DAILY 24-25 MAY 2026
1.
NCB DIRECTOR
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The Appointments Committee of the
Cabinet (ACC), chaired by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi, extended
the deputation tenure of Anurag Garg, Director General (DG) of
the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), till 31 July 2027.
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NCBt was established in 1986 under the Ministry of Home Affairs
(MHA) as India’s apex anti-drug law
enforcement and intelligence agency functioning under the Narcotic Drugs
and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
2. SENEGAL
PM
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Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye
Faye appointed Ahmadou Al Aminou
Lo, member of the Pastef
party, as the new Prime Minister of Senegal.
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The political transition took place, three days after President Faye
dissolved the government and dismissed former PM Ousmane Sonko.
3. PRIME
MINISTER OF SLOVENIA
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JanezJansa,
the leader of the Slovenian Democratic
Party (SDS), was elected as the Prime Minister of Slovenia for
a fourth term, securing 51 votes in
Parliament and obtaining support to form a new coalition government.
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He
succeeded Robert Golob as the PM of Slovenia.
·
His
Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) formed
a centre-right coalition with allied
parties, ending the political deadlock that followed the 2026 parliamentary
elections.
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
4. 68TH
APO GOVERNING BODY MEETING
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Union Minister PiyushGoyal,
Ministry of Commerce & Industry(MoC&I), inaugurated the 68th Session
of the Governing Body Meeting (GBM) of the Asian
Productivity Organization (APO), in New Delhi.
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Member economies reviewed progress under
the APO Vision 2030 framework, focused on
productivity-led transformation in the Asia-Pacific region.
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The APO
National Award for Productivity Advocates was presented to Ashok
Panjwani, Director of BEIL Infrastructure Limited, Bharuch,
Gujarat, while the APO National Award
for Productivity Technical Expert was conferred on BakulLimbasiya,
Founder Director of Bhathwari Technologies Private Limited, Gujarat.
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APO: Established
in 1961, the APO is an intergovernmental
body with 21 member economies across the Asia-Pacific region working to
improve productivity for sustainable socio-economic development in the
Asia-Pacific region.
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Headquarter-
Tokyo, Japan.
5. FIRST
ALL-WOMEN EXPEDITION SUMMITS MT EVEREST
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The
Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) completed
its first-ever all-women international mountaineering
expedition to the world’s highest peak Mount (Mt) Everest,
with a 14-member team summiting the
8,848 meter (m) peak via the South
Col Route from Nepal.
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The Border Security Force (BSF), also
successfully scaled Mt Everest through its first
all-women expedition, ‘Mission Vande Mataram’, as part of its
Diamond Jubilee celebrations (60 years of service).
6. DPIIT
RELEASES GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF BHAVYA SCHEME
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The Department for Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MoC&I)
released the detailed operational guidelines for the implementation of
the BHAVYA (Bharat AudyogikVikasYojna) Scheme.
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The
objective of the Scheme is to develop investment-ready,
world-class industrial infrastructure to enable investors to ground investment
with ease, thereby adding to the manufacturing capacity in the country.
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It is
aligned with the objectives of Make in India and PM
Gati Shakti.
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This
includes an administrative fund
of Rs 60 Cr.
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The scheme
proposes the development of 100 investment-ready
industrial parks.
7. NIBE
DEFENCE MANUFACTURING COMPLEX IN SHIRDI
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Union Minister Rajnath Singh,
Ministry of Defence (MoD), inaugurated the NIBE
Group’s private defence manufacturing complex in Shirdi,
Maharashtra and flagged off India’s first 300-
km Universal Rocket Launching System “Suryastra”.
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He also
approved four defence corridors in
cities of Maharashtra Pune, Nashik, Ahmednagar and
Nagpur to strengthen India’s indigenous defence manufacturing
ecosystem.
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The project was developed by NIBE Group, with an investment of over
Rs. 5,000 crore and is expected to generate around 4,000 jobs.
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Suryastra was
flagged off as an indigenous guided
rocket launcher system developed under the emergency procurement framework
and successfully tested at the
IntegratedTest Range (ITR), Chandipur, Odisha.
