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May in full — by theme
Art & Culture (3) ▸
Defence & Security (23) ▸
- 26 May Home Minister Reviews Border Security, Visits BSF Post and Backs ‘Zero Infiltration’ Goal
- 23 May DRDO Completes Final Development Trials of Indigenous ULPGM-V3 Precision Missile
- 23 May Multilateral Military Exercise PRAGATI 2026 Begins at Umroi in Meghalaya
- 21 May Squadron Leader Saanya Becomes IAF’s First Woman Category-A Flying Instructor
- 21 May US Approves $428 Million Defence Support for India’s Apache Helicopters and M777 Howitzers
- 20 May L&T Partners France's Exail for Indian Navy's Unmanned Mine Counter-Measure System
- 18 May Indian Navy Opens Premier Naval Sailing Node at Bhopal’s Bhojtal Lake
- 18 May NCB Makes India’s First Seizure of Captagon Drug Under Operation RAGEPILL
- 16 May Third Edition of Kalam & Kavach Defence Conference Held in New Delhi
- 15 May INS Sunayna Completes Bangladesh Port Call Under IOS SAGAR Initiative
- 13 May Girder Laying Ceremony Held in Goa for Indian Coast Guard’s New Air Cushion Vehicles
- 13 May DRDO Successfully Tests Full-Scale Scramjet Combustor for Hypersonic Missiles
- 12 May Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani Named Next Chief of Defence Staff
- 11 May ICGS Achal, Indigenous Adamya-Class Fast Patrol Vessel, Commissioned into Indian Coast Guard
- 10 May 52nd All India Sainik Schools Principals' Conference Held at Kazhakoottam, Kerala
- 07 May DRDO Opens New CBRN Field Training Centre in Delhi
- 07 May Second Joint Commanders' Conference Held in Jaipur
- 06 May North Tech Symposium 2026 Held in Prayagraj to Boost Indigenous Defence Technology
- 05 May Jasvinder Singh Takes Charge as Director (Strategic Project) of Hindustan Shipyard Limited
- 05 May India and Cambodia Hold Bilateral Military Exercise CINBAX-II 2026
- 03 May Anugraha Narayana Das Takes Charge as Controller General of Defence Accounts
- 02 May BHEL Signs Technology Transfer Deal for Naval Stealth System
- 01 May India and Sri Lanka Hold Fourth Edition of IN-SLN DIVEX 2026 Naval Diving Exercise
Economy (81) ▸
- 27 May India Plans to Export Vande Bharat Trains, Develops Standard-Gauge Version
- 27 May US Trade Delegation to Visit India from 1–4 June 2026 for Trade Agreement Talks
- 27 May Supreme Court Upholds 28% GST on Online Gaming, Allows Retrospective Tax Demands
- 27 May India's Project Stalling Rate Falls to 12-Year Low of 5.5% in FY26
- 27 May Cabinet Approves ₹25,530 Crore Extension of Sarthak-PDS to Bring AI into Ration System
- 26 May India and US Sign Framework on Critical Minerals and Rare Earths
- 26 May India and Canada Fast-Track Trade Talks, Aim to Conclude CEPA by End of 2026
- 26 May Government Plans ₹1,000-Crore Corpus to Boost Silk Production and Exports
- 26 May RBI Transfers ₹2.9 Trillion Surplus to Government for 2025-26
- 26 May RBI Sets Cooling-Off Period for Directors of Co-operative Banks
- 26 May RBI Sets Up Expert Committee on Quantum-Secure Financial Ecosystem (Q-SAFE)
- 26 May Government Approves Sale of CPSE Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation for ₹121 Crore
- 26 May West Asia Conflict Pushes Up Oil Prices, Hits Fuel Supply and Airlines in India
- 25 May RBI Transfers Record ₹2.87 Lakh Crore Dividend to the Centre
- 25 May Status of ₹2000 Banknote Withdrawal — Over 98% Returned
- 25 May RBI Weighs Options Including Rate Hike to Steady a Falling Rupee
- 25 May Government Open to Reviewing Capital Gains Tax Amid FPI Outflows
- 25 May Petrol-Diesel Excise Duty Cut to Cost Government ₹1 Lakh Crore in Revenue
- 25 May India’s Wheat Procurement Crosses 34 Million Tonnes, Strengthening Food Buffers
- 25 May Indian Railways Plans ₹40,000 Crore Tender for 1 Lakh Freight Wagons
- 25 May Index of Eight Core Industries Grows Just 1.7% in April 2026
- 25 May RBI Releases 46th Half-Yearly Report on Foreign Exchange Reserves
- 25 May Final Redemption of First Sovereign Gold Bond Tranche Due
- 25 May India Ranks 2nd Among Emerging Markets in April on Export Rebound
- 25 May Non-Food Bank Credit Grew 15.9% Year-on-Year in March 2026: RBI
