Daily Current Affairs

The Calcutta High Court on May 7, 2026 received submissions from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration that revealed a troubling procedural failure at the heart of India’s largest planned infrastructure project. The A&NI administration conceded in an affidavit that the gram sabha meetings convened under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) to obtain consent for…

On May 1, 2026 — International Workers’ Day — the Karnataka government operationalised a specialised grievance redressal mechanism for platform-based gig workers through the Integrated Public Grievance Redressal System (IPGRS), making it the first government-backed grievance handling mechanism for gig workers in India. This development follows the Karnataka Platform-Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare)…

United States President Donald Trump on May 7, 2026 paused “Project Freedom,” an operation launched on May 5 aimed at guiding stranded merchant ships through the Strait of Hormuz, citing “great progress” in negotiations with Iran. The pause came at Pakistan’s request and amid diplomatic signals that Iran and the United States were close to…

The editorial pages of The Hindu on May 7, 2026 carried a detailed analytical piece examining India’s consumption expenditure inequality based on the Household Consumer Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2023-24) conducted by the National Sample Survey Organisation. The analysis arrives at a critical juncture when significant policy shifts — including the implementation of new Labour Codes…

The Supreme Court of India on May 7, 2026, continued hearing petitions challenging the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service, and Term of Office) Act of 2023. The court’s bench made a significant observation that the inclusion of the Chief Justice of India in the selection committee, as directed by…

India recorded a peak power demand of 256.1 GW on April 25, 2026, with solar plants supplying 21.5 percent of the afternoon load — a historic high. Yet the same day told a more sobering story: solar contributed only 10.8 percent of daily generation across the full 24-hour period and a negligible 0.1 percent of…

The Union Cabinet on May 5, 2026, approved an amendment to the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, to make any insult or obstruction to the singing of the National Song, Vande Mataram, a punishable offence. The amendment, which will require parliamentary passage, extends the Act’s existing prohibition — covering insults to the…

Researchers from Google Quantum AI published a paper in Physical Review X on May 4, 2026, identifying a previously underappreciated threat to quantum computing systems — correlated phase error bursts caused by ionising radiation from outer space and trace radioactive elements in the earth’s crust. When even a small dose of such radiation strikes the…

The ceasefire between the United States and Iran, reached approximately one month before the reporting date of May 6, 2026, following the February 28 U.S.-Israel strikes against Iran, continues to hold nominally but with mounting fragility. On May 5, the U.S. military confirmed sinking six small Iranian boats that threatened commercial shipping in the Strait…

The ongoing conflict in West Asia, centred on tensions involving Iran, the United States, and Israel, has disrupted the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow waterway through which approximately 25 percent of the world’s traded crude oil flows. India, which imports over 85 percent of its crude oil requirements and sources nearly 45 percent of…