- Actor Dharmendra was posthumously honored with the Padma Vibhushan by President Droupadi Murmu in 2026.
- Art and advertising stalwart Piyush Pandey was posthumously awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2026.
- Vishal T.K. became the first Indian athlete to run a sub-45 seconds 400-metre race, clocking 44.98 seconds.
- Samardeep Singh Gill won the men’s shot put gold medal at the National Senior Federation Cup 2026 in Ranchi.
- China’s upcoming Chang’e-7 lunar mission aims to search for water and ice at the moon’s south pole.
- Researchers from IIT Madras and IISc Bengaluru synthesized a new carbon-free molecule mimicking the ferrocene structure.
- The multinational joint military exercise ‘Pragati 2026’ was conducted in Umroi, Meghalaya.
- Spituk Village in Ladakh is hosting an ecological project to rejuvenate 800 acres of barren land using freshwater engineering.
- Delhi’s Lok Nayak Hospital became India’s first 1000-bed government hospital to receive National Quality Assurance Standards certification.
- Pinaka Multi-Barrel Rocket Launchers will be produced in Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra, under an agreement with Israel.
- Kotak Mahindra Bank founder Uday Kotak received the Padma Bhushan from President Droupadi Murmu in 2026.
- Scheduled Tribes have been kept outside the purview of Assam’s proposed Uniform Civil Code Bill.
- Vembanad Lake, which was recently in the news for pollution control actions, is located in Keralam.
- The Museum of Medical Archives, India’s first private medical museum, has been established in Keralam.
- The PM-AJAY scheme is implemented by the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
📅 May 27, 2026 · Wednesday
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