Daily UPSC Current Affairs 21-MAY -2026 [NF STACK]

TOPICSSUBJECTPAPER
MUKHALINGAM        ART AND CULTUREPRELIMS
TRACHISCHIUM LALREMSANGAIENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGYPRELIMS
  UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY (UNGA)  INTERNATIONAL BODIESPRELIMS
PM-KUSUM COMPONENT-C      SCHEMEPRELIMS
  THE ALAKNANDA AND BHAGIRATHI  GEOGRAPHYPRELIMS
THE SPERM WHALE   ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGYPRELIMS
AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE  BIOLOGYPRELIMS
KEMPEGOWDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT   GEOGRAPHYPRELIMS

MUKHALINGAM

  • Mukhalingam, also known as Srimukhalingam or Mukhalinga, is a village and gram panchayat in Jalumuru mandal of Srikakulam district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Historically known as Kalinganagari, Mukhalingam served as the capital of the Eastern Ganga dynasty from the 6th to the 12th century.
  • The village is located on the left bank of Vamsadhara river

TRACHISCHIUM LALREMSANGAI

  • Trachischium lalremsangai is a newly discovered species of fossorial (burrowing) worm-eating snake native to the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot. Named after renowned Indian herpetologist Professor Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga, it is a harmless, slender colubrid snake.

UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY (UNGA)

India abstained from voting on United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution \(A/80/L.65\), which overwhelmingly endorsed the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) landmark advisory opinion on state obligations regarding climate change.

PM-KUSUM COMPONENT-C

PM-KUSUM Component-C focuses on solarizing existing grid-connected agriculture pumps. Farmers can use solar power to irrigate their fields and sell surplus energy back to the grid, reducing reliance on diesel while generating extra income.

THE ALAKNANDA AND BHAGIRATHI

The Alaknanda and Bhagirathi are the two primary headstreams of the Ganga River in Uttarakhand, India

THE SPERM WHALE 

  • The sperm whale or cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator.
  • The sperm whale uses echolocation and vocalization 

AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE

An autoimmune disease occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks your body’s healthy cells, tissues, and organs. Instead of only fighting off foreign invaders like bacteria and viruses, it creates autoantibodies that target your own body.

KEMPEGOWDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 

  • Kempegowda International Airport (IATA: BLR, ICAO: VOBL) is an international airport serving Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka.
  • It is owned and operated by Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL), a public–private consortium
  •  It is Karnataka’s first fully solar powered airport,

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