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Highlights of Current Affairs 16 May 2026
- LEADS 2025 Report was released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to improve India’s logistics efficiency and reduce logistics costs.
- LEADS stands for Logistics Ease Across Different States and was launched in 2018 based on the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index model.
- LEADS 2025 introduced a new four-tier ranking system: Exemplars, High Performers, Accelerators and Growth-Seekers.
- Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Mizoram and Delhi were placed in the Exemplars category of LEADS 2025.
- LEAPS Awards 2025 recognised innovation and excellence in logistics and supply chain development across 13 categories.
- Thucydides Trap refers to the risk of conflict when a rising power challenges an established dominant power, often linked to China-US rivalry.
- India hosted the 10th Indian Ocean Dialogue under IORA and also assumed the IORA Chairship for 2025–2027.
- Kallakkadal is a sudden swell surge causing unexpected coastal flooding along Kerala’s coast due to distant storms in the southern Indian Ocean.
- Mizoram Ginger Mission was launched to promote cultivation, branding, processing and export of Mizo Ginger under the Brand Northeast strategy.
- India approved Lormalzi (donanemab), the country’s first disease-modifying therapy for early-stage Alzheimer’s disease.
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