Free · Updated every morning
Daily Current Affairs – May 2023
The day’s news that matters for Prelims and Mains, organised by GS paper, with practice questions.
Daily Current Affairs 31.05.2023 ( Scientist team discovers new exoplanet with mass 13 times that of Jupiter , Population-based delimitation unfair to southern States: KTR , IRDAI’s plans to expand risk protection levels need government backing , Unboxing the ‘export turnaround’ in India’s toy story , Using Buddhism as a tool of soft power ,Fresh excavation reveals pre-Mauryan era signs in Delhi’s Purana Qila site , India’s growth momentum likely to sustain in FY24: RBI )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Scientist team discovers new exoplanet with mass 13 times that of Jupiter A new Jupiter-size exoplanet with the highest density known till this date and mass 13 times than that of Jupiter, has been discovered by an international team of scientists led by Prof. Abhijit Chakraborty at the Exoplanet Research Group of the Physical […]
Daily Current Affairs 30.05.2023 ( India must use its supercomputers beyond weather forecasts , Religious rituals at the opening of new Parliament building defied propriety , Performance review: How Parliament has functioned till now , What has India done to curb unnecessary hysterectomies? , Northeast gets its first Vande Bharat Express , Muslims lag behind all communities in higher education; U.P. shows worst decline, says study , ISRO’s GSLV rocket takes navigation satellite into transfer orbit successfully , January-April imports from China rise 4.6% to $37.86 bn )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Faster, stronger India must use its supercomputers beyond weather forecasts Later this year, India will have a new ‘supercomputer’ or, more correctly, an upgraded ‘high performance computing (HPC)’ system that will arguably be its fastest. This system is to be made and installed by the French corporation, Atos — an information technology service and […]
Daily Current Affairs 29.05.2023 ( Why is the 1.5 degree Celsius target critical? , India sees reduction in stunting; but wasting, obesity are concerns: report , ‘From prevalence in eight States in 2001, dengue now a nationwide infection’ , Delhi HC sets up panel to implement Centre’s rare diseases policy )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Why is the 1.5 degree Celsius target critical? Intense heat: A man crosses the dry and cracked bed of the Koparli dam in Peth Taluka village, Nashik, Maharashtra on May 26. What do the recent reports by the World Meteorological Organization say about the future of climate change? Why did international climate dialogues switch from […]
Daily Current Affairs 28.05.2023 (Army chief begins two-day visit to Manipur to assess ground situation, Sengol a symbol of transfer of power, but it didn’t get due respect until now, says PM, Odisha produces over 13 million tonnes of foodgrains, In Udaipur, court injunction a new deterrent against child marriages, ‘Ukrainian drones attack Russian oil pipeline stations’)
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Army chief begins two-day visit to Manipur to assess ground situation Army chief General Manoj Pande reached Manipur on Saturday on a two-day visit. He will interact with the local formation commanders and obtain a first-hand account of the situation on the ground, the Army said. The Army and the Assam Rifles launched multiple […]
Daily Current Affairs 26.05.2023 (All-in-one policy plan to spread insurance in India, Two more cheetah cubs die at Kuno Park; one unwell, Food grains, oilseed harvests will break records, says Centre, New committee to keep watch on cheetah project, Economics that looks at the lower half of the pyramid)
Current AffairsDaily News
1. All-in-one policy plan to spread insurance in India IRDA is devising an affordable product covering health, life, property, accident risks to give citizens protection, expedite claim settlements by linking death registries onto one industry platform If India’s insurance regulator’s plans fructify, households across the country could soon be able to get an affordable single policy […]
Daily Current Affairs 25.05.2023 ( Ties that bind , The fundamental value of the rupee , GDP growth expected to exceed 7% estimate in FY23, says RBI Governor , Independence of judiciary is part of basic structure of Constitution: SC , How a letter to PMO set off search for Sengol , India set to triple speed of its fastest supercomputers )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Ties that bind The Modi visit to Australia adds to the bipartisan strength of growing bonds Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-day visit to Australia this week coincided with a year since Labour Party leader Anthony Albanese was elected Prime Minister, and gave a fillip to growing bipartisan ties. While his visit was originally planned […]
