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Daily Current Affairs: 23 May 2026

Current affairs of 23 May 2026: SRS 2024 Bulletin: Birth Rate at 18.3, IMR Falls to 24; UMMID Phase-II Launched for Rare Genetic Disorders; Bharat Tex 2026 Event App Launched by Textiles Ministry, and 12 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 15 topics

National Affairs

Bharat Tex 2026 Event App Launched by Textiles Ministry
Maharashtra Nuclear Energy MoUs Worth ₹6.5 Lakh Crore

Banking & Finance

RBI Record Surplus Transfer of ₹2.87 Trillion for FY26
ZikZuk Technologies Gets RBI Final PPI Issuer Authorisation
NISM-IICA MoU on ESG, Governance and Capital Markets

Economy

North Star: USD 300 Million India Renewable Platform

International Affairs

68th APO Governing Body Meeting held in New Delhi

Agriculture & Rural

International Tea Day 2026: Date, FAO Theme and Aims

Science & Technology

UMMID Phase-II Launched for Rare Genetic Disorders
MP-Google AI Framework for Simhastha 2028 at Ujjain

Defence & Security

Vayu Astra-1 Loitering Munition Tested With 100-km Range

Reports & Indexes

SRS 2024 Bulletin: Birth Rate at 18.3, IMR Falls to 24

Awards & Persons

Chandrayaan-3 Wins 2026 AIAA Goddard Astronautics Award
Manindra Agrawal and Soumya Swaminathan Join Royal Society
Order of Mapungubwe for Indian-Origin Scientists Karim and Dheda

National Affairs

1. Bharat Tex 2026 Event App Launched by Textiles Ministry

Textiles Secretary Neelam Shami Rao unveiled the Bharat Tex 2026 app, an AI-powered business matchmaking and networking tool.
Bharat Tex 2026 takes place at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, from 14 to 17 July.
The app offers a 24x7 AI assistant, networking modules and QR-based lead capture.
BTTF and eleven textile Export Promotion Councils organise it, backed by the Ministry of Textiles.

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2. Maharashtra Nuclear Energy MoUs Worth ₹6.5 Lakh Crore

Maharashtra signed nuclear energy MoUs worth ₹6.5 lakh crore.
Partners: NTPC, Reliance Industries, Adani Power and Lalitpur Power Generation Company.
The projects target 25,400 MW of nuclear power capacity.

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Banking & Finance

3. RBI Record Surplus Transfer of ₹2.87 Trillion for FY26

RBI's Central Board, at its 623rd meeting under Governor Sanjay Malhotra, approved a record ₹2.87 trillion surplus transfer for FY 2025-26.
The sum is 7% above FY25's ₹2.69 trillion and equals 90.8% of the Centre's budgeted non-tax revenue.
The revised Economic Capital Framework widens the Contingent Risk Buffer band to 4.5-7.5% from 5.5-6.5%.
Icra sees the FY27 fiscal deficit overshooting the 4.3% target by about 40 bps, assuming crude at $95 a barrel.

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Banking & Finance

4. ZikZuk Technologies Gets RBI Final PPI Issuer Authorisation

ZikZuk Technologies received final RBI authorisation as a Prepaid Payment Instrument issuer under the PSS Act, 2007.
The in-principle approval had come in May 2025.
Non-bank PPI issuers need ₹5 crore net worth at application and ₹15 crore by the end of the third financial year.
The 2021 Master Directions grant the certificate of authorisation on a perpetual basis.

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Banking & Finance

5. NISM-IICA MoU on ESG, Governance and Capital Markets

NISM (National Institute of Securities Markets, backed by SEBI) entered into an MoU with IICA, the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.
The pact covers ESG practices, corporate governance and capital markets.
Joint work spans research, training, certifications and policy development, so that India's finance system is clearer and more efficient.

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Economy

6. North Star: USD 300 Million India Renewable Platform

British International Investment and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners launched the 'North Star' renewable platform.
Planned investment in India is USD 300 million.
It will back solar, wind, hybrid energy and battery storage projects.
Output is expected to exceed 4 million MWh of clean energy each year.

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International Affairs

7. 68th APO Governing Body Meeting held in New Delhi

New Delhi hosted the APO's 68th Governing Body Meeting, held under Union Minister Piyush Goyal.
Officials and specialists from member economies discussed how productivity can drive transformation, guided by APO Vision 2030.
Talks covered changes in leadership, productivity programmes for the region and how future budgets will be planned.
The Asian Productivity Organization works with member economies on productivity.

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Agriculture & Rural

Agriculture & Rural Development

8. International Tea Day 2026: Date, FAO Theme and Aims

International Tea Day is observed on 21 May; the 2026 observance was held on that date.
The FAO announced the 2026 theme: 'Sustaining Tea, Supporting Communities.'
The day promotes sustainable production and the welfare of tea workers and small growers.

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Science & Technology

Science & Technology

9. UMMID Phase-II Launched for Rare Genetic Disorders

Dr Jitendra Singh launched Phase-II of UMMID for Rare Genetic Disorders at Prithvi Bhawan, New Delhi.
Phase-II adds 25 NIDAN Kendras across 13 states and 1 Union Territory.
Three training centres are planned at Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chandigarh.
UMMID began on 23 September 2019 and is implemented by the Department of Biotechnology.

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Polity & Governance

10. MP-Google AI Framework for Simhastha 2028 at Ujjain

Madhya Pradesh partnered with Google to build an AI-powered management framework for Simhastha 2028 in Ujjain.
Planned tools: crowd monitoring, predictive traffic analytics, emergency response systems and multilingual AI help for pilgrims.
The tie-up also plans an AI Centre of Excellence in Madhya Pradesh.

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Defence & Security

Science & Technology

11. Vayu Astra-1 Loitering Munition Tested With 100-km Range

NIBE Limited tested the Vayu Astra-1 loitering munition, which has a 100-km operational range.
Trials were held in Rajasthan and Uttarakhand.
It was developed with Israel's Elbit Systems.
The Indian Army evaluated it under the No-Cost, No-Commitment model.

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Reports & Indexes

Health & Social Issues

12. SRS 2024 Bulletin: Birth Rate at 18.3, IMR Falls to 24

The SRS 2024 bulletin by ORGI shows India's birth rate falling from 21 in 2014 to 18.3 in 2024.
Death rate eased from 6.7 to 6.4, while Infant Mortality Rate dropped from 39 to 24 per 1,000 live births.
Rural IMR is 27 against urban 17; rural birth rate is 20.2 against urban 14.7.
Kerala leads larger states with natural growth rate 3.9 and IMR 8.

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Awards & Persons

Science & Technology

13. Chandrayaan-3 Wins 2026 AIAA Goddard Astronautics Award

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics gave ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 its 2026 Goddard Astronautics Award.
It was given for the soft touchdown close to the lunar south pole.
It also credited the mission's usefulness to studies of the Moon.
The mission placed India fourth among nations to soft-land on the Moon.

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Science & Technology

14. Manindra Agrawal and Soumya Swaminathan Join Royal Society

IIT Kanpur's Professor Manindra Agrawal and Dr. Soumya Swaminathan have been named Fellows of the Royal Society.
Agrawal's recognition rests on theoretical computer science and the AKS primality test.
Swaminathan was cited for global public health work and tuberculosis research.

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Health & Social Issues

15. Order of Mapungubwe for Indian-Origin Scientists Karim and Dheda

South Africa awarded the Order of Mapungubwe, its highest civilian honour, to Salim Abdool Karim and Keertan Dheda.
Karim was recognised for leadership in HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 research.
Dheda was honoured for pioneering work on tuberculosis and respiratory diseases.

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