Persons & Appointments in News — May 2026

166 persons & appointments, for Prelims revision. Each links to its full note.

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Balendra Shah: Prime Minister of Nepal · 31 May · GS2 · note
Ajit Doval: India's National Security Advisor · 31 May · GS2 · note
FSSAI is responsible for enforcing food safety standards and hygiene regulations · 31 May · GS3 · note
Konsakhul Village Authority: Local administrative body in Manipur · 31 May · GS3 · note
Rajeev Krishna: Appointed as the full-time Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh. · 31 May · GS3 · note
Simon Stiell: United Nations climate chief. · 31 May · GS3 · note
Scott Moe: Premier of Saskatchewan · 31 May · GS2 · note
Chris Cooter: Canada's High Commissioner to India · 31 May · GS2 · note
Ananya Awasthi is the first woman ADC to the Governor of Odisha · 31 May · GS2 · note
J&K Chief Secretary is overseeing the convergence initiative with Anganwari centers · 31 May · GS2 · note
Shahzad Bhatti is a Pakistani social-media influencer under Indian security scanner. · 31 May · GS3 · note
Ma Jia: Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar · 31 May · GS2 · note
General Tin Aung San: Myanmar Defense Minister · 31 May · GS2 · note
Giorgia Meloni: Prime Minister of Italy · 31 May · GS2 · note
Antonio Tajani: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Italy · 31 May · GS2 · note
Solicitor General: Tushar Mehta represented the Gujarat government in the matter. · 31 May · GS2 · note
Sourindro Mohun Tagore was a Bengali aristocrat and musicologist who disseminated Indian musical knowledge to Europe in the 19th century. · 31 May · GS1 · note
Rajnath Singh: India's Raksha Mantri (Defence Minister) · 31 May · GS2 · note
Richard Marles: Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister · 31 May · GS2 · note
Zia-ur-Rahman: Former President of Bangladesh · 31 May · GS2 · note
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS): The principal military advisor to the Government of India on integrated commands. · 31 May · GS3 · note
Vidhi Kumar Birdi: Senior IPS officer currently serving as IGP Kashmir. · 31 May · GS2 · note
Admiral Krishna Swaminathan: Chief of the Naval Staff · 31 May · GS3 · note
Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi: Predecessor of the current Navy Chief · 31 May · GS3 · note
Sonam Wangchuk Shakspo: Scholar and diplomat commenting on cultural diplomacy · 31 May · GS2 · note
Amit Shah: Union Home and Cooperation Minister · 31 May · GS3 · note
The Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police are the primary agencies conducting the operation · 31 May · GS3 · note
V. Anantha Nageswaran: Chief Economic Adviser of India · 30 May · GS3 · note
Scott Bessent: US Treasury Secretary · 30 May · GS3 · note
Richard Marles: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence of Australia · 30 May · GS2 · note
Pete Hegseth: Serving as the US Defence Secretary. · 30 May · GS2 · note
Marco Rubio: US Secretary of State · 30 May · GS2 · note
Union Education Ministry: The central body overseeing the audit of CBSE systems · 30 May · GS3 · note
General Upendra Dwivedi: Chief of Army Staff · 30 May · GS2 · note
Vladimir Putin: President of Russia · 30 May · GS2 · note
Ajit Doval: National Security Advisor of India · 30 May · GS2 · note
Sergei Shoigu: Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation · 30 May · GS2 · note
Pete Hegseth: US Secretary of War · 30 May · GS2 · note
Mukesh Mahaling: Health and Family Welfare Minister of Odisha. · 30 May · GS2 · note
Aditi Tatkare: Minister for Women and Child Development in Maharashtra · 30 May · GS2 · note
Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi: Current Chief of the Indian Navy. · 30 May · GS2 · note
Nicusor Dan: President of Romania. · 30 May · GS2 · note
Volodymyr Zelenskyy: President of Ukraine. · 30 May · GS2 · note
Yumnam Khemchand Singh: Chief Minister of Manipur who addressed the safety concerns of the victims' families. · 30 May · GS3 · note
Tom Graves: Former Republican Congressman leading Ervin Graves Strategy Group · 30 May · GS2 · note
Donald Trump: President of the United States · 30 May · GS2 · note
Esmaeil Baghaei: Spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry · 30 May · GS2 · note
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf: Iran's top negotiator · 30 May · GS2 · note
Sergio Gor is the U.S. Ambassador to India. · 29 May · GS2 · note
Raj Shekhar: Managing Director of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Rural). · 29 May · GS2 · note
Maninder Sidhu: Canadian International Trade Minister · 29 May · GS2 · note
Rajnath Singh: Union Minister of Defence · 29 May · GS2 · note
Dharmendra Pradhan: Union Minister of Education · 29 May · GS2 · note
Jyotiraditya Scindia: Union Minister of Communications · 29 May · GS2 · note
Dinesh Gundu Rao is the Minister of Health and Family Welfare · 28 May · GS2 · note
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA): Nodal ministry for coastal security framework · 28 May · GS3 · note
