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World Press Freedom Day 2022: may 3 EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? World Press Freedom
World Press Freedom Day : may 3
Day
When? May 03
By: UNESCO

1st OBSRVD: 1991 UNESCO

HQ: paris,france
Theme: Journalism under digital siege Founded:1946
DG: Audrey Azoulay.

Highlights : Recent News:

• journalists have time and again risked their lives and reputation to
reveal the truth behind an incident, event or scandal. In a bid to •International Labour Day 2022
appreciate their hard work, every year, May 3 is observed as World observed globally on 1st May
Press FreedomDay. The special day celebrates the spirit of journalism
and recognises the dedication of journalists. It is extremely significant,
as the United Nations considers it an opportunity to celebrate the
fundamental principles of press freedom, assess the state of press
freedom across the globe
Obituaries
World's oldest person, Kane Tanaka, dies aged 119 EXPECTED QUESTIONS

Passed Away : Kane Tanaka Who? Kane Tanaka

Field: world’s oldest person Field? world’s oldest person

Born: japan Born? japan

Highlights :
Recent News:
•Kane Tanaka, the world’s oldest verified person, died in Japan at 119
years old. •World's Oldest Man saturnino de
•She was born on Jan. 2, 1903. She was born before the Wright la Fuente Garcia Dies At Age 112,
brothers’ first powered flight and died as the world's second-oldest 3 Weeks Before Next Birthday
person ever, according to Guinness World Records.
•She became the oldest living person in January 2019 at the age of 116
years and 28 days. She is also the second oldest person ever recorded,
behind only Jeanne Calment who lived to the age of 122.
Appointment
Former Amazon Music CEO Sahas Malhotra joins JioSaavn as CEO EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? CEO of JIO saavn
Appointed : sahas malhotra who? sahas malhotra

as: CEO of JIO saavn

JIO saavn
Replaces: rishi malhotra CEO: sahas malhotra
HQ: mumbai
Found:2007

Highlights: Recent News

•JioSaavn has named Sahas Malhotra, a former Amazon Music
•Andy Jassy will become
director and entertainment industry expert, as its Amazon’s CEO on July 5th
new CEO. Previously, Sahas Malhotra worked for Sony Music India and Tips
Industries.
•Sahas Malhotra has more than 24 years of experience in the entertainment
sector, including team development, film marketing, music P&L management,
licensing, media planning, music publishing, and product management
IRS officer Sangeeta Singh given additional charge of CBDT chairman EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? CBDT chairman
Appointed : Sangeeta Singh who? Sangeetha singh

as: add charge fo CBDT chair

CBDT
Tenure: three months chair: sangeetha singh
HQ: new delhi
Replaces: JB mohapatra Found: 1964

Highlights: Recent News

•Sangeeta Singh, a 1986 batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer has
•Vinay Mohan Kwatra
been given additional charge of Chairman, Central Board of Direct assumes charge as India’s new
Taxes (CBDT), after incumbent JB Mohapatra retired as the head of the Foreign Secretary
direct taxes administration body.
•Singh, a 1986-batch officer of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) of the
Income Tax cadre, "shall discharge the duties and responsibilities of the
post of chairman, CBDT in addition to her own duties for a period of
three months or till a regular Chairman is appointed
Defence
Cochin Shipyard to build first indigenous hydrogen-fuelled electric EXPECTED QUESTIONS
vessels What? first indigenous
hydrogen-fuelled electric
vessels,.
by?CSL
Ports minister
Sarbanandha sonowal
Cons: lakhimpur assam

Highlights:
•Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal
announced that the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) here will develop and build
the first indigenous hydrogen-fuelled electric vessels,. Recent News
•"The CSL has partnered with KPIT Technologies Limited and Indian
developers in the areas of hydrogen fuel cell, power train and Indian Register •BHEL-GE Power
of Shipping for developing rules and regulation for such vessels Conversion deal to make
•The hydrogen fuel cell vessel based on Low Temperature Proton Exchange propulsion systems for
Membrane Technology (LT-PEM) called Fuel Cell Electric Vessel (FCEV) is Navy
expected to cost around Rs 17.50 crore of which 75 per cent would be funded
by the Government of India
Exercise
Exercises Defender Europe 2022 and Swift Response 2022 begin EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? DE22& SR22
by? USAF

