Sunday, 10 May 2026

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 4TH TO 10TH MAY 2026

International Leopard Day - 3rd May 


THEME 2026 - Save a Spot For Them 

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

2) India Wins Bronze Medal At Thomas Cup 2026 

3) 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 

4) Machan CENSUS Held In Tadoba Reserve, Maharashtra 

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

6) India Hosts The BIMSTEC Exchange Programme For Young Leaders 

7) Government Notified 100% Foreign Direct Investment In Insurance Sector 

8) Indian Institute Of Foreign Trade Celebrates 63rd Foundation Day 

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

10) Arunachal Pradesh Sonam Zomba Retains MFN 

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

12) Gujarat University Introduced Modi Tattva Module In Sociology 

13) Jannik Sinner Wins The Men's Single Title At MADRID Open 2026 

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

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

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

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

17) K SINIAKOVA And Taylor Townsend Wins The Women's Double Title At MADRID OPEN 2026 

18) South Korea Wins The Uber Cup Title 2026 

* South Koreans Third Uber Cup Title 

* Second - China 
* Third - Indonesia 
* Fourth - JAPAN 

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

20) Mayon Volcano Erupted In Philippines 




1) Kimi Antonelli Wins The Miami Grand Prix 2026 Title 


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

3) Inter Millan Wins The SERIE A Title 2026 

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

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

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

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

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

9) Hero Motocorp Appoints Sachin Agarwal As CTO 

10) Adobe Appoints Manoj Nagpal As Vice President 

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

12) Department Of Biotechnology Unveiled The Logo Of Bigyan Tech 2026 

13) Department Of Science And Technology Observes 56th Anniversary.

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

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

16) Pinarayi Vijayan Resigned As Chief Minister of Kerala.


World Hygiene Day - 5th May 





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

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

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

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

5) Ireland Joins The Artemis Accords 

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

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



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

9) Manappuram finance Appoints Bhuvanesh Tharashankar As CFO.

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

11) Iran Has Aerial Strike On UAE Fujairah Oil Facility 

12) Malayalam Actor Santosh Nair Passed Away.

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

14) Vietnam President To Lam Arrived in India.

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

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

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

18) UIDAI Joins Hand With National Forensic Science University For Enhance Cybersecurity 

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

20) LARSEN And Toubro APPOINTS P Ramakrishnan As Chief Financial Officer 

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

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

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

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

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

26) Cabinet Approved The Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme 5.0 

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

28) Cabinet Has Approved The Meghalaya Building Eye Laws 2021 

29) Cabinet Approved The MISSION Cotton Productivity 

30) Cabinet Approved The Two Ship Repair Facility At Vadinar, Gujarat 

31) 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 


32) Porsche India Appoints Asutosh Dixit As Brand Director.

33) Vodafone Idea Appoints Kumar Mangalam Birla As Non Executive Chairman.


1) 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) 

2) South Film Industry Noted Producer R B Chaudhary Passed Away.

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

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

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

5) Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Erupted 

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

7) 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 

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

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

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

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

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

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

( PFRDA - Pension Fund Regulatory And Development Authority) 

14) UPI Records Rs 22.35 Billion Transaction In April 2026 

15) 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 

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

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

18) 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 

19) The 2nd Joint Commanders Conference 2026 

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

20) EisnerAmper India Appoints Radhika Harivanam As Managing Director 

21) 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 

22) Sitamarhi Medical College in Bihar Has Rename As The Mata Sita Medical College 

23) India Announced USD 2 Million Support To Jamaica From 181 Years 

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

25) Dr Krithi K Karanth, CEO Of Centre For Wildlife Studies Has Been Named 2026 Nat Geo Explorer Of The Year 

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

27) CNN Founder Ted Turner Passed Away.

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

29) 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. 

World Athletics Day - 7th May 


1) Former IPL Player Amanpreet Singh Gill Passed Away.

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

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

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



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

5) WHO Warned Regarding Hanta virus Case.

6) 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 

7) Skyroot Aerospace Has Raised USD 60 Million Valuation 

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

9) 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 

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

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

12) 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) 

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

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

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

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

17) 15 New Butterfly Species DISCOVERD In Vidarbha 

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

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

20) Delhi Host The 10th INDIAN OCEAN Dialogue 2026 

(Theme - Indian Ocean Region In A TRANSFORMING World) 

21) Aman Srivastava Joins Amar Chitra Katha As CEO 

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

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

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

25) 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 

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

27) 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) 

 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 

1) BSE Announced The Rs 5000 Crores Revenue Milestone In FY 26 

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

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

4) 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.

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

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

7) 800 Years Old Kakatiya Era Shiva Temple In Warangal Has Been demolished 



8) 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 

9) Sir David Attenborough Celebrate His 100th Birthday 

10) Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Host The 2nd BRICS Employment Working Group Meeting 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18) Former Botswana President Festus Mogae Passed Away.

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

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

21) Bulgaria Parliament Formally Approved The Rumen Radev As Country Prime Minister 

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

23) 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) 


World Migratory Bird Day - 9th May 

THEME 2026 - Every Bird Counts: Your Observations Matters 


1) Suvendu Adhikari Has Sworn In As New Chief Minister Of West Bengal.


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

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

4) Mount Dukono In North Maluku Province Indonesia Erupted 

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

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

7) 1997 Batch IRTS Officer Jasmeet Singh Bindra Has Been Appointed As The Chairperson Of Visakhapatnam Port Authority 

8) Lt General NS RAJA SUBRAMANI APPOINTED As The New Chief Of Defence Staff (CDS)

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

10) Shri Abhiram Panda, Former Chairman Of Odisha State Electricity Board Passed Away.

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

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

13) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana Completed 11 Years.

14) DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED The Flight Trial Of An Advanced Agni Missile With MIRV SYSTEM At  A P J ABDUL KALAM ISLAND 

15) Laura Fernandes Assumed As The New President Of Costa Rica 

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

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

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

19) 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 

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

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


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

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




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