UP current affairs: 18 May 2026
Every item from 18 May 2026, mapped to the syllabus with an exam angle and practice MCQs.
UPPCS GS-VIOn 18 May 2026 the UP Cabinet raised the internship allowance of veterinary students from ₹4,000 to ₹12,000 a month. It applies at DUVASU Mathura, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology in Kumarganj, Ayodhya, and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut. The extra cost is about ₹4.20 crore.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: animal husbandry in UP. Know the three universities that teach veterinary science.
18 May 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 18 May 2026 the UP Cabinet approved a 765/400 kV pooling substation at Mirzapur and its transmission lines at an estimated cost of ₹2799.47 crore. It will carry power from proposed thermal and pumped storage projects to meet rising demand. The project will be built as common public infrastructure.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: power sector in UP. Use as an example of transmission planned alongside new generation.
18 May 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 18 May 2026 the UP Cabinet gave 550 square metres of vacant nazul land in Agra free of cost to UP Metro Rail Corporation for a station and viaduct on Agra Metro corridor-2, Agra Cantt to Kalindi Vihar. It also approved the MoU for Lucknow Metro Phase-1B East-West corridor, Charbagh to Vasant Kunj, costing ₹5801.05 crore.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: urban transport in UP. Know the end points of Agra corridor-2 and Lucknow Phase-1B.
18 May 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 18 May 2026 the UP Cabinet approved a UP State Local Rural Bodies Dedicated Backward Class Commission, following Supreme Court orders. It will make a contemporary, empirical study of backwardness so that OBC reservation in the three-tier panchayats can be fixed body-wise and in proportion. It has 5 members, headed by a retired High Court judge, for 6 months.
UPPCS angle: GS-V: Panchayati Raj in UP. Explain why a dedicated commission is needed before OBC quotas in local body elections.
18 May 2026UPPCS GS-VIOn 18 May 2026 the UP Cabinet approved a ₹855 crore project at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow. The new Shaheed Path campus will get a 1,010-bed multi-specialty emergency centre hospital, a new OPD block and a teaching block with 200 seats. The same Cabinet cleared land for expanding Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital in Prayagraj.
UPPCS angle: GS-VI: health infrastructure in UP. Cite the RMLIMS emergency block as an example of tertiary care expansion in Lucknow.
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