Current Affairs One-liners — 18 May 2026

Mon, 18 May 2026

• 18 May 2026 ko PM Narendra Modi aur Norway ke PM Jonas Gahr Støre ne Oslo mein baat ki, India–Norway rishton ko Green Strategic Partnership tak upgrade kiya aur 2030 tak bilateral trade double karne ka target rakha.
• 18 May 2026 ko Justice Yashwant Varma par lage aaropon ki jaanch kar rahi Judges Inquiry Committee ne Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968 ke tahat Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla ko apni report saunpi.
• 18 May 2026 ko DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia ne ₹175 crore ka Mission 'Coffees of Nagaland' launch kiya, jo Tuophema (Arabica) aur Ghotovi (Robusta) mein pilot clusters wala cluster-based coffee value chain mission hai.
• 18 May 2026 ko DG Dr N. Kalaiselvi ki leadership mein CSIR/DSIR ne Oslo mein Research Council of Norway, SINTEF, NTNU aur Emerald Geomodelling ke saath clean energy, offshore wind, sustainability, geosciences aur academic exchange par paanch agreements kiye.
• 18 May 2026 ko Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal ne kaha ki India is saal $1 trillion aur 5 saal mein $2 trillion exports ka target rakh raha hai, jabki exports pichhle saal se lagbhag 5% badhkar $863 billion pahunch gaye.
• 18 May 2026 ko Norway ke King Harald V ne Oslo mein PM Narendra Modi ko foreign Heads of Government ke liye Norway ka sabse bada samman, Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, diya.
• 18 May 2026 ko Maharashtra cadre ke 1998 batch ke IAS officer Saurabh Vijay ne Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) ke CEO ka charge sambhala.
• 18 May 2026 ko Ports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal ne bataya ki Draft National Water Metro Policy, 2026 inter-ministerial consultation ke liye bheji gayi hai; 18 cities mein Water Metro ka plan hai aur Phase I mein Guwahati, Srinagar, Patna, Varanasi, Ayodhya aur Prayagraj hain.
• V. D. Satheesan ne Keralam ke CM pad ki shapath li, aur PM Narendra Modi ne 18 May 2026 ko unhe badhai dete hue nayi state government ko Centre ke support ka bharosa diya.
• Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali ke scientists ne 18 May 2026 ko bataya ki ultrathin PVDF films mein thoda nanogold milane se chhote temperature changes ko bijli mein badalne ki unki kshamata kaafi badh jati hai.
• 18 May 2026 ko West Bengal aur UT Andaman and Nicobar Islands ne Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 ke tahat Centre ke saath reform-linked MoUs sign kiye aur Gram Panchayat-led rural water supply model apnane ka commitment diya.
• 18 May 2026 ko Agriculture Ministry ne 'Reform Express' ke tahat reforms ki review ki, jisme household pesticides bechne ke liye ek page ka licence form, paper leaflets ki jagah QR codes aur farm imports ke liye sabhi 649 customs ports ka digital integration shamil hai.