Kapil Kathpal

Tamil Nadu Named Nanjarayan Tank as its 17th Bird Sanctuary

• In Tiruppur district
• With the budgetary support of Rs 7.5 crore.
• The Nanjarayan Tank also known as Sarkar Periyapalayam Reservoir.
 Kapil Kathpal

ISRO is all set to build an identical pair of satellites/twin satellites ‘DISHA

• DISHA (Disturbed and quiet time Ionosphere-thermosphere System at High

Altitudes)
• For studying the earth’s upper atmosphere.

• The announcement for the same was made during the National Meeting on
Aeronomy Research, which was virtually organised by ISRO on the theme
‘Science of Near-Earth Space & Applications’.
 Kapil Kathpal

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal launches India-UAE Startup Bridge in

Mumbai
• Organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry
• Theme ‘India UAE CEPA – Unleashing the Golden Era’.
• India-UAE Partnership is best defined by its tagline ‘Openness, Opportunity
and Growth’
 Kapil Kathpal

Ministry of Science and Technology launched the Scientific Social Responsibility and
Scientific Research Infrastructure Sharing Maintenance and Networks
 Kapil Kathpal

C-DOT And Vodafone Idea Limited Sign MoU

• To develop and deploy IoT/M2M(Internet to things/Machine to Machine)
solutions in India.
In GIFT City, New Development Bank opened a regional office
 Nirmala Sitharaman chairs the 7th Annual Meeting of Board of
Governors of NDB
• The meeting was also attended by Governors/Alternate Governors of
Brazil, China, Russia, South Africa and the newly joined members
Bangladesh and United Arab Emirates
• This year’s theme for the Annual Meeting was “NDB: Optimising
Development Impact”.
 Kapil Kathpal

Dr. Jitendra Singh Chairs the 4th Joint Meeting of All Science
Ministries And Departments
• 75 Students’ satellites, a space mission called UNITYsat is scheduled to
launch in 2022.
• A constellation of 75 students’ satellites Developed by students from the
Chandigarh University, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, IIT-Bombay,
and 11 other institutions, these satellites have been designed to promote
the Internet of Things in space.
 Kapil Kathpal

Assam Rifles, Axis Bank And NIEDO Join Hands to Establish Centre Of
Excellence in Nagaland
• Centre would be named as the ‘Late Capt N Kenguruse, MVC Centre of
Excellence and Wellness’
• Would be located at Chieswema in the outskirts of Kohima, Nagaland.
• It is expected to be fully functional for the first batch of 30 students by the
first week of July 2022
 Kapil Kathpal

India’s cancer burden to rise to 29.8 million in 2025: ICMR Report

• The findings of the report have been published in BMC Cancer Journal.
 Kapil Kathpal

Breed-Wise Report of Livestock and Poultry Based on 20th Livestock

Census
• Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and
Dairying, has released the Breed-wise report on Livestock and Poultry in New
Delhi.
• Counting of livestock breed wise is done based on the methods recognized by
the National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources.
 Kapil Kathpal

Global Land Outlook (GLO2)’ report released by the United Nations

Convention to Combat Desertification
• There are 23 countries who have experienced drought emergencies in the last
two years (2020-2022), including Pakistan.
• This report releases ahead of the UN Desertification and Drought Day on June
17, 2022.
• Theme ‘Rising up from drought together.
• Notably, the highest total number of humans affected by drought was in Asia.
 Kapil Kathpal

Pop-up Airport Air One – World’s First Airport for Drones & Flying Cars
Opened in UK
• In the city of Coventry, England.
• Hyundai’s air mobility arm has showcased a full size model of its S-A1 air taxi at
the airport.
 Kapil Kathpal

Aruna Singh Takes Additional Charge as CMD of RCIL

• He served as the President from 1991 to 1994.
 Kapil Kathpal

Skyroot Aerospace successfully test fires its rocket engine

• Successfully tested its Kalam-100 rocket that will power the Vikram-1 rocket’s
third stage/engine.
• Fired for a duration of 108 seconds.
 Kapil Kathpal

NatGeo installed World’s Highest Weather Station on Mt. Everest

• At an altitude of 8,830 metres
• The NatGeo team, led by climate scientist Baker Perry from the Appalachian
State University in the US.
 Kapil Kathpal

