NATIONAL NEWS

OPERATION SINDOOR

• According the Ministry of Defence Indian Armed Forces launched ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’, on May 7 2025, hitting 9 terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed.
• The Ministry further added that its actions have been focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature and no Pakistani military facilities was targeted.

2nd National Workshop organised

• Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda inaugurated two-day second National Workshop organised in New Delhi on Health Sector Disaster Preparedness and Fire Safety in Healthcare Facilities.
• Mr Nadda also launched the Integrated Government Online training (iGOT) modules on ‘Fire Safety in Healthcare Facilities.

Bharat Telecom 2025

• 22nd edition of Bharat Telecom 2025 was organised by Telecom Export Promotion Council in New Delhi.
• The two-day event has brought together potential buyers from around the world to engage in business-to-business meetings with Indian telecom equipment and software manufacturers, as well as ICT service solution providers.

GATI

• The GATI Foundation was launched in New Delhi to create structured, ethical, and circular pathways to meet the growing international demand for skilled and semi-skilled Indian workers particularly in high-income economies, estimated to face a shortfall of 45-50 million workers by 2030
• Global Access to Talent from India (GATI) is a non-profit foundation with a vision to position India as a global hub for skilled talent.

Cashless treatment scheme for road accident victims

• As per the Notification of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Road accident victims all over India will be entitled to cashless treatment for up to ₹1.5 lakh for the first seven days at designated hospitals.
• According to a Gazette notification, the Cashless Treatment of Road Accident Victims Scheme, 2025 has come into force from May 5 and National Health Authority shall be the implementing agency for the programme.

STATE SPECIAL NEWS

India’s First Edu City

• To internationalize India’s education ecosystem, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced the development of India’s first Edu City in Navi Mumbai, which will host offshore campuses of global universities.

Maharashtra

‘Annadanam’ temple initiative

• · Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu approved a proposal to implement ‘Annadanam’ (free food offering) at 16 temples in the State.

Andhra Pradesh

Tripura’s 1st green village

• · Rangacherra became Tripura’s 1st green village with solar power, clean water access.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

UNSC meeting ends

• 15-member United Nations Security Council (UNSC) informal meeting called on the request of Pakistan ended without statement and also posed tough questions to Pakistan in a discussion on the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people.

United Nations Security Council (UNSC)

India and Slovenia Foreign Office Consultations

• · The 10th round of Foreign Office Consultations between India and Slovenia was held in New Delhi.
• · The Indian delegation was led by Secretary (West) in Ministry of External Affairs Tanmaya Lal and the Slovenian side was led by State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovenia Marko Štucin.

Slovenia

Financial Freezone in Malé

• · The Maldives has announced plans to build an $8.8 billion Maldives International Financial Centre (MIFC) in Malé, in partnership with Qatari-owned MBS Global Investments to become Indian Ocean business hub by 2030.

Maldives

Romanian PM resigns

• In Romania, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has resigned, and his Social Democrat party is to leave the government after a right-wing nationalist candidate won the first round of the presidential election.

Romania

ECONOMY & BANKING

India and United Kingdom FTA

• · Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced India and the United Kingdom have concluded a historic Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that will see 99% of Indian exports to the U.K. benefiting from zero duties.

United Kingdom

Seatrade Maritime Logistics Middle East conference

• The 11th edition of the Seatrade Maritime Logistics Middle East (SMLME) conference organised at the Dubai World Trade Centre, UAE.
• The Indian Register of Shipping, a leading international classification society and a member of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS), announced the opening of its new office in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

PERSON IN NEWS

Venugopal Badaravada

• The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has expelled Varanasi-based farmer Venugopal Badaravada from the Governing Body (GB) and General Body of ICAR Society who had questioned the genome-edited seeds developed by the ICAR recently and had also alleged that ICAR appointments are not done in a transparent manner.

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

Khaleda Zia

• Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister and the chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Khaleda Zia returned home from London after four months of medical treatment.

RANKS, REPORTS & INDICES

Human Development Report 2025

• India moved up three spots in the Human Development Index2025, titled “ A Matter of Choice: People and Possibilities in the Age of AI”, ranking 130 out of 193 countries in 2023, as per the Human Development Report 2025 released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

UNDP

Report: India Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Market Overview

• According to a report by IESA (India Energy Storage Alliance) and CES (Customised Energy Solutions) titled "India Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Market Overview," India is projected to have 123 million EVs on the roads by 2032.

IESA

ART & CULTURE

United Nations Day of Vesak

• Union Minister of Minority Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Kiren Rijiju addressed the opening ceremony of the United Nations Day of Vesak in Ho Chi Minh City.
• Vesak commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha, which are all said to have happened on the same date. It is held around the month of May or Vesak, based on the lunar calendar.

ENVIRONMENT + SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

GLEX 2025

• Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated 12th edition of the Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX 2025) which was hosted by jointly by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as the host, and the Astronautical Society of India (ASI) in New Delhi from 7th to 9th May 2025.
• Theme of GLEX 2025 is “Reaching New Worlds: A Space Exploration Renaissance,”.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO):

Incineration of Union Carbide waste

• · The incineration of 307 tonnes of waste from the defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal has begun in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district and is expected to be completed in 55 days.

Pulsar G359- Galactic ‘Bone’

• Astronomers have identified the likely cause of a fracture in a long, bone-like structure in the Milky Way Galaxy, known as G359.13142-0.20005 (G359.13 or “The Snake”), using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and MeerKAT radio array.

BOOKS & AUTHOURS

Book ‘India@100: Envisioning Tomorrow's Economic Powerhouse’

• A book ‘India@100: Envisioning Tomorrow's Economic Powerhouse’ is news because Public sector lender Union Bank of India spent an estimated ₹7.25 crore to purchase nearly 200,000 copies of a book authored by former Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) Krishnamurthy V Subramanian.

DEFENCE NEWS

IAF Conducted 2 Day Mega Military Exercise

• The Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out a two-day mega military exercise in Rajasthan, along the International Border with Pakistan.

Indian Air Force (IAF)

Igla-S

• India recently received a fresh shipment of Russian Igla-S air defence missiles amid rising tensions with Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack. It is a Man Portable Air Defence System (MANPADS) developed by Russia.

APPOINTMENTS

Friedrich Merz

• Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has won a parliament vote to become Germany's next chancellor at the second attempt.

Salem Bin Braik

• Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) appointed Salem Saleh Bin Braik, the country’s long-serving Finance Minister, as the new Prime Minister.

Yemen

Shri Prakash Magdum

• Shri Prakash Magdum, a seasoned Indian Information Service (IIS) officer of the 1999 batch, officially assumed charge as the Managing Director of the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC).

SPORTS

Zhao Xintong

• Zhao Xintong became the first Chinese player to win the World snooker championship held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.