1.The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will launch Odisha’s first-ever Bee Corridor project with the beginning of the monsoon season in June. Under this initiative, nearly 20,000 flowering plants will be planted along highways in Sambalpur, Berhampur and Dhenkanal.

2.Indian Railways has converted the highly patronised Bhanjapur–Puri–Bhanjapur Special trains into regular Express services

3.ISKCON organised Shree Jagannath Ratha Yatra at Jacksonville Beach, Florida, on Saturday, May 16, 2026, despite a formal protest letter submitted by Odia residents of Florida. Community members expressed strong objections.

4.The Kerala-based company will run 16 centres across all seven emirates, replacing BLS International, which has managed outsourced consular services since 2011.

5.Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warned that the country could face “dark days” similar to those between 2001 and 2006 if the BNP remains in power.

6.West Bengal politics,Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir Khan announced his withdrawal from the upcoming Falta Assembly re-poll scheduled for May 21.

7.Fame India, an acclaimed rating magazine, has listed 100 District Magistrates (DMs) in its survey findings as the “outstanding and best-performing” administrative heads .From Odisha, Amrit Ruturaj (Khordha), Dattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde (Cuttack), Subhankar Mohapatra (Sundargarh), and V. Keerthi Vasan (Ganjam) have been placed in the list.

8.Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing Tuesday night on a two-day state visit for talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, days after US leader Donald Trump travelled to China.

9.The drones that targeted the United Arab Emirates' Barakah nuclear power plant all came from Iraq, the country's Defence Ministry said Tuesday.

10.The inventory work of the Puri Jagannath Temple's 'Ratna Bhandar' or treasury resumed here Tuesday amid tight security.

11.Ganjam district administration Tuesday launched a campaign with aim of making the district plastic-free through weekly cleanliness drives across all panchayats.

12.A special drive named ‘Operation Baitarani’. Police conducted simultaneous raids at 12 locations across Anandapur, Ghasipura, Nandipada and Ghatagaon police station areas, targeting suspected sand mafia operators involved.

13.A Delhi court Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of former JNU student Umar Khalid, accused in the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, saying the grounds for seeking the relief are unreasonable.

14.The Delhi High Court has sentenced YouTuber Gulshan Pahuja, who runs the channel "Fight 4 Judicial Reforms", to six months’ simple imprisonment in two criminal contempt cases for making derogatory and scandalous remarks against the judiciary and judicial officers.

15.Odisha reeled under intense heatwave conditions Tuesday, with 21 places recording temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius or above.