Nikhat Zareen wins gold at Women’s World Boxing Championships, Istanbul

• Beat Thai Olympian Jutamas Jitpong
 Kapil Kathpal

AICF & TN Government signed MoU for 44th Chess Olympiad 2022
• Organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE – International
Chess Federation)
 Kapil Kathpal

A franchise in UAE based T20 League bought by Adani Group

 Kapil Kathpal

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development 2022
21st May
• Diversity Day, officially known as “The World Day for Cultural Diversity for
Dialogue and Development”
 Kapil Kathpal

Anti Terrorism Day 2022 - 21st May

• On the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
 Kapil Kathpal

World Metrology Day 2022: 20th May

• Theme : Metrology in the Digital Era.
 Kapil Kathpal

International Tea Day 2022: 21st May

 Kapil Kathpal

Reserve Bank of India released the ’38th half-yearly report on Management of

Foreign Exchange Reserves: October 2021-March 2022
• India’s foreign exchange reserves fell by $28.05 billion in the second half of
FY22 i.e. H2FY22.
 Kapil Kathpal

BIAL Collaborates with Kotak Mahindra Bank & Phi Commerce

• Bangalore International Airport Limited

 Kapil Kathpal

RBL Bank and Amazon Pay ties up to offer UPI payment

• Amazon Pay would grant RBL Bank a UPI ID with the handle @rapl from
the National Payments Corporation of India
 Kapil Kathpal

Cabinet approves Amendments to the National Policy on Biofuels 2018

• Under this the target of 20% ethanol-petrol blending advanced by 5 years to

2025-26 from 2030.
 Kapil Kathpal

GeM, CSC & Postal Department Sign MoU

• The Department of Posts will provide “Train-the-Trainer” programmes

 Kapil Kathpal

Ministry Of Heavy Industries Signs MoU With NRDC

• For undertaking various activities for smooth implementation of the Scheme for
enhancement of competitiveness in the Indian capital goods sector.
 Kapil Kathpal

J&K Is Organizing Its First Ever Bird Festival

• The festival is planned to be held in Pahalgam and Dachigam, Jammu and

Kashmir.
 Kapil Kathpal

Ministry of Finance Announces New Government Guarantee Policy

• The need for a new GGP has become essential as the volume of sovereign
guarantees undertaken during a financial year.
• Based on the risk assessment, the guarantee fee is divided into two categories –
Category A & Category B.
 Kapil Kathpal

India Contributes USD 800,000 To Promote Hindi Language At UN

• From a Seaking 42B Helicopter at the Integrated Test Range in Balasore,

Odisha.
 Kapil Kathpal

IFS Vivek Kumar appointed as Private Secretary of PM Modi

 Kapil Kathpal

Equitas SFB MD & CEO Vasudevan to resign

• Till the successor is found, PN Vasudevan would officiate as MD & CEO of

Equitas Small Finance Bank.
 Kapil Kathpal

NDB Issues CNY 7 billion Bond in China Interbank Bond Market

• With a 3-year maturity period.

• Panda Bonds are bonds issued by international issuers denominated in Chinese
yuan and traded in mainland China’s domestic market.
• The NDB will have issued a total of Renminbi 30 billion bonds in the China
Interbank Bond Market.
 Kapil Kathpal

China Flies Airship Over Mount Everest to Study Atmospheric Composition

• China has flown an airship named Jimu No.1 over Mt Everest at a record height
of 9,032 metres.
• The Jimu No.1 airship weighs 2.625 tonnes with a volume of 9,060 cubic metres
and the vehicle attached to the bottom of the airship weighs 90 tonnes.
 Kapil Kathpal

Odisha won the 12th Hockey India Senior Women’s National Championship title

• They defeat Karnataka in the final of the 12th Hockey India Senior Women’s
National Championship.
 Kapil Kathpal

World Inflammatory Bowel Disease Day 2022 – May 19

• The purple ribbon is recognised as the symbol of awareness and support for the
people living with IBD.
 Kapil Kathpal

International Day for Biological Diversity 2022: 22 May Under theme “Building a shared
future for all life”
 Kapil Kathpal

