Daily Activities

UPSC Prelims Current Affairs

UPSC Mains Current Affairs

Current Affairs

Page-52 of IASPOINT

National Test House Shoe Testing Laboratory

The National Test House (NTH), Northern Region, Ghaziabad, operating under the Department of Consumer Affairs, has established a state-of-the-art Shoe Testing Laboratory. This facility provides advanced and reliable...

 May 18, 2026

S-VYASA Yoga Programme International Day

Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA), a Deemed-to-be University, organized a comprehensive Yoga programme at Prashanti Kutiram in Bengaluru in collaboration with the Morarji Desai National Institute of...

 May 18, 2026

Operation RAGEPILL Captagon Seizure

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) executed a targeted multi-state crackdown codenamed Operation RAGEPILL, resulting in India's first-ever seizure of Captagon, a highly addictive synthetic stimulant. Acted upon precise...

 May 18, 2026

GeM Digital Public Procurement

The Government e Marketplace observed its Incorporation Day on May 16, 2026, marking its ongoing operation as India's central digital public procurement system. Established to overhaul the manual...

 May 18, 2026

Mount Uturuncu Volcano Activity

Mount Uturuncu, a 6,008-meter-high dormant stratovolcano in southwestern Bolivia, is drawing renewed attention from volcanologists and geologists. Recent satellite images and ground sensor data indicate ongoing seismic activity,...

 May 18, 2026

Ebola Bundibugyo Strain Outbreak

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Triggered...

 May 18, 2026

Common Bronzeback Tree Snake

A rare species called the Common Bronzeback Tree Snake was recently spotted in the Belrayan range of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in the Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh....

 May 18, 2026

International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Council

An Indian delegation led by Mukesh Kumar, Deputy Director General (International Relations) from the Department of Telecommunications, participated in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Council 2026 meeting in...

 May 17, 2026

Global Drug Trafficking Cooperation

Union Home Minister Amit Shah called for global uniform laws and deeper international cooperation to combat drug trafficking at the R N Kao Memorial Lecture organized by the...

 May 17, 2026

Type-IV Composite CNG Cylinders

The Technology Development Board (TDB), a statutory body under the Department of Science & Technology (DST), signed an agreement on May 16, 2026, with NTF Energy Solutions Pvt...

 May 17, 2026

Archives