UNION MINISTER LAUNCHED THE UMMID NETWORK

* 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

PM NARENDRA MODI VISITED TO 5 NATIONS ( SUMMARY TOUR TO UAE, NEDERLAND, NORWAY, ITALY, SWEDEN)

ON VISIT TO UAE - 

* 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 

ON VISIT TO NEDERLANDS - 

*  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Visited To Nederlands.

* Nederlands Has Return The 11th Century Chola Empires Copper Plate To India ( PM MODI ON VISIT)

* The Set Of 21 Large Plates And 3 Small Plate ( Context In Tamil) 

* 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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* In Presence of Nederlands Prime Minister Rob Jetten And Indian PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi Witnessed The Signing MoU Between Tata And ASML For Advancing The Semiconductor Manufacturing Ecosystem In India 

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) 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Along With Nederlands Prime Minister Rob Jetten Have Visited The Iconic Afsluitdijk Dam 

ON VISIT TO SWEDEN - 

* PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi On Visit To Gothenburg, Sweden 

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

SWEDEN HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOURE RECEIVED BY PM MODI - 

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

* 31ST GLOBAL HONOUR RECEIVED BY PM NARENDRA MODI 

6 MOU SIGNED - 

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

* PRIME Minister of Sweden - Ulf Kristersson 

6 MOU SIGNED BW INDIA - SWEDEN- 

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

- Strategic Dialogue For Stability And Security 

- Next Generation Economic Partnership 

- Emerging Technologies And Trusted Connectivity 

* Launch Of India - Sweden Joint Innovation Partnership 2.0 

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

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

* Development Of India - SWEDEN SME And Startup Platform 

* Institution Of Tagore - SWEDEN Series 

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

* 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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ON NORWAY VISIT - 

* * 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 

* 12 MOU SIGNED BW INDIA - NORWAY  - 

* Elevation Of India - Norway Relations To A Green Strategic Partnership - Adoption Of a Joint Statement ( Climates) 

2) NORWAY Joins Indo - Pacific Ocean Initiative 

3) Participation Of India At Nor Shipping 2027 With An Indian Pavilion ( Blue Economy, Shipping, Maritime) 

4) Agreement On Cooperation In The Exploration And Uses Of Outer Space For Peaceful Purposes 

5) Agreement On The India' - Norway Digital development Partnership 

6) Agreement On Cooperation In The Field Of health 

7) Agreement For Providing Specialized Consultancy Services For Construction Of The Tunnels, Slopes And Capacity building 

8) Agreement On Technology Cooperation 

9) Collaboration Agreement Between The Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research India And Stiftelsen SINTEF, Norway 

10) Project Specific Implementation Agreement For Working On Ocean Energy Program 

11) Agreement On Science, Technology And Innovation Cooperation For The Green Shift 

12) Scientific And Business Collaboration Between CSIR - National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad And Emerald Geomodelling, AS Norway 

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ON ITALY TOUR - 

* a Large Painting Of Kashi In ITALY 

* 15 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 

GIFTS - 

* PM PM MODI GIFTED MARBLE INLAY WORK BOX WHICH CONTAINS CDs OF PANDIT BHIM SEN JOSHI & MS SUBHALAKSHMI TO PRESIDENT OF ITALY - SERIGIO MATTARELLA 

* GOLDEN SIILK ( MUGA SILK) FROM NORTH EAST TO PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY GEORGIA MELONI (FROM ASSAM) 

* ITS MOISTURE ABSORBANT AND UV RESISTANT QUALITIES 

* GIFTS - 

* PM PM MODI GIFTED MARBLE INLAY WORK BOX WHICH CONTAINS CDs OF PANDIT BHIM SEN JOSHI & MS SUBHALAKSHMI TO PRESIDENT OF ITALY - SERIGIO MATTARELLA 

* GOLDEN SIILK ( MUGA SILK) FROM NORTH EAST TO PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY GEORGIA MELONI (FROM ASSAM) 

* ITS MOISTURE ABSORBANT AND UV RESISTANT QUALITIES 

* GI TAGGED MADHUBANI PAINTING GIFTED TO PRIME MINISTER OF NEDERLANDS ( ROB JETTEN ( 

* RAJASTHANI I GI TAGGED BLUE POTTERY TO KING WILLEM ALEXANDER ( KING OF NEDERLANDS) 

* MEENAKARI AND KUNDAN EARRINGS TO QUEEN TO NEDERLANDS ( FROM RAJSTHAN) 

* ROGAN PAINTING WITH GREEN TREE Of LIFE MOTIF TO UAE PRESIDENT - MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN 

* INTRICATE SILVER CHEST TO QUEEN MOTHER OF UAE ( FROM KARIMNAGAR) 

* CEREMONIAL DAGGER TO PRINCE CROWN OF UAE ( KOFTGIRI) 

* MITHILA MAKHANA (GI TAG) 

* THE GREATEST WORK OF RABINDRA NATH TAGORE GIFTED TO SWEDEN PM 

* LOKTAK TEA TO SWEDEN PM ( ULF KRISTERSSON) 

* HAND CRAFTED BAG TO SWEDEN- PM PM 

* INTRICATE SILVER SAILBOAT TO NORWAY KING 

* KALAMKARI PAINTING WITH SUN AND MOON TO CROWN PRINCE OF NORWAY ( 

* Palm LEAF PATTACHITRA TO SONJA, QUEEN OF NORWAY ( ODISHA ART) 

* KAMAL TALAI PICHWAI ( ART FROM RAJASTHAN) TO FINLAND PM PETTERI ORPO 

* BIDRI SILVER WORK TO DENMARK PM - METTE FREDERIKSEN 

* PM MODI GIFTED ICELAND PM KRISTURN FROSTADOTTIR ( A REPLICA OF ICE AXE USED BY TENZING NORGAY) ( the  Axe Used By Sir Edmund Hilary Used When he Scale Mount Everest In 1953) 

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PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI VISITED TO ITALY

* a Large Painting Of Kashi In ITALY 

* 15 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 

GIFTS - 

* PM PM MODI GIFTED MARBLE INLAY WORK BOX WHICH CONTAINS CDs OF PANDIT BHIM SEN JOSHI & MS SUBHALAKSHMI TO PRESIDENT OF ITALY - SERIGIO MATTARELLA 

* GOLDEN SIILK ( MUGA SILK) FROM NORTH EAST TO PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY GEORGIA MELONI (FROM ASSAM) 

* ITS MOISTURE ABSORBANT AND UV RESISTANT QUALITIES 

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FAO AGRICOLA MEDAL TO PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI

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

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 21ST MAY 2026

World Bee Day - 20th May 

THEME 2026 - Bee Together For People And The Planet - A Partnership That Sustains Us All 

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

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

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

4) Former Australian Wicketkeeper John Maclean Passed Away.

5) Goa Host The International Conference On Iron Ore 2026 

6) a Large Painting Of Kashi In ITALY 

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

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

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

10) G Sudhakaran Sworn In As Protem Speaker Of Kerala Assembly

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

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

12) 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

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

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

15) President Of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides Arrived In India 

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

17) Odisha Cabinet Has Approved The Amendment To Thermal Power Policy 2008.

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

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

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

15 OUTCOMES PM MODI VISITED TO ITALY

* 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 

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