International Day to End Obstetric Fistula: 23 May

 Kapil Kathpal

KVG Bank won 6 National Awards from PFRDA for APY enrollment

• P Gopi Krishna, Chairman of KVG Bank received the awards from Supratim
Bandyopadhyay, Chairman, PFRDA, at the Summit “Atal Pension Yojana
Felicitation and Strategy Review Program” held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
 Kapil Kathpal

RBI imposes Rs 29.79 lakhs Penalty on Unimoni Financial Services

 Kapil Kathpal

RBI imposes Penalty on Daimler Financial Services India, KKR India Financial Services

• A penalty of Rs 5 lakh each on Daimler Financial Services India and KKR India
Financial Services
 Kapil Kathpal

IIFL Home Loan Partners with ADB To Provide Green Affordable Home Loans in Telangana

• IIFL Home Finance Limited organized the 9th chapter of its flagship event
‘Kutumb’, with the theme ‘Andhra Pradesh and Telangana – Urgent Need for
Green Affordable Housing’.
• With a goal of Rs. 7,200 crores in home loans by 2025.
 Kapil Kathpal

Dharmendra Pradhan launches reading campaign ‘Padhe Bharat’

• 100-day reading campaign ‘Padhe Bharat.

• Padhe Bharat campaign will focus on children studying in Balvatika to Grade 8.
 Kapil Kathpal

BioRRAP: National Portal for Biotech Researchers and Start-ups

• Dr. Jitendra Singh has launched a “Single National Portal for Biotech researchers
and start-ups.”
• Portal (BioRRAP) will be catering to the needs of all those seeking regulatory
approval for biological development and research in India.
 Kapil Kathpal

India- Jordan MoU for cooperation in fertiliser sector

• During the visit of Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers Dr. Mansukh
Mandaviya to Jordan, MOUs were signed.
 Kapil Kathpal

North East Research Conclave 2022 inaugurated by Dharmendra Pradhan

• At IIT Guwahati.
 Kapil Kathpal

Anjali Pandey bags the CII EXCON Committed Leader Award

• Anjali Pandey, Engines and Components Business Unit Leader at Cummins

India has been awarded the Committed Leader Award at CII EXCON 2022 in
Bengaluru.
 Kapil Kathpal

Genius Energy wins Amazon Smbhav Entrepreneurship Challenge 2022

• An innovator from Rajasthan who has developed the technology of saving

energy in boilers by recycling steam, Subhash Ola has won the 1st prize for the
Amazon Smbhav Entrepreneurship Challenge 2022
• His enterprise “Geniusenergy Critical Innovation Private Limited” has won the
Start-up of the Year award.
 Kapil Kathpal

Salil Parekh re-appointed MD & CEO of Infosys

• Effective from July 1, 2022, for a period of five years till March 31, 2027
 Kapil Kathpal

Vijay Shekhar Sharma re-appointed as MD and CEO of Paytm

• For another 5 years term.

• Paytm also announced the appointment of Madhur Deora as Additional Director
of the company for a tenure of 5 years from May 20, 2022, to May 19, 2027.
 Kapil Kathpal

APEC Trade Ministers Meeting

• The two-day meeting in Bangkok, which focused on how to promote economic

growth in a post-Covid-19 world.
 Kapil Kathpal

Anthony Albanese sworn in as Australia’s new prime minister

• Became the country’s 31st Prime Minister.

 Kapil Kathpal

UEFA Europa Football League title won by Germany’s Eintracht Frankfurt

• Won their first European trophy in 42 years after defeating the Rangers in Seville,
Spain.
• Kevin Trapp (Eintracht Frankfurt) was Man of the Match.
 Kapil Kathpal

NEFT & RTGS facility for Post Office Savings Account

• For inward Transactions to IPPB accounts, the IFS code will be IPOS0000001.
• For inward Transactions to Post Office Savings Account (POSA) accounts in the
Department of Posts, the IFS code will be IPOS0000DOP.
 Kapil Kathpal

Phonepe to buy wealth management platforms Wealthdesk

• For $75 million in total.

• WealthDesk will cost roughly $50 million, while OpenQ will cost nearly $25
million.
 Kapil Kathpal

India receives highest-ever FDI inflow of $83.57 bn in FY22

• In 2020-21, the inflow stood at $81.97 billion.

