Current affairs grouped by GS paper (filter view; topic-level grouping uses syllabus_topic).
Women form nearly 41% of the 2024 IAS batch, among the highest gender shares in the service's history, the Personnel Ministry said on 27 May 2026. Under the Assistant Secretary Programme, 184 officers of the batch are attached to 49 Central ministries and departments for eight weeks (4 May to 25 June 2026).
27 May 2026
Quad Foreign Ministers met in New Delhi on 26 May 2026, hosted by India. They issued a Joint Statement on a free and open Indo-Pacific and a Quad Statement on Indo-Pacific Energy Security. It stresses stable energy markets, diversified supply chains and unimpeded navigation, including in the Strait of Hormuz.
26 May 2026
A PIB backgrounder on 26 May 2026 set out India's partnerships with the five Nordic countries ahead of the Third India–Nordic Summit. Bilateral goods trade includes Denmark about USD 2.05 billion (2025), Norway USD 1.05 billion (2024-25), Iceland USD 77.06 million (2024-25), with Indian professionals and students a strong people-to-people link especially in Finland.
26 May 2026
The Centre formed a High-Level Committee to study demographic changes from illegal immigration and other abnormal reasons and to suggest measures. Announced on 15 August 2025 and Cabinet-approved on 11 September 2025, it is chaired by Justice Prakash Prabhakar Navlekar (Retd). It must report within one year, extendable by up to six months.
26 May 2026
KVIC's provisional data for FY 2025-26 show Khadi and Village Industries sales at a record ₹1,87,105 crore and production at ₹1,25,296 crore. Versus 2013-14, sales are up about 501%, production about 380%, and employment about 56% to 2.04 crore people. PMEGP in 2025-26 supported 66,494 new units.
26 May 2026
In Ottawa on 25 May 2026, India and Canada reaffirmed they aim to conclude a balanced Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement by the end of 2026. Bilateral trade is about USD 8.5 billion; both sides target USD 50 billion by 2030. Terms of Reference were signed in March; a second negotiating round ended on 8 May 2026.
26 May 2026
DoT introduced PM-WANI reforms through Circulars 1/PM-WANI/2026 and 2/PM-WANI/2026 dated 22 May 2026: QR-based authentication for laptops and secondary devices, short Wi-Fi plans of 15, 30 and 60 minutes, and standardised hotspot SSIDs. Stakeholders must implement within eight weeks, so features should be live by July 2026.
26 May 2026
India Post revenue rose to ₹15,373 crore in FY 2025-26, up about ₹2,100 crore in one year from a 2016 base near ₹11,500 crore. Parcel and logistics grew 70%, with potential cited up to ₹10,000 crore. IT 2.0 (APT) investment is ₹5,800 crore; IPPB distributes about ₹45,000 crore a year via DBT; 3.8 crore girls are enrolled in Sukanya Samriddhi.
25 May 2026
On 25 May 2026 the Centre notified the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Amendment Order, 2026. Domestic LPG consumers who also take a PNG connection may either terminate the LPG connection within 30 days or obtain a transfer voucher to restore LPG later in a non-PNG area. The change helps transferable employees, migrants, tenants and students.
25 May 2026
MNRE decided on 25 May 2026 that no blanket extension of ALMM List-II for solar PV cells is needed beyond 1 June 2026. Net-metering and open-access projects commissioned before that date stay exempt. Developers who have already taken effective steps may seek case-to-case time extension through a NISE portal by 30 June 2026.
25 May 2026