BISWA SARMA Inaugurated India's First AI - Powered PHYGITAL - Banking Branch Of Slice Small FINANCE Bank At GS Road In Guwahati, 

* Hindustan Coppers Limited Surges The Profit Before Tax ( PBT) To 95% To Rs 1232.73 Crores 

* RBL Bank Has Received All Regulatory And Government Approval For Emirates NBD Strategic Investment 

* Taiwanese CTBC Bank Opens Branch In GIFT City, 

*  Bharti Airtel Overtakes HDFC Bank To Became India's 2nd Most Valuable Company 

* NSE India Launches The First Foreign Equity NSEIX - Cyprus Stocks Exchange 

*  Euro Bank Became The First European Bank To Launch The UPI Based Remittance From Greece And Cyprus  To India 

* Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Has Conducted The Information Security Channel Meeting In New Delhi 

* Securities Exchange Board Of India ( SEBI), National Institute Of Securities Market ( NISM), And Indian Institute Of Corporate Affairs ( IICA) Signed MoU To Advance Corporate Governance, ESG And Capital Markets 

* RBI Approved Record Surplus Transfer Of 2.86 Lakhs Crores Rupee To Central Government  For FY 2025/26 

* The Completion Commission In India (CCI) Has Approved The Merger Of Indovida India Private Limited With Into EPL Limited 

*  Department Of Financial Services Has Launched The Common Landing Portal For Unclaimed Financial Assets To Facilitate Easier Access To Information On Unclaimed Financial Assets 

APPOINTMENTS - 

*  Sanofi India Appoints Rahul Bhatnagar As Chairman Of Its Board Of Director 

* Dr N Kamakodi, Resigned As MD CEO OF City Union Bank 

* Infosys Named Nitin Paranjpe As Its Vice Chairman 

* Phone Pe Share Market CEO Ujjwal Jain Steps Down 

* * VETERAN RBI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHRI ROHIT JAIN HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF RBI 

* HE SUCCEEDED SHRI T RAVI 

* Hero Motocorp Appoints Sachin Agarwal As CTO 

* Adobe Appoints Manoj Nagpal As Vice President 

* Manappuram finance Appoints Bhuvanesh Tharashankar As CFO.

* LARSEN And Toubro APPOINTS P Ramakrishnan As Chief Financial Officer 

*  Porsche India Appoints Asutosh Dixit As Brand Director.

* Vodafone Idea Appoints Kumar Mangalam Birla As Non Executive Chairman.

* EisnerAmper India Appoints Radhika Harivanam As Managing Director 

* Aman Srivastava Joins Amar Chitra Katha As CEO 

*  Jai RADHAKRISHNAN, MD Has Been Appointed As The Next Editor In Chief Of Kidney International.

* India Government Has APPOINTS Rajesh Agarwal As The Nominee Director On REC Board 

* Dr Hemant Sharad Pande Has Appointed As The CMD Of Western Coalfield Limited (WCL)

*  A K PANDA Has Assumed As The Chairman And MANAGING DIRECTOR of SAIL 

* Bharti Airtel Reappointed Sunil Mittal As Chairman For The 5 Years 

* Jio Platform Appoints Akash Ambani As MD For Five Years 

* Shri Gunveer Singh APPOINTED As The New Executive Director Of RBI 

* 1996 Batch IRTS OFFICER Jasmeet Singh Bindra Has Been Appointed As The Chairperson Of Vishakapatnam Port Authority 

* RBI Approved Sandeep Bakshi Has Appointed As MD & CEO Of ICICI BANK

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

*  IAIRO Appoints Vishal Mehta As Technical Advisor 

* Power Foundation Of India (PFI) Has Appointed Dr Ravindra Kumar Tyagi as It's Director General.

 * BPCL Appoints Pushp Kumar Nayar As Human Resources Director.

*  Shri Satyan Kumar Assumed As The Director ( Strategy And Corporate Affairs) Of ONGC 

AWARDS - 

*  Adani Ports Wins The India's Best Annual Report Award 2025 In Logistics Category 

* Industrialist Sunil Bharati Mittal Has CONFERRED With CII President Award For Lifetime achievement 

* Central Coalfield Limited (CCL) Has Received The Greentech CSR India Platinum Award 

* BEL Has Bagged Golden Peacock Award For Business Excellence 

* Karnataka Grameen Bank Has Honoured With Prestigious National Award By The Pension Fund Regulatory And Development Authority ( PFRDA) New Delhi For Outstanding Contribution Of Atal Pension Yojana 

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

* Essar Ports Salaya Terminal Has Been Awarded The International Safety Award By Brit Safe.

EXERCISE - 

*  The 2nd Edition Of The Bilateral Military Exercise CINBAX Between Indian Army And Royal Cambodian Army Is Set To Held In Cambodia 

*  The Multinational Joint Forces Exercise - FINTLOCK 2026 Successfully Culminates in Cote d Ivoire 

*  The Indian ARMY Contingent Departed For 2nd Edition Of India - Cambodia Bilateral Military Exercise CINBAX -II At Kamponge Speu Provinces, Kingdom of Cambodia From 4th To 17th May 2026 

* Indian Navy's INS SHARADA Has Conducted A PASSEX With Royal Nederlands Navy Frigate HNLMS De Ruyter At Kochi, KERALA 

EXERCISE PRAGATI - 

* FIRST EDITION OF PRAGATI 

* Umroi, Meghalaya To Host The Inaugural Edition Of 11 Friendly Foreign Countries Military Exercise PRAGATI 

* FIRST EDITION OF PRAGATI SET TO HELD ON 18TH -31ST MAY 2026 

* FOCUS - IT AIMS TO ENHANCE COORDINATION AND CAPABILITIES, FOCUSING ON COUNTER INSURGENCY DRILLS AND OPERATING AS COHESIHVE FORCES. 

* PRAGATI - PATNERSHIP OF REGIONAL ARMIES FOR GROWTH AND TRANSFORMATION IN THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION) 

* PARTICIPANT - BANGLADESH, BHUTAN, CAMBODIA, INDONESIA, LAOS, MALAYSIA, MALDIVES, MYANMAR, NEPAL, PHILIPHINES, SEYCHELLUS, SINGAPORE, SRILANKA, THAILAND, VIETNAM. 

( ASEAN REGION) 

* Indian Army Participated In The Prestigious CAPEX Capability Demonstration In Tampa, Florida From 18,-21st May 2026 

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY  

*  Scientists At ICAR - Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute Have Successfully Achieved The India's First Captive Breeding And Larval Rearing Of Channa Stewartii, 

* Indian Railways Has Introduced AI Powered Assistance BHOLU MINI And BHOLU MAX At Malkajgiri And Kacheguda Station In Telengana, ( Multilingual Voice Assistance) 

* AIIMS Delhi Introduced The India's First Portable BEDSIDE MRI System

* Department Of Science And Technology Observes 56th Anniversary.

