May 2026 Current Affairs
May 2026 TNPSC current affairs in one place: 31 daily updates with 610 stories. Use the day-by-day highlights to revise quickly, and the lists of important days, reports and indices, and awards for quick fact checks. Every item links to the full daily update.
31 daily updates National 235International 97Sports 79Tamil Nadu 54States 47Economy 31
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Important days16
- 1 MayLabour Day (International Workers' Day / May Day)
- 1 MayMaharashtra Day - May 1
- 2 MayWorld Tuna Day
- 3 MayWorld Press Freedom Day - May 3
- 4 MayInternational Firefighters’ Day
- 4 MayCoal Miners Day (India)
- 6 MayWorld Asthma Day (First Tuesday of May)
- 10 MayWorld Migratory Bird Day - May 10
- 11 MayNational Technology Day - May 11
- 11 MayWorld Migratory Bird Day (Second Saturday of May – 2026: May 9)
- 12 MayInternational Nurses Day - May 12
- 12 MayInternational Day of Plant Health
- 14 MayWorld Migratory Bird Day (WMBD)
- 17 MayWorld Telecommunication and Information Society Day
- 17 MayWorld Hypertension Day - May 17
- 30 MayToFEI Digital App and SOP for Tobacco Control Launched on World No Tobacco Day
Reports and indices16
- 3 MayIMF Report on Digitalisation and MSME Productivity in India
- 4 MayIndia Leads in Virtual Water Exports: AIIB Report
- 5 MayUBS Cuts India FY27 GDP Growth Forecast
- 7 MayNCRB Report 2024 on Crime and Cybercrime
- 9 MayDecline in MGNREGS Workdays in 2025-26
- 9 MayNITI Aayog Report on School Education
- 9 MayNITI Aayog Report on School Infrastructure
- 10 MayOrgan Donation in India
- 12 MayDecline in Foreign Spending by Indian Tourists
- 14 MayTamil Nadu Leads in LEADS 2025 Report
- 14 MayGlobal AI Spending to Cross $1 Trillion by 2030
- 24 MayTamil Nadu Infant Mortality Rate
- 28 MayIndia’s Fertility Rate Falls Below Replacement Level – Registrar General Report
- 29 MayADR Report on Regional Parties’ Income
- 29 MayWMO Report on Global Temperature Rise
- 31 MayNFHS-6 Reports Rise in Obesity, Diabetes and C-Section Deliveries in India
Awards, personalities and events31
- 1 MayDeath of Scientist J. Craig Venter
- 1 MayFormer MRF Director Ramarathnam Srinivasan Passes Away
- 2 MayConsumer Rights Activist Dijo Kappan Passes Away
- 2 MayAnugraha Narayana Das Appointed as CGDA
- 3 MayEducationist Dr. Meena Muthiah Passes Away
- 3 MayPrasoon Joshi Appointed Chairman of Prasar Bharati
- 3 MayRohit Jain Appointed RBI Deputy Governor
- 5 MayTwo Indian Women Win Whitley Award 2026
- 6 MayKumar Mangalam Birla Appointed Chairman of Vodafone Idea
- 6 MayRaghav Das Gaiha wins Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2026
- 7 MayTed Turner Passes Away
- 9 MayK. Satchidanandan Resigns from Kerala Sahitya Akademi
- 10 MaySukumar Azhikode National Award
- 13 MayPresident Presents National Florence Nightingale Awards 2026
- 16 MayIndian Bank Wins Golden Peacock Award
- 17 MayM. Mukundan Selected for ONV Literary Award 2026
- 18 MayPM Modi Receives Sweden’s Highest Civilian Award
- 19 MaySweden and Norway Honour PM Modi
- 19 MayHD Deve Gowda Birth Anniversary Observance
- 19 MayFormer England Captain MJK Smith Passes Away
- 21 May‘Taiwan Travelogue’ Wins International Booker Prize 2026
- 21 MaySoumya Swaminathan Elected Fellow of Royal Society
- 24 MaySenthamizh Pathippuc Chemmal Award
- 26 MayPadma Awards Presented in New Delhi
- 26 MayPadma Awards 2026 – Presentation of Awards
- 28 MayVeteran Shooter Randhir Singh Passes Away
- 28 MayRoyal Society Fellowship Election of Indian Scientists
- 28 MayPresident Confers Police Colour to Sikkim Police
- 29 MayUN Awards for Indian Peacekeepers
- 30 MayFSIB Recommends Lavanya Mundayur as CMD of New India Assurance
- 30 MayVice Admiral Ajay Kochhar Appointed Vice-Chief of Indian Navy
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