Daily Current Affairs

The cancellation of NEET-UG 2026, conducted on May 3, marks the first full-scale scrapping of this critical national medical entrance examination since its introduction in 2013. The National Testing Agency announced the cancellation after a whistleblower’s complaint on May 7 led investigators to a handwritten “guess paper” circulating on messaging groups, which matched a significant…

India’s International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA), the global initiative spearheaded by India to focus concerted international attention on the conservation of seven big cat species — tiger, lion, leopard, cheetah, puma, jaguar, and snow leopard — is set to hold its inaugural summit in New Delhi from June 1 to 3, 2026, with representatives from…

The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, notified in supersession of the 2016 Rules and brought into effect from April 1, 2026, represent India’s most ambitious attempt at reforming urban and rural waste governance since the Swachh Bharat Mission was launched in 2014. The Rules seek to improve source segregation, regulate bulk waste generators, promote scientific…

On May 5, 2026, Apple Inc. agreed to pay 250 million dollars to settle a class action lawsuit in the United States over misleading advertising of its AI-powered Siri assistant. Apple had marketed the iPhone 16 in September 2024 with bold claims that Siri had been fundamentally reinvented — capable of understanding context across apps,…

The state visit of Vietnamese President Tô Lâm to India from May 5 to 7, 2026, marked a qualitative leap in bilateral relations with the formal elevation of ties to an Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. The visit yielded a wide range of agreements spanning defence, technology, finance, energy, and critical minerals, signalling that the India-Vietnam…

On May 12, 2026, the fifth meeting of the Informal Group of Ministers (IGoM), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at Kartavya Bhavan, was convened to assess India’s economic resilience in the face of the escalating West Asia conflict. The government assured that India holds 60 days of crude oil reserves, 60 days of natural…

On May 12, 2026, the Union government officially notified that from July 1, 2026, all rules, notifications, schemes, orders, and guidelines made under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) will stand repealed. In their place, the Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), or VB-G RAM G Act,…

Delhi and the National Capital Region are experiencing longer, more intense, and more dangerous heatwaves, with urban temperatures consistently exceeding natural seasonal averages due to the compounding effect of rapid urbanisation, concrete-heavy infrastructure, declining green cover, and increasing waste heat from air conditioning and vehicular traffic. The phenomenon, described by urban climate scientists as a…

The Union Labour Ministry’s announcement of free annual health check-ups for workers aged 40 years and above, to be implemented through the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation under provisions of the new Labour Codes, represents a significant if long-overdue step toward formal occupational health protection for India’s large organised sector workforce. The programme builds on an…

A landmark multi-centric study published in Nature Medicine on April 6, 2026, has fundamentally advanced scientific understanding of how psychedelic substances affect the brain. Researchers from Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States pooled 11 global datasets comprising 500 functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging scans, including 267 subjects under the influence of LSD, psilocybin, DMT,…