UPSC Current Affairs 09 May 2026 — PIB

• India conducts successful flight-trial of Advanced Agni missile with Multiple Independently Targeted Re-Entry Vehicle system
• Lieutenant General NS Raja Subramani (Retd) appointed as Chief of Defence Staff
• Major breakthrough in Hypersonic Missile development: DRDO conducts extensive long-duration test of Actively Cooled Full Scale Scramjet Combustor
• Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan appointed as Chief of the Naval Staff
• Three Jan Suraksha Schemes - Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY) complete 11 years of providing social security cover
• From village roads to the pace of development under Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s leadership: 25 years of PMGSY, now a new resolve with PMGSY-IV