• Among states, Karnataka is the top recipient state for another year i.e. FY22 with
38% share of the total FDI equity inflows.
 Kapil Kathpal

RBI authorises a surplus transfer to the Central Government of Rs 30,307 crore

 Kapil Kathpal

Paytm announced a Joint Venture named Paytm General Insurance Ltd

• Paytm has announced plans to infuse Rs 950 crore in PGIL in tranches, over a
period of 10 years and to hold an upfront equity stake of 74% in JV.
 Kapil Kathpal

India launching Project WARDEC AI-powered wargame centre

• The Army Training Command and Gandhinagar-based Rashtriya Raksha

University inked a memorandum of understanding to establish a Wargame
Research and Development Centre in New Delhi.
 Kapil Kathpal

India’s ASHA Workers Among 6 Winners of WHO DG’s Global Health Leaders Awards

• India’s one million all-women Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) workers,
were honoured with the World Health Organisation Director-General’s Global
Health Leaders Award 2022.
• WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the 6
awardees.
 Kapil Kathpal

J&K’s First National Film Festival, DIPR and NFDC sign a Memorandum of Understanding

• National Film Festival of Jammu & Kashmir is approaching, the Department of

Information and Public Relations of J&K with the National Film Development
Corporation Limited.
 Kapil Kathpal

GeM & SEWA Signed MoU for Women-led Enterprises

• In New Delhi
• Under the MoU, GeM will train SEWA members to assist and enable women led
enterprises, organisations.
 Kapil Kathpal

Delhi Govt Inducts Two Robots In Their Firefighting Fleet

• Robots will also be capable of releasing high water pressure at the rate of 2,400
litres per minute.
• This machine can be operated remotely from a distance of 300 metres.
 Kapil Kathpal

Uttarakhand Government Signs MoU With BPCL

• For the development of new and renewable energy projects in the state.
 Kapil Kathpal

Ministry of Railways Approves Collaboration with IIT-Madras on Hyperloop Technology

• Rs 8.34 crore collaborative project on Hyperloop Technology.

• Team Avishkar aims to build the world’s largest student-developed Hyperloop
testing facility.
 Kapil Kathpal

Tata Technologies Ltd Partners with Assam Govt to Transform Polytechnics, ITIs into Centres
of Excellence
• To transform 34 state polytechnics and 43 Industrial Training Institutes
• With the total investment of about Rs 2,390 crore.
 Kapil Kathpal

NMCG Approves Rs 660 Crore Water Infrastructure Projects

• Under the Chairmanship of G. Asok Kumar, Director General, NMCG approved

11 projects.
• An important project on ‘Evaluation of Natural Farming Practices on Water and
Energy Savings’ has also been approved.
 Kapil Kathpal

IIT Kanpur’s Just Transition Research Centre partnered with the Energy Security and Climate
Change Program
• To work on just energy transition globally, including in India under Global Just
Transition Network.
• Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, and Telangana are
among the Indian states with which the IIT-CSIS collaboration will interact.
 Kapil Kathpal

Greenko is to Set up World’s Largest IRESP in Kurnool

• The Greenko Group and the Government of Andhra Pradesh is setting up the
World’s largest Integrated Renewable Energy Storage Project.
• With a capacity to store 5,230 Mega Watt.
• Being implemented with an investment of over USD 3 billion
 Kapil Kathpal

UNICEF Child Alert – May 2022 edition “Severe Wasting: An Overlooked Child Survival
Emergency.”
• According to UNICEF, India has the world’s most severely wasted children under
the age of five.
 Kapil Kathpal

Seoul Forest Declaration

• The Korea Forest Service and Food and Agricultural Organisation organised the
XV World Forestry Congress at Coex, Seoul.
• 141 Participant countries endorsed the Seoul Forest Declaration.
• The theme of XV WFC 2021 is “Building a Green, Healthy and Resilient Future
with Forests”.
 Kapil Kathpal

NASA & Boeing Launched Starliner Spacecraft

• Starliner Space Capsule- OFT 2 (Orbital Flight Test-2) from Space Launch
Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, to carry
astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
 Kapil Kathpal

4th Indian Navy-Bangladesh Navy CORPAT conducted in Northern Bay of Bengal

• Indigenously Built, Indian Naval Ships (INS) Kora, a guided-missile corvette, and
Sumedha, an offshore patrol vessel.
• Bangladesh Navy Ship (BNS) Ali Haider and BNS Abu Ubaidah.
 Kapil Kathpal

Khadi commission Chief Vinai Kumar Saxena is Delhi’s new LG

• He is a Kanpur University alumnus with a Pilot license.

