- The Reserve Bank of India approved a record dividend transfer of ₹2.87 lakh crore to the Central Government for the financial year 2025-26.
- India successfully tested the short-range ballistic missile ‘Agni-1’ from the Integrated Test Range in Balasore, Odisha.
- Vihaan Jain won the IGU Southern India Junior Boys Golf Championship title.
- According to the SRS Bulletin 2024, Kerala recorded India’s lowest Infant Mortality Rate of 8.
- Home Minister Amit Shah announced the ‘Smart Border Project’ to secure the 6,000 km border with Pakistan and Bangladesh.
- Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan was elected as the 25th Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly in May 2026.
- Tulsi Gabbard resigned from her post as the United States Director of National Intelligence.
- Kevin Warsh was sworn in as the new chairman of the US Federal Reserve, succeeding Jerome Powell.
- India signed a bilateral protocol supporting Ethiopia’s entry into the World Trade Organization in May 2026.
- India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission received the 2026 AIAA Goddard Astronautics Award in the US for space exploration.
- ‘Sanghmitra’ is the first Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel launched for the Indian Navy in May 2026.
- Staten Island, recently in the news for a major shipyard fire, is located in New York, USA.
- Fort St. George in Chennai serves as the administrative centre and secretariat of Tamil Nadu.
- Lake Kariba, situated on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border, recorded rising water levels after a decade of drought.
- The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission successfully linked over 100 crore health records to ABHA accounts.
📅 May 24, 2026 · Sunday