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Daily Current Affairs: 24 & 25 May 2026

Current affairs of 24 & 25 May 2026: State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2026: World Bank Findings; JEEVAN App and SHATAYU Dashboard for Senior Citizens; Kali Night Frog: New Species Found in Karnataka’s Western Ghats, and 18 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 21 topics

National Affairs

  1. NCB Chief Anurag Garg Gets Extension Till 31 July 2027

Government Schemes

  1. JEEVAN App and SHATAYU Dashboard for Senior Citizens

Banking & Finance

  1. Jumpp Gets IRDAI Corporate Agency and ISNP Licences
  2. RBI Approves Record Rs 2.87 Lakh Crore Surplus for FY26
  3. Skydo Wins GIFT City PSP Nod and RBI Cross-Border PA Approval

Economy

  1. ECLGS 5.0: West Asia Relief Credit Guarantee for MSMEs

International Affairs

  1. Modi’s Italy Visit: Special Strategic Partnership Declared
  2. World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development 2026

Agriculture & Rural

  1. Khet Bachao Abhiyan: ICAR Drive for Soil-Test-Based Fertiliser Use

Science & Technology

  1. Bharat Digital Samvad: BDIA Forum on Digital Sovereignty
  2. ANRF names 10 Convergence Research Centres of Excellence
  3. BIT Mesra-NESAC MoU for GeoAI and Geospatial Research

Environment & Ecology

  1. Kali Night Frog: New Species Found in Karnataka’s Western Ghats
  2. Biodiversity Day 2026: Theme ‘Acting Locally for Global Impact’

Defence & Security

  1. ITBP All-Women Everest Summit and BSF Mission Vande Mataram
  2. Agni-1 Missile Test-Fired from Chandipur, Odisha
  3. National Anti-Terrorism Day 2026: 21 May and Its Purpose

Reports & Indexes

  1. State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2026: World Bank Findings

Awards & Persons

  1. Major Abhilasha Barak Wins UN Military Gender Advocate Award
  2. Karnataka Grameena Bank Wins National Award for APY Work
  3. The Library Man of India: Book on P.N. Panicker Released

National Affairs

Government Schemes

Government Schemes

2. JEEVAN App and SHATAYU Dashboard for Senior Citizens

  • MoSJE launched the JEEVAN mobile app and the SHATAYU geriatric caregiver dashboard at a National Workshop in New Delhi.
  • JEEVAN is Joint Elderly Empowerment and Virtual Assistance Network; SHATAYU is Senior Holistic Care Assistance and Training For Your Utility.
  • The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment developed and manages both platforms.
  • National Elder Helpline number is 14567.
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Banking & Finance

Banking & Finance

3. Jumpp Gets IRDAI Corporate Agency and ISNP Licences

  • Jumpp, a conversational fintech platform run by the Finvasia Group, received IRDAI Corporate Agency and ISNP licences.
  • The licences let it distribute insurance digitally through an AI-powered platform, with health, life, motor, business and home cover planned.
  • Jumpp bundles banking and BBPS with YES Bank, UPI under NPCI authorisation, investments and Account Aggregator data.
  • IRDAI's wider vision is Insurance for All by 2047, with the Bima Sugam, Bima Vistaar and Bima Vahak trio.
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Economy

Economy

6. ECLGS 5.0: West Asia Relief Credit Guarantee for MSMEs

  • ECLGS 5.0 was launched in May 2026 to shield businesses from disruption caused by the West Asia conflict.
  • Standard MSMEs get a 100% government guarantee; non-MSMEs such as airlines get 90%.
  • The scheme targets ₹2.55 trillion of credit, with ₹5,000 crore earmarked for airlines.
  • NCGTC implements the scheme; the original ECLGS of May 2020 ran until 31 March 2023.
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International Affairs

Agriculture & Rural

Science & Technology

Environment & Ecology

Environment & Ecology

13. Kali Night Frog: New Species Found in Karnataka’s Western Ghats

  • Scientists announced a new species, Nyctibatrachus kali, the Kali night frog, from Karnataka's central Western Ghats.
  • It lives in torrential streams and leaf litter of the Castlerock rainforest, in the Kali river catchment basin.
  • It is a cryptic species, near-identical to the Kumbara night frog, separated by DNA and call patterns.
  • The genus Nyctibatrachus is entirely endemic to the Western Ghats.
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Defence & Security

Reports & Indexes

Environment & Ecology

18. State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2026: World Bank Findings

  • The World Bank Group released the 13th edition of State and Trends of Carbon Pricing in May 2026.
  • Carbon pricing now covers 29% of global GHG emissions, with 87 active policies globally.
  • Annual ETS and carbon tax revenue tripled from under USD 30 billion in 2016 to over USD 107 billion in 2025.
  • India is called one of the largest new carbon markets after launching its Carbon Credit Trading Scheme in 2026.
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Awards & Persons

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