 Kapil Kathpal

IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships

• 12th edition
• Held at Başakşehir Youth and Sports Facility, Istanbul, Turkey.
• India for the first time in the past four years, had won a total medal tally of 3,
which includes one Gold and two Bronze.
• The India Boxer Nikhat Zareen won the gold in flyweight.
 Kapil Kathpal

ISSF Junior World Cup 2022

• Held at Suhl in Germany.

• The Indian contingent was led by ace shooters Manu Bhaker and Saurabh
Chaudhary.
• The Indian junior shooting team came in first position overall.
• They won 33 medals in total, including 13 gold, 15 silver, and 5 bronze.
 Kapil Kathpal

WCR develops battery-operated dual-mode locomotive ‘Navdoot’

• This engine runs on both modes i.e. battery and electricity.

• Railways will save 1000 litres of diesel every day with this new locomotive.
• This e-engine can pull 18 coaches at a speed of 30 kmph.
• It has 84 batteries and has a capacity to pull 400 tonnes at present.
• This has been developed by the Electric Department of New Katni Junction.
 Kapil Kathpal

Spanish Grand Prix 2022

• Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed a hard-fought Spanish Grand Prix 2022 win.
• At the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain.
• Mexican Sergio Perez of Red Bull took second place.
 Kapil Kathpal

Veteran Communist leader Shivaji Patnaik passes away

 Kapil Kathpal

World Thyroid Awareness Day 2022- 25th May

• Thyroid Awareness Week observed between May 22 and 28, Thyroid Federation
international has announced the theme, “It’s not you. It’s your thyroid.”
 Kapil Kathpal

World Turtle Day 2022 - 23rd May

• This year’s theme for World Turtle Day is “Shellebrate”. The theme asks
“everyone to Love and Save Turtles”.
 Kapil Kathpal

International Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories: 25-31 May
 Kapil Kathpal

RBI allows exporters to settle trade transactions with Sri Lanka in INR
 Kapil Kathpal

HDFC Bank carves out Rural Banking as Separate Vertical

• Will be headed by Anil Bhavnani.

• The bank has also tied up with Institute of Rural Management Anand, Gujarat.
• HDFC will open 1,064 branches under the rural banking vertical in FY23.
 Kapil Kathpal

HDFC launches Spot Home Loan offer on WhatsApp

• This 24×7 facility is developed by bank in association with Cogno AI, and can be
availed by salaried resident Indians.
• To avail the offer, users have to send the message on HDFC’s WhatsApp number
(+91 9867000000).
 Kapil Kathpal

IDBI Bank Divests its Entire 19.18% Stake in ARCIL

• Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Limited.

 Kapil Kathpal

Total Energies of France to purchase share in Adani’s hydrogen business.

• Total acquired 37.4 per cent stake in Adani Gas Limited and 50 per cent stake in Dhamra LNG
project.
 Kapil Kathpal

CUET 2022: Central Universities from the North Eastern States exempted
• The Union Education Minister has a major announcement for the candidates and the universities
regarding the CUET 2022.
• Central Universities in the North Eastern States and Uttarakhand have been exempted from the
CUET 2022 norms.
• CUET stands for Central University Entrance Test, which is organized by National Testing Agency
(NTA).
 Kapil Kathpal

Uttarakhand Becomes the 1st Indian State to Roll Out Commercial Drone Services in
Healthcare
• United States of America has opened its commercial drone corridor between
Uttarkashi and Dehradun.
• The project was a part of Redcliffe and Skye Air collaboration for using drones
and in the recent past approx.
• 40 successful trials have been done in the Northern parts of India.
 Kapil Kathpal

ONGC First Indian Exploration And Production Firm To Trade Domestic Gas

• The state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has become the first gas
producer to sell domestic gas on the Indian Gas Exchange.
• The gas exchanged came from the ONGC Krishna Godavari 98/2 block.
 Kapil Kathpal

10-year-old girl Rhythm Mamania from Maharashtra summits Everest base camp

• Youngest Indian mountaineers to summit the Everest Base Camp in the

Himalayan ranges in Nepal.
• Rhythm has achieved a rare feat by completing the climb to the base camp at an
altitude of 5,364 meters in 11 days.
 Kapil Kathpal