8. GOOGLE
ANNOUNCES ‘GES’ FREE AI TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS
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Google announced
the ‘Google for Education Schoolers (GES)’, free Artificial Intelligence (AI) trainingprogramme
for school teachers across Maharashtra,
Assam, Punjab, and other regions of India, at the Education
World Forum 2026 held in London.
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The new programme has been launched in
collaboration with several state governments and United Nations Children’s
Fund (UNICEF).
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For
the initial phase, the initiative will be implemented in
partnership with the governments of Maharashtra,
Chhattisgarh, and Assam, along with the Union Territory (UT) Ladakh and
the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB).
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During the 1st year of roll out, the
programme will be available in 6 Indian languages such
as: Assamese, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Odia, and Punjabi, through pilot projects
in select states.
9. MYAS
NOTIFIES NSB AND NST RULES, 2026
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The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) notified
the National Sports
Governance (National Sports Board (NSB)) Rules, 2026 and the National Sports
Governance (National Sports Tribunal (NST)) Rules, 2026 under the provisions of the National
Sports Governance Act, 2025.
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The rules define the composition of the Board, term of office of the Chairperson and
Members, salary, allowances and other conditions of service, as well as the
powers and functions of the Board.
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The
NSB will function as the central authority for granting
recognition to National Sports Bodies.
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The NSB shall consist of a Chairperson and
two Members.
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NST Rules 2026
provide for the term of office of the
Chairperson and Members of the Tribunal, their appointment and
re-appointment process, salary and allowances, service conditions and powers of
the Tribunal.
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The
Chairperson shall hold office for a term of five
years or till he attains the age of 70 years, whichever is earlier.
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The Members shall hold office for a term of
five years or till
they attain the age of 67 years, whichever is earlier.
10. 11TH QUAD
FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEETING
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11th edition
of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue(QUAD)
Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (QFMM 2026), chaired by
the Union Minister S. Jaishankar, Ministry of
External Affairs (MEA), was held in New Delhi.
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Penny Wong, Foreign Minister of Australia; Toshimitsu Motegi, Foreign
Minister of Japan;Marco Rubio,Secretary
of State of USA, participated at
11th QFMM.
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QFMM
launched the 1st
ever Indo-Pacific Maritime Surveillance Collaboration (IPMSC) initiative
and Quad Initiative on Indo-Pacific Energy
Security to strengthen regional energy resilience.
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India
will host the 2nd edition of the Quad-at-Sea Ship Observer Mission.
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Under
the Advancing Innovations for Empowering
Next Gen Agriculture (AI-ENGAGE) initiative, Over USD 6 million funding is awarded for 06 international research projects
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Under Quad Critical Minerals Initiative Framework”,
Quad partners pledged to mobilize up to USD 20 billion investment in government and private sector
to bolster critical minerals supply chains, including in mining processing,
and recycling through various actions.
11. INDIA-US
SIGNS BILATERAL FRAMEWORK
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India and USA signed a Framework on “Securing
of Supply in the Mining and Processing of Critical Minerals and Rare Earths”
aimed at securing the supply, mining, processing and recycling of critical
minerals and rare earth elements.
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The U.S. government is allocating over USD
30 billion through investments, loans, and public–private
partnerships to strengthen critical mineral supply chains.
12. COMMITTEE
ON DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
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Government of India (GoI)
constituted a High Level Committee under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) to
study the demographic changes arising from illegal immigration and other
abnormal reasons.
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The
committee will be chaired by retired Supreme Court Judge Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar.
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Committee Members: the
Census Commissioner currently Mritunjay
Kumar Narayan,retired IAS officer Durga ShankerMishra,retired
IPS officer Balaji Srivastava
(Retired IPS),Dr. Shamika Ravi, who
is part of the PM’s Economic Advisory Council.
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The Joint Secretary (Foreigners-I) in the
Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) currently Mahatme Sandeep
Namdeo, will act as Member Secretary.
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The committee will examine demographic changes arising from illegal immigration and
other unusual factors, identify their causes and recommend suitable policy,
legislative and administrative measures.
