Current Affairs,May 2022
31st May, Current Affairs:
• The Indian economy grew at 8.7 per cent,
according to the National Statistical Office (NSO) data released today.
•
Indian women's shooting team bagged a gold medal for India in the 10m air
rifle women's team event at the ISSF World Cup 2022 in Baku.
• World No
Tobacco Day is being observed today. The theme of World No Tobacco Day is
“Protect The Environment”.
30th May, Current Affairs:
• Union Public Service Commission, UPSC has
declared the UPSC Civil Services Final Result 2021 today. Shruti Sharma from
Delhi has topped the UPSC Civil Service exam.
• Gujarat Titans defeated
Rajasthan Royals by 7 wickets in the final to become IPL 2022 champions.
• Jos Buttler won the IPL 2022 Orange Cup. The Rajasthan Royals opener ended
with 863 runs at an average of 57.33 with four hundreds and four
half-centuries at a strike-rate of 149.05. Yuzvendra Chahal won the Purple
cap with 27 wickets.
29th May, Current Affairs:
• The International Day of UN Peacekeepers
is being observed today.
• The United States of America (USA) surpassed
China to become India's top trading partner in 2021-22. According to the
data of the commerce ministry, in 2021-22, the bilateral trade between the
US and India stood at $119.42 billion as against $80.51 billion in 2020-21.
• Real Madrid won the Champions League for the 14th time after defeating
Liverpool in the final at Stade de France.
28th May, Current Affairs:
• Author Geetanjali Shree's Hindi
novel 'Tomb of Sand' has become the first book in any Indian
language to win the prestigious International Booker Prize.
•
Filmmaker Shaunak Sen's documentary All That Breathes has been
honoured with the 2022 L'OEil d'Or award.
26th May, Current Affairs:
• World Thyroid Day is observed today.
•
President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates national conference of woman
legislators in Thiruvananthapuram.
25th May, Current Affairs:
• Captain Abhilasha Barak became the first
woman officer to join the Army Aviation Corps as a combat aviator after
completing the combat army aviation course.
• World Health Organization
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been reelected for the
second term.
• A Delhi court today awarded life imprisonment to Kashmiri
separatist leader Yasin Malik in a terror funding case.
24th May, Current Affairs:
• The President of India on Monday
announced Vinai Kumar Saxena, chairperson of the Khadi and Village
Industries Commission, as the new Lieutenant Governor (L-G) of Delhi.
•
The Quad Leaders' Summit has begun at Tokyo in Japan. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi is participating in the meeting along with US President Joe
Biden, Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese, and Prime Minister of
Japan Fumio Kishida.
• Punjab Kings opening batter Shikhar Dhawan has
become the first player to hit 700 fours in the history of the IPL.
23rd May, Current Affairs:
• Labour Party leader Anthony Albanese was
today sworn in as Australia's new Prime Minister.
• The one million ASHA
(Accredited Social Health Activist) workers, who are at the forefront of
healthcare delivery in India, have received the Global Health Leaders
Award-2022 in the backdrop of the on-going 75th World Health Assembly.
21st May, Current Affairs:
• Anti-Terrorism Day is observed today.
• Today is the International Tea Day.
• Australian Prime Minister Scott
Morrison has conceded defeat in the country's election. Anthony Albanese,
leader of the Australian Labor Party, will take over as Australia's next
prime minister.
• The Indian men's compound archery team defeat France by
two points in an intense finish to win the gold medal in successive World
Cup stages.
19th May, Current Affairs:
• More than 7.17 lakh people across 29
districts of Assam have been hit by heavy floods triggered by pre-monsoon
rain.
• India's Nikhat Zareen won the gold medal in the 52kg category at
the Women's World Championship with a win over Thailand's Jitpong Jutamas in
the fly-weight final in Istanbul, Turkey. She is now only the fifth Indian
women's boxer after Mary Kom, Sarita Devi, Jenny RL and Lekha KC to win a
gold at the World Championships.
• Communications Minister Ashwini
Vaishnaw today successfully tested India's first 5G audio and video call at
IIT Madras.
17th May, Current Affairs:
• Devasahayam Pillai, who embraced
Christianity in the 18th century, became the first Indian layman to be
declared a saint by Pope Francis during canonisation ceremony at the
Vatican.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launches indigenous Navy
destroyer warship INS Surat and INS Udaygiri in Mumbai.
• The 75th Cannes
Film festival 2022 opens in France today. India is the Official Country of
Honour at Cannes Film Market in this edition of the festival.
• Sweden
has decided to formally apply to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO), following in the footsteps of neighbouring Finland.
• Odisha
wins 12th Hockey India Senior Women's National Championship in Bhopal.
15th May, Current Affairs:
• India today won their first Thomas Cup
title after beating holders and 14-time champions Indonesia 3-0 in the final
at the Impact Arena in Thailand.
