Daily digests (5-8 items/day).
India flight-tested an Advanced Agni missile with a Multiple Independently Targeted Re-Entry Vehicle (MIRV) system from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha, on 8 May 2026. Multiple payloads were aimed at different targets spread over a large area of the Indian Ocean Region. Flight data confirmed all mission objectives were met.
9 May 2026
A PIB backgrounder of 9 May 2026 reviews the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture, launched in 2014-15 under the National Action Plan on Climate Change. Rainfed Area Development has released ₹2,119.84 crore for 8.50 lakh hectares. Per Drop More Crop has covered about 109 lakh hectares. Over 25.79 crore Soil Health Cards have been generated.
9 May 2026
DRDO's Defence Research & Development Laboratory ran its actively cooled full-scale scramjet combustor for over 1,200 seconds at the Scramjet Connect Pipe Test facility in Hyderabad on 9 May 2026. This builds on a test of over 700 seconds in January. It uses an indigenous liquid hydrocarbon endothermic fuel and is a base for hypersonic cruise missiles.
9 May 2026
The Government appointed Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani (Retd) as Chief of Defence Staff on 9 May 2026. He will also be Secretary, Department of Military Affairs. General Anil Chauhan completes his tenure on 30 May 2026. Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan was named the next Chief of the Naval Staff, as Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi retires on 31 May 2026.
9 May 2026
The three Jan Suraksha schemes, launched on 9 May 2015, completed 11 years in 2026. PMJJBY has over 27.43 crore enrolments and paid ₹21,512.50 crore on 10,75,625 claims. PMSBY has over 58.09 crore enrolments and paid ₹3,667.52 crore on 1,84,662 claims. Atal Pension Yojana has over 9.04 crore subscribers.
9 May 2026
Somnath, at Prabhas Patan on Gujarat's Saurashtra coast, is the first of the twelve Jyotirlingas. On 11 May 2026 it marked 75 years since the rebuilt temple was consecrated by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad in 1951. The Somnath Swabhiman Parv also marks 1,000 years since the first recorded attack in January 1026.
8 May 2026
DRDO and the Indian Air Force conducted the maiden flight-trial of TARA, the Tactical Advanced Range Augmentation weapon, off the Odisha coast on 7 May 2026. TARA is a modular range-extension kit and India's first indigenous glide weapon system that converts unguided warheads into precision-guided weapons. It was developed by RCI Hyderabad with other DRDO labs.
8 May 2026
The Election Commission of India published Index Cards and 14 Statistical Reports for all 830 Assembly constituencies that went to polls in the 2026 Assembly elections and bye-elections, which ended on 6 May 2026. For the first time, the reports came out within 72 hours of results, through ECINET and the ECI website. Earlier this took weeks or months.
8 May 2026
At a review of the Department of Land Resources on 8 May 2026, the Centre outlined DILRMP 3.0 and the proposed Land Stack. DILRMP 3.0 covers computerised records, ULPIN, Aadhaar seeding, revenue courts, Core GIS and urban mapping pilots. Land Stack aims at quick, accurate land valuation, helping banks speed up loans. WDC-PMKSY 3.0 will use MIS and GIS monitoring.
8 May 2026
The Ministry of Mines said on 7 May 2026 that 101 mineral blocks auctioned since the auction regime began in 2015 are now operational. Odisha leads with 34, followed by Karnataka (18) and Gujarat (11). Iron ore accounts for 47 blocks and limestone 29. FY 2025-26 set a record with 212 blocks auctioned in one year.
7 May 2026