Maharashtra signed MoUs with 23 Companies worth Rs 30,000 crores in Davos

• During the present annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos,
Switzerland.
• Microsoft Corporation (3,200 crore), Asia Pulp & Paper (10,500 crore), Tata
Realty (5,000 crore), Gramsci Business Hubs (5,000 crore), Vishvaraj
Environment Private Limited (1,000 crore), GR Group (740 crore), Scalar Spaces
(650 crore), Indorama Corporation (600 crore), Indo Count Industries Limited
(510 crore), Colorshine Coated Private Limited (510 crore), Goyal Proteins (380
crore), PG Electroplast Limited (315 crore) are among the companies with whom
the MOU is signed.
 Kapil Kathpal

10th Meeting of India-Oman Joint Business Council (JBC) in New Delhi

• A high level multi-sectoral delegation led by H.E. Mr. Qais bin Mohammed.
• The visit of the Omani delegation comes at a prime time when the bilateral trade
between the two countries has grown by 82% to reach US$ 9.94 billion in the
financial year 2021-2022.
• India-Oman Joint Business Council (JBC) will be jointly organized by FICCI and
Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
 Kapil Kathpal

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman participates in Annual Day commemoration of the CCI

• Participated as the chief guest in the 13th Annual Day commemoration of the
Competition Commission of India.
• She also launched an upgraded website of CCI during the event.
• She released the CCI’s Competition Advocacy Booklets translated into Kannada
and Malayalam.
• The Competition Commission of India has approved the acquisition of the majority
stake in SMW Ispat Private Limited (SMW Ispat) by OFB Tech Private Limited
(OFB Tech or Of Business).
 Kapil Kathpal

7th JSTCC meeting held at Ottawa

• India-Canada Joint Science and Technology Cooperation Committee meeting

took place in Ottawa, Canada.
• The two MoUs were signed by the Ministry of Science and Technology with the
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and National
Research Council Canada, respectively, under India and Canada’s agreement
signed in 2005.
 Kapil Kathpal

Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi, attended the 7th BRICS Culture Ministers’ Meeting

• Hosted by the People’s Republic of China and attended by all BRICS Member
Nations.
 Kapil Kathpal

MoHUA Report on ‘Circular Economy in Municipal Solid and Liquid Waste’

• Among the 13 countries backing the initiative are Australia, Brunei, Indonesia,
Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea,
Thailand and Vietnam, and the members jointly account for 40% of the global
GDP.
 Kapil Kathpal

4th edition of state-level Shirui Lily Festival 2022 begins in Manipur

• This annual festival is organised by the Department of Tourism, Government of

Manipur with an aim to create and raise awareness of the Shirui Lily flower which
is also the State Flower of Manipur.
 Kapil Kathpal

National Health Authority upgraded the ABHA smartphone app

• The ABHA app, formerly known as the NDHM Health Records app, is available
for download from the Google Play Store and has already received over four lakh
downloads.
• The ABHA mobile application allows users to create an ABHA address, which is a
simple username that can be linked to the 14-digit ABHA number created at
random.
 Kapil Kathpal

100 Most Influential People of 2022 by TIME magazine

• Gautam Adani, Chairman and founder of the Adani Group, Supreme Court lawyer
and public activist Karuna Nundy and Kashmiri rights activist Khurram Parvez
were among the list of 100 Most Influential People of 2022 published by TIME
magazine, an American news magazine.
 Kapil Kathpal

World Air Power Index

• World Directory of Modern Military Aircraft has released.

• The Indian Air Force has been placed at the third position.
• The report says that the Indian Air Force currently counts 1,645 total units in its
active aircraft inventory.
 Kapil Kathpal

Indian Navy – Bangladesh Navy Bilateral EX Bongosagar begins

• The third edition of Indian Navy– Bangladesh Navy Bilateral Exercise

‘Bongosagar’ commenced at Port Mongla, Bangladesh.
• Indian Naval Ships Kora, an indigenously built Guided Missile Corvette, and
Sumedha, an indigenously built Offshore Patrol Vessel are participating in the
Exercise.
 Kapil Kathpal