• New Tripura CM Dr. Manik Saha take
oath today Dr. Manik Saha took oath as 12th Chief Minister of the state
today.
• Rajiv Kumar today assumed charge as the 25th Chief Election
Commissioner of India at Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi.
• Former Australia
all-rounder Andrew Symonds has been killed in a car crash. The 46-year-old,
who played 26 Tests and 198 one-day internationals for Australia from 1998
to 2009, was involved in a single-car accident outside Townsville in
Queensland State.
14th May, Current Affairs:
• Union Government has prohibited wheat
export with immediate effect. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade
issued a notification in this regard.
• BJP Tripura chief and Rajya Sabha
MP Manik Saha took over as the new Chief Minister of Tripura. This comes
after Biplab Kumar Deb tendered his resignation in the afternoon.
• The
Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates elected Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed
Al Nahyan as the President of the country.
13th May, Current Affairs:
• United Arab Emirates (UAE) President
Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan died today at 73.
• The Indian men's
badminton team made history after entering the semi-finals of the Thomas Cup
for the first time in 43 years. India beat Malaysia 3-2 in the quarterfinals
and assured themselves of at least a bronze medal. This the fourth time
India have entered the semi-finals of Thomas Cup after1952,1955,1979, but
there were no medals available on the earlier occasions.
12th May, Current Affairs:
• Sri Lanka's veteran political leader
Ranil Wickremesinghe has been appointed the next Prime Minister by the
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
• Saudi Aramco on Wednesday dethroned Apple
as the world's most valuable company. The Saudi Arabian national petroleum
and natural gas company billed as the largest oil-producing company in the
world.
• In Hungary, Katalin Novak has taken over as the first female
President of the country.
• An extended range version of the BrahMos
supersonic missile was successfully test fired from a Su-30 MKI fighter
aircraft today.
• Tata Sons appointed Campbell Wilson as the Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of Air India.
• Election
Commissioner Rajiv Kumar will be the new Chief Election Commissioner of
India.
10th May, Current Affairs:
• World Lupus Day is observed today. The
day is observed every year to raise awareness about Lupus which is an
autoimmune disease that can cause damage to any part of the body.
• Yoon
Suk-yeol was sworn in as South Korean president at Seoul's National
Assembly.
• Renowned santoor player Pt Shivkumar Sharma died in Mumbai
today following a heart attack. He was 84.
• Pulitzer Prize-2022 was
announced in the fields of journalism, book, drama, and accompaniment. Slain
photo journalist Danish Siddiqui is among four Indians honoured with the
prestigious Pulitzer Prize 2022 in the feature photography category.
Siddiqui, Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, and Amit Dave won the award.
9th May, Current Affairs:
• Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda
Rajapaksa resigned from his post.
• Chief Justice of India Justice N V
Ramana today administered the oath of office to Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and
Justice Jamshed B Pardiwala at a function in the Supreme Court.
•
Australian women's team star keeper-batter Alyssa Healy and South African
men's side spinner Keshav Maharaj were voted the ICC's 'Player of the Month'
for April in their respective categories.
• The Asian Games 2022, which
were scheduled to be held in September in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, has
been postponed until 2023 due to Covid-19 pandemic.
5th May, Current Affairs:
• The Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation
Commission made public on Thursday its final draft on redrawn
constituencies, seven additional segments, and the names of constituencies.
According to an official statement, 43 seats for the Jammu division and 47
for the Kashmir division have been demarcated, with a total of nine seats
reserved for Schedule Tribes for the first time.
• Prime Minister
Narendra Modi returned India today after concluding his three-nation
European tour.
4th May, Current Affairs:
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hiked its
benchmark interest rate by 40 bps. The lending rate has been increased to
4.40 per cent.
• India has fallen eight places from 142 to 150 in the
2022 World Press Freedom Index of 180 countries. The index, published by
Reporters Without Borders.
3rd May, Current Affairs:
• Eid-ul-Fitr is being celebrated with
religious fervour and gaiety across the country today.
• The festival of
Akshaya Tritiya is being celebrated all over the country today.
• Kerala
beat West Bengal 5-4 in a penalty shootout at the Payyanad Stadium in
Malappuram to win the Santosh Trophy National Tournament for the seventh
time. Both teams were tied at 1-1 at the end of extra-time.
2nd May, Current Affairs:
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German
Chancellor Olaf Scholz are co-chairing the sixth edition of the
India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations-IGC in Berlin.
• The
Central Intelligence Agency, USA has appointed Nand Mulchandani, an
Indian-origin man as their first ever Central Technology Officer (CTO).
•
Three-time World champion Carolina Marin clinched the European Championships
title for the sixth time.
• Real Madrid claimed a record-extending 35th
LaLiga title after defeating Espanyol 4-0 in Santiago Bernabeu stadium.
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