SECTION 1: NATIONAL AFFAIRS & GOVERNANCE
- 01 May 2025 – The Central Government issued a notification for a Nationwide Caste Census, scheduled to begin data collection in October 2026 for Ladakh and March 2027 elsewhere.
- 05 May 2025 – The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs constituted the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of AYUSH, bringing the total number of such committees to 42.
- 06–07 May 2025 – The Indian Armed Forces executed Operation Sindoor, a coordinated military strike against nine terrorist camps in Pakistan and PoK using indigenous drone technology.
- 07 May 2025 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah interacted with distinguished guests from border villages under the Vibrant Village Programme (VVP) in New Delhi.
- 15 May 2025 – Union Home Minister Amit Shah felicitated the CRPF and Chhattisgarh Police personnel who successfully carried out ‘Operation Black Forest’ on Karreguttalu hill.
- 19 May 2025 – The Ministry of Home Affairs inaugurated the Fast Track Immigration – Trusted Traveller Programme (FTI-TTP) at Lucknow, Thiruvananthapuram, Trichy, Kozhikode, and Amritsar airports.
- 20 May 2025 – The Supreme Court delivered a landmark verdict in All India Judges Assn. v. Union of India, restoring the three-year minimum legal practice requirement for civil judge exams.
- 30 May 2025 – The Parliamentary Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs held a meeting on ‘Cyber Security and Cyber Crime’ in New Delhi.
- May 2025 – The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) notified the ‘Cashless Treatment of Road Accident Victims Scheme, 2025’.
- May 2025 – Mizoram became the first state in India to be officially declared fully ‘literate’ under the ULLAS initiative.
- May 2025 – Kerala became the first state in India to make robotics education compulsory for all Class X students.
- May 2025 – The Uttar Pradesh Government, in partnership with Indian Railways, introduced India’s first Vistadome jungle safari train.
SECTION 2: ECONOMY & BANKING
- 08 May 2025 – The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued the Digital Lending Directions, 2025 to establish a transparent and borrower-centric framework.
- May 2025 – Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam (GNN) issued India’s first Certified Green Municipal Bond under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban.
- May 2025 – Kantar BrandZ released the “2025 World’s Most Valuable Global Brands” report.
SECTION 3: INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS & SUMMITS
- May 2025 – The Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions were held in Switzerland under the theme “Make visible the invisible”.
- May 2025 – The 4th RIMES Ministerial Conference was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka with the theme “Actionable Early Warnings and Climate Services for All”.
- May 2025 – The Global Space Exploration Conference was organized by the International Astronautical Federation in New Delhi.
- May 2025 – The World Bank Land Conference took place in Washington, D.C. focusing on land tenure and climate action.
- May 2025 – Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Leo XIV.
SECTION 4: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- 05 May 2025 – Physicists at MIT captured the first-ever images of “free-range” atoms.
- 08 May 2025 – The ALICE experiment at CERN detected the conversion of lead into gold at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
- 11 May 2025 – National Technology Day was observed across India to commemorate the success of the Pokhran nuclear tests.
- 20 May 2025 – Google DeepMind announced the launch of Veo 3, a state-of-the-art video generation model.
- 21 May 2025 – The world’s first gonorrhoea vaccine was launched by NHS England.
- 22 May 2025 – The Ministry of Earth Sciences inaugurated Polar Bhavan housing the first Polar and Ocean Museum in South Asia.
- 22 May 2025 – Scientists reported the discovery of a new dwarf planet candidate named 2017 OF201 in the outer Solar System.
- May 2025 – Sarvam AI launched a new text-to-speech AI model called Bulbul v2.
- May 2025 – The SBOF Agrosmart Private Limited launched India’s first AI-based all-in-one agriculture app, SBOF Agrosmart.
SECTION 5: APPOINTMENTS & AWARDS
- 01 May 2025 – Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit was appointed as the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff.
- 15 May 2025 – Dr. Ajay Kumar took charge as the Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
- May 2025 – Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi won the International Booker Prize 2025 for the novel ‘Heart Lamp’.
- May 2025 – Brazilian scientist Mariangela Hungria won the 2025 World Food Prize.
- May 2025 – Sadhguru (Jagadish Vasudev) was conferred the ‘Global Indian of the Year Award 2025’ by the Canada India Foundation.
- May 2025 – Bhuwan Ribhu was conferred the ‘Medal of Honour’ by the World Jurist Association.
- May 2025 – Alok Joshi was appointed as the Chairman of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB).
SECTION 6: SPORTS
- 19 May 2025 – The inaugural Khelo India Beach Games 2025 commenced in Diu, with Manipur topping the medal tally.
- May 2025 – Maharashtra won the 7th edition of the Khelo India Youth Games 2025.
- May 2025 – The 2026 Asian Weightlifting Championships hosting rights were awarded to the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF), to be held in Ahmedabad.
QUICK REVISION BOX
- Int. Booker Prize 2025: Banu Mushtaq & Deepa Bhasthi (‘Heart Lamp’).
- New UPSC Chairman: Dr. Ajay Kumar.
- World Food Prize 2025: Mariangela Hungria.
- Operation Sindoor: Indian military strike on terror camps (May 6-7).
- Khelo India Youth Games 2025 Winner: Maharashtra.
- New Pope (267th): Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost (Pope Leo XIV).
- First Fully Literate State (ULLAS): Mizoram.
MOST EXPECTED QUESTIONS (MCQs)
Q1. Who won the International Booker Prize 2025 for the novel ‘Heart Lamp’?
A. Geetanjali Shree
B. Banu Mushtaq
C. Perumal Murugan
D. Arundhati Roy
Answer: B
Q2. Which operation was executed by the Indian Armed Forces in May 2025 against terrorist camps in Pakistan and PoK?
A. Operation Kaveri
B. Operation Dost
C. Operation Sindoor
D. Operation Ajay
Answer: C
Q3. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in May 2025?
A. Manoj Soni
B. Preeti Sudan
C. Dr. Ajay Kumar
D. Rajiv Gauba
Answer: C
Q4. Which state became the first in India to make robotics education compulsory for Class X students in May 2025?
A. Karnataka
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Kerala
D. Telangana
Answer: C
Q5. The 4th RIMES Ministerial Conference in May 2025 was held in which country?
A. India
B. Thailand
C. Sri Lanka
D. Bangladesh
Answer: C