Rolls-Royce India president Kishore Jayaraman Receives British honour

 Kapil Kathpal

A Gopalakrishnan won VASVIK industrial research award 2020

• A Gopalakrishnan, Director of the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research

Institute.
 Kapil Kathpal

TN Manoharan Takes Over as Part-Time Chairman of IDBI Bank

• Life Insurance Corporation of India has nominated Raj Kumar, Managing Director
of LIC as LIC nominee director on the board of the bank.
 Kapil Kathpal

JSW One Platforms appoints Gaurav Sachdeva as CEO

 Kapil Kathpal

Rajesh Bhushan appointed as chairperson of Committee B at the 75th World Health Assembly
 Kapil Kathpal

Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus re-elected as Director-General of World Health Organization

 Kapil Kathpal

Jose Ramos-Horta sworn in as president of East Timor

 Kapil Kathpal

Hockey India Sub-Junior Women’s National Championship

• Hockey team of Haryana won the Hockey India sub-junior women’s national
championship 2022 in Imphal, defeating Hockey team of Jharkhand in the final.
 Kapil Kathpal

Hockey India Sub-Junior Women’s National Championship

• Hockey team of Haryana won the Hockey India sub-junior women’s national
championship 2022 in Imphal, defeating Hockey team of Jharkhand in the final.
 Kapil Kathpal

Shikhar Dhawan becomes first player to hit 700 fours in IPL history

• Punjab Kings opening batter Shikhar Dhawan has become the first player to hit
700 fours in the history of the Indian Premier League.
 Kapil Kathpal

Indian GM Praggnanandhaa posted his second win over world champion

Magnus Carlsen in 3 months
 Kapil Kathpal

Manchester City won 2021-22 Premier League Football championship

 Kapil Kathpal

Bahrain 2022 Para Badminton

• 1st Bahrain Para Badminton International Championships 2022 held in Manama,

Bahrain.
• The Indian para badminton team finished with 23 medals, including 7 Golds, 3
Silver and 13 bronze.
• Gaurav Khanna is the Indian para-badminton Team Head National Coach.
 Kapil Kathpal

Indian Commonwealth Day 2022- 24th May

• The theme for Commonwealth Day 2022 is ‘Delivering a Common Future’

 Kapil Kathpal

International Missing Children’s Day 2022-25th May

 Kapil Kathpal

SBI launched Real Time Xpress Credit on YONO platform

• Allowing eligible customers to get personal loans of up to Rs 35 lakh.

 Kapil Kathpal

HDFC Bank & Retailio Launch Co-Branded Credit Cards for Chemists & Pharmacies
 Kapil Kathpal

RBI To Set Up a Committee for Review of Customer Service Standards in

RBI Regulated Entities
• Formation of a 6 – member Committee.
• Bibhu Prasad Kanungo, former Deputy Governor, RBI – Chairperson
 Kapil Kathpal

PM Headed Inter-State Council Reconstituted

• With the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi as its Chairman along with six
Union Ministers as members and Ten Union Ministers as permanent invitees.
 Kapil Kathpal

Integrated Agriculture Development Project Launched In Districts Of Tamil Nadu

• Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M.K. Stalin remotely launched the “Kalaignarin All
Village Integrated Agriculture Development Programme”.
• In the districts of Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri and Erode.
• Programme would be implemented in all 12,525 village panchayats across the
State during five years.
 Kapil Kathpal

Foreign Investment Facilitation Portal Completes 5 years Since Abolition of FIPB

• So far 853 Foreign Direct Investment proposals have been disposed of through
the FIF Portal.
 Kapil Kathpal

Param Porul supercomputer inaugurated at NIT Tiruchirappalli

• Under National Supercomputing Mission

 Kapil Kathpal

Overview of President Ram Nath Kovind Visit to Jamaica and St. Vincent & Grenadines

• Indian President visited Downtown Kingston where he inaugurated Ambedkar

Avenue. It is a road named after Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.
 Kapil Kathpal

India’s First Olympic Values Education Programme Launched in Odisha

• Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched India’s first Olympic Values
Education Programme.
• It will be implemented in 90 schools across two smart cities Bhubaneswar and
Rourkela in the first phase.
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Kolkata Becomes First Metro City To Get Its Biodiversity Register

• Kolkata Municipal Corporation released the People’s Biodiversity Register for the
city, the first-of-its-kind report of any Indian metro.
• Kolkata is the first major metro to prepare the PBR.
• PBR is a 520-page documentation of 399 plant and 283 animal species.
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SC appoints 3-member Committee to oversee the functioning of AIFF

• To oversee the affairs of the All India Football Federation.

