- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited India in May 2026.
- WHO declared a public health emergency due to an Ebola (Bundibugyo strain) outbreak in DR Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan.
- The film ‘Ben Imana’, directed by Marie Clementine Dusabejambo, won the Camera d’Or award at Cannes 2026.
- The recently operationalized Ganga Expressway connecting Meerut to Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh has a total length of 594 km.
- The Venkatapura river, which was recently in the news, is located in Karnataka.
- A tigress recently died due to Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) in the Kanha Tiger Reserve of Madhya Pradesh.
- The Rajasthan government launched the ‘Vande Ganga Jal Sanrakshan – Jan Abhiyan 2026’ to rejuvenate water bodies.
- The Mahatma Buddha Agriculture and Technology University is being established in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh.
- Doctors from Wuhan, China, successfully performed a 3,000 km remote robotic surgery on a patient in Hyderabad.
- Russia recently launched the nuclear-capable hypersonic Oreshnik missile during the ongoing conflict.
- China successfully launched the Shenzhou 23 spacecraft carrying three astronauts to its Tiangong space station.
- Lok Sabha MP Smita Uday Wagh received the Sansad Ratna Award 2026 for attending parliament sessions during cancer chemotherapy.
- The Machkund Hydroelectric Project is a joint venture between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
- Geologists discovered a rare, microscopic sunflower-shaped mineral Pyrite within the lignite coal reserves of Gujarat.
- The Public Accounts Committee of India was established for the first time in 1921.
📅 May 26, 2026 · Tuesday