*  Karnataka Has Launched India's First State Led Centre - Of Excellence For Space Technology In Bengaluru Through KITS In Collaboration With SIA - India 

* India's Indigenous Optical Coherence Tomography System ROSHANI, Developed By SAMEER In Collaboration With VIT Vellore Under Ministry Of Information And Broadcasting Showcase At Vigyan Tech 2026 

* Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan Has Inaugurated The Integrated Carbon Capture And Utilisation Plant And The Commencement Of Geological CO2 Sequestration Scientific Drilling Technology At IIT BOMBAY 

*  Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Launched The Meity Funded The Autonomous Bathymetric Survey Vessel, To Bolster India's Climate Change Preparedness AGAINST Global Warming Induced Glacial Floods At The National Technology Day

* Department Of Biotechnology Has Launched The MINAQ 

* Scientist At CSIR Have Developed A Smart Wetland SYSTEM That Naturally Purifies Sewage, Saline And Industrial Waste Water Using Plants 

* CCMB CSIR Hyderabad Has Discover Plant Protein That May Aid Dementia, Cancer Treatment 

 * Karnataka Launched India's First Tech - Driven Surveillance System To Monitor The Pharmaceuticals Market 

*  Nagaland State Disasters Management Has Introduced ELIONA - The Super Computer For NSDMA 

* ELIONA Is A Next Generation Supercomputing System Designed For Data Driven Disasters Risk Reductions

*  Researchers From Russia South Ural State University And India's Sam Higginbottom University Of Agriculture Technology And Science Have Jointly Developed A New Platinum Compound To Fight Breast Cancer, 

* Scientist From INST Mohali And Department Of Science And Technology Have Developed A Fluorescent Turn On Sensor For Rapid Detection Of Nicotine And Cotinine In Living Cells And Aqueous Media

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

*  IIT Roorkee Has Developed Sustainable Barnyard Millet Based Edible Straws

* IIT ROORKEE Has Developed a Low Cost Torrefied Municipal Solid Waste ( MSW) Fuel Technology With Advanced Fuel Properties 

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* IIT GUWAHATI Has Developed 4D Anti Counterfeiting Nanomaterial To Combat Fake Currency 

* NIT ROURKELA Builds The AI POWERED Microscopy Technology For Quicker And Smarter Diseases Detection 

* Researchers At IIT MADRAS Has Developed An Injectable Hydrojel For Advanced Treatment Of Fibrosis 

* NETRA Semiconductor Has Designed India's First EDGE AI SYSTEM - On Chip ( SoC) NETRA A2000 (12 nm Node) 

* ) Researchers From India And UK Has Developed An AI Tool - HISTO -Unet ( Cancer cell Map With Accuracy) 

BOOKS & AUTHORS - 

*  THE Making Of Women's Cricket In India : HER STORY HER GLORY Book To Launched - AUTHOR + Aditya BHUSAN 

* Chief Of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan Has Released A Book - The Algorithm Of War: Code, Compute, Conquer Author - Brigadier Maneesh Parthsarathy.

* Lt General CDS Anil Chauhan Has Launched The EK SAINIK DIARY ( 1943-1971) Book Of Hony Captain Mohar Singh Bainsala 

* CJI Justice Shri Surya Kant Has Released The Book - The Bench, The  Bar and The Bizarre And The Lawful And The Awful Book Author - Tushar Mehta ( Solicitor General of India') 

* FREEDOM ON TRIAL : 12 Cases That Shaped India's Struggle For Independence Book Author - Author - Akash Bajpai 

* General CDS Anil Chauhan Has Released The Book - India's Water Security : Strategies And Solution ( Author - Major General Akash Kaushik) 

* VICE PRESIDENT C P RADHAKRISHNAN Has Launched The Book - The Library Man Of India - The Story Of P N Panicker 

* Union Forests Minister Bhupendra Yadav Has Launched The Book - Bringing Cheetah Back To India -( Author - Prashant Agarwal) 

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

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

WORLD CA - 

 * Global TEACHER Prize Ambassador Michael Anthony Pope Has Inducted Into National Teacher Hall Of Fame.

* Srilanka Joins As The Newest MEMBER Of International Big Cat Alliance.

*  On 30th April 2026, Russia Launched The New Generation Soyuz -5 Medium Lift Rocket From Baikonur 

 * Morocco Became The 64th Nation To Joins The Artemis Accords 

* Mayon Volcano Erupted In Philippines 

 * Ireland Joins The Artemis Accords 

* Iran Has Aerial Strike On UAE Fujairah Oil Facility 

* US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP Launched The Project Freedom To Open STRAIT OF HORMUZ 

 * Turkey Unveiled It's First Intercontinental Ballistic missile With 6000 Km Range 

* Princeton Professor Yiyun Li Wins Pulitzer Prize For Memoir ( Things In Nature Merely Grow) 

 * Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Erupted 

* WHO Warned Regarding Hanta virus Case.

* Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele Lost His Power In Non Confidence Vote 

* Bulgaria Parliament Formally Approved The Rumen Radev As Country Prime Minister 

* Mount Dukono In North Maluku Province Indonesia Erupted 

*  South Korea And US Signed An MoU To Strengthen The Bilateral Cooperation In Shipbi

*  Russia Successfully Tested The SARMAT Missile ( ICBM ) Range Of 35000 Km 

* Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva's Government Launched The Campaign Titled Brazil Against Organised Crime 

* Lativian Prime Minister Evika Silina Announced His Resignation 

* Srilanka Joins The International Big Cat Alliance 

* Yana Lantratova Appointed As Russia's New Commissioner For Human Rights 

*  Nepalese Shepra Scaled Mount Everest For Records 32nd Time 

* Vietnam Unveiled The Anti - Drone Gun Mount Featuring Six Guns On A Single Platform 

*  Kenya Launched The 10 Years Cherish Programme To Restore Cherangany Hills Ecosystem 

* Tulsi Gabbard Has Resigned From Director Of National Intelligence Of US 

* Nepalese film Elephants In The Fog Has Created History Becoming The First Film From Country To Win The Cannes FILM Festival 2026 

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

* Thailand Became The First Country To Enforce 21 Day Ebola Quarantine 

*  Russia Signed An Agreement With Kazakhstan To Build First Nuclear Plant In Central Asia's Largest COUNTRY 

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* A Newly Discovered Wasp Species Has Named After Australian F1 Driver Oscar Piastri 

* Ghana Passed The Bill Criminalizing Homosexuality And The Promotion Of LGBTQ+ Activities 

INDIA - WORLD - 

* A Marshal Island Flagged LPG Carriers MT SARV Shakti Carrying 46,313 Metrics Tonne  Of LPG Crossed Strait Of Hormuz 

*  External Affairs Minister Dr S JAISHANKAR Has Formally Handed Over 10 BHISHM Cubes As Gift To Jamaica 

*  INDIAN Naval Ship INS SAGARDHAWANI, An Oceanographic Research Vessels Arrived At Cam Ranh Bay In Vietnam 

* Vietnam President To Lam Arrived in India.

*  External Affairs Minister Dr S JAISHANKAR Has Unveiled The Indian Gifted Electronic Scoreboard At Sabina Park, Jamaica 

*  Indian Ocean Ship (IOS) Sagar, INS Sunayana  Participate In Myanmar 

* ) Royal Nederlands Navy Frigate HNLMS De Ruyter Arrives In Kochi, KERALA 

* India Announced USD 2 Million Support To Jamaica From 181 Years 

*  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Gifted Banarasi Silk Fabric, Brass Sculpture Of Buddha From Moradabad, Lotus With 108 Petals ( Developed By National Botanical Research Institute) NBRI, Lucknow To Vietnam PRESIDENT To Lam 

* Indian Railway Has Successfully Commissioned A New Major Bridge In Chaparmukh - Senchoa Section Of Assam 

* Nelson Mandela Island  OF Trinidad And Tobago Set To RENAME As EAM Dr S JAISHANKAR 

* External Affairs Minister Dr S JAISHANKAR Has Officially Opened The National Prosthetic Centre In Penal, Trinidad And Tobago 

* Chiles Foreign Affairs Minister Francisco Perez Has Visited To India' 

* External Affairs Minister Dr S JAISHANKAR Has Inaugurated a Special Exhibition Titled From Shunya To Ananta ( Zero To Infinity) - The Indian Civilization Contribution To Mathematics At The United Nations HQ In New York.