Daily Current Affairs 24.05.2023 ( The paradox of BRICS, its new pathway , Disregarding Constitution, court, citizens , The Telangana- A.P. water dispute , What counts is seldom counted: how the Census data remains under-utilised , Draft of Digital India Bill to be released in June: Minister )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. The paradox of BRICS, its new pathway Mysterious are the ways in which multilateral groupings prosper and wither away. The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and G-77 had their heyday in the Cold War era. Later they lost their relevance, but they still exist. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summits ended in 2014, […]
Daily Current Affairs 23.05.2023 ( Prime Minister extols value of Pacific island nations at third FIPIC summit , The G-7 must build a global consensus on the world’s challenges , INS Sindhuratna sails for 97 days to India after major refit in Russia , Education Ministry holds meet on PARAKH aimed at unifying 60 school Boards , ‘Demand will pick up, spur capex as inflation recedes’ )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Prime Minister extols value of Pacific island nations at third FIPIC summit Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers his opening remarks at the FIPIC summit at Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea on Monday. Small island nations of the Pacific Ocean are in fact “large ocean states”, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, highlighting […]
Daily Current Affairs 22.05.2023 (Jaishankar, Blinken meet in Hiroshima, discuss plans for PM’s U.S. visit in June, Last-minute changes made to itinerary as G-20 meet begins in Kashmir today, Return of ₹2,000 currency notes to bolster bank coffers, money market liquidity: report, Stalemate over sharing of Krishna water to continue, India, U.S. to hike technology cooperation; co-production of jet engines on the table)
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Jaishankar, Blinken meet in Hiroshima, discuss plans for PM’s U.S. visit in June Retreat with President Biden outside Washington, diaspora events on the cards; Secretary of State says the U.S. is looking forward to hosting Prime Minister Modi, whose visit will celebrate the deep partnership between the two countries; it will be the first […]
Daily Current Affairs 21.05.2023 ( Ordinance an insult to SC, we will challenge it: Kejriwal , Centre seeks review of SC verdict on Delhi govt. powers , Cultural stars in bilateral firmament have one-on-one with PM in Japan , ‘No immunity for President as contract party’ )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Ordinance an insult to SC, we will challenge it: Kejriwal Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the Aam Aadmi Party government would challenge in the Supreme Court the ordinance brought by the Centre and reach out to Opposition leaders to ensure that the Bill, when introduced in the Rajya Sabha, is not […]
Daily Current Affairs 20.05.2023 ( RBI to pull out ₹2,000 notes from active circulation, Hindenburg-Adani case: expert panel ‘clears’ SEBI, SC defers scientific survey on ‘Shivling’ at Gyanvapi mosque, Even limited arsenic exposure can mar cognitive ability: study, EU’s top official wants more scrutiny on Indian products derived from Russian oil )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. RBI to pull out ₹2,000 notes from active circulation The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday decided to withdraw ₹2,000 denomination banknotes from circulation in pursuance of its “Clean Note Policy”. However, the ₹2,000 notes will continue to be legal tender. A similar withdrawal of notes from circulation was undertaken in 2013-2014. As […]
Daily Current Affairs 19.05.2023 ( India must invest in infrastructure that boosts defence against disasters , Elections and the airwaves , What are RBI regulations on green deposits? , ‘Operation Dhvast’: three held after NIA holds raids in States , Bring back Kohinoor from the U.K., parliamentary panel notes in its report , Rohingya refugees in India under arbitrary detention, denied exit permissions’ , Two dead in sunken Chinese vessel; Indian Navy deploys P-8I for search )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Warming warning India must invest in infrastructure that boosts defence against disasters. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has issued its annual update on its projections for temperature trends in the next decade. The prognosis, expectedly, is worrying. The annual mean global near-surface temperature for each year between 2023 and 2027 is likely to be […]
Daily Current Affairs 18.05.2023 ( Two judgments and the principle of accountability , Drive against drugs, forest encroachment not against any tribe: Manipur govt , . Cabinet gives approval for fertilizer subsidy of ₹1.08 lakh crore for kharif , Key climate threshold likely to be breached in 5 years: UN )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Two judgments and the principle of accountability M.R. Madhavan is with PRS Legislative Research, New Delhi. Two Constitution Benches of the Supreme Court of India delivered important judgments last week. The first case decided that the Delhi government headed by the Chief Minister — and not the Lieutenant Governor appointed by the central government […]