• The COA will include two previous members — Dr SY Qureshi, former Chief
Election Commissioner, and Bhaskar Ganguly, former captain of the Indian
Football Team, in addition to Retired Justice Dave, according to a bench of
Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant, and PS Narasimha.
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SC appoints 3-member Committee to oversee the functioning of AIFF

• To oversee the affairs of the All India Football Federation.

• The COA will include two previous members — Dr SY Qureshi, former Chief
Election Commissioner, and Bhaskar Ganguly, former captain of the Indian
Football Team, in addition to Retired Justice Dave, according to a bench of
Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant, and PS Narasimha.
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Government re-established the Central Advisory Board on Archaeology

• The ASI reconstituted the board, with the Culture Minister as chairwoman and
members including officials from the Culture Ministry.
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India to introduce made in India TB infection skin test called “c-TB”

• A new initiative, “Adopt people with TB” will be launched this year.
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Postal Department and India Post payments Bank (IPPB) Aarohan 4.0 begins in Shimla

• The bank has been established under the Department of Posts, Ministry of
Communication with 100% equity owned by the Government of India.
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Travel and Tourism Development Index 2021

• Japan has topped the global chart.

• The bottom position (117) is occupied by the country Chad.
• Theme: Rebuilding for a Sustainable and Resilient Future.
Rank Country Score
1 Japan 5.2
2 United States of 5.2
America (USA)
3 Spain 5.2
4 France 5.1
5 Germany 5.1
54 India 4.1
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Abhilasha Barak becomes the Indian Army’s first woman combat aviator

• Haryana’s Captain Abhilasha Barak has become the first woman officer to join
the Army Aviation Corps as a combat aviator after successfully completing her
training.
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Narinder Batra resigned as President of the Indian Olympic Association

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Union Minister of Power confers NHPC Limited with first prize of ‘Rajbhasha Shield’

• Union Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy, Raj Kumar Singh,
chaired the meeting.
• Conferred NHPC (Formerly National Hydroelectric Power Corporation) Limited
with the first prize for the year 2020-21.
• R.K Singh also released the latest issue of ‘Rajbhasha Jyoti’, NHPC’s official
language magazine and the book ‘Bharatiya Sanskriti mein Prabandhan’ written
by Dr. Rajbir Singh, Group General Manager (Rajbhasha), NHPC.
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Indian novel ‘Tomb of Sand’ wins International Booker Prize

• Author Geetanjali Shree’s translated Hindi novel, ‘Tomb of Sand’, has become
the first book written in an Indian language to be awarded the prestigious 2022
International Booker Prize.
• Originally published in Hindi as Ret Samadhi, the book is translated into English
by Daisy Rockwell.
• Geetanjali will be awarded GBP 50,000, which will be split evenly between the
author and translator.
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Ruskin Bond’s book titled ‘Listen to Your Heart: The London Adventure’

• Published by Penguin Random House India

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Ruskin Bond’s book titled ‘Listen to Your Heart: The London Adventure’

• Published by Penguin Random House India

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Book - ‘The India Story’ by Bimal Jalan

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SEBI Revoked the ICEX’s Permanent Recognition

• Indian Commodity Exchange Limited’s recognition.

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RBI reduces net-worth requirement for non-bank Bharat Bill Payment units

• By reducing the net-worth requirement to Rs 25 crore.

• At present, a net worth of Rs 100 crore is required to obtain authorisation for a
non-bank BBPOU.
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Mahagram Ties Up with IndusInd Bank to Enhance Digital Payments Ecosystem

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UCO Bank Signed Co-Lending Agreement with NBFC Paisalo Digital Limited

• Agreement aims to tap into the Rs. 8 lakh crore market for small-ticket loans for
the 365 million people who are unbanked and underserved.
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GIC Buys 7.5% Stake In Aditya Birla Fashion And Retail

• For Rs 2,195 crore.

• GIC will invest Rs.770 crore at first stage, while the remaining cost of Rs.1,425
crore would be done within 18 months.