 * LPG TANKER MV Sunshine Crossed The Strait Of Hormuz 

*  During 12th India - Australia Air Staff Talk MQ -28 GHOST BAT Showcase 

* The Permanent Mission Mission Of India To UN, New York In Collaboration With Sultanate Of Oman, Co - Organised A Special Event Titled ANCIENT TRADE ROUTES - The Journey Of INSV KAUNDINYA , Celebrating The Rich Maritime Heritage And Centuries Old Oceanic Connection Between India And Arabian Peninsula And East Africa.

*  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Announced Extension Of OCI Cards To 6th Generation For Surinamese - Hindustani Diaspora 

* Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Has Visited To VIETNAM 

* President Of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides Arrived In India 

*  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Along With Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni Have Planted A Morus Nigra ( Black Mulberry) Tree 

* India Delivered 20 Tonnes Of Critical Dry Material of BCG, Tetanus And Diphtheria Vaccine To Kabul, Afghanistan 

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

APPOINTMENTS - 

* ) US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP Nominates Dr Nicole Saphier For US Surgeon General 

* White House Appoints Nick Stewart As Adviser To Diplomatic Team For Iran Peace Talk 

* Malli's Military LEADER General Assimi Goita Takes Over As Defence Minister 

 * Anita Orban Has Appointed As The Deputy Prime Minister And Foreign Affairs Minister Of HUNGARY 

* Kevin Warsh Takes Oath As The Office Chairman Of US Federal Reserve Board Of Governor 

* Ghalibaf Elected As Parliament Speaker Of Iran For 7th Time 

APPOINTMENT - 

* * RAVI. K HAS APPOINTED AS THE 22ND CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LIMITED (HAL)

* * 1991 Batch IDAS OFFICER Shri Anugraha Narayana Das Has Assumed Charge As The Controller General Of Defence Accounts ( CGDA) 

* Filmmaker Asutosh Gowarikar Has Appointed As The Festival Director Of The 57th Edition Of IFFI, Goa.

*  Shri Bharat Khera Assume As The Secretary, Ministry Of MSME 

* 1990 Batch IDAS Shri Vishvajit Sahay Assumed As The Secretary Defence Finance 

* Renowned Lyricist And Communication Expert Shri Prasoon Joshi Has Appointed As The Chairman Of Prasar Bharti 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Approved The Appointment Of Two New Full Time Members To NITI AYOG - Dr R Balasubramaniam And Dr Joram Aniy

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* Mr Deepak Raj Has Appointed As The Chairman Of IIT KANPUR.

* G Satyavathi Has Appointed As The Chief Information Commissioner Of Karnataka.

*  Tamilnadu Government Has Appointed Advocate V Ellammal Kissinger As Special Public Prosecutor For A 17 Years Old Girl Rape Case 

*  Former Prasar Bharti CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati Appointed As The Chairman Of CENSOR Board 

*  Dr Prabodh Kumar Trivedi Assumed As The Director At CSIR - Central Institute Of Medicinal And Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) Lucknow

* IPS OFFICER Ghanashyam Upadhyay Gets Two Years Extension As Joint Director Of CBI.

* MNVS Prabhakar Has Been Appointed As The Chairman And Managing Director Of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam limited (RINL) 

* The Appointment Cabinet Of India Has Appointed IAS Sachin Sharatchandra Kurve As The Chairperson Of The Chennai Port Authority For 5 Years 

* 1997 Batch IRTS Officer Jasmeet Singh Bindra Has Been Appointed As The Chairperson Of Visakhapatnam Port Authority 

* IAS Dr Subrat Gupta Has Appointed As The Advisor To West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari 

* MV Karuppaiah Sworn In As The Interim Speaker Of Tamilnadu Assembly

*  Manoj Kumar Agarwal Has Appointed As The Chief Secretary To The GOVERNMENT Of West Bengal.

* National Federation Of Churches In India Appoints Cardinal Anthony Poola As Chairperson 

* IAS G Lakshmi Priya Has Appointed As The Secretary To Tamilnadu CM 

* TVK's JCD Prabhakar Unanimously ELECTED As Tamilnadu Assembly Speaker 

* TVK MLA Ravi Shankar Unanimously ELECTED As Deputy Speaker 

* 1995 Batch IPS OFFICER R S Yadav Has Appointed As The DGP Of Andaman & Nicobar 

* ICAR Announced The Appointment Of D Inder Dev As The Assistant Director General (EP& HS)

* IPS Officer Pravin Sood Gets One Year Extension As Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) head 

* IAS Manivannan ASSUMED Charge Of Secretary Of Spice Board Of India 

*  India' Has Been Nominated As The Chair Of The Common Criteria Development Board ( CCCDB) Till April 2028 

* Rathindra Basu Has Been Elected As The New Speaker Of West Bengal Legislative assembly 

* Chandra Mohan Patowary Sworn In As The Protem Speaker Of Assam Assembly 

* C Vijay Bhaskar Appointed As Chief Whip Of Tamilnadu 

* The Chhattisgarh State Government Has Appointed IPS OFFICER Arun Dev Gautam As The Director General Of Police (DGP)

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 Indian Revenue Services (IRS) Officer Akash Jain Appointed As The Joint Director In National Testing Agency (NTA) 

* Apu John Has Appointed As The Government Chief Whip Of Keralam 

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* Sourav Vijay Takes Charge As The CEO Of UIDAI.

*  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) 

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

* Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Former Chief Scientist Of WORLD Health Organisation Has Been Elected a Fellow Of Royal Society ( FRS) 

* Keralam Government Has Appointed Advocate Mohammed Shah PA As Additional Advocate General in Keralam High Court 

* Ranjeet Kumar Das Has Elected As The Speaker Of Assam Assembly 

* Professor Ajay Kumar Sood Has Been Elected As The Corresponding Member Of Australian Academy Of Science 

* Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadda Has Appointed As The Chairman Of The Committee On Petition Of The Rajya Sabha

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

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

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

*  ECI APPOINTS Ravi Prakash As New Chief Electoral Officer Of Puducherry 

*  Dr Raman Meenakshi Sundaram Joins As The New Director Of CSIR - NAARM

CHIEF MINISTER - 

* * 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.

JUDICIAL - 

* Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal Has Been Appointed As The Chairman Of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) For Next 5 Years 

( FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF PUNJAB & HARYANA HIGH COURT RETIRED) 

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BRAND AMBASSADOR - 

* Indian Cricketer Ishan Kishan Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of LPU University.

* Indian Cricketer Shreyas Iyer Has Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of F1 Sim Racing India Open 2026 

*  Visa India Appoints Actor Shah Rukh Khan As Brand Ambassador 

* Pinarayi Vijayan Resigned As Chief Minister of Kerala.

PRESIDENT - 

* LAURA FERNANDEZ AASUMED AS THE PRESIDENT OF COSTA RICA.