- 25 May India's Factory Growth Slowed in May as Manufacturing Lost Momentum: PMI
- 23 May Andhra Pradesh to Host ₹5,400 Crore ReNew Solar Manufacturing Plant in Anakapalli
- 23 May Gunveer Singh Appointed Executive Director of Reserve Bank of India
- 23 May TVS Venu Group Acquires 9.9% Stake in Jana Small Finance Bank
- 23 May Viyona Fintech Receives NPCI Certification for UPI, IMPS and IBMB Integrations
- 22 May Maharashtra Signs MoUs for 25,400 MW Nuclear Power Worth ₹6.5 Lakh Crore
- 22 May Mahindra and DBS Bank Launch India’s First Sustainability-Linked Dealer Financing
- 21 May Prudential Plc Acquires 75% Stake in Bharti Life Insurance for ₹3,500 Crore
- 21 May Railways Unveils First Design of India’s Bullet Train for Mumbai-Ahmedabad Corridor
- 21 May Government Approves Emirates NBD’s Acquisition of up to 74% Stake in RBL Bank
- 21 May India’s First AI-Powered ‘Phygital’ Bank Branch Opens in Guwahati
- 20 May ICICI Bank Launches USD Debit Card for NRIs Through GIFT City Branch
- 20 May IDFC FIRST Bank Launches 'Business Multiplier' Secured Credit Card for Small Entrepreneurs
- 19 May Million Minds Tech Park and GREMI City Campus Inaugurated in Ahmedabad
- 19 May Karnataka Becomes First State to Adopt Alcohol-in-Beverage Based Excise Duty
- 19 May National Test House Sets Up Advanced Shoe Testing Laboratory in Ghaziabad
- 18 May Government e-Marketplace (GeM) Marks Its Incorporation Day on 17 May
- 18 May Tata Electronics Signs MoU with ASML for Semiconductor Facility at Dholera, Gujarat
- 17 May CTBC Bank Becomes First Taiwanese Bank to Open a Branch in GIFT City
- 17 May Karnataka Selected for 1,243 EV Chargers Under PM E-Drive Scheme
- 16 May Union Cabinet Approves Modernisation of Nagpur International Airport Under PPP Model
- 16 May India's First Mega Greenfield Shipyard to Be Built at Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu
- 16 May Uber Partners Adani Group to Set Up Its First Data Centre in India
- 16 May Andhra Pradesh Signs Agreement to Implement the Amended BharatNet Programme
- 15 May India Bans Sugar Exports Until 30 September 2026 to Protect Domestic Supply
- 15 May India Gets Its First Compliant Stablecoin-Based Cross-Border Payments Platform
- 15 May India's Wholesale Price Index (WPI) Inflation Rises to 8.3% in April 2026
- 14 May Moody's Cuts India's GDP Growth Forecast to 6% for 2026 and 2027
- 14 May NSO Shifts Annual and Q4 GDP Estimates Release Date to 7 June Each Year
- 14 May Centre Raises Import Duty on Gold and Silver to 15% to Curb Imports
- 13 May Dr. Ashok Kumar Panda Takes Charge as Chairman & Managing Director of SAIL
- 12 May India’s GDP Growth Projected at 6.6% for FY27 by SBI Research
- 11 May RBI Allows Kotak Mahindra Bank to Acquire up to 9.99% Stake in AU SFB and Federal Bank
- 11 May S&P Global Revises India FY27 GDP Growth Forecast to 6.6%
- 09 May Seminar on Sustainable Spice Value Chains Held in Kochi
- 09 May Uttar Pradesh Set to Become Premium Fruit Hub: Fruit Horizon 2026
- 08 May Coal India Commissions 100 MW Solar Power Plant in Gujarat
- 07 May Bank Non-Food Credit Growth Rises to 15.9% in FY 2025-26
- 07 May Cabinet Approves Rs. 365 Per Quintal Sugarcane FRP for 2026-27 Season
- 07 May Cabinet Approves Two New Semiconductor Units in Gujarat Under India Semiconductor Mission
- 07 May Cabinet Clears New Ship Repair Facility at Vadinar in Gujarat
- 07 May Coal-to-Ammonium Nitrate Plant to Come Up in Odisha
- 06 May Second BRICS Employment Working Group Meeting Held in Thiruvananthapuram
- 06 May Juspay Partners with NPCI Bharat BillPay to Launch Banking Connect SDK Platform
- 06 May ADB Announces $70 Billion Plan for Cross-Border Power Grids and Digital Infrastructure
- 05 May HSBC Mutual Fund Launches RedHex SIF, a New Specialised Investment Fund Brand
- 05 May Hazaribag Designated India's First Pearl Farming Cluster
- 05 May Bengaluru Ranked World's Fastest-Growing Major City Through 2035 in Savills Growth Hubs Index
- 04 May Fourth Phase of PMGSY Launched in Rayagada District of Odisha
- 03 May India’s Industrial Output Growth Slows to 4.1% in March 2026, a Five-Month Low
- 03 May Sun Pharma Announces $11.75 Billion Acquisition of Organon & Co.
