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25 stories for “Current Affairs” · May 2026
Clear filtersKarnataka Grameena Bank (KGB) has been honoured with an award from the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) for outstanding performance under the Atal Pension Yojana (APY). Against an enrolment targe...
Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) has commissioned a 3.37 Gigawatt-hour (GWh) Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at Khavda in Gujarat. With this, the facility has become the world's largest single-location battery storage...
Oil India Limited has discovered a new natural gas zone in the Dandewala Field of Jaisalmer district in western Rajasthan. This is the first successful gas discovery in the shallow Sanu Formation. The find adds to the hy...
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has issued operational guidelines for the Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojana (BHAVYA). It is a Central Sector Scheme to build investment-ready, world-class in...
International Tea Day is observed every year on 21 May to highlight the cultural, economic and health importance of tea worldwide. Tea is one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world and is closely linked with...
Bharat Forge has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Andhra Pradesh to set up a Marine Gas Turbine (MGT) facility in Visakhapatnam.It will be India's first Marine Gas Turbine facility in the...
Maize has emerged as India’s largest feedstock for ethanol production in Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2025–26. The country produced 182 crore litres of maize-based ethanol in the first half of ESY 2025–26. Ethanol is made f...
Rajasthan has inaugurated its first semiconductor Assembly, Testing, Marking and Packaging (ATMP) / Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) facility at Bhiwadi in Alwar district. Such units handle the back-end...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has proposed GARUDA, short for Green-Channel: AIF Rollout Upon Document Acknowledgement, as a fast-track route for Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). Under the plan, th...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a set of advisories asking people to save fuel and take economic precautions as oil prices rise and supply chains face global stress. India meets about 85-90% of its crude oil needs th...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has cleared a ship repair facility project worth ₹1,570 crore at Vadinar in Gujarat. The project is aimed at strengthening India's ship repair capacity and the wider marit...
Hazaribag in Jharkhand has become India's first pearl farming cluster under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), the central scheme for developing fisheries and aquaculture. The district was officially notif...