* CAPITAL OF COSTA RICA - SAN JOSE 

* CURRENCY - COSTA RICAN COLON 

* UGANDA SWORN IN 7TH TERM PRESIDENT YOWERI MUSEVENI ( 82 YEARS OLD) 

PRIME MINISTER - 

* EU CONSERVATIVE PARTY'S PETER MAGYAR APPOINTED AS NEW PRIME MINISTER OF HUNGARY.

* CAPITAL OF HUNGARY - BUDAPEST 

* CURRENCY OF HUNGARY - HUNGARIAN FORINT 

 * Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Davis And His Ruling Party Progressive Liberal Party Re Elected On 12th May 2026 

* * PHILIP BRAVE DAVIS SWORN IN AS PRIME MINISTER OF BAHAMAS FOR 2ND TERM.

* CAPITAL OF BAHAMAS - NASSAU 

* CURRENCY OF BAHAMAS - BAHAMAIAN DOLLAR 

* ALI FALIH KADHIM AL - ZAIDI ASSUMED AS THE NEW PRIME MINISTER OF IRAQ.

* CAPITAL OF IRAQ - BAGHDAD 

* CURRENCY OF IRAQ - IRAQI DINAR 

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

* SLOVENIA APPOINTS JANEZ JANSA AS NEW PRIME MINISTER OF COUNTRY 

* CAPITAL OF SLOVENIA - LJUBIJANA 

* CURRENCY - EURO 

AMBASSADOR - 

* Prashant Pise Has Appointed As The Indian Ambassador To Sultanate To Oman

* Dr Vinod J Bahade Appointed As The Indian Ambassador To Republic Of Colombia 

* Ms Pratibha Parakar Appointed As The Indian Ambassador To Republic Of Panama 

 2002 IFS OFFICER Dr Ajay Kumar Has Appointed As The India's Next High Commissioner To UGANDA 

* 2004 IFS OFFICER Dr Pradeep Singh Purohit Has Been Appointed As The Indian Ambassador To Kingdom Of Bahrain 

*  Shri Norbu Negi Has Appointed As The India's NEXT High Commissioner To Sierra Leone 

* 2005 Batch IFS OFFICER Muanpuii Saiawi Has Appointed As India's next High Commissioner To Cook Islands 

ODISHA - 

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Announced An Increase  In Daily Wages For Workers in State ( Unskilled Worker Will Get 472 Rs, Semi Skilled 522, Skilled 572, Highly Skilled 622) 

* Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Launched The SHAKTI SHREE Mobile Application And Unveiled An Internship Guidelines Book 

* Odisha Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo Has Inaugurated a State of Art Power System Simulation Lab By Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited.

* Researchers At NIT ROURKELA, ODISHA Have Developed A Light Weight, High Durability Aluminium Based Nano Composites Designed For Aircraft Landing Gear Application.

* Odisha's Cyclist Swati Singh Teamed Up With Pooja Danole Gets Bronze Medal At Women's 20km Madison Event At The Grand Prix Tashkent 2026 

* Former Cricketer Pravanjan Mullick Appointed As The Head Coach Of Seniors Men's Team Of Odisha 

* Bee Corridor To Be Created Between Sambalpur, Dhenkanal, Berhampur 

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

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

* Government Of Odisha, Intel And 3DGS ( US BASED) Signed MoU For Manufacturing Of Semiconductor Ecosystem In India 

ODISHA AMENDMENT - 

* Odisha Government Has Issued The Indian Stamp ( Odisha Amendment ) Ordinance To Simplify The Apartment Registration Process And Reduce The Financial Burden On Home Buyers 

* Association Of Allottees Will Now Pay Only a Nominal Of Rs 50,000 Stamp Duty     For Transfer Of Common Areas And Facilities Of Apartment. 

* A Uniform 5% Stamp Duty Will Be Applicable During Registration Of Individual Apartment Units, Including The Undivided Share Of Common Areas And Facilities. 

* The Earlier Multiple Stamp Duty Slabs Of 3%, 4% and 5% Have Been Replaced With a Simplified Uniform Structure, 

* Bhubaneswar, Odisha Set To Host The 2028 ASIAN Indoor Athletics Championships 

NEW SPECIES - 

* A JOIN STUDY OF ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) AND FAKIR MOHAN UNIVERSITY HAVE IDENTIFIED A NEW FISH SPECIES IN GOPALPUR, GANJAM DISTRICT IN ODISHA 

* SNIPPER FISH - NAMED - LUT JANUSARAKAN 

* * 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, 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Anil Kumar Singh, The President Of JSW Steel Limited Has Been Elected As The Chairman Of Confederation Of Indian Industry (CII) Odisha For FY 2026/27 

* Manikanta Naik, Managing Director Of Tata Steel SEZ LIMITED Has Been Elected As The Vice Chairman Of CII Odisha For FY 2026/27 

* Odisha Secured Rs 48 Crores Investment During CM MOHAN Charan Majhi Visit To Gujarat.

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

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Shri Abhiram Panda, Former Chairman Of Odisha State Electricity Board Passed Away. ( PHILANTHROPIST) 

* Former MLA From Kantabanji, ODISHA Ayub Khan Passed Away ( BJD) 

SPORTS - 

* Odisha Shuttler Tanvi Patra Has Clinched The  Girls Single Title At The Juniors Under 19 National ranking Tournament Held In Karnataka.

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* Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Has Inaugurated The Bhimmandali Eco Heritage Site, Sambalpur, ODISHA 

AWARDS - 

* Odisha Bagged Five Prestigious National Panchayat Awards 2025:

a) Ganjam - 2nd Best District 

b) Potalampur, GANJAM - Healthy Panchayat Award

c) Mandar, GP, Ganjam - Socially Just & Socially Secure Panchayat Award 

d) Padua, GP, Keonjhar - Water Sufficient Panchayat Award 

e) Hatibandh, Sundargarh - Clean And Green Panchayat Award 

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* Odisha Cabinet Has Approved The Amendment To Thermal Power Policy 2008

* The Odisha Cabinet Has Approved The Creation Of Dedicated Directorate Of Archaeology And The Odisha Archaeological Curator Services Rule 2026 

* Odisha State Cabinet Has Approved The New Odisha MARINE Fishing ( Prohibition And Regulations) Bill 2026 ( Repealing The 1982 Act) 

* ODISHA State Archaeology Department Has Inked MoU With IIT Kharagpur For Heritage Conservation 

* Stone Tools, From Copper Age Has Been Discovered (Approximately 50,000 Years Old ) Found In Purunagarh, Rerakhol, Sambalpur, Odisha ..

*  Animesh Khujur Set National Record In 100 M Sprint With In A Timing 10.15 second At The Athletics Federation Competition 2026

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

* NIT ROURKELA Builds The AI POWERED Microscopy Technology For Quicker And Smarter Diseases Detection 

ARCHAEOLOGY CA - 

* US Returns 657 Stolen Artefacts Worth Rs USD 14 Million To India 

* Archaeology Survey Of India (ASI) Has Decoded The 5th Century Sanskrit Seal.