Revanth Reddy: Chief Minister of Telangana. · 28 May · GS2 · note
President Donald Trump: The US President who dismissed the report on a potential compromise deal with Tehran. · 28 May · GS2 · note
Scott Bessent: Serving as the US Treasury Secretary. · 28 May · GS2 · note
Amit Shah: Union Minister of Home Affairs · 27 May · GS3 · note
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory: The body responsible for the thruster testing. · 27 May · GS3 · note
K. Ram Mohan Naidu: Union Minister for Civil Aviation · 27 May · GS3 · note
The initiative aligns with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's goal of boosting local manufacturing. · 27 May · GS3 · note
US Department of Energy: The body responsible for selecting companies to utilize Cold War-era plutonium. · 26 May · GS2 · note
Gymkhana Club members: retired generals, senior bureaucrats, and business families · 26 May · GS1 · note
US State Department: Authority responsible for announcing visa quota exhaustion · 26 May · GS2 · note
Blue Origin, Intuitive Machines, and Astrobotic are private companies involved in NASA's lunar base construction. · 26 May · GS3 · note
Masoud Pezeshkian: President of Iran who ordered the restoration of internet services. · 26 May · GS2 · note
Marco Rubio: U.S. Secretary of State · 26 May · GS2 · note
Sergio Gor: U.S. Ambassador to India · 26 May · GS2 · note
Mohan Yadav: Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. · 26 May · GS1 · note
Amit Shah: Union Home Minister of India · 25 May · GS3 · note
DSEL: Department of School Education and Literacy · 25 May · GS2 · note
Marco Rubio is the Secretary of State of the United States. · 25 May · GS2 · note
John Lee: The Chief Executive of Hong Kong. · 25 May · GS2 · note
President Droupadi Murmu is the conferring authority for the Padma awards. · 25 May · GS1 · note
Rajendra Singh: Water conservationist who advocated for the protection of natural resources for future generations · 24 May · GS3 · note
Toshimitsu Motegi: Japanese Foreign Minister · 24 May · GS2 · note
Esmaeil Baqaei: Spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry. · 24 May · GS2 · note
Benjamin Netanyahu: Israeli leader involved in the ceasefire negotiations · 23 May · GS2 · note
Surya Kant: Chief Justice of India (CJI) as of May 2026 · 23 May · GS3 · note
Kristrún Mjöll Frostadóttir: Prime Minister of Iceland · 23 May · GS2 · note
Marco Rubio: U.S. Secretary of State as of May 2026 · 23 May · GS2 · note
Strategic Forces Command: The body responsible for the missile test-launch · 23 May · GS3 · note
Marco Rubio: Serving as the US Secretary of State as of May 2026. · 22 May · GS2 · note
Vikram Misri: India's Foreign Secretary · 22 May · GS2 · note
Arvind Panagariya is the Chairman of the 16th Finance Commission · 22 May · GS3 · note
The RBI's next major decision on rates is scheduled for June 5th. · 22 May · GS3 · note
Dr. Neerja Gupta: Vice-Chancellor of Gujarat University who highlighted disruptions to academic schedules. · 22 May · GS2 · note
Sonam Wangchuk: Climate activist and member of the Ladakh delegation. · 21 May · GS2 · note
Dinesh Bihani is the secretary of the Guwahati Tea Auction Buyers’ Association · 21 May · GS3 · note
Tarique Rahman: Prime Minister of Bangladesh as of February 2026 · 21 May · GS2 · note
Vijay Gokhale: Former Foreign Secretary of India · 21 May · GS2 · note
The order was issued by the Director of Madrasa Education · 21 May · GS2 · note
Masoud Pezeshkian: President of Iran · 21 May · GS2 · note
Itamar Ben-Gvir: Israel's far-right national security minister · 21 May · GS2 · note
Indigo Airlines selected as the operator for the Gaya Ji-Bangkok flight · 20 May · GS2 · note
IMD: India Meteorological Department provides the official weather data for the contract · 20 May · GS3 · note
Ulf Kristersson: Prime Minister of Sweden · 20 May · GS2 · note
Mark Rutte: NATO Secretary-General · 20 May · GS2 · note
Donald Trump: US President who attempted to mediate a ceasefire in May 2026 · 19 May · GS2 · note
Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar were the primary subjects of the dropped criminal charges. · 19 May · GS2 · note
Consular services are linked to the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Consulate General of India in Dubai. · 19 May · GS2 · note
Jonas Gahr Store: Prime Minister of Norway · 19 May · GS2 · note
Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin: Principal contractors for Apache support services · 19 May · GS2 · note
BAE Systems: Contractor for M777A2 howitzer sustainment support · 19 May · GS2 · note
Vineet Joshi: Secretary of the Department of Higher Education. · 18 May · GS2 · note
Pradeep Kumar Joshi: Chairperson of the National Testing Agency (NTA). · 18 May · GS2 · note
P.P. Choudhary is the Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on ‘One Nation, One Election’ · 18 May · GS2 · note
Haqdarshak: A digital inclusion platform in India backed by Tata Trusts · 18 May · GS2 · note
Vinai Kumar Saxena is the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh · 17 May · GS2 · note
Rob Jetten: The Prime Minister of the Netherlands. · 17 May · GS2 · note
