India and Italy elevated their bilateral relationship to a Special Strategic Partnership on 20 May 2026 in Rome. The announcement was made during talks between Prime Minister Narendra...
Professor Salim Abdool Karim and Professor Keertan Dheda, two Indian-origin public health scientists, received South Africa’s highest civilian honour, the Order of Mapungubwe, on 20 May 2026 in...
N.S.K. Umesh, an Indian Administrative Service officer of the 2015 Kerala cadre, was appointed as Additional Secretary and Officer on Special Duty to the Chief Minister of Kerala...
World Bee Day is observed on 20 May each year to recognise the role of bees and other pollinators in agriculture, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning. In 2026, verified...
Researchers have identified thriving microbial communities hundreds of metres beneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf. The findings were published in 2022 in Nature Communications and were followed by a...
Archaeological structures dating to about 9,000 years ago have been identified beneath Lake Huron in North America. The sites belong to the Paleoindian and early Archaic periods and...
ISRO confirmed in September 2023 that the Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander performed a controlled hop experiment on the lunar surface. The lander fired its engines on command, rose about...
PRAGATI 2026, a multinational military exercise, began in Meghalaya on 20 May 2026. The two-week exercise is being held at Umroi Military Station near Shillong and involves armed...
The United Nations revised India’s GDP growth forecast for 2026 to 6.4% on 20 May 2026, down from an earlier estimate of 6.6%. The revision was issued in...
