UPSC Current Affairs May 2026 — PIB & The Hindu
All UPSC-relevant current affairs for May 2026, rated and summarised from PIB and The Hindu, with practice MCQs.
PIB press releases
- General NS Raja Subramani assumes charge as Chief of Defence Staff & Secretary, Department of Military Affairs
- ADMIRAL KRISHNA SWAMINATHAN, PVSM, AVSM, VSM ASSUMES CHARGE AS THE 27th CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF OF INDIAN NAVY
- Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission Crosses Landmark Milestone of 90 Crore ABHA Accounts
- Union Health Ministry Releases National Family Health Survey – 6
- NITI Aayog releases “Future of India’s Semiconductor Industry” Roadmap
- Union Health Ministry Releases The National Health Accounts Estimates for India 2022-23
- Greener & More Energy Efficient; First Indigenous Hydrogen Train All Set to Start
- The Government of India constitutes the 'High-Level Committee on Demographic Change'
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Government Notifies National Sports Governance Board Rules and National Sports Tribunal Rules, 2026
- Press note on release of the Report of the Technical Advisory Committee on Base Year Revision of the All-India Index of Industrial Production from 2011-12 to 2022-23
- WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern; Africa CDC Declares Public Health Emergency of Continental Security
- DPIIT Releases Guidelines for Implementation of BHAVYA Scheme
- 100 Crore Health Records Linked with ABHA under ABDM, Marking Major Leap in Digital Healthcare
- Union Health Ministry Brings Pregabalin Under Schedule H1 to Strengthen Regulation and Prevent Misuse
- Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh and Vietnam’s Deputy PM & Defence Minister General Phan Van Giang hold bilateral talks in Hanoi
- List of Outcomes: Prime Minister’s visit to the Netherlands
- Restitution of Chola Copper Plates
- List of Outcomes: Prime Minister’s Visit to the UAE
- Raksha Mantri and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister lay foundation stones for AMCA’s Core Integration & Flight Testing Centre and Naval Systems Manufacturing Facility
- Rajasthan gets its first Semiconductor Plant
- Ministry of Tribal Affairs, CSIR and IGIB Organized Workshop on “BIRSA 101” — India’s First Indigenous CRISPR-Based Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease
- Cabinet approves Scheme for Promotion of Surface Coal/Lignite Gasification Projects with a financial outlay of Rs.37,500 crore
- Cabinet approves Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for Kharif Crops for Marketing Season 2026-27
- DFS Launches 'Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool’ of USD 1.5 billion, with a sovereign guarantee of USD 1.4 billion/₹12,980 crores to facilitate continuous maritime insurance coverages, in the background of current Middle Ea...
- Public Sector Banks (PSBs) record an all-time high net profit of ₹1.98 lakh crore in FY 2025–26, marking the fourth straight year of profitability
- PRESS RELEASE OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ON BASE 2024=100 FOR APRIL, 2026
- Historic Commencement of Viksit Bharat – G RAM G Act Across Rural India from July 1st 2026
- Viksit Bharat-G RAM G Act, 2025
- Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), 2025:
- India conducts successful flight-trial of Advanced Agni missile with Multiple Independently Targeted Re-Entry Vehicle system
- Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani (Retd) appointed as Chief of Defence Staff
- DRDO & IAF successfully conduct maiden flight-trial of Tactical Advanced Range Augmentation weapon
- Union Health Ministry Launches JANANI Platform to Strengthen Maternal and Child Healthcare at National Summit on Best Practices
- Union Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya Launches Nationwide Annual Health Check-Up Initiative for Workers under Labour Codes
- Joint Statement on Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the Republic of India and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- Cabinet approves Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme 5.0
- 7.92 crore unincorporated non-agricultural establishments driving economic expansion
- Cabinet approves increase in the Judge strength of the Supreme Court of India by Four to 37 from 33
