Current Affairs One-liners — 21 May 2026

Thu, 21 May 2026

• West Bengal ke South 24 Parganas ke 144-Falta AC mein 21 May 2026 ko sabhi 285 polling stations par dobara voting hui, kyunki ECI ne 29 April ka poll countermand kiya tha; ECI final turnout 89.09%.
• 21 May 2026 ko Defence Minister Rajnath Singh aur South Korea ke Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs Kwon Oh-eul ne Seoul ke Imjingak Park mein 60 Para Field Ambulance aur Custodian Force of India ke samman mein Indian War Memorial ka udghatan kiya.
• 21 May 2026 ko Science Minister Dr Jitendra Singh ne rare genetic disorders ke liye Department of Biotechnology ka UMMID (Unique Methods of Management of Inherited Disorders) programme desh ko samarpit kiya.
• 21 May 2026 ko India ki Chairship mein Gandhinagar, Gujarat ki meeting mein BRICS Ministers of Justice ne mediation aur arbitration mein capacity building se ADR mazboot karne par Declaration apnaya.
• 21 May 2026 ko jaari NSO ke QBUSE ke mutabik January–March 2026 mein unincorporated non-agricultural establishments 9.16 crore rahe, jo YoY 16.69% zyada hai, aur employment pehli baar 15 crore ke paar gaya.
• 21 May 2026 ko Sports Ministry ne anti-doping law ke draft amendments public consultation ke liye jaari kiye, jisme doping traffickers, suppliers aur syndicates par criminal action ka proposal hai, jabki rule violations par athletes par case nahi chalega.
• 21 May 2026 ko Environment Ministry ne bataya ki chauthe India–Africa Forum Summit ke saath 1 June 2026 ko New Delhi mein hone wala pehla IBCA Summit baad ki date par hoga.
• 21 May 2026 ko Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal ne New Delhi mein American Chamber of Commerce ke Annual Leadership Summit mein kaha ki pichhle chhe mahino mein India mein American industry ke commitments $60 billion se zyada aanke gaye hain.
• 21 May 2026 ko Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari ne UP ke 11,672 km National Highway projects ki quality aur maintenance review ki aur monsoon preparedness ke nirdesh diye.
• India ki BRICS Chairship 2026 ke tahat Department of Youth Affairs ki BRICS Youth Entrepreneurship Working Group Meeting do din baad 21 May 2026 ko Indore, MP mein khatam hui.
• UPSC ne 21 May 2026 ko bataya ki Civil Services (Prelims) 2026 ke liye Bhubaneswar, Kanpur aur Meerut ke teen naye centres, jinse total 80 se 83 hue, ko lagbhag 23,000 candidates ne chuna.
• DRI ne 21 May 2026 ko bataya ki usne Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi aur West Bengal ke ports, airports aur ICDs par China se aayi ₹120 crore se zyada ki lagbhag 3,00,000 e-cigarettes zabt ki.
• 21 May 2026 ko Indian Coast Guard DG Paramesh Sivamani ki adhyakshta mein Ahmedabad mein 138th Offshore Security Coordination Committee ki meeting hui, jisme offshore installations aur energy infrastructure ki security review hui.