( IDENTIFYING THE RARE ARTEFACT DEDICATED TO SAIVA TEMPLE, SVAMI KOTESWARA, LOCATED IN ANCIENT DEVADURUVANA FOREST ) 

KARNATAKA INSCRIPTION 

* Recently Archaeology Survey Of India (ASI) Team Have Discovered Kannada Inscription In Nitturu (Ballari) 

* It Is The Reign Of Akalavarsha Krishna ( Krishna 1) ( 756-774 CE) The Same Who COMMISIONED The Kailasa Temple In Ajanta 

* Used Kannada Language As Administrative Language 

* The Land Grant SYSTEM During Rasthrakuta Dynasty Period 

* The Tradition Of Religious Blessings And Curse Clauses In That Inscription 

* The Land Was Measured According To Rajamana ( The Royal SYSTEM Of Measurement) 

11TH CENTRY CHOLA PERIOD COPPER PLATE - 

* During Prime Minister Narendra Modi Visited To Nederlands 

* Anaimangalam Chola Copper Plate 

* The Copper Plate Preserved In Leiden University In Nederlands 

* The Copper Plate Of The Reign Of Great Hindu Ruler Raja Raja Chola (985-1085 CE) 

* Engraved Under His Son Rajendra Chola ( 1012-1044 CE) 

* The First Five Plates Are In Sanskrit (Grantha Script) And Rest 16 In Tamil Script 

* The Inscription Tells Us That Sri Mara Vijayottungavarman, The Ruler Of Srivijay, Approached By Raja Raja Chola For Permission To Build Buddhist Vihara, Raja Raja Chola Granted Land In Anaimangalam Village (450 Acres) Along With Tax Exemption For The Vihara 

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* A Team Of Archaeologist Have Found A Buddha Statue (13th Century ) Of Later Period At Umbalacheri Village 

* Archaeologist Have DISCOVERD The Remains Of Massive Ancient Buddhist Monastery (1200 Years Old) At gaya, Bihar 

* Stone Tools, From Copper Age Has Been Discovered (Approximately 50,000 Years Old ) Found In Purunagarh, Rerakhol, Sambalpur, Odisha ..

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

*  800 Years Old Kakatiya Era Shiva Temple In Warangal Has Been demolished 

SPORTS - 

* India Clinched The 6 Medals Including 3 Gold, 2 Silver And 1 Bronze at 6th ASIAN Beach Games 2026 

* Marta Kostyuk Becomes The 2nd UKRANIAN Woman in History To Win a WTA 1000 Title After Elina Svitolina .

* India Wins Bronze Medal At Thomas Cup 2026 

*  India's Siddharth Ganeshan Appointed Head Coach Of Laliga Giants Villarreal CF Under 18 Youth 

*  Kimi Antonelli Wins The Miami Grand Prix 2026 Title 

* Shruthi Alhawat Wins The Women's Single Title At ITF W15 New Delhi 2026 

* Inter Millan Wins The SERIE A Title 2026 

* Unnati Hooda Became The Third Indian Female Badminton PLAYER To Ranked Under 20 (18) After Saina Nehwal And PV Sindhu.

* Indian Cycling Team Wins Gold In Team Pursuit Event At Tashkent Grand Prix 

* Sahil Jadav Wins Bronze Medal In The Archery World Cup Shanghai.

* INDIAN Women Archery Recurve Team Wins Gold At ARCHERY World Cup 

* Vivan Kapoor And Neeru Wins Bronze in Trap Mixed Team final At ISSF World Cup Shotgun Almaty, Kazakhstan 

* Ayhika And Sutirtha Mukherjee Wins The Women's Double Title At WTT Feeder Istanbul.

* Team India ( U15 & U17) Team Wins 27 Medals Including 9 Gold, 6 Silver And 12 Bronze Medal At Asian Boxing Championships 

* India Finishes Third With 5 Medals Including 2 Gold, 1 Silver And 2 Bronze At 11th Sanda WORLD CUP 

* Niki Poonacha And Saketh Myneni Wins The Men's Double Title At ATP 50 BENGALURU 

* Selva Prabhu T Wins Gold In Men's Triple Jump At Big 12 Championships 2026 In Tucson , 

* Satwik And Chiraj Setthy Finishes As Runners Up At Thailand Open 2026 Badminton 

* Shriyanshi Valisetthy Finishes With Silver At China Masters 2026 

* Satish Kumar Karunakaran Clinched The Men's Single Title At Slovenia Li -Ning Open 2026 

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 * Bharat Singh Chauhan Has REELECTED As The Chairman Of The Commonwealth Chess Association ( 2026-2030( 

* Diamond Harbour FC Clinched The Indian Football League Title 

* Arsenal Wins The 2025/26 English Premier League

*  Aaron Rai Became First British INDIAN Origin To Win US PGA Championship Since 1919 

* East Bengal FC Wins The Indian Super League Season 12 

 * Rupa Bayor Has Wins Bronze Medal At 9th Asian Taekwondo Poomsae Championship 

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

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

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

*  Indian Grandmaster Inyian Panneerselvam Wins Double Gold At Rapid And Blitz Title Champions At Srilanka 

* GM Mitrabha Guha Has Won The Commonwealth Chess Championships 2026

*  Esha Singh Wins Gold In Women's 25m Pistol Event At ISSF WORLD CUP Munich 

* Suruchi Phogat Wins Gold In Women's 10m Air Pistol EVENT At ISSF World Cup Munich 

* Esha Singh Wins Silver In Same Event At ISSF World Cup Munich 

* Bhubaneswar, Odisha Set To Host The 2028 ASIAN Indoor Athletics Championships

*   Indian Woman Volleyball Team Wins Bronze After Beating Host Nepal At CAVA Women's Championship 2026 

* Pooja Singh Breaks The 14 Years Old National Records,At Asian U20 High Jump Gold 

4) Rahul Jhakar Wins Gold In Men's Decathlon At Asian U20 Athletics Championships 

* Nitin Gupta Wins Gold In Men's 5000m Race Walk 

* Amanat Kamboj Wins Gold In Women's Discuss Throw 

* Nikhil Chandrasekhar Wins Gold In Men's Steeplechase At U20 ASIAN Athletic Championship 

ASIAN WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 - 

* HOST - Gandhinagar, GUJARAT 

* Komal Kohar Has Win The Bronze Medal In Women's 48 Kg Category At Asian Senior Wrestling Championships 2026 Gandhinagar, 

* Gyaneshwari Clinched Bronze Medal In Women's 53 Kg Category At Asian Weightlifting Championships 2026 

* Ajith Narayana Wins The Two Bronze In Men's 71 Kg Category At Asian Weightlifting Championships 2026 

* Harjinder Kaur Wins Bronze in Women's 69 Kg Category At Asian Weightlifting Championships 

* Sanjana Wins Bronze In Women's 77 Kg Category At Asian Weightlifting Championships 

HOST - 

* Gandhinagar, Gujarat Host The Asian Weightlifting Championships 2026 (28 Countries Participated) 

CRICKET - 

* Indian Cricketer Ishan Kishan Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of LPU University.

* Virat Kohli Became The First ASIAN To Completed 12000 T20 Runs In ASIAN Soil 

*  THE Making Of Women's Cricket In India : HER STORY HER GLORY Book To Launched - AUTHOR + Aditya BHUSAN 

* Indian Cricketer Shreyas Iyer Has Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of F1 Sim Racing India Open 2026 

* K L Rahul Became First Opener To Get 200 Sixes In IPL.