Daily Current Affairs 17.05.2023 ( Khasi council order on father’s surname sets off war of words in matrilineal Meghalaya , Rajasthan’s move spells some hope for gig workers , Not violating sanctions on Russian oil, says Centre after EU Minister’s charge , India moves closer to getting its first indigenous vaccine against dengue , Centre rejects U.S. govt. report citing deteriorating religious freedom in India )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Khasi council order on father’s surname sets off war of words in matrilineal Meghalaya The Khasis, numbering about 1.39 lakh, are one of the three indigenous matrilineal communities in Meghalaya. A tribal council’s order not to issue a Scheduled Tribe (ST) certificate to any Khasi person who adopts the surname of her or his […]
Daily Current Affairs 16.05.2023 ( If law is drafted well, judiciary won’t get opportunity to overstep it: Shah , Centre against any ethnic division, says Manipur CM, Evaluating DNA report as evidence , One-stop centres for zero waste to be launched in cities )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. If law is drafted well, judiciary won’t get opportunity to overstep it: Shah Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said if a law was drafted well, the judiciary would not get an opportunity to overstep it. Mr. Shah made the remarks at the inauguration of a training programme on legislative drafting organised by […]
Daily Current Affairs 15.05.2023 (Agra: from medieval structures to modern systems, Centre announces Praveen Sood as new CBI Director, The nutritional value of millets, With 6.9% year-on-year growth, goods exports rise to $451 billion in 2022-23 )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Agra: from medieval structures to modern systems A CCTV camera zooms in on a stray cow roaming the streets of Agra in Uttar Pradesh. Immediately the system that works on artificial intelligence’s (AI’s) pattern recognition function captures that it is a cow, and an alert goes to a local animal ambulance that picks it […]
Daily Current Affairs 14.05.2023 ( Study on butterflies’ migration opens door for conservation , Gaganyaan: parachutes for re-entry capsule sent to ISRO facility in Bengaluru , A break in the Western Ghats , Clash of clans in Manipur )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Study on butterflies’ migration opens door for conservation Winged beauties: (From left) Striped tiger, Blue tiger, Dark blue tiger and Plain tiger.Special Arrangement Millions of milkweed butterflies undertake a migration between the Eastern and the Western Ghats in southern India, seeking refuge from the harsh summer. This spectacular ecological phenomenon had been recorded more than […]
Daily Current Affairs 13.05.2023 ( Top court ruling on services is a boost for representative government in Delhi , AYUSH collaboration with ICMR for scientific validation is right step , Inflation slips to an 18-month low of 4.7% , Centre prepares new Model Prisons Act with focus on reform , Ten Kuki legislators from Manipur demand ‘separate administration’ , Cyclone Mocha to be severe, but little threat to India: IMD , Manufacturing, electricity output drag IIP growth to a 5-month low )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Asymmetry, power Top court ruling on services is a boost for representative government in Delhi Asymmetric federalism has been a positive feature of India’s polity, but even the most pragmatic arrangement may not always guarantee harmonious relations between the Centre and its constituent units. The wrangling between the Union government and the Government of […]
Daily Current Affairs 12.05.2023 ( Delhi govt. has control over officers, says Supreme Court , All eyes now on Speaker Narwekar for a decision on disqualification petitions , Governors can’t play a role in intra-party disputes, says court , Drugs and demographics in Manipur , GST e-invoicing to include smaller firms from August 1 )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Delhi govt. has control over officers, says Supreme Court Delhi Cabinet Ministers greet Arvind Kejriwal as he arrives at the Secretariat after the SC ruling on regulation of services row. In a blow to the Centre, the Supreme Court on Thursday gave the Delhi government power to make laws and wield control over bureaucrats […]
Daily Current Affairs 11.05.2023 ( Every birth or death should not be seen as success or failure of Project Cheetah , A ground view of the Indian Space Policy 2023 , Pokhran-II: A moment of profound epiphany , . The uprising of 1857, and Meerut’s role in the first war for India’s Independence , Study on sludge finds high potential for use as fertilizer after treatment )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Snap judgment Every birth or death should not be seen as success or failure of Project Cheetah It is almost three months since South Africa sent a batch of 12 cheetahs to India and two have already died. Taken along with the death of one of the eight cheetahs from Namibia — it had […]
