Monthly Current Affairs Quiz - May 2026
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Weekly Current Affairs Quiz — Week 20, 2026 (11 May – 17 May 2026)
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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 →An ordinance promulgated on 17 May 2026 increased the sanctioned strength of the Supreme Court from 34 to 38 judges, citing pendency of about 93,966 cases. The Collegium has since recommended five names to fill the new posts.
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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