- Cabinet approves Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme 5.0
- Cabinet approves “Mission for Cotton Productivity” with Rs.5659.22 crore Outlay for Self-Sufficiency in Cotton and Competitiveness in Global Textile Markets by 2030-31
- Houselisting Operations under Census 2027 begins in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
- Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Launches India’s First Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) Barrier-less Tolling System in Gujarat
- Special Intensive Revision – Phase III
- Sacred Relics of Lord Buddha’s Chief Disciples Enshrined in Mongolia
- PM SVANidhi Completes Six Years of Empowering Street Vendors Through Access to Affordable Credit and Social Security
- Digi Yatra crosses 10 crore usage across 38 airports
- National Biodiversity Authority Realises Rs. 21.26 Crore Through Access and Benefit Sharing Mechanism in FY 2025–26
- Central Government temporarily exempts all customs duties on import of cotton from 1st June, 2026 till 31st October, 2026
- Minister of State (PP) Dr Jitendra Singh launches the CPGRAMS AI-enabled Voice 'Chatbot' ‘Samadhan Didi’; terms it as Democratization of Public Grievance Mechanism in India
- ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Secures First-Ever Strategic Investment Plan Approval under PM-SETU; Andhra Pradesh Emerges as Pioneer of Industry-Led ITI Transformation
- PM SVANidhi: From Survival to Self-Reliance
- MCA facilitates Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) through Zero Coupon Zero Principal Instrument by expanding the scope of Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013
- Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurates India’s first 'SkyCast' System at IGI Airport New Delhi; says India enters a new era of fog-free, weather-smart aviation
- MoU signed to bring substrate manufacturing technology to India; Govt. of Odisha, Intel and 3DGS parties to the agreement
- RBI and State Bank of Vietnam Sign MoU on May 5, 2026 to Strengthen Digital Payments and Financial Innovation
- Secretary, Department Financial Services reviews performance of Public Sector Banks for FY 2025–26
- India Unveils Port Performance Index, Maritime Digital Reforms to Boost Global Competitiveness
- Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) completes 10 years
- DARPG Launches NeSDA 2025 Portal to Strengthen Digital Governance Across India
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan Releases ₹10,021 Crore Mother Sanction to 12 States under PMAY-G
- India’s Insolvency Framework
- Cabinet approves Integration and Continuation of two schemes viz. (i) “Assistance to State Agencies for intra-State movement of foodgrains and FPS dealers’ margin under NFSA” and (ii) “Scheme for Modernization and Reform...
- Third Advance Estimates Reflect India’s Agricultural Strength; Union Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan Approves Record Crop Projections
- Cabinet approves Integration and Continuation of two schemes viz. (i) “Assistance to State Agencies for intra-State movement of foodgrains and FPS dealers’ margin under NFSA” and (ii) “Scheme for Modernization and Reform...
- RM-led IGoM on West Asia reviews availability of essential commodities & supply chain resilience in India amid the ongoing crisis
- UPSC Releases Provisional Answer Key for Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2026
- Prime Minister of Canada Mr. Mark Carney Calls India-Canada CEPA a “Game Changer” as Shri Piyush Goyal Holds High-Level Talks in Ottawa
- Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data at the end of April 2026
- M/s. Skymap Pharmaceuticals Private Ltd. is approved as Strategic Buyer for disinvestment of Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited (IMPCL), a CPSE under the administrative control of M/o AYUSH
- Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs holds inaugural meeting of the newly constituted National Council for Public Works (NCPW)
- KVIC Releases Provisional Data for Financial Year 2025-26; Chairman Shri Manoj Kumar highlights Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s guidance in infusing new momentum into rural economy through initiatives like 'Vocal for...
- Union Minister Dr. Virendra Kumar launches the PM-AJAY Portal & AJAY Mobile App to digitize and strengthen the implementation of SC welfare schemes.