* FORMER INDIAN Cricketer Shikhar Dhawan Has Launched Da One Sports 

* Former Indian Cricketer Kapil Dev Has Inaugurated The AI Powered Digital PET -CT Nuclear Medicine Facility At Mahajan Imaging And Lab

* Virat Kohli Became The First Indian To Gets 14000 T20 Runs in 409 Innings (Fastest Among All)

*  Pakistan Women's Cricketer Fatima Sana Made History By Scoring 15 Balls Half Century in T20I Cricket 

* Vijay Shankar Announced Retirement From All Form Of Cricket ( He Has Won One Ipl Title For GT 2022, he Was Part Of 2019 50 Overs World Cup Held in England And wales) 

* LG Of Ladakh Vinai Kumar Saxena Has Inaugurated India's Highest ASTRO TURF Football Ground At 11,500 Feet At Leh 

* Virat Kohli Became The First To Registered Four Consecutive 600+ Scores In Ipl History.

PERSON PASSED AWAY -  

* Australian Tennis True Legend Anderson Passed Away.

* FORMER President Of Mohun Bagan Swapan Sadan Bose Passed Away.

*  Former England Cricketer M J K Smith Passed Away 

* Former Australian Wicketkeeper John Maclean Passed Away.

* Olympian And Former Shooter Raja Randhir Singh Passed Away 

* He Served As The Secretary General Of The Indian Olympic Association 

* He Was Also Member Of International Olympics Committee 

LA LIGA TITLE 2025/26 

* FC BARCELONA WINS THE LA LIGA TITLE 2025/26 

* THEY BEATEN REAL MADRID IN FINAL 

* BARCELONA CLINCHED 29TH TITLE. OF LA -LIGA TITLE 

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Former F1 Driver Alex Zanardi Passed Away. ( 4 Time Olympian Gold Medallist From Italy) 

* Former IPL Player Amanpreet Singh Gill Passed Away.

MADRID OPEN 2026 - 

MEN'S SINGLE - JANNIK SINNER Beat Alexander ZVEREV 

WOMEN'S SINGLE -  MARTA KOSTYUK BEAT M ANDREEVA 

MEN'S DOUBLES - H PATTEN & H HELIOVAARA 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - K SINIAKOVA & T TOWNSEND 

UBER CUP 2026 -    

South Korea Wins The Uber Cup Title 2026 

* South Koreans Third Uber Cup Title 

* Second - China 

* Third - Indonesia 

* Fourth - JAPAN 

THOMAS CUP 2026 - 

* CHINA CLINCHED THE THOMAS CUP 2026 TITLE 

* RUNNERS UP - FRANCE 

* THIRD - INDIA 

* FOURTH - DENMARK 

THAILAND OPEN 2026 ( BADMINTON) - 

MEN'S SINGLE - K ANTONSEN BEAT K Vitidsarn 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Akane YAMAGUCHI Beat Y F CHEN 

MEN'S DOUBLES - D MARTHIN & L CARNANDO BEAT SATWIK & CHIRAG (INDIA') 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - L BAO & Z CAO BEAT R IWANAGA & K NAKANISHI 

MIXED DOUBLES - M CHRSITIANSEN & A BOJE 

ITALIAN OPEN 2026 ( TENNIS) - 

MEN'S SINGLE - JANNIK SINNER Beat CASPER RUDD 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - ELISA SVITOLINA BEAT COCO GAUFF 

MEN'S DOUBLES - S BOLELLI & A VAVASSORI 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - D SHANAIDER & M ANDREEVA 

SCHEMES - 

* Maharashtra State Cabinet Has Approved The Maharashtra AI Policy 2026

* Meghalaya Chief Minister Shri Conrad K Sangma Has Launched The CM - LIGHT Scheme In State 

( Providing Rs 5000 Each To Over 11000 Workers)

*  Cabinet Approved The Two More Semiconductor Manufacturing Units With A Culmalative Invest Of Rs 3900 Crores 

* Cabinet Approved The Proposal For Introducing The Supreme Court ( Number Of Judges ) Amendment Bill 2026 

* Cabinet Approved The Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme 5.0 

* Union Cabinet Has Approved The Rs 365/quintal For Sugarcane Farmers 

* Cabinet Has Approved The Meghalaya Building Eye Laws 2021 

* Cabinet Approved The MISSION Cotton Productivity 

*  Cabinet Approved The Two Ship Repair Facility At Vadinar, Gujarat 

* Tamilnadu Governor Shri A Abdul Nazeer Launched The Mee - Intiki - Mee Doctor Project Aimed To Provide Primary Health Care Services At Doorstep During The World Red Cross Day.

*  UNION Health Ministry Launched The Integrated Training For Primary Healthcare Teams Under A Unified Competency Driven Framework To Strengthen Frontline Healthcare Delivery 

* Ministry Of Environment Clears The Rs 9250 Crores Varanasi- Kolkata Expressway Through Tiger Reserve 

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Has Launched The LAKSHYA 2047 Future Skills Centre At Gujarat.

* ) Union Minister J P Nadda And Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Have Launched The SEHAT Scheme 

( SEHAT - Science Excellence For Health Through Agricultural Transformation) 

* It Is A Joint Mission By INDIAN Council Of Agricultural Research ( ICAR) 

* And The Indian Council Of Medical Research ( ICMR) 

* CJI JUSTICE Surya Kant Has Announced In An Open Court - The Launch Of Major Digital Initiative - ONE CASE ONE DATA - To Integrate The Judicial Administration At Every Level Of Court 

*  Cabinet Has Approved The SCHEME For Promotion Of Surface Coal / Lignite Gasification Project With a Financial Outlay Of Rs 37,500 Crores 

* Cabinet Approved The Increase Of Minimum Support Price (MSP) For 14 Kharif Crop For Marketing Season 2026/27 

*  Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Launched The Rs 189.79 Crores MIZORAM Ginger Mission 

* President Droupadi MURMU Has Approved INCRESE In Sanctioned Strength Of Judges In Supreme Court From 33 To 37.

* West Bengal Cabinet Has Approved The Roll Out Of The Annapurna Bhandar Scheme, ) ( WOMEN'S Gets 3000 Per Month) 

*  Andhra Pradesh Home Minister V Anitha Has Launched The HOME GUARDS HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME For Home guard 

*  Cabinet Approved The Continuation Of Scheme For Assistance In Ration Transport And Handling Income With Automation In PDS - An Umbrella SCHEME In The 16th Finance Commission Period Cycle.

* Tripura Chief Minister Manik Shah Has Launched Rs 236 Crores Mission Queen Pineapple 

RANKING & INDEX - 

* AIIMS New Delhi Has Ranked 6th Best Hospital In 2026 Global Hospital Ranking 

 * India Ranked 157 In The World Press Freedom INDEX 2026 ( OUT OF 180 COUNTRIES) 

* India Became The 2nd Largest Producer Of Steel In World Since 2018 

* 500 MT Capacity Target By 2047

* 23,000 + Crores PLI Boost For Speciality Steel.

* Shares Of Global Crude Steel Production ( 5.2% in 2014 & 7.9% in 2024) 

* Jaipur, Rajasthan Ranked 5th In The World Best Cities In Tourist For Travel And Leisure in 2025 

*  India Ranked Third Globally In Installed Renewable Energy Capacity.

* India Stands Third In Terms Of Large Dams Worldwide With 6628 Specified Dams 

* The Dam Rehabilitation And Improvement Project ( DRIP) Is Being Implemented In Phases To Improved Dam Safety 

* The Dam Safety Act 2021 Provide Surveillance, Inspection And Operation And Maintenance 

* Digital Platform Like DHARMA Which Given Secures Data STRUCTURE 

* Nederlands Is The 4th Largest Investor With Cumulative Investment Of USD 55 Billion.