Highlights:
• the exercises DEFENDER EUROPE 2022 (DE22) and SWIFT RESPONSE 2022
(SR22) with participation of Polish soldiers will be conducted on the territory of
Poland and 8 other countries. There will be approximately 18 000 participants
from over 20 countries training together in both exercises. Recent News
•DEFENDER-Europe 22 is a multinational, regular joint and combined exercise
organized by the United States Armed Forces to build preparedness and
•Cyber defense exercises
interoperability between Allies and partners of the USA and NATO.
called Locked Shields were
•In the Swift Response exercise, the 6th Airborne Brigade will constitute core of
conducted by NATO in
forces conducting an airborne operation. Some 550 Polish soldiers will be
Estonia
deployed to Lithuania and Latvia along with troops from the Czech Republic and
the German-Dutch force.
Books & authors
“Leaders, Politicians, Citizens: Fifty Figures Who Influenced
India’s Politics” by rasheed kidwai EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? : leaders politicians citizens
Book Title: leaders politicians
citizens author: rasheed kidwai

author: rasheed kidwai Publisher: hachette india

Publisher: hachette india

About Book:
•Independent India’s political theatre has been enriched by Recent News
hundreds of people. Focusing upon 50 of them and summing
up their life and times in short obituaries is a humongous task. •Naveen Patnaik released 2 books “The
Political commentator Rasheed Kidwai has tried to accomplish Magic of Mangalajodi” & “The Sikh
History of East India”
this, piecing together profiles of people as varied as politicians
Jyoti Basu, Sheikh Abdullah, M Karunanidhi and Rajesh Pilot
and actors Dev Anand and Dilip Kumar.
Banking
Yes Bank ties up with FidyPay to enhance connected banking EXPECTED QUESTIONS
experience for customers What? Partner with
fidypay
by?YES bank

Yes bank
CEO:Prashant Kumar
Hq: mumbai
Founded: 2004
Fidypay
Ceo: manan dixit
HQ: indore
Highlights: Found: 2017
•FidyPay, a fintech API platform, has announced a partnership with Yes
Recent News
Bank to provide a seamless connected banking experience to the
latter’s customers. •Yes Bank launches ‘Agri
•Additionally, FidyPay will also be the solution provider for UPI services. Infinity’ programme
•collaborating with FidyPay is part of our overall connected banking
strategy to make banking more inclusive and easily accessible to our
diverse and growing consumer base
Union Bank becomes first public sector bank to go live on Account EXPECTED QUESTIONS
Aggregator framework What? AA eco system
by? UBI

UBI
CEO: Rajkiran Rai G
Hq: mumbai
Founded: 1919

Highlights:
•Union Bank of India became the first public sector bank to go live on
the Account Aggregator (AA) ecosystem.
•The framework facilitates sharing of financial information on a real-time basis Recent News
between regulated entities.
•AAs are licensed by the Reserve Bank of India to enable the flow of data •Union Bank launches
between Financial Information Providers (FIPs) and Financial Information super-app UnionNXT and
digital project SAMBHAV
Users (FIUs).
•The Account Aggregator Ecosystem helps the Lenders to leverage Digital data
acquired with the consent of the Customers for providing them with a
seamless journey and eliminating the need of physical documentation.
DBS Bank partners with Headstart and Anthill to support promising EXPECTED QUESTIONS
startups What? Partners with
headstart&anthil
by? DBS bank