- Third India-Nordic Summit
- India Post’s Revenue Surges to ₹15,373 Crore in FY 2025–26; MoS Communications Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani Outlines Comprehensive Transformation Agenda
- Union Health Minister Shri J P Nadda Reviews Preparedness Measures for Ebola Disease in view of rising cases in parts of Africa
- No Blanket Extension of Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) List-II Beyond 1st June 2026
- Government notifies amendment to LPG control order to facilitate consumers opting for PNG connections
- MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT TO LAUNCH 'PM-AJAY' PORTAL AND PM-AJAY MOBILE APP FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF PRADHAN MANTRI ANUSUCHIT JAATI ABHYUDAY YOJNA (PM-AJAY) SCHEME
- NITI Aayog convenes the first meeting of the High Powered ‘Education to Employment and Enterprise’ Standing Committee
- Union Public Service Commission Conducts Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination-2026 at 2,072 Venues Across 83 Cities Nationwide
- Secretary, Department of Rural Development Reviews States’ Preparedness for Rollout of VB–G RAM G Act, 2025
- Joint Statement on the State Visit of the President of the Republic of Cyprus
- List of Outcomes: State Visit of President of the Republic of Cyprus, H.E. Mr. Nikos Christodoulides to India
- India and Ethiopia Sign Bilateral Accession Protocol for Ethiopia’s WTO Membership in Geneva
- Successful test-launch of Agni-1 Ballistic Missile
- Raksha Mantri and Minister of Patriots & Veterans Affairs, Republic of Korea inaugurate Indian War Memorial in Seoul
- School Management Committee (SMC) Guidelines 2026 applicability over differently managed schools
- Union Health Minister Shri J P Nadda Addresses Side Event on “Artificial Intelligence in Health: Laws, Ethical Oversight, Research and Equity” at the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva
- Dr. Jitendra Singh Dedicates UMMID Programme to the Nation; Says Genomic and Precision Medicine Will Shape the Future of Healthcare
- Unincorporated Establishments Surge Beyond 9 Crore, powering economic growth
- Proposed anti-doping law amendments to criminalise organised doping activities placed for public consultation
- Prime Minister’s Visit to the Netherlands
- Prime Minister receives Agricola Medal from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in Rome
- India-Italy Joint Declaration
- INDEX OF EIGHT CORE INDUSTRIES (BASE YEAR: 2011-12=100) FOR APRIL, 2026
- Raksha Mantri holds bilateral talks with Minister of National Defence, Republic of Korea in Seoul
- MULTILATERAL EXERCISE PRAGATI 2026 COMMENCES AT UMROI, MEGHALAYA
- PFRDA conducts Atal Pension Yojana Annual Felicitation Programme at New Delhi today
- ANRF ANNOUNCES SELECTION OF 10 INSTITUTIONS FOR ESTABLISHING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE (COES)
- English Translation of Prime Minister's Press Statement during the Joint Press Statement at the 3rd India-Nordic Summit
- Prime Minister’s meeting with Prime Minister of Finland on the margins of the 3rd India-Nordic Summit
- Major boost to Aatmanirbhar Bharat: DRDO completes development trials of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Precision Guided Missile-V3 in Air-to-Ground & Air-to-Air modes
- Project Cheetah: India’s Landmark Wildlife Restoration Initiative Shows Strong Progress and Promising Future
- DFS organises Half-Day Workshop on Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Amendment) Act, 2026
- Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah, chairs 26th meeting of the Central Zonal Council (CZC) in Bastar, Chhattisgarh
- India and Norway Deepen Strategic Science & Innovation Partnership Through New Bilateral Agreements
- JUDGES INQUIRY COMMITTEE SUBMITS REPORT TO HON'BLE SPEAKER, LOK SABHA
- India Targets $1 Trillion Exports This Year, $2 Trillion in Five Years: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Shri Piyush Goyal
- Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah meets families of martyrs, CAPFs personnel and victims of naxal violence in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh
- Centre Circulates Draft National Water Metro Policy for Inter-Ministerial Consultation Ahead of National Rollout in 18 Cities
- UPSC To Release Provisional Answer Key for Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination – 2026, soon after the Conduct of Examination
- India-Netherlands Joint Statement on the visit of Prime Minister of India to Netherlands
- Roadmap of India-Netherlands Strategic Partnership (2026-2030)
- Field Operations for Houselisting and Housing Census commences in Rajasthan, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and MCD area of Delhi
- Prime Minister witnesses signing of agreement between ASML and Tata Electronics for Semiconductor manufacturing
- Operation RAGEPILL: NCB Busts a Major International Drug Trafficking Network; Makes India’s First-Ever Seizure of Captagon, a Psychotropic Substance used in the Middle East Region
- Total exports (merchandise & services) during April 2026 is estimated at US$ 80.80 Billion, as compared to US$ 71.13 Billion during April 2025, an estimated growth of 13.59 %
- Kimberley Process Intersessional 2026 Concludes in Mumbai Under India’s Chairship with Focus on Future of Natural Diamond Sector
- Release of Supply and Use Tables of 2022-23 and 2023-24: Detailed Product-Industry Insights into the Indian Economy
The Hindu
- Is India getting hotter?
