- Yang Shuang-zi won the prestigious International Booker Prize for her book ‘Taiwan Travelogue’.
- India and Italy have set a bilateral trade target of €20 billion to be achieved by 2029.
- Private sector defence company Nibe Limited successfully test-fired the ‘Suryaastra’ long-range rocket system at Chandipur in Odisha.
- Arsenal Football Club won the English Premier League (EPL) title after a long wait of 22 years.
- Manav Shah became the first Indian-American golfer to qualify for the prestigious US Open golf tournament.
- The 13-nation multinational anti-terrorism military exercise Pragati-2026 began at Umroi in Meghalaya.
- The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) issued new standards for E-30 (30 percent ethanol-blended) petrol in India.
- Kerala became the first Indian state to establish a dedicated Cabinet-level Artificial Intelligence (AI) portfolio.
- Haryana launched the ‘ShramMitra’ app to connect workers directly with employers, bypassing the traditional labour chowk system.
- Madhya Pradesh partnered with Google Cloud India for AI-powered crowd control and traffic management during the 2028 Simhastha Kumbh in Ujjain.
- The Central Government allocated a financial outlay of ₹167 crore for the ‘Arunachal Kiwi Mission’.
- New Delhi hosted the 68th Session of the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) Governing Body Meeting in May 2026.
- India officially assumed the chairmanship of the IAEA’s Regional Cooperative Agreement (RCA) for the year 2026.
📅 May 22, 2026 · Friday