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Daily Current Affairs: 27 May 2026

Current affairs of 27 May 2026: PM-AJAY Portal and AJAY Mobile App: Tracking SC Welfare Projects; BRICS 2026 tourism agenda: first Tourism Working Group meets; Quad Foreign Ministers Meet in New Delhi: Key Outcomes, and 21 more topics. Key facts for every exam, with a quiz.

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In this issue: 24 topics

National Affairs

  1. Legal Metrology GATC Rules Amended for Fuel Dispenser Checks
  2. AYUSHEXCIL-Spices Board MoU to Lift Ayush and Spice Exports
  3. Rohit Rajpal named India’s Chef de Mission for CWG 2026
  4. Himachal CM Sukhu Releases Novel Bazaar, Second Edition
  5. World Schizophrenia Awareness Day 2026: 24 May and Pinel

Government Schemes

  1. PM-AJAY Portal and AJAY Mobile App: Tracking SC Welfare Projects
  2. Maritime Reform Utsav Launched by Sarbananda Sonowal

Banking & Finance

  1. IRDAI Links Insurance CEO Pay to Customer Service Metrics
  2. SIDBI’s Three New MSME Initiatives Launched by Sitharaman
  3. RBI Cooling-Off Rule for UCB and RCB Directors; Q-SAFE Panel
  4. Elias George Appointed Part-Time Chairman of Federal Bank

Economy

  1. LIC Lifts Central Bank of India Holding to 6.06%

International Affairs

  1. BRICS 2026 tourism agenda: first Tourism Working Group meets
  2. Quad Foreign Ministers Meet in New Delhi: Key Outcomes
  3. Cyprus President Christodoulides in India: Six MoUs Signed
  4. 79th World Health Assembly Ends in Geneva: Key Outcomes
  5. Commonwealth Day 2026: Observed in India on May 24
  6. World Football Day: Observed on 25 May Under UN Resolution

Science & Technology

  1. ICMR Patent Mitra I2I Connect: Biomedical Tech Transfer
  2. Shenzhou-23 Launch to Tiangong: First Hong Kong Astronaut

Environment & Ecology

  1. Kopra Reservoir: Chhattisgarh’s First Ramsar Site Explained
  2. IBCA Pre-Summit in Bhopal: Saudi Arabia Becomes 26th Member

Awards & Persons

  1. Kimi Antonelli Wins 2026 Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal
  2. Swara Lakshmi Nair Earns Woman International Master Title

National Affairs

Government Schemes

Polity & Governance

6. PM-AJAY Portal and AJAY Mobile App: Tracking SC Welfare Projects

  • MoSJE launched the PM-AJAY Portal and the AJAY Mobile App to track Scheduled Caste welfare projects.
  • PM-AJAY is a 100 per cent Centrally Sponsored umbrella scheme from FY 2021-22 merging PMAGY, SCA to SCSP and BJRCY.
  • Adarsh Gram villages need SC population above 40 per cent and total population of at least 500; each gets ₹2 lakh plus ₹1 lakh.
  • The app uploads geo-tagged, time-stamped photos before the next fund instalment is released.
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Banking & Finance

Economy

8. IRDAI Links Insurance CEO Pay to Customer Service Metrics

  • IRDAI now links variable pay of insurer MDs, CEOs and Key Management Personnel to customer service outcomes, effective for FY 2026-27 reviews.
  • Half the performance score comes from IRDAI-set customer and governance parameters; the other half from board-set company performance.
  • Indian Accounting Standards implementation and removal of dark patterns each carry a fixed 10% weight.
  • Insurers must publish pay parameters with three years of performance trends on their websites.
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Economy

International Affairs

Science & Technology

Science & Technology

19. ICMR Patent Mitra I2I Connect: Biomedical Tech Transfer

  • ICMR launched 'Medical Innovations Patent Mitra: Innovators-to-Industry (I2I) Connect' in New Delhi, described as India's largest biomedical innovation and technology transfer platform.
  • It links ICMR institutes, universities and startups with industry for large-scale manufacturing of healthcare technologies.
  • The launch showcased over 100 Indian technologies and released the Indian Biomedical Patent Landscape Report and a Technology Compendium.
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Environment & Ecology

Environment & Ecology

21. Kopra Reservoir: Chhattisgarh’s First Ramsar Site Explained

  • Kopra Reservoir, in Bilaspur district, is Chhattisgarh's first Ramsar Site, designated in 2025.
  • It began as an irrigation and fish-farming reservoir and became a self-sustaining wetland through community management.
  • It fits the 2026 International Day for Biological Diversity theme 'Local Action, Global Impact' (22 May).
  • The Ramsar Convention was signed in Ramsar, Iran, on 2 February 1971 and came into force in 1975.
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Awards & Persons

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