Current Affairs One-liners — May 2026

Thu, 21 May 2026

• 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.

Wed, 20 May 2026

• 20 May 2026 ko Food and Agriculture Organization ne food security, sustainable agriculture aur rural development mein leadership ke liye PM Narendra Modi ko Rome headquarters mein Agricola Medal 2026 diya.
• PM Narendra Modi ki 19–20 May 2026 ki Italy official visit ke dauran India aur Italy ne rishton ko Special Strategic Partnership tak badhaya aur 2029 tak €20 billion bilateral trade ka target rakha.
• 20 May 2026 ko 12 friendly nations ki armies ke saath multilateral military exercise PRAGATI 2026 Umroi Military Station, Meghalaya mein shuru hua, jiska focus semi-mountainous aur jungle terrain mein counter-terrorism hai.
• 20 May 2026 ko pehli ICMR Annual Clinical Trial Meet mein ICMR ne ICMR-CCRAS anaemia trial present kiya, First-in-Human Phase 1 trials par report launch ki aur multicentre research ki single ethics review ke guidelines jari kiye.
• 20 May 2026 ko PFRDA ke APY Annual Felicitation Programme mein officials ne bataya ki FY 2025-26 mein Atal Pension Yojana mein record 1.35 crore naye subscribers jude, gross enrolments 9 crore paar hue aur AUM ₹54,000 crore se zyada hai.
• Index of Eight Core Industries April 2026 mein April 2025 ke mukable 1.7% (provisional) badha; sirf cement, steel aur electricity mein positive growth rahi.
• 20 May 2026 ko NITI Aayog ke Atal Innovation Mission ne Frontier Region Program ke tahat Jammu and Kashmir mein 500 nayi Atal Tinkering Labs ke liye applications kholi.
• 20 May 2026 ko World Metrology Day par Department of Consumer Affairs ne theme 'Metrology: Building Trust in Policy Making', 40 GATC certificates aur naye e-Maap legal metrology portal ko highlight kiya.
• Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) ne 20 May 2026 ko social sciences aur humanities ko science-technology se jodne wale Convergence Research Centres of Excellence ke liye 10 institutions ke selection ka announcement kiya.
• 20 May 2026 ko DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia ne lagbhag ₹167 crore outlay wala cluster-based kiwi cultivation aur value chain mission 'Arunachal Kiwi: The USP of Arunachal Pradesh' launch kiya.
• 20 May 2026 ko INS Sunayna Kochi lauta, jisse 16 partner nations ke 38 personnel wala multinational Indian Ocean mission IOS SAGAR poora hua.
• 20 May 2026 ko Defence Minister Rajnath Singh ne Seoul mein South Korea ke Minister of National Defence Ahn Gyu-back se baat ki, jisme defence cyber, defence college training aur UN peacekeeping par agreements exchange hue.
• 20 May 2026 ko Navy ka Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel Sanghmitra (Yard 3039) Vice Chief of Naval Staff VAdm Sanjay Vatsayan ki maujoodgi mein GRSE, Kolkata mein launch hua.
• 20 May 2026 ko Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu ne Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi par Bhagwan Birsa Munda statue, feature wall aur nayi passenger facilities ka udghatan kiya.
• 20 May 2026 ko report hui ARIES Nainital aur IIT Delhi ki study ne 3D simulations se dikhaya ki Sun ke corona mein transverse waves coronal spectral lines mein asymmetry paida kar sakti hain, jisse hidden turbulence detect karne ka naya tareeka milta hai.

Tue, 19 May 2026

• 19 May 2026 ko Oslo mein Norway ki mezbani mein hue 3rd India-Nordic Summit mein India aur Nordic countries ne rishton ko Green Technology and Innovation Strategic Partnership banane ka faisla kiya.
• Do baar Uttarakhand ke CM (2007–09, 2011–12) aur Vajpayee sarkar mein Golden Quadrilateral execute karne ka credit paane wale Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Major General Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (Retd.) ka 19 May 2026 ko Dehradun mein 91 ki umar mein nidhan ho gaya.
• Coal Ministry ne 19 May 2026 ko bataya ki MP ke Anuppur ki Urtan aur Singrauli ki Dhirauli mine mein production shuru ho gaya hai; Urtan commercial coal auction regime ke tahat production shuru karne wali pehli underground mine hai.
• 19 May 2026 ko Union Home Minister Amit Shah ne Bastar, Chhattisgarh mein Central Zonal Council ki 26th meeting ki adhyakshta ki, jisme Chhattisgarh, MP, UP aur Uttarakhand ke CMs shamil hue.
• 19 May 2026 ko Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav ki adhyakshta mein Project Cheetah review mein bataya gaya ki India mein 53 cheetahs hain, jinme 33 desh mein janme hain, aur expansion ke liye Gujarat ke Banni grasslands aur MP ka Nauradehi taiyar ho rahe hain.
• DRDO ne 19 May 2026 ko bataya ki usne Andhra Pradesh ke Kurnool ke paas apni range mein UAV Launched Precision Guided Missile (ULPGM)-V3 ke air-to-ground aur air-to-air mode mein final deliverable configuration trials poore kar liye.