- Will increasing the strength of the SC solve the pendency problem?
- SC upholds SIR as EC’s constitutional duty
- Tariffs to carbon, the new rules shaping India’s trade
- India, U.S. draw up deal on rare earth elements
- The judiciary’s role in complete justice
- The global impact of Indonesia’s export policy shift
- SC blames NTA for leak of 2026 NEET paper
- Physicists are finding new ways to make electrons act strangely
- Finance Commission transfers and equity issue
- India and Australia – bridging the trade and trust barrier
- Centre to manage sick tea gardens
- What is China’s Hainan FTP initiative?
- Larger, poorer States set for higher funds under new rural employment scheme
- SC recalls ‘harsh’ remarks made over textbook row
- SC asks panel to review cartoons in textbooks
- India’s crude oil imports decline by 4.3% in April, but bill goes up by 50%
- Hindi as Supreme Court language under study
- Should the rupee be left to depreciate?
- How does the Gaganyaan’s life-support system operate?
- India, Italy seal defence pact, elevate their bilateral ties to a ‘special strategic partnership’
- SC rejects plea against caste count in census
- India’s EV ambition needs a grid strategy to match
- Ordinance increases number of SC judges to 37
- Trade, energy, and global conflicts at top of agenda during PM’s Norway visit
- India’s goods exports surge 14% in April to $43.6 billion: Centre
- EC to hold SIR in ‘16 States and three U.T.s from May 30’
- Merchandise marks bill
- The toll of structural adjustments on the global South and a case for accountability
- A decentralised solution for waste crisis
- Advancing India-South Korea defence innovation ties
- What is the Governor’s role in a hung Assembly?