DBS bank india

Hq: new delhi
MD&CEO: Surojit Shome
found: 1994

Highlights:
•In line with its vision to support entrepreneurs and innovators, DBS Bank
Recent News
India has partnered with startup venture capital fund Anthill Ventures and
evangelist network Headstart Network Foundation to launch DBS
•DBS Bank India partners
Business Class foundED. with Social Alpha to find
•This forum will be held across cities in India and will celebrate modern- innovative solutions to
day founders, innovators, and game-changers to foster co-innovation and tackle food loss and
collaboration in the startup ecosystem. wastage
International
Mission SAGAR IX: INS Gharial reaches Colombo, delivers critical EXPECTED QUESTIONS
medical aid to Sri Lanka What? Mission SAGAR IX
by? Indian navy

Sri lanka
Cap: Colombo, Sri
Jayawardenepura Kotte
Curr: Sri Lankan rupee
Pres: Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Highlights: Recent News

•With the overarching aim of providing critical medical aid to Sri Lanka during
the ongoing crisis, INS Gharial as part of Mission SAGAR IX today reached •India to give additional
Colombo. It delivered over 760 kgs of 107 types of critical lifesaving $500 million Fuel Aid to Sri
medicines. The shipment was received by Sri Lankan Health Minister. Lanka
• SAGAR - Security And Growth for All in the Region - the Indian Navy
undertakes several deployments titled Mission SAGAR to assist friendly
countries. Since May 2020, the Indian Navy has successfully concluded eight
such missions, deploying ten ships to 18 Friendly Foreign Countries.
National
Dharmendra Pradhan launches mandate document for National EXPECTED QUESTIONS
Curriculum Framework What? Mandate
document for NCF
by? Education minister

Education minister
Dharmendra pradhan
Cons:deogarh,odisha

Highlights:
•The 'Mandate Document: Guidelines for the Development of the National Recent News
Curriculum Framework (NCF)’ was released by the Union Education Minister
Dharmendra Pradhan. •Ministry of Education
•the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is the 'Philosophy', National launches Bhasha
Curriculum Framework is the 'Pathway' and the mandate document released Certificate Selfie campaign
by him is the 'Constitution' to champion the changing demands of the 21st
century and impact the future positively.
•the mandate document is going to bring about a paradigm shift in addition to
a focus on the holistic development of children, emphasis on skilling, the vital
role of teachers, learning in the mother tongue, and cultural rootedness.
Narayan Rane inaugurates “Enterprise India” a month long initiative EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? Event “Enterprise
India”
by? MSME ministry

MSME minister
Narayan rane
Cons: maharashtra
Highlights:
•Union Minister for MSME Narayan Rane inaugurated Event “Enterprise India”
is a series of commemorative entrepreneurship development events and activities
being organised from 27.04.2022 up to 27.05.2022 to promote entrepreneurship Recent News
culture and create awareness about the schemes and initiatives of Ministry of
MSME across the country. •Cabinet approved $808
•The event is aimed at ‘Jan Bhagidari’ and some of the key activities include million programme to
conferences with Industry Associations, organizing Entrepreneurship Awareness improve and accelerate the
Programmes, launch of MSME Sustainable Zed Certification Scheme, conducting performance of MSME
‘MSME Expedition’ in several States, organising MSME Mega Convention and
Exhibition.
State
Stadium to be built in Neeraj Chopra's native village - Haryana CM EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? Stadium to be built
in ? haryana

Haryana
Capital: Chandigarh;
Gov: Bandaru Dattatreya;
CM: Manohar Lal Khattar.

Highlights: Recent News

•Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced that a stadium
will be built in Olympic gold-medallist Neeraj Chopra's native village in •Haryana Agriculture
Panipat for 10 cr. Minister launches 'Mukhya
Mantri Bagwani Bima
•Neeraj Chopra, who belongs to Haryana, has made the country and the Yojana' portal
state proud by winning an Olympic gold medal last year.
CG Mukhyamantri Mitan Yojana 2022 in Chhattisgarh EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? Mukhyamantri
mitaan yojana
in ? chhattisgarh