Daily Current Affairs 10.05.2023 ( Assam plans to ban polygamy, A multi-pronged counter is warranted to tackle the EU’s carbon tax plans , The ‘right to health’ goal and a role for Taiwan , Securing the migrant vote , Upsetting the apple cart in Himachal , Arab trains to carry Indian goods to Israeli port: Cohen , It depends on who is giving the rating: Centre on India’s rank in press freedom index , Shah’s remark that Tagore composed ‘national songs’ of 2 countrieskicks up row , Third cheetah dies in Kuno; number of adults down to 17 , Fitch cuts India GDP growth forecast for this fiscal to 6% )
Current Affairs
1. Assam plans to ban polygamy Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati on Tuesday. The drive against child marriage provided the government with information about the extent of the social malaise: CM The BJP government in Assam has decided to set up a panel towards handling a “part of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC)” after […]
Daily Current Affairs 10.05.2023 ( Assam plans to ban polygamy, A multi-pronged counter is warranted to tackle the EU’s carbon tax plans , The ‘right to health’ goal and a role for Taiwan , Securing the migrant vote , Upsetting the apple cart in Himachal , Arab trains to carry Indian goods to Israeli port: Cohen , It depends on who is giving the rating: Centre on India’s rank in press freedom index , Shah’s remark that Tagore composed ‘national songs’ of 2 countrieskicks up row , Third cheetah dies in Kuno; number of adults down to 17 , Fitch cuts India GDP growth forecast for this fiscal to 6% )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Assam plans to ban polygamy Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati on Tuesday. The drive against child marriage provided the government with information about the extent of the social malaise: CM The BJP government in Assam has decided to set up a panel towards handling a “part of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC)” after […]
Daily Current Affairs 09.05.2023 ( The crisis in Manipur is a humanitarian problem: SC, Buddhism, India’s soft power projection tool , Not quite the Kerala story , The sharp divide that is Manipur’s burden , The Maoists are still a threat , The lack of a drug recall law in India , What are the regulations to curtail misleading food ads? ,In new ‘Quad’ meet with U.S., Saudi Arabia, UAE, Doval discusses infrastructure plans in Gulf , Scam exposed in purchase of diesel by Railways from national oil companies , Five more cheetahs to be released into wild at Kuno , Coal imports rose 30% in FY23 to 162 mt on demand )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. The crisis in Manipur is a humanitarian problem: SC The Supreme Court on Monday called the Manipur crisis a “humanitarian problem” while noting that it is the President, and not the High Court, who has the power to designate a community as Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe. “We have made our concern explicit about […]
Daily Current Affairs 08.05.2023 ( More than a story , India’s first national water-body census , Will the greenback still be green? , ISRO to start online training programme for college students )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. More than a story False narratives and propaganda should be countered, but not through a ban. The demand for a ban on The Kerala Story, a film apparently based on the instances of a few women joining the Islamic State, is ill-conceived. It is to the credit of the Supreme Court and the High Courts […]
Daily Current Affairs 07.05.2023 ( Proposed oil refinery project leaves villages in the Konkan belt fuming, Scientists identify mutations in DNA for early diagnosis of drug resistant bacteria for TB , . Recent rain likely to expand cotton farming in the north , Scientists help find new kind of molecular motor )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Proposed oil refinery project leaves villages in the Konkan belt fuming Facing the heat: Protests began on April 25, with nearly 1,000 people showing up at the work site every day. The lush greenery of mango orchards and jackfruit trees offers a welcome relief from the blazing May sun on the Rajapur laterite plateau of […]
Daily Current Affairs 06.05.2023 ( Central security forces flood crisis-hit Manipur , Switching on India’s smart electricity future , The horizon for India beyond the G-20, SCO summits, Real-time, operational picture among several automation initiatives of Army , India said to mull foreign investment in nuclear power )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Central security forces flood crisis-hit Manipur At least 10 people are believed to have been killed by mobs, while many villages were destroyed in the past few days. Manipur DGP claims the Centre has invoked Article 355 to address the State’s security concerns; Ministry of Home Affairs denies doing so; defence forces say the […]
