Prelims Current Affairs includes World Tuna Day – 2 May, World Asthma Day 2026, Canada Becomes First Non-European Country To Attend Epc Summit, Caricom, Samarth Portal For Panchayat Fiscal Management, Hazaribag Becomes India’s First Pearl Farming Cluster, Government To Launch Sachet Mobile-Based Disaster Alert System, Chief Justice Surya Kant Declares Sikkim First Paperless Judiciary In India , 2026 Assembly Election Results: Major Political Shift Across West Bengal, Tamil & Nadu, Kerala, Assam & Puducherry

DAYS TO REMEMBER

1. WORLD TUNA DAY – 2 MAY

Current Context: World Tuna Day is observed every year on 2 May to raise awareness about the importance of tuna fish and sustainable fishing practices. 

ABOUT WORLD TUNA DAY

• Theme 2026:“Sustaining Tuna, Sustaining Nations and Advocating for Tuna Conservation”
• Purpose:Raise awareness about importance of tuna fish and sustainable fishing practices; highlight need for conservation of tuna species and maintaining balanced marine ecosystem

DAYS TO REMEMBER

2. WORLD ASTHMA DAY 2026

Current Context: World Asthma Day 2026 will be observed on Tuesday, 5 May 2026, led by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA).

ABOUT WORLD ASTHMA DAY

• Date:First Tuesday of May (May 5, 2026)
• Theme 2026:“Access to anti-inflammatory inhalers for everyone with asthma, still an urgent need”
• First Observed:1998 (started alongside first World Asthma Meeting in Barcelona, Spain)
• Global Impact:Asthma affects over 260 million people globally; India has over 34 million people affected
• Spirometry Test:Common lung function test measuring FVC (total air breathed out) and FEV1 (air breathed out in first second)

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

3. CANADA BECOMES FIRST NON-EUROPEAN COUNTRY TO ATTEND EPC SUMMIT

Current Context: Canada became the first non-European country to participate in a European Political Community (EPC) summit at the 8th EPC meeting in Yerevan, Armenia, on 4 May 2026.

ABOUT EPC

• Launched:2022 (after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine)
• Members:EU member states and non-EU European countries (UK, Turkey, Norway, Switzerland)
• 8th EPC Summit:Yerevan, Armenia, co-chaired by Armenian PM Nikolai Pashinyan and European Council President Antonio Costa

INTERNATIONAL

4. CARICOM

Current Context: External Affairs Minister arrived in Kingston, Jamaica, for a nine-day visit to CARICOM countries.

ABOUT CARICOM

• Full Form:Caribbean Community
• Established:1973 by Treaty of Chaguaramas
• Oldest surviving integration movement in developing world
• Headquarters:Georgetown, Guyana
• Members (15):Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
• Key Institutions:Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) -final court of appeal (2007)

POLITY & GOVERNANCE

5. SAMARTH PORTAL FOR PANCHAYAT FISCAL MANAGEMENT

Current Context: Samarth Panchayat portal is a digital platform developed by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj for managing Own Source Revenue (OSR) in Gram Panchayats.

ABOUT SAMARTH PORTAL

• Features:Online demand generation, digital payment collection, asset management, real-time revenue monitoring
• Pilots:Completed in Chhattisgarh and Himachal Pradesh
• Himachal Pradesh:Made SAMARTH portal mandatory for all 3,616 Gram Panchayats from 1 April 2026
• Dashboard (as of 3 May 2026):15,110 GPs with submitted resolutions; 4,826,187 taxpayers; 938,928 registered properties

ECONOMY

6. HAZARIBAG BECOMES INDIA’S FIRST PEARL FARMING CLUSTER

Current Context: Hazaribag in Jharkhand has been notified as India’s first pearl farming cluster under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).

ABOUT THE CLUSTER

• Notified as Pearl Cluster:30 August 2024
• Production:02 lakh pearls from Hazaribag district alone (NFDB)
• Species Used:Hyriopsis cumingii (Vietnamese mussel species)
• PMMSY:Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (central scheme for fisheries development) was launched in September 2020 with an aim to double the income of fish farmers.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

7. GOVERNMENT TO LAUNCH SACHET MOBILE-BASED DISASTER ALERT SYSTEM

Current Context: Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia will launch SACHET, a mobile-based disaster communication system.

ABOUT SACHET

• Developed by:Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT)
• Collaboration with:National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)
• Based on:Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) recommended by ITU
• Status:Already operational across all 36 States and Union Territories

STATES IN NEWS

8. CHIEF JUSTICE SURYA KANT DECLARES SIKKIM FIRST PAPERLESS JUDICIARY IN INDIA

Current Context: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has announced that Sikkim has become India’s first fully paperless judiciary.

ABOUT THE ACHIEVEMENT

• State:Sikkim (India’s first fully paperless judiciary)
• Announced at:National Conclave on Technology and Judicial Education in Gangtok
• Key Digital Tools:e-Courts Project, AI tools (SUPACE and SUVAS), virtual hearings
• Vision:“Petitions must move, not people” – justice accessible from anywhere

ELECTIONS

9. 2026 ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS: MAJOR POLITICAL SHIFT ACROSS WEST BENGAL, TAMIL NADU, KERALA, ASSAM & PUDUCHERRY

Current Context: Assembly Election Results 2026 across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry (UT) show major political shifts. West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala witness regime change, while Assam and Puducherry see incumbent governments retaining power.

WEST BENGAL ASSEMBLY RESULTS 2026

• Total Seats:294
• Winner:BJP (206 seats) first time BJP will rule West Bengal since party’s formation
• Outgoing CM:Mamata Banerjee (AITC) – rule ends after 15 years
• AITC:80 seats

TAMIL NADU ASSEMBLY RESULTS 2026

• Total Seats:234
• Winner:Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) 108 seats (actor Vijay Thalapathy’s party)
• DMK:59 seats; ADMK: 47 seats

KERALA ASSEMBLY RESULTS 2026

• Total Seats:140
• Winner:United Democratic Front (UDF) clear majority, ended decade-long rule of Left Democratic Front (LDF). INC – 63, CPI(M) – 26.
• First time in 50 years:No left government in any state of India (CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s LDF lost)

ASSAM ASSEMBLY RESULTS 2026

• Total Seats:126
• Winner:BJP (82 seats) NDA alliance crossed 100 seats, incumbent government retained power
• INC – 19.

PUDUCHERRY ASSEMBLY RESULTS 2026

• Total Seats:30
• Winner:NDA retained power, CM N. Rangasamy secured victories in both constituencies he contested
• AINRC – 12
• DMK – 5

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