- 02 May Biometric Authentication System Launched for Online Card Payments
- 02 May Rohit Jain Appointed Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
- 02 May Lakshadweep to Get India's First Commercial Seaplane Service
- 02 May Foundation Laid for ₹1.35 Lakh Crore AI Hub in Visakhapatnam
- 01 May SEBI Operationalises PaRRVA Framework to Verify Performance Claims of Market Intermediaries
Environment (12) ▸
- 27 May Four Cheetahs from South Africa to be Open for Public Viewing at Bannerghatta from 4 June
- 26 May Study: Doubling Air Conditioner Efficiency Could Save India Up to Rs 2.5 Lakh Crore and Avert Power Shortages
- 22 May Draft National Water Metro Policy Proposes Water Transport in 18 Cities
- 21 May Bhopal Becomes First Indian City to Deploy Solar-Powered ‘Algae Trees’ to Fight Air Pollution
- 20 May Delhi Launches 'Metro Monday' Campaign to Promote Fuel Conservation and Public Transport
- 17 May India Releases Its First Satellite-Tagged Ganges Softshell Turtle in Kaziranga
- 16 May 'Lion' Species Spotlight Programme Launched at Sasan Gir in Gujarat Ahead of IBCA Summit 2026
- 13 May Mumbai Airport Earns Zero Waste to Landfill Platinum Rating
- 07 May New Delhi to Host First International Big Cat Alliance Summit in June 2026
- 04 May MNRE Holds ‘Run for Sun’ Marathon in New Delhi to Mark International Sun Day
- 04 May Hindu Kush Himalaya Sees 27% Drop in Snow Persistence in Winter 2025–26
- 04 May Study Warns 36% of Land Animal Habitats Could Face Extreme Climate Events by 2085
Geography (2) ▸
International Relations (22) ▸
- 26 May Quad Foreign Ministers Meet in New Delhi, Expand Cooperation on Minerals, Maritime Security and Energy
- 26 May West Asia Conflict Continues as US, Iran and Israel Exchange Strikes Amid Fragile Truce
- 25 May Quad Foreign Ministers to Meet in Delhi
- 25 May Xi Jinping Hails China's 'Unbreakable' Friendship with Pakistan
- 25 May Quad Foreign Ministers Meet in New Delhi to Revive Stalled Summit and Boost Indo-Pacific Cooperation
- 23 May India Hosts 68th Session of Asian Productivity Organisation Governing Body in New Delhi
- 23 May PM Modi Conferred FAO Agricola Medal 2026 at Rome Headquarters
- 23 May Health Minister J.P. Nadda Addresses 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva
- 22 May India and Norway Sign Five Science and Innovation Agreements
- 21 May Tushar Kumar Becomes Youngest Indian-Origin Mayor in UK History
- 20 May India Hosts BRICS Justice Ministers' Meeting on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Gandhinagar
- 20 May PM Modi Conferred Sweden's Royal Order of the Polar Star
- 19 May International Day for Women in Maritime Observed on 18 May
- 17 May P Kumaran Takes Charge as India's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
- 13 May Mumbai Hosts Kimberley Process Intersessional Meeting 2026 Under India’s Chairmanship
- 12 May India and Trinidad and Tobago Sign 8 MoUs During Jaishankar’s Visit
- 11 May Priyanka Mittal Named Co-Chair of Indian Side of Saudi-India Business Council
- 08 May India and Vietnam Set $25 Billion Bilateral Trade Target by 2030
- 08 May India and Algeria Hold First Joint Commission Meeting on Defence Cooperation
- 08 May India and Sudan Hold Ninth Round of Foreign Office Consultations
- 07 May Bhutan Gets $515 Million World Bank Funding for Dorjilung Hydropower Project
- 04 May Canada’s Intelligence Agency Lists Khalistani Extremism as a National Security Threat
Polity (27) ▸
- 27 May SC Collegium Recommends Four High Court Chief Justices and a Senior Advocate as Supreme Court Judges
- 26 May Supreme Court: Husband's Relatives Not Automatically Liable in Dowry and Cruelty Cases
- 26 May Government Launches PM-AJAY Portal and Mobile App to Digitise Scheduled Caste Development Scheme
- 26 May Supreme Court to Rule on Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls
- 25 May Assam Tables Uniform Civil Code Bill Covering Marriage and Live-in Relationships
- 25 May Assam Tables Uniform Civil Code Bill, 2026; Scheduled Tribes Kept Outside Its Scope
- 25 May Supreme Court Seeks Response from NTA and Centre on NEET-UG 2026 Paper Leak
- 19 May Saurabh Vijay Takes Charge as New CEO of UIDAI
- 17 May Sikkim Celebrates 51st Statehood Day on 16 May 2026
- 17 May Tripura Becomes First State to Complete All 51 Priority Areas of Compliance Reduction Drive
- 16 May Tripura Introduces Rotational Work-From-Home for Group C and D Staff to Save Fuel
- 15 May Assam Cabinet Approves Draft Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill
- 14 May N Rangasamy Sworn in as Puducherry Chief Minister for Fifth Term
- 13 May National Panchayat Awards 2025 Announced; 42 Panchayats from 17 States and UTs Honoured
- 12 May Himanta Biswa Sarma Appointed Chief Minister of Assam
- 12 May Judiciary Launches AI Chatbot ‘Su Sahay’ to Help Litigants
- 11 May Bihar Launches Lump Sum Traffic Challan Settlement Scheme 2026
- 11 May Supreme Court Proposes Permanent Women Vice-President Post in SCBA from 2027-28
- 08 May Government Notifies South Coast Railway Zone with Headquarters in Visakhapatnam
- 08 May Mizoram and Ladakh Sign Reform-Linked Agreements for Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0
- 08 May Shashi Shekhar Vempati Appointed Chairperson of CBFC
- 06 May Sikkim Becomes India's First Paperless Judiciary State
- 06 May India Ranked 157th in 2026 World Press Freedom Index
- 05 May Dr R Balasubramaniam and Dr Joram Aniya Appointed Full-Time Members of NITI Aayog
- 04 May Telangana Adopts Centralised Procurement for Government School Supplies
- 02 May National Summit on Administrative Data for Governance Held in Bhubaneswar
- 02 May Bharat Khera Appointed Secretary of the MSME Ministry
Science & Technology (34) ▸
- 27 May India Demonstrates First Air-Breathing Cold Plasma Propulsion in Mission STRATO-XI
- 27 May ZSI Study Finds India Home to 191 Cockroach Species, Over 60% Endemic
- 26 May Astronomers Make First Confirmed Discovery of a Blue Straggler Star with a Brown Dwarf Companion
- 26 May Indian Researcher Names Newly Discovered Galaxy Structure After Manipur’s Loktak Lake
- 25 May SpaceX Launches Its Biggest, Upgraded Starship on Test Flight
- 25 May What Is the Earth's Outer Core and Why Its Changes Matter
- 25 May DGCA Issues Airline Directives After WHO Declares Ebola a Global Health Emergency
- 25 May Anti-COVID Drug Ensitrelvir Marks a Milestone Against Future Viruses
- 25 May WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda a Global Health Emergency; No Cases in India
- 25 May What Is a Heatwave and How to Prevent Heatstroke: An Explainer
- 22 May Sweden Joins India’s Shukrayaan Venus Mission Through ISRO Agreement
- 21 May James Webb Telescope Detects Weather on Exoplanet WASP-94A b
- 19 May Rajasthan's First Semiconductor Packaging Facility Inaugurated in Bhiwadi
- 18 May IITM Pune Sets Up Incubation Centre for Weather and Climate Startups; Hosts WISE-2026
- 18 May WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda a Global Health Emergency
- 15 May IIT Bombay Commissions India's First Integrated CCUS Field Laboratory
- 15 May NeGD Felicitates Five States for DigiLocker Integration in Citizen Services
- 14 May C-DAC Pune to Implement IP Catalyst Initiative for Patent Commercialisation
- 14 May CSIR Transfers 13 Indigenous CBRI Technologies to Industry on National Technology Day 2026
- 13 May National Conference on Laboratory Animal Welfare Held in New Delhi
- 11 May Kuljeet Kaur Marhas Becomes First Indian Woman Elected Fellow of The Meteoritical Society
- 11 May IIT Madras to Set Up First International Deep-Tech Centre in California
- 10 May New Delhi Hosts India's First International Ophthalmology Research Conference AIOS-AFOU 2026