* Delhi Has Ranked In Exampler Category At LEADS 2025 Index 

* FINLAND Ranked Number One In The Worlds Most Happiness Index 2026 For 9th Consecutive Years 

* India' Ranked 78th In Henley Passport Index 

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

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

* India Became World's 2nd Largest Solar Market 

*  NITI AYOG Released The Future Of India's Semiconductor Industry Roadmap 

FIRST WOMAN - 

FIRST IN STATE - 

*  Chief Justice Of India Shri Suryakant Has DECLARED Sikkim As The First Paperless State Judiciary In Country 

*  7 Years Old Boy Ishank Singh Create History By Successfully Crossing The 29 Km Palk Strait 

* Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital Performed India's First Tandem Transplant For Brain Cancer 

* LG Of Ladakh Vinai Kumar Saxena Has Inaugurated India's Highest ASTRO TURF Football Ground At 11,500 Feet At Leh 

* Keralam Became The First State To Create a Dedicated artificial Intelligence Ministry.

FIRST WOMAN IN INDIA - 

* Fathima Thahiliya Became First Woman MLA From Indian UNION Muslim League in Kerala.

* Badugula Sumathi Has Taken Charge As The First Female Commissioner Of Police Of Malkajgiri, Telengana 

*  Professor Kuljeet Kaur Marhas, Scientists At Physics Research Laboratory In Ahmedabad Became First Indian WOMAN Elected Fellow Of The Meteoritical Society In 93 Years Of History 

* Major Dr Dwipannita Kalita, Army Doctor Became The Assam's First Female Paratrooper.

* SQUADRON LEADER SAANYA BECAME THE FIRST INDIAN WOMAN OFFICER TO EARN THE COVETED CAT -A QUALIFIED FLYING INSTRUCTOR ( QFI) QUALIFICATION 

* Computer Scientist PROFESOR Susan Elias Appointed As First' WOMAN Principal Of St Stephen's College 

* Princee Ani, IPS Officer Set Become First Tripura Frontier IG ( First Woman 

* 2005 BATCH TRIPURA CADRE IPS OFFICER 

* SHE BEFORE SERVED AS IG OF TRIPURA POLICE 

* AND ALSO SERVED AS IG OF NATIONAL SECURITY GUARD (NSG) 

* SHE IS KNOWN FOR FRONTIER OVERSEE OF 856 KM INTERNATIONAL BORDER OF BANGLADESH 

* 

RENAME & LOGO - 

* Department Of Biotechnology Unveiled The Logo Of Bigyan Tech 2026 

* UNION MINISTER For ENVIRONMENT, FOREST And Climate Change Shri Bhupendra Yadav Has Unveiled The Logo Of International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) 2026 India Set To Host On 1-2nd June 2026 

* 

RENAME - 

* Sitamarhi Medical College in Bihar Has Rename As The Mata Sita Medical College 

* A Newly DISCOVERD Species Of Parasitic Wasp From Chile Has Been Named After Sir David Attenborough 

* Nelson Mandela Island  OF Trinidad And Tobago Set To RENAME As EAM Dr S JAISHANKAR 

* The Ancient CHINESE Temple ( 1700 Years Old) Named After Ashok 

 * PCOS Has Officially Renamed As The PMOS ( Polycystic Ovarian Metabolic Syndrome) 

* Indian Railway Unveiled a New Logo Of Featuring 18 Stars Instead Of 17 Of South Coast Railway Zone In Visakhapatnam 

* NORTH EAST - 

* The  Directorate  Of Information And Public  Relation (DIPR) Manipur Government Has Launched The Official Fact Check Page 

* Mizoram Launched The KHUAREL, Mobile Application, a Real Time Disasters Incident Reporting And Management System 

*  Chief Justice Of India Shri Suryakant Has DECLARED Sikkim As The First Paperless State Judiciary In Country 

* Assam Based THE BATTLE OF KAMRUP Wins Best Screenplay At Dada Saheb Phalke Award 

* Assamese Film Moi Eti Nixhasor Wins Double Honours At Houston World Fest 2026 

* Nagaland SIGNED MoU With Tata Motors For Procurement Of 43 Buses To Boost Public Transport.

* Kawrthah North Village, in Mizoram Has Secures Top Ranked In Clean And Green Panchayat Category At Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Satat Vikas Purashkar 2025

*   Sikkim Recent Discovery Report Says The Butterfly Diversity Raises From 689 To 753 

* Tame Peter Tarh Bagged Mr Arunachal 2026 

*  Meghalaya Launched First Community Biochar Carbon Removal Unit In Ribhu 

* Assam University Secured A Design Patent From Government Of India For An Innovative Smart Soil Moisture Testing Device.

* Assam Exports First Legally Approved Agarwood Chips to Saudi Arabia And UAE 

* * Chandra Mohan Patowary Sworn In As The Protem Speaker Of Assam Assembly 

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

*  Nagaland State Disasters Management Has Introduced ELIONA - The Super Computer For NSDMA 

* ELIONA Is A Next Generation Supercomputing System Designed For Data Driven Disasters Risk Reductions

* Tripura Chief Minister Manik Shah Has Virtually Launched The Mukhyamantri Samipeshu Platform For Grievance Redressal 

 * Ranjeet Kumar Das Has Elected As The Speaker Of Assam Assembly 

* Manipur Police Chief Rajiv Singh Has Been Appointed As The Secretary (Security) In Cabinet Secretariat.

*  Rupa Bayor Has Wins Bronze Medal At 9th Asian Taekwondo Poomsae Championship 

* Guwahati CHIEF MINISTER Himanta Biswa Sarma Has Flagged Off A New Fly Over Named AFTER Dr Syama Prasad Mukherjee 

* Assam's Roopamani Gorh Among All ITBP WOMAN Campaign Part To Successfully Climbed Mount Everest (First Assamese WOMAN) 

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

* Khasi And Garo Have Been Now Added To CBSE Language Curriculum 

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

* Sikkim Officially A Member Of Brahmaputra Board 

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

*  Assam Government Has Introduced The Uniform Civil Code Bill 2026 

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

*  The Assam Assembly Passed The Uniform Civil Code Assam Bill 2026 

* Manipur's David Maisnam Wins Mister Heritage 2026 Title At Philippines.

 * Sikkim Declared Fully Literate State 

* Princee Ani, IPS Officer Set Become First Tripura Frontier IG ( First Woman 

* 2005 BATCH TRIPURA CADRE IPS OFFICER 

* SHE BEFORE SERVED AS IG OF TRIPURA POLICE 

* AND ALSO SERVED AS IG OF NATIONAL SECURITY GUARD (NSG) 

* SHE IS KNOWN FOR FRONTIER OVERSEE OF 856 KM INTERNATIONAL BORDER OF BANGLADESH 

SCHEME - 

* Meghalaya Chief Minister Shri Conrad K Sangma Has Launched The CM - LIGHT Scheme In State 

( Providing Rs 5000 Each To Over 11000 Workers)

*  Ministry Of development & Empowerment Of North East India And Sanjay Jaju Have Launched The PADMA DOREE --- 

( A Cross Regional Textile Initiative Linking North East And Madhya Pradesh ) 

( Blends Eri Silk And Chanderi Traditon To Promote a Sustainable Artesian - Centric Textile Ecosystem) 

* Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Launched The Rs 189.79 Crores MIZORAM Ginger Mission 

* Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Launched The MISSON SIKKIM ORGANICS In Partnership With SIKKIM Government, NABARD, APEDA, NERAMAC,  

( Launched The COFFEE OF NAGALAND) 

* Tripura Chief Minister Manik Shah Has Launched Rs 236 Crores Mission Queen Pineapple 

* Sikkim To Implement The Anand Marriage Act For Sikhs

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

FIRST IN - 

Major Dr Dwipannita Kalita, Army Doctor Became The Assam's First Female Paratrooper.

