On 13 May 2026, CTBC Bank became the first Taiwanese bank to open a branch in GIFT City, Gujarat — India's first International Financial Services Centre — to support cross-border trade and investment.
Read full article →On 12 May 2026, Karnataka was selected for 1,243 EV chargers under the PM E-Drive scheme (Ministry of Heavy Industries), with an outlay of about ₹123.26 crore to expand charging infrastructure.
Read full article →India released its first satellite-tagged Ganges softshell turtle (Nilssonia gangetica) in Kaziranga National Park on Endangered Species Day, to track the endangered freshwater species in the Brahmaputra basin.
Read full article →On 15 May 2026, Ladakh's Lieutenant Governor inaugurated the 2.10-km Mahey Tokpo-Raldho irrigation canal in the high-altitude Changthang region; fed by Yaya Lake, it will irrigate about 100 acres.
Read full article →P Kumaran, a 1992-batch IFS officer and former Secretary (East) in the MEA, took charge as India's High Commissioner to the UK on 15 May 2026, succeeding Vikram Doraiswami.
Read full article →Sikkim celebrated its 51st Statehood Day on 16 May 2026. It became India's 22nd state in 1975 through the 36th Constitutional Amendment Act, after a referendum ended the Chogyal monarchy.
Read full article →Tripura became the first state to complete all 51 priority areas of the Cabinet Secretariat's Compliance Reduction and Deregulation initiative (launched January 2026), using reforms like e-Gazette, SWAGAAT and auto-appeal.
Read full article →On 15 May 2026, Maharashtra hosted the Grih Pravesh of five lakh completed PMAY-G houses in Satara, and the keys of the three-croreth rural home were handed over to a beneficiary family.
Read full article →The Ministry of Minority Affairs held a National Conclave on Minorities Welfare in May 2026 under the theme "Bhagidari Se Bhagyoday" (Prosperity through Participation), focusing on AI in welfare service delivery.
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