Firsts & Records Current Affairs One-liners — Last 6 months

Sat, 23 May 2026

• On 23 May 2026 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated a private-sector NIBE Group defence manufacturing complex at Shirdi and flagged off 'Suryastra', India's first 300 km Universal Rocket Launching System.
• On 23 May 2026 at the Federation Cup in Ranchi, Gurindervir Singh ran 10.09s in the 100m, Vishal T.K. 44.98s in the 400m and Tejaswin Shankar scored 8,057 points in the decathlon, all national records.

Sun, 17 May 2026

• On 17 May 2026 Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden conferred the Royal Order of the Polar Star, Degree Commander Grand Cross, on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gothenburg, making him the first Asian leader to receive it.

Sat, 16 May 2026

• The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) announced on 16 May 2026 that Operation RAGEPILL had produced India's first-ever seizure of Captagon – about 227.7 kg of tablets and powder worth about ₹182 crore – and the arrest of a Syrian national.

Fri, 15 May 2026

• On 15 May 2026 Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw virtually inaugurated Sahasra Semiconductors' ATMP/OSAT facility – Rajasthan's first semiconductor plant and India's first SME-led semiconductor facility – and ELCINA's Electronics Manufacturing Cluster at Bhiwadi.