Sunday, 17 May 2026

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 11TH TO 17TH MAY 2026

World Lupus Day - 10th May 

66th Raising Day Of Trishakti Corps - 10th May 


1) 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, 

2) PETER MAGYAR Sworn In As New Prime Minister Of Hungary 

3) INDIAN Women Archery Recurve Team Wins Gold At ARCHERY World Cup 

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

5) Karnataka Minister For Planning And Statistics D Sudhakar Passed Away.

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


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

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

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

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

11) Chiles Foreign Affairs Minister Francisco Perez Has Visited To India' 

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

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

14) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Inaugurated The SINDHU Hospital In Hyderabad 

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

16) 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') 



17) MV Karuppaiah Sworn In As The Interim Speaker Of Tamilnadu Assembly 

18) Abhay Firodia Wins The 2026 PUNYA BHUSHAN AWARD 


National Technology Day - 11th May 

THEME 2026 - Responsible Innovation For Inclusive Growth 

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

2) FCE Barcelona Wins The La Liga Title 2026 By Defeating Real Madrid.

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

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

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

6) India Ranked Third Globally In Installed Renewable Energy Capacity.

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

8) 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 

9) Tame Peter Tarh Bagged Mr Arunachal 2026 

10) 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 

11) Australian Tennis True Legend Anderson Passed Away.

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

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

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

15) 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 

16) 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) 

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


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



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

20) Five New Members Have Been Joined IUCN 

21) Meghalaya Launched First Community Biochar Carbon Removal Unit In Ribhu 

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

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



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

25) 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 

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


27) Prashant Pise Has Appointed As The Indian Ambassador To Sultanate To Oman


International Nurses Day - 12th May 

Theme 2026 - Our Nurses, Our Future, Empowered Nurses Saves Lifes 

1) 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.


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

3) 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

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

5) Madhya Pradesh Chief Dr Mohan Yadav Released Two Females Cheetah Into Kuno National Park 

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

7) President Droupadi MURMU Presents Confer National Florence Nightingale Awards 

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

9) HIMANTA BISWA SARMA SWORN IN AS Chief Minister Of Assam For 2nd Term 

10) TVK's JCD Prabhakar Unanimously ELECTED As Tamilnadu Assembly Speaker 

* TVK MLA Ravi Shankar Unanimously ELECTED As Deputy Speaker 

11) 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 

12) Dr Radhakrishnan Pillai, Author Passed Away 

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

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

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

16) YOWERI MUSEVENI Sworn In As Ugandan 7th Term President 


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


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

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

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

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

6) Eminent Manipuri Classical Dancer Thouranisabi Devi Passed Away 

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

8) Former MLA From Kantabanji, ODISHA Ayub Khan Passed Away 

9) FORMER President Of Mohun Bagan Swapan Sadan Bose Passed Away.

10) Department Of Biotechnology Has Launched The MINAQ 

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

12) 1995 Batch IPS OFFICER R S Yadav Has Appointed As The DGP Of Andaman & Nicobar 

13) Kannada Actor Dileep Raj Passed Away 

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

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

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

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

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

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

20) 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. 




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

22) Bharti Airtel Reappointed Sunil Mittal As Chairman For The 5 Years 


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

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


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

4) LPG TANKER MV Sunshine Crossed The Strait Of Hormuz 

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

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

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

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

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

10) Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav Has Inaugurated The Lion Species Spotlight Programe At Sasan Gir Gujarat 

11) Two Days BRICS Foreign Minister Meeting Kicked Off At Delhi 

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

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

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

15) 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 

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

17) Lativian Prime Minister Evika Silina Announced His Resignation 

18) BEL Has Bagged Golden Peacock Award For Business Excellence 

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



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

21) Srilanka Joins The International Big Cat Alliance 

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

23) IAS Manivannan ASSUMED Charge Of Secretary Of Spice Board Of India 

24) K Balakrishnan, Former Chief Editor Of Malayalam Daily Passed Away 

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

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


 National Endangered Species Day - 15th May 


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

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

3) 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, 
 

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

5) Noted Psychiatrist Anand Nadkarni Passed Away 

6) Madhya Pradesh Has Launched The India's First ALGAE TREE At Bhopal 

* ALGAE TREE - A Micro Algae Based Carbon Capture System 
* Absorbed Carbon Dioxide 
*
7) Professor Arun Kumar Shukla Received Two Prestigious Honours 

* Om Prakash Bhasin Award In Biological Science 

* The International Award By Biochemical Society 

8) APARNA Dahiya Gets Gold in 52 Kg Category At Sanda WORLD CUP 

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

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

11) 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 

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

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

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

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

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

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

18) SHATTER LANDS - Author Sam Dalrymple 

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

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

21) C Vijay Bhaskar Appointed As Chief Whip Of Tamilnadu 

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

23) 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) 

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

SIKKIM Statehood Day - 16th May 


National Dengue Day - 16th May 

International Day Of Light - 16th May 

Theme 2026 - Light For Sustainable Future

1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Visited To Nederlands.

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

3) RAJASTHAN Gets First Semiconductor Plant In Saralpur, In Bhiwadi 

4) 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.

5) 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 

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

7) India's Jaggery Sector in 2024/25 Total Sugarcane Output Was Estimated At 444.9 Million Tonnes 

8) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Announced The First Ever Seizure of JIHADI DRUG - Capatgon 
Worth Rs 182 Crores By NCB During OPEATION RAGEPILL 

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

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

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

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

13) Rajasthan Seeks Permanent Membership In Bhakra Beas Management Board.

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

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

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

17) 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) 

18) 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, 

19) Taiwanese CTBC Bank Opens Branch In GIFT City, 

20) 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 


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