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209 stories for “Current Affairs” · May 2026
Clear filtersThe Government of West Bengal has made the singing of “Vande Mataram” compulsory in all State-aided madrasas.The order was issued by the State's Directorate of Madrasa Education.Students must sing “Vande Mataram” before...
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Indian War Memorial at Imjingak Park near Seoul, South Korea.The memorial marks the 75th anniversary of the Korean War.Imjingak Park lies near Seoul in South Korea.The...
Manindra Agrawal, Director of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), London.The Royal Society, founded in 1660 in the United Kingdom, is among the world's o...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been honoured with the Agricola Medal.The medal is the highest honour awarded by the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).The FAO is the United Nations agency t...
Two key administrative changes took place in Chennai in May 2026:A. Amalraj has been appointed the new Commissioner of Police, Chennai.G.S. Sameeran has assumed charge as the Commissioner of the Greater Chennai Corporati...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued Advisory 2.0 to States and Union Territories for the welfare of transgender persons, covering ten key areas.Separate categories such as 'Intersex', 'Transmen' and 'T...
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...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received Sweden's Royal Order of the Polar Star, Degree Commander Grand Cross.Award: Royal Order of the Polar Star.Grade: Degree Commander Grand Cross.Conferred by: Sweden.Significance: i...
“Kaal Bhairava”, described as India's first autonomous combat aircraft powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), will be manufactured in Europe for the first time.The aircraft has been developed by Flying Wedge Defence &...
Nepal's Kami Rita Sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 32nd time, extending his own record for the most Everest ascents. His first climb of the world's highest peak was in 1994.In the same season, Lhakpa Sh...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has cleared the Ahmedabad–Dholera semi high-speed rail project at an estimated cost of ₹20,667 crore.The project is a double-line railway corridor linking Sarkhej in Ahmed...
Tactical Interoperability: 12 Partner Nations Deploy Troops for Comprehensive Jungle and Mountain Combat ManeuversStrengthening its cross-border defense diplomacy and joint tactical response readiness, India has hosted t...