- Calcutta HC rejects govt. objections to Nicobar plea
- U.S. court cancels Trump’s 10% tariff
- Silencing academia, weakening democratic space
- RE meets global electricity demand for the first time
- How dual-use satellites are blurring the lines of modern space war
- EC announces repolling in all 285 stations of Falta in Bengal
- States with revenue deficits may face fiscal stress: Centre
- India’s sprint beyond the dairy red line to the Pacific
- A century after legal recognition, workers still lack real protection
- NEET leak traumatised students, kin: SC
- SC sets 3-month deadline for High Courts to pronounce judgments after reserving orders
- SC gives in-service teachers one more year to clear TET
- SC issues guidelines for protecting survivors of human trafficking
- Phogat can take part in Asian Games selection trials, says SC
- Different directions
- Inside China’s green transition
- RBI data shows why govt. is concerned about dollars flowing out
- NITI Aayog report backs Centre’s urgent chip push
- SC sets aside ‘fraud’ findings in 2007 RPL Futures Trading case
- WFI moves SC against HC order allowing Vinesh in trials
- Preparation, not fear, will help tackle El Nino: Minister
- Validating flaws
- SC sets aside ₹202-cr. penalty on Amazon in Future Coupons case
- India, Korea agree to address India’s growing bilateral trade deficit
- Supreme Court Collegium recommends four HC judges, woman advocate to top court
- SC forwards plea on time-stamping VVPAT slips to EC
- EC will always be with voters: CEC after SC upholds SIR
- Govt. approves new SARTHAK PDS scheme to strengthen food security
- SC to hear petition on CBSE’s three-language rule in July
- SC allows Manipur to appoint DGP from outside State cadre
- Centre seeks transfer of Transgender Act cases to SC
- Entry into U.S.A
- Organised online gaming comes under GST regime, states SC
- Quad says ports for Fiji; Ditoka says no specific project yet, talks ongoing
- Quad announces maritime plans amid Hormuz crisis
- No clarity on Quad leaders’ summit; questions rise about group’s future
- SC to deliver verdict today on petitions challenging Bihar SIR
- Lawyer moves EC to register Cockroach Janta Party
- Give prosecution immunity to Chambal guards, says SC
- SC to examine if law is diluting the count of wetlands in India
- How safe is India’s critical national infrastructure?
- Airtel defends ‘Priority Postpaid’; Jio for service launch after consultation
- Water governance in peri-urban areas
- W. Asia crisis may push FY27 fertiliser subsidy over ₹3 lakh crore
- SEBI bans seven individuals in ₹20-cr. stock manipulation case
- Panel to study quantum tech’s potential in financial sector
- Quad grouping remains a ‘vital framework’, says Japan’s Foreign Minister
- Petition filed in SC against Cockroach Janta Party
- Coerced consent
- Trump says U.S. will not ‘rush into a deal’ with Iran, blockade to remain
- Doubts arise over rock-based climate mitigation scheme
- Nuclear nonproliferation talks in UN conclude without agreement
- Supreme Court asks panel to review cartoons in textbooks
- Parents, students challenge CBSE three-language rule
- SC asks police to register FIRs in missing person cases quickly and activate anti-trafficking cells
- 139 Indians released from Russian military service, Centre tells SC
- March 2026 saw net foreign investments decline to -$11.7 bn
- Demand driving growth, but economic outlook somewhat clouded: RBI report
- Criminal justice system must adopt a more victim-centric approach: SC
- Regulation, not bans, can protect online gamers
- Caste away
- Forest staff shortage in Rajasthan impeding action against illegal mining in Chambal: SC
- Modi, Shah are traitors who are attacking Constitution, says Rahul
- Rules for new rural employment scheme to be issued soon
- Preparing India for a credible digital Census
- Oral remarks and institutional limits
- SC Commission issues notice to authorities in Punjab over caste slurs in Census forms
- SHANTI Act liability absurdly low: plea in SC
- SC notice on petition that U.P. crushed labour stir
- Revealed: how humans evolved in the past 10,000 years alone
- SC tells SpiceJet to move HC for relief
- CAA applicants must declare passport status, surrender foreign passports: Ministry
- Panel to review reforms of National Testing Agency
- RTI Act does not apply to Cricket Board, says CIC order
- SC asks CBI to furnish ‘classified’ documents to former RAW official
- The warning signs in India’s import bill
- Why has the WHO declared a PHEIC over Ebola outbreak?
- The DAILY QUIZ
- Fertiliser subsidy bill for FY27 may rise by ₹70,000 crore
- India, Netherlands upgrade bilateral ties, sign 17 pacts
- African natives’ protests
- Iran’s key negotiator appointed to oversee China ties, says report
- Europe-China mission to probe how earth fends off raging solar winds
- Hindu groups perform puja at Bhojshala amid security
- Mosque committee to move SC against Bhojshala verdict
- ‘BRICS will reach a common position, generate consensus’
- Make NTA statutory body accountable to Parliament: doctors’ front moves SC
- Middling attendance of MPs for standing committees: data