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- India signed an MoU to set up the country’s first Mega Greenfield Shipyard at Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu.
- The project is part of the India–Republic of Korea maritime cooperation framework called VOYAGES (Shared Vision for Operation of Yard Assisted Growth with Efficiency and Scale).
- Scientists discovered a rare giant tree species named Daturodendron in the Andes Mountains, belonging to the Solanaceae family, which grows up to 20 metres tall in the cloud forests of Colombia and Peru.
- Soma Mandal from India won the South Asia regional award in the Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards 2026.
- Skyroot Aerospace, a Hyderabad-based private space startup, became India’s first space-tech unicorn after raising USD (United States Dollar) 60 million in funding.
- A unicorn is a startup company valued at more than USD 1 billion.
- South Korea introduced its first humanoid robot monk named “Gabi” at the Jogye Temple in Seoul ahead of Buddha’s Birthday celebrations.
- International Nurses Day is observed on May 12 every year to honour the contribution of nurses in healthcare services.
- The theme for the year 2026 is “Our Nurses. Our Future. Empowered Nurses Save Lives.”
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