- 10 May India Hosts ISO Space Systems Subcommittee Meetings for the First Time
- 09 May Skyroot Aerospace Becomes India's First Space-Tech Unicorn
- 07 May India's First Urban Testbed and Aerosol Observatory Set Up in Chennai
- 06 May IIT Madras Holds First-Ever Technology Summit in New Delhi
- 06 May Karnataka Launches Centre of Excellence for Space Technology in Bengaluru
- 05 May GalaxEye Space Launches 'Mission Drishti', Largest Satellite Built by a Private Indian Company
- 04 May SACHET: Indigenous System Powering India’s Cell Broadcast Disaster Alert Network
- 04 May AIIMS Delhi Develops Improved Surgical Technique for Severe Spinal Deformities
- 03 May Skyroot Aerospace Develops Vikram-1, India’s First Privately Built Orbital Rocket
- 01 May SAMVAAD 2026 National Cybersecurity Conference Held in Goa to Strengthen Cyber Audit Ecosystem
- 01 May India's First Multilingual AI System for Namma 112 Emergency Network Launched in Bengaluru
Social Issues (34) ▸
- 26 May NEET-UG Reform Debate: Computer-Based Testing, NTA Overhaul and Calls for Decentralisation Explained
- 26 May Sample Registration System Report 2024: India's Fertility Rate Falls to 1.9, Infant Mortality Drops to 24
- 26 May India’s Push to Eliminate Tuberculosis: Progress and Challenges
- 25 May Andhra Pradesh Proposes Cash and Welfare Incentives to Encourage Larger Families
- 22 May Maharashtra Launches ‘Kasa Kay?’ Rural Health Awareness Campaign
- 21 May West Bengal Approves ₹3,000 Monthly ‘Annapurna’ Scheme and Free Bus Travel for Women
- 20 May Karnataka Launches India's First Integrated Portal to Track Substandard Medicines and Narcotic Drugs
- 19 May Chhattisgarh Launches "Jan Bhagidari" Campaign for Remote Tribal Villages
- 18 May Telangana Holds Special "Youth and Sports Week" from 18 to 23 May 2026
- 18 May Nagaland Observes International AIDS Candlelight Memorial on 17 May 2026
- 17 May Maharashtra Hosts Grih Pravesh of 5 Lakh PMAY-G Houses; 3-Croreth Rural Home Handed Over
- 17 May National Conclave on Minorities Welfare Held Under Theme "Bhagidari Se Bhagyoday"
- 15 May International Day of Families Observed on 15 May 2026 — Theme on Inequalities and Child Wellbeing
- 14 May MyBharat Platform Partners with Sports Authority of India for Commonwealth Games 2030 Engagement
- 14 May Punjab Launches Meri Rasoi Yojna to Provide Free Nutritional Kits to Poor Families
- 13 May West Bengal Announces Annapurna Bhandaar Scheme, ₹3,000 Monthly Aid for Women
- 12 May Jharkhand Records Zero Primary School Dropout Rate in 2024-25
- 12 May Tamil Nadu Sets Up ‘Singappen’ Special Task Force for Women’s Safety
- 12 May Delhi Launches Aftercare Scheme for Youth Leaving Child Care Institutions
- 11 May Odisha Tops India in PMAY-U 2.0 Urban Housing Completions
- 10 May World Thalassemia Day Observed on 8 May 2026
- 10 May World Ovarian Cancer Day Observed on 8 May 2026
- 09 May New Delhi to Host 22nd Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship 2026
- 09 May World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day Observed on 8 May
- 09 May World Athletics Day Observed on 7 May
- 09 May 100th N-Gen Post Office Inaugurated at NEHU in Shillong
- 09 May Indian Teacher Soma Mandal Wins South Asia Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Award 2026
- 08 May Delhi Government Raises Salaries of Vocational and Samagra Shiksha Teachers
- 05 May Andhra Pradesh Extends Ragi Java Nutrition Programme for School Students Until 2029
- 04 May Cardiovascular Diseases Account for 25.6% of Illnesses in India: NSO Survey 2025
- 03 May World Day for Safety and Health at Work Observed on 28 April
- 02 May ILO Announces Theme for International Labour Day 2026
- 01 May 10th National Summit on Innovations in Public Health Systems Held in Chandigarh
- 01 May Prashast 2.0 App to Screen School Children for 21 Types of Disabilities