Sanjay Kumar is the Secretary of the Department of School Education & Literacy (DoSEL). · 16 May · GS2 · note
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima are the monarchs of the Netherlands · 16 May · GS2 · note
Commander Vikas Sheoran skippered the vessel during the maiden voyage. · 16 May · GS2 · note
Abbas Araghchi is the Foreign Minister of Iran. · 16 May · GS2 · note
M. Ravichandran is the Secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences · 15 May · GS1 · note
CJI Surya Kant: Chief Justice of India as of May 2026 · 15 May · GS2 · note
Dr. Amit Kumar Jain is the DMRC Director (Operations and Services) · 15 May · GS3 · note
Arvind Kumar is the Indian Oil Corporation Director (Refinery) · 15 May · GS3 · note
Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India · 15 May · GS2 · note
Periasamy Kumaran: India's High Commissioner to the U.K. as of May 2026 · 14 May · GS2 · note
Scott Furssedonn-Wood: Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps in the U.K. · 14 May · GS2 · note
Abbas Araghchi: Serving as the Foreign Minister of Iran. · 14 May · GS2 · note
Ramalingam Chandrasekar is the Fisheries Minister of Sri Lanka · 14 May · GS2 · note
Madhu Bangarappa is the Minister for School Education and Literacy in Karnataka. · 14 May · GS2 · note
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to avoid gold purchases to ease balance of payments pressure · 13 May · GS3 · note
Sanjay Malhotra: Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) · 13 May · GS3 · note
The U.S. State Department issued the visa curbs. · 13 May · GS2 · note
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO): State-level official responsible for overseeing electoral processes. · 12 May · GS2 · note
Santosh Kumar Sarangi: New and Renewable Energy Secretary · 10 May · GS3 · note
S. Jaishankar: Serving as the External Affairs Minister of India. · 10 May · GS2 · note
Pakistan acted as the mediator for the US-Iran peace proposal. · 10 May · GS2 · note
Marco Rubio: Serving as the US Secretary of State. · 10 May · GS2 · note
Donald Trump: President of the United States (as of May 2026). · 10 May · GS2 · note
ADGP Devajyoti Ray is the head of the grievance cell in the Karnataka Police. · 9 May · GS2 · note
IndiaAI Mission is the body responsible for organizing the hackathon in collaboration with IISc Bengaluru. · 9 May · GS3 · note
S. Savitha is the BC Welfare Minister of Andhra Pradesh. · 9 May · GS2 · note
Rajendra Arlekar: Governor of Tamil Nadu · 9 May · GS2 · note
G.S. Sangreshi: State Election Commissioner · 9 May · GS2 · note
Marco Rubio: Serving as the United States Secretary of State. · 9 May · GS2 · note
Donald Trump is the US President as of May 2026. · 8 May · GS2 · note
Chris Smith and Stephen Rapp: Members of the US House of Representatives · 8 May · GS2 · note
Lalit Jain is the Director of Census Operations (DCO) in Haryana. · 8 May · GS3 · note
Surya Kant is the Chief Justice of India · 8 May · GS2 · note
A. Rajarajan: Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC). · 8 May · GS3 · note
Donald Trump: President of the United States at the time of the incident. · 8 May · GS2 · note
Shashi Tharoor: A leader of the Indian National Congress party · 8 May · GS3 · note
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir: Authorized to exercise telecom control during public safety events. · 8 May · GS3 · note
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is the body responsible for the thruster testing. · 7 May · GS3 · note
R. N. Ravi: Governor of West Bengal · 7 May · GS2 · note
Anil Devli: Chief Executive of the Indian National Shipowners’ Association. · 7 May · GS2 · note
Wang Yi: Foreign Minister of China · 7 May · GS2 · note
Mritunjay Kumar Narayan: Registrar General of India · 7 May · GS1 · note
Fahmida Khan: Deputy Country Representative of UN Women Pakistan · 7 May · GS3 · note
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The central ministry responsible for healthcare policy in India · 7 May · GS2 · note
Rob De Wit: Deputy Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy · 6 May · GS2 · note
Marco Rubio: U.S. Secretary of State (took office in January 2026) · 6 May · GS2 · note
Priyank Kharge: IT-Bt Minister of Karnataka who announced the program in January 2026. · 6 May · GS3 · note
Marco Rubio: Serving as the US Secretary of State during the announcement. · 6 May · GS2 · note
Majoral General Rob De Wit: Deputy Commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy (Royal Marines). · 5 May · GS2 · note
Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan: President of the UAE. · 5 May · GS2 · note
C. Tara Satyavathi is the Director of ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research (IIMR). · 5 May · GS3 · note
Omar Abdullah: Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. · 4 May · GS2 · note
Manoj Sinha serves as the Lieutenant-Governor of Jammu and Kashmir · 3 May · GS3 · note
Vikram Misri: Indian Foreign Secretary · 3 May · GS2 · note

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