LAUNCHED - 

* Assam Chief Minister HIMANTA BISWA SARMA Inaugurated India's First AI - Powered PHYGITAL - Banking Branch Of Slice Small FINANCE Bank At GS Road In Guwahati, 

ARUNACHAL KIWI MISSION - 

* Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Launched The ARUNACHAL KIWI Mission In Collaboration With Ministry Of North East Development, Ministry Of Agriculture And Farming Welfare, Ministry Of Food Processing Industries, NABARD, ICAR - CITH, APEDA, NERAMAC, ( Rs 167 Crores Investment ) To Build The Global Organic Kiwi Brand 

* Arunachal Pradesh Contributed 50% Of Kiwi For India 

SPECIES - 

* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW FIREFLY SPECIES DISCOVERED IN KHASI HILLS, MEGHALAYA 

* DIAPHANES MEGHALAYANUS 

* DIAPHANES MAWLYNNONG 

* 

* Researchers From Arunachal Pradesh Have DISCOVERD A Rare CORDYCEPS MUSHROOM In East Siang, 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SPECIES OF FROG IN BRAHMAPUTRA, NEAR MEGHALAYA ( KHASI & GARO HILLS) 

* INGERANA BOREALIS ( FROM LATIN WORD - NORTH) REFERRING TO IT'S DISTRIBUTION REGIONS NORTH OF BRAHMAPUTRA 

* INGERANA OCCIDENS ( LATIN WORD WEST - 

* RESEARCHERS FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI) HAVE FOUND A RARE PLANT IN KHASI HILLS IN MEGHALAYA. ( DISCOVERED AFTER 138 YEARS) 

* SPECIES NAME - DIDYMOCARPUS 

* WHITE FLOWER, 

* SCIENTISTS ARE CATEGORIES THIS SPECIES AS CRITICALLY ENDANGERED 

* PLANT GROWS AT ELEVATION BETWEEN 1450 - 1520 meter 

* A TEAM OF BOTANIST HAS DISCOVERD A PLANT SPECIES WITH UNIQUELY HAIRY PURPLE PETALS HIGH ALPINE GRASSLAND OF SIKKIM HIMALAYA 

* SPECIES NAME - MELANOSERIS PENDRYI 

* PLANT'S LAVENDER COLOURED PETALS KNOWN AS LIGULES.

* 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 

* 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) 

* 

* 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

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW MICROSNAIL SPECIES IN MEGHALAYA 'S LIMESTONE CAVE SYSTEM ( KREM PURI & ARWAH CAVES) 

SPECIES NAMED AS 

* GEORISSA MEGHALAYAENSIS 

- IT IS SMALL, ORANGISH RED SNAIL, WITH DISTINCTIVE MESH LIKE SHELL PATTERNS, 

* ACMELLA BENSONI ( NAMED IN HONOUR TO BRITISH MALACOLOGIST WILLIAM H BENSON) 

- THE SPECIES IS MINUTE, WHITE AND SEMI - TRANSPARENT, ADAPTED TO DAMP CAVE ENVIRONMENT 

 * A Rare Dragonfly Named Gynacantha Khasiaca Has Rediscovered In Arunachal Pradesh After 110 Years.

* * RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) SHILLONG HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW CASCADE DWELLING FROG SPECIES IN NAGALAND.

* SPECIES NAMED - AMOLOPS KAMAL 

( IN HONOUR TO LATE DR KAMAL CHAUDHARY, HEAD OF DEPARTMENT, ZOOLOGY GUWAHATI) 

* THE AMOLOPS COMMONLY KNOWN AS CASCADE FROGS ( FAST FLOWING IN HILL STREAMS) 

* SPECIES NUMBER IN INDIA ARE 20 

* 

Credit - North East HUB NETWORK 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND A NEW BURROWING SPECIES OF SNAKE FROM INDO - BURMA HOTSPOT 

* NAMED - TRACHISCHIUM LALREMSANGAI 

* SHINY, IRIDESCENT BROWN BLACK AND UNIQUE SPECKLED BELLY FOUND IN MIZORAM 

* SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO WILDLIFE EXPERT PROFESSOR HMAR TLAWMTE LALREMSANGA ( MIZORAM UNIVERSITY) 

* 

STATE FISH - * 

* THE MEGHALAYA CABINET HAS ANNOUNCED ON 5TH MAY 2026 THAT THE CHOCOLATE MAHSEER AS STATE FISH 

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

AWARDS - 

* Arunachal Pradesh K Parnaik Honours Dancer Manami Moyir Gamlin With Land Of The Rising Sun Medallion.

* Sikkim 's Madhu Mala Gurung, senior ANM Received The National Florence Nightingale Awards 2026 

*  Former Manipur MLA A S Arthur Passed Away 

* Lily Das Mallick, All India Radio First Woman From Assamese News Reader Passed Away.

* PADMASHRI AWARDEE KSHETRIMAYUM ONGBI THOURANISABI DEVI PASSED AWAY .

* SHE IS AN EMINENT CLASICAL DANCER & AUTHOR 

* BORN IN - 3RD NOVEMBER 1946 

* PASSED AWAY ON 12TH MAY 2026 

AWARDS - 

* PADMA SHRI (2003) 

* SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI AWARD 

* MANIPURI STATE KALA AKADEMI AWARD 

* NRITYA RATNA AWARD 

* ROYAL ROBE FROM GOVERNMENT OF MANIPUR 

AS AUTHOR - 

* DIVA RAS ( 2 VOLUMES 1993) 

* RAS MAKHA AMSUNG NUNGI MASHAK ( 2006) ( BASED ON MANIPURI DANCE) 

* Shri Bengia Tolum, Social reformer And Cultural Architect Of Arunachal Pradesh Passed Away 

* Assam Eco Tourism Pioneer Achintya Barua Passed Away.

* Arunachal Pradesh Sonam Zomba Retains MFN 

* NHPC Limited Has Commissioned The 250 MW At Subansiri Lower Project, Arunachal Pradesh 

* Senior Advocate Devajit Saikia Has Been Reinstated As Advocate General Of Assam.

*  India's First Satellite Tagged Ganges Softshell Turtle Has Been Released At Kaziranga, Assam 

*  The Arunachal Pradesh Literary Society Has CONFERRED The Luminous Lummer Dai Literary Award 2026 On Tony Koyu 

* IIT GUWAHATI Has Developed 4D Anti Counterfeiting Nanomaterial To Combat Fake Currency 

* ) Bamsiakilwa Village In Nagaland Has Declared The Daukeling - Hebamlo Community Conserved Area To Protect The Elusive Asiatic Golden Cat 

* Eminent Scholar Dr Hiren Gohain To Received The Swahid Kushal Konwar Award 2026