UPSC Current Affairs 16 May 2026 — PIB

• Restitution of Chola Copper Plates
• Prime Minister witnesses signing of agreement between ASML and Tata Electronics for Semiconductor manufacturing
• Operation RAGEPILL: NCB Busts a Major International Drug Trafficking Network; Makes India’s First-Ever Seizure of Captagon, a Psychotropic Substance used in the Middle East Region
• Commerce Secretary Shri Rajesh Agrawal Highlights Trade and Economic Cooperation at BRICS Meeting in Gandhinagar
• Quantum and AI sovereignty, along with indigenous ecosystems will define India's next-generation growth: Dr Jitendra Singh
• Inviting feedback and suggestions on the Base Paper on “Framework for Measuring the Contribution of Knowledge and Knowledge Products to the Indian Economy”
• The Superfood Sweetener
• Prime Minister meets with Dutch CEOs
• High-level meeting on ICAR’s Expenditure Finance Committee held under the chairmanship of Union Agriculture Minister
• GeM Observes Incorporation Day 2026; Continues to Support Digital Public Procurement System in India
• Union Home & Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah to inaugurate Madhur Dairy Unit-2 in Gandhinagar
• INS SAGARDHWANI DEPARTS PORT KLANG, MALAYSIA
• Union DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Participates in Sikkim’s 51st Statehood Day Celebrations Alongside Vice President C P Radhakrishnan and Sikkim Chief Minister P S Tamang
• Ministry of Education reviews strategy for mainstreaming Out-of-School children by synergizing the strength of NIOS, States and District Administrations.
• National Consultative Workshop on "Strengthening Cyber Security Frameworks for State Data"
• Union MoS (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Jitendra Singh Virtually Addresses the Annual Convocation of the 42nd Batch of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Tec...
• Vice President addresses 51st Statehood Day celebrations of Sikkim in Gangtok
• English rendering of PM’s remarks during delegation-level talks with PM Rob Jetten of Netherlands
• English rendering of Prime Minister’s remarks during the CEOs Roundtable in the Netherlands
• Prime Minister calls on Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
• Prime Minister addresses the Indian Diaspora in the Netherlands
• English translation of Prime Minister's Address at the Indian Community Event in the Netherlands
• Prime Minister congratulates Ali Falih Kadhim al-Zaidi on assuming office as Prime Minister of Iraq
• Prime Minister extends greetings to the people of Sikkim on Statehood Day