May 14, 2026 -- Daily Current Affairs

Today’s edition leads with two high-impact developments. First, the National Testing Agency (NTA) on May 12, 2026 cancelled the NEET-UG 2026 examination (held on May 3, 2026) and the Centre handed the paper-leak investigation to the CBI – a leak traced from a Nashik printing-press chain to Sikar (Rajasthan), where Rajasthan SOG arrested Manish Yadav and Rakesh Mandavriya; a re-examination has been promised within 6-8 days for the roughly 23 lakh candidates. Second, Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation for April 2026 released on May 14, 2026 spiked to a 42-month high of 8.30 per cent (vs 3.88 per cent in March), driven by a 24.71 per cent year-on-year jump in Fuel & Power – the steepest fuel-component reading since September 2022. We also cover the Cabinet’s Rs 37,500 crore Coal and Lignite Gasification Scheme (May 13, 2026) targeting 75 MT of gasified coal/lignite and Rs 2.5-3 lakh crore in private investment; the launch of the Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool (BMIP) on May 12, 2026 with a USD 1.5 billion underwriting capacity and a Rs 12,980 crore sovereign guarantee; the Kimberley Process Intersessional Meeting (May 11-14, 2026) at the Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai, with India as KPCS Chair for 2026 under the “3Cs” theme; the Ministry of External Affairs curtain-raiser for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s five-nation tour (May 15-20, 2026) covering UAE, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Italy – including the 3rd India-Nordic Summit at Oslo on May 19, 2026; the formal Gazette notification (May 4, 2026) of the South Coast Railway as India’s 18th Railway Zone with headquarters at Visakhapatnam and operations from June 1, 2026; and the bioenergy + green-hydrogen pivot signalled by Shaktikanta Das at the CII Annual Business Summit 2026 in the context of West Asia tensions, including the National Green Hydrogen Mission outlay of Rs 19,744 crore.