chhattisgarh
Capital: Raipur
Gov: Anusuiya Uikey
Cm: Bhupesh Baghel

Highlights: Recent News

•chhattisgarh State Government has started CG Mukhyamantri Mitan
Yojana 2021-22 (Mukhyamantri Mitan Yojana), apply online under the •Dr. Virendra Kumar to lay
scheme for Home Delivery of Services . the foundation stone of
•Mukhyamantri Mitan Yojana is a brand new scheme started by the the Composite Regional
Centre (CRC) at
Government of Chhattisgarh, under which home delivery of government Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh
services will be done, people will be able to get the service by staying at
home, check complete information about Chhattisgarh Mukhyamantri
Mitan Yojana from here and services under Mitan Yojana.
Sports
PV Sindhu won bronze at Asian Badminton Championships EXPECTED QUESTIONS
What? Asia Badminton
Championships
bronze? PV sindhu

Highlights: Recent News

•In Asia Badminton Championships, India’s P.V. Sindhu won her second
Asian bronze medal after a heartbreaking three-game loss to top-seed •Serbia Open title: Andrey
and defending champion Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the semifinal in Rublev defeated Novak
Djokovic
Manila. Gold BY Z.Y. Wang of china
•She had won her first bronze in the Asia Badminton Championships
2014 Gimcheon edition.
Organisation / Bank: COUN\CAP
UBI Ports minister
UNESCO CEO: Rajkiran Rai G Sri lanka
HQ: paris,france Sarbanandha sonowal Cap: Colombo, Sri
Hq: -----------
Founded:--------- Founded: 1919 Cons: --------- Jayawardenepura Kotte
DG: Audrey Azoulay. DBS bank india Education minister Curr: -----------
JIO saavn Hq: new delhi Dharmendra pradhan Pres: Gotabaya Rajapaksa
CEO: ---------- MD&CEO: --------- Haryana
Cons:----------
HQ: mumbai found: 1994 Capital: Chandigarh;
Found:2007 MSME minister Gov: -------------
CBDT ------------- CM: Manohar Lal Khattar.
chair: sangeetha singh Cons: maharashtra chhattisgarh
HQ: new delhi Capital: Raipur
Found: --------- Gov: Anusuiya Uikey
Yes bank Cm: ---------------
CEO:Prashant Kumar
H--------
Founded: 2004
Fidypay
Ceo: ----------
HQ: indore
Found: 2017
Organisation / Bank: COUN\CAP
UBI Ports minister
UNESCO CEO: Rajkiran Rai G Sri lanka
HQ: paris,france Sarbanandha sonowal Cap: Colombo, Sri
Hq: mumbai
Founded:1946 Founded: 1919 Cons: lakhimpur assam Jayawardenepura Kotte
DG: Audrey Azoulay. DBS bank india Education minister Curr: Sri Lankan rupee
JIO saavn Hq: new delhi Dharmendra pradhan Pres: Gotabaya Rajapaksa
CEO: sahas malhotra MD&CEO: Surojit Haryana
Cons:deogarh,odisha
HQ: mumbai Shome Capital: Chandigarh;
Found:2007 MSME minister Gov: Bandaru Dattatreya;
found: 1994 Narayan rane
CBDT CM: Manohar Lal Khattar.
chair: sangeetha singh Cons: maharashtra chhattisgarh
HQ: new delhi Capital: Raipur
Found: 1964 Gov: Anusuiya Uikey
Religare Cm: Bhupesh Baghel
CEO:Prashant Kumar
Hq: mumbai
Founded: 2004
Fidypay
Ceo: manan dixit
HQ: indore
Found: 2017
1. World Laughter Day 2021________
1st Sunday of may
2. IIM Kozhikode signs MoU with __________to promote
sustainable agriculture, rural development in 30+ countries
AARDO
3. Anti-ship version of _________ successfully test-fired by indian
navy
BrahMos supersonic missile
4. DD Kisan’s ‘_________ ’ wins Gold at ENBA Award 2021
Apna Pashu Chikitsak
5. IndiGo becomes first airline to use indigenous navigation
system________
GAGAN