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Current Affairs 18th May 2022

Kenton Cool becomes first foreigner to scale creating a cadre of trainers to train
Everest 16 times doctors, nurses and paramedics.
● A British climber scaled the world's MyGov Karnataka launched to promote
highest mountain for the 16th time in participatory governance in state
May 2022 becoming the first foreign
● MyGov Karnataka was launched by
climber to make the most Mt Everest
Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai on 17
summits.
May 2022.
● Kenton Cool from Gloucestershire,
● Karnataka becomes the 17th state to
South West England, also broke his own
have its own MyGov state instance.
British record for the most summits of
● MyGov Karnataka will work as an idea
the world's highest peak.
crowdsourcing platform and aims to
● American climber Dave Hahn has
promote active citizen participation and
climbed Mt Everest 15 times.
engagement in governance and
Airtel re-appoints Gopal Vittal as MD and CEO policymaking.
for 5 years ● Citizens can register on
karnataka.mygov.in to share their
● Bharti Airtel's board has reappointed
opinions.
Gopal Vittal as Managing Director
and CEO for a further period of five Indian Navy conducts successful flight-test of anti-
years ending on January 31, 2028. ship missile
● The reappointment came on a day the
● DRDO and Indian Navy successfully
telco posted consolidated net profit at
conducted first flight-test of
Rs 2,007.8 crore in the March quarter,
indigenously-developed Naval Anti-Ship
up 141% sequentially and 164% on the
Missile on May 18, 2022.
year.
● It was launched from a Naval Helicopter
● This was Airtel’s sixth successive
from Integrated Test Range (ITR),
quarter in the black after six straight
Chandipur off the coast of Odisha
losses earlier.
● The mission met all its objectives.
National Emergency Life Support (NELS) courses ● It is the first indigenous air launched
launched anti-ship missile system for the Indian
Navy.
● Union Minister of State for Health and
Family Welfare, Dr. Bharati Pravin Cabinet approves amendments to the National
Pawar launched National Emergency Policy on Biofuels -2018
Life Support (NELS) courses for
● The Union Cabinet has approved the
doctors, nurses and paramedics, on 18
amendments to the National Policy on
May 2022.
Biofuels -2018.
● The program also includes developing
● The amendments include advancing the
training infrastructure in all States/UTs
ethanol blending target of 20% blending
to implement the NELS course and
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 2030, allowing more feedstocks for the
production of biofuels, etc.
● The policy was notified by Ministry of
Petroleum and Natural Gas in 2018.
International Museum Day: 18 May
● International Museum Day is celebrated
on May 18 every year.
● The International Council Of
Museums (ICOM) has been celebrating
this day since 1977.
● The theme for 2022 is “The Power of
Naveen Srivastava appointed as new envoy to
Museums”.
Nepal
● A museum describes the journey of a
nation from prehistory to modernity by
displaying enriched historical artifacts
such as tools, weapons, clothes, and
jewelry.
Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games postponed due
to Covid
● The 2022 Asian Para Games that were
scheduled to take place in Hangzhou
have been postponed due to the
COVID-19.
Ajay Piramal receives top British honorary award
● This was announced by the Asian
Paralympic Committee (APC) and the
Games' organizing committee
(HAPGOC).
● A task force formed by the two
committees and the Chinese Paralympic
Committee will work on rescheduling the
Games -- originally set for October 9-15,
2022.
Bajrang Punia and Ravi Kumar selected for
Commonwealth Games
● Tokyo Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia
and Ravi Kumar Dahiya made it into the
Vedanta, NHAI ink contract to build roads with
Indian men’s wrestling team for the
fly-ash in Odisha
Commonwealth Games.
● They are among six wrestlers who were
selected at the trials for the senior
freestyle wrestling held in New Delhi on
17 May 2022.
● The Commonwealth Games 2022 will
be held in Birmingham, UK from 28th
July to 8th August 2022.
Government announces formation of Cotton
Council of India
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● The Union Government has announced
the formation of the Cotton Council of
India under the Chairmanship of Suresh
Bhai Kotak.
● It will have representation from Textiles,
Agriculture, Commerce, and Finance
Ministries along with Cotton Corporation
of India and Cotton Research Institute.
● The first meeting of the proposed
council has been scheduled for 28 May
2022.
● India on May 17, announced the
appointment of Naveen Srivastava as
the next ambassador to Nepal.
● He is currently an additional secretary in