Daily Current Affairs 05.05.2023 ( Voters express concern over breach of data and privacy , Services sector’s resilience may be tested as global demand cools , SCO Ministers meet today to discuss economic ties , Do CCTV cameras protect us or invade our privacy? , India, Russia said to suspend talks to settle trade in rupees )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Voters express concern over breach of data and privacy Many voters are getting calls where they are being asked whom they will vote for. Automated messages from unknown number, identified as EC, asking about voting preference; calls asking respondents to record a message are some of the problems faced by Karnataka voters Priyanka K., […]
Daily Current Affairs 04.05.2023 ( April PMI signals services sector had best expansion in 13 years , ‘Number of candidates with criminal cases up from last polls in Karnataka’ , The EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act , ‘Adapting to climate change to cost India ₹85.6 lakh crore by 2030’ )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. April PMI signals services sector had best expansion in 13 years India’s services sector recorded its highest uptick in new business and output levels since June 2010 this April, led by a strong upturn in the finance and insurance segment, as per the seasonally adjusted S&P Global India Services PMI Business Activity Index, which […]
Daily Current Affairs 03.05.2023 ( In gig economy, ‘lesser pay is better than no pay’ , Irretrievable breakdown of marriage should be a ground for divorce , . In ‘India as Eden’ offer, the apple of diluted labour laws , Why are Blinkit workers protesting? , Nine years after ban, coal mining to resume in Meghalaya, says CM Sangma )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. In gig economy, ‘lesser pay is better than no pay’ Blinkit workers who went on strike resume work after holding out for barely a week; for many gig workers, reduced earnings over the years is a lived reality. Unsure of the weekly payment they might draw after the management rolled out a new earnings […]
Daily Current Affairs 02.05.2023 ( SC says it can end wait for consensual divorce , The importance of constitutional punctuality , The ever expanding medicinal uses and properties of psychedelic substances , Consultations on sedition law are in final stage: Centre , India leads in ‘laundering’ Russian oil and selling to Europe: report , Inaugural ASEAN-India maritime exercise in South China Sea from today , PMI signals April manufacturing hit a 4-month high, input costs climbed )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. SC says it can end wait for consensual divorce SC says it can use its extraordinary power under Article 142 of the Constitution to grant divorce on ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage if separation is inevitable and damage irreparable The Supreme Court on Monday held that its extraordinary discretion under Article 142 of the […]
Daily Current Affairs 01.05.2023 ( 11 dead after inhaling toxic gas in Ludhiana, India and China must end the lingering unpredictability across the LAC , India, its SDG pledge goal, and the strategy to apply , Tread a new path, one that prioritises social justice , The erosion of hard-won labour rights )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. 11 dead after inhaling toxic gas in Ludhiana On alert: A National Disaster Response Force team at the site of the gas leak in the Giaspura area of Ludhiana on Sunday. NDRF’s air quality sensors detected high levels of hydrogen sulphide, but the source of the gas is yet to be identified; victims were from […]
Daily Current Affairs 30.04.2023 ( Nicobar project violates tribal rights: ST panel, Behind the ‘dearth’ of rabies vaccine, Close to 4,000 painted storks nesting in two A.P. villages , NGT disappointed over delay in removal of burnt waste from Brahmapuram yard , Safety concerns over e-pharma put Centre in a spot , A push for rehab instead of jail time , H5N1 kills 50 million birds, spreads to mammals )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Nicobar project violates tribal rights: ST panel The project intends to use about 7.114 sq. km of tribal reserve forest land. The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) has flagged alleged discrepancies with respect to the forest clearance granted for the ₹72,000-crore Great Nicobar Island (GNI) Project. Citing alleged violations under the Forest Rights […]
Daily Current Affairs 29.04.2023 ( Core sectors’ output dipped to 5-month low of 3.6% in March, Register FIRs against hate speeches even without plaints: SC , The women’s reservation Bill cannot wait any longer )
Current AffairsDaily News
1. Core sectors’ output dipped to 5-month low of 3.6% in March Growth in India’s eight core sectors’ output fell to a five-month low of 3.6% in March, from 7.2% in February, with electricity and cement production slipping from a year ago, and crude oil output falling for the tenth successive month. Coal production jumped […]