Current Affairs One-liners — 14 May 2026
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Thu, 14 May 2026
- On 14 May 2026 the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, CSIR and CSIR-IGIB held a workshop in New Delhi on BIRSA 101, India's first indigenous CRISPR-based gene therapy for sickle cell disease, named after Bhagwan Birsa Munda.
- On 14 May 2026 Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav inaugurated the 'Lion' Species Spotlight event at Sasan Gir, Gujarat, a pre-summit event of the first IBCA Summit to be held in New Delhi on 1–2 June 2026.
- On 14 May 2026 Home Minister Amit Shah presented the President's Colour to the National Disaster Response Force at its 8th Battalion in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, about 20 years after the force was raised.
- On 14 May 2026 DPIIT said annual WPI inflation rose to 8.30% (provisional) in April 2026 from 3.88% in March, driven by mineral oils, crude petroleum and natural gas.
- On 14 May 2026 the Election Commission of India ordered Phase III of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 16 States and 3 UTs, covering 36.73 crore electors; only Himachal Pradesh, J&K and Ladakh remain.
- On 14 May 2026 Union Minister Jitendra Singh dedicated the 200 MW Solar Module Manufacturing Line of Central Electronics Limited (CEL), the Mini Ratna PSU that made India's first solar cell in 1977.
- On 14 May 2026 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on PM Narendra Modi and briefed him on bilateral progress since the 23rd India–Russia Annual Summit of December 2025.
- On 14 May 2026 the 14-day Sacred Exposition of the Holy Relics of the Tathāgata in Ladakh concluded at the Dharma Centre, Choglamsar, Leh, after more than 1.18 lakh devotees paid obeisance.
- The ITU Council 2026 in Geneva (28 April–8 May) accepted India's proposal to host the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in 2030 (PP-2030), likely to be approved at PP-2026 in Doha in November 2026, DoT said on 14 May.
- On 14 May 2026 the Technology Development Board (DST) said it has signed an agreement with Helix Cell Therapeutics, Hyderabad, to develop a dual-targeting CAR-T cell therapy for multiple myeloma under an Indo-Singapore collaboration.
- On 13 May 2026 Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal held the curtain raiser for the India-Africa Business Dialogue & Exhibition, to be held alongside the 4th India-Africa Forum Summit, noting India–Africa trade of US$93.69 billion in 2025-26.
- India has been nominated Chair of the Common Criteria Development Board (CCDB), the technical core of the Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement, from April 2026 to April 2028, MeitY said on 14 May 2026.
- On 12 May 2026 the European Union included India in its revised draft list of countries allowed to keep exporting aquaculture products to the EU from September 2026, reversing an omission in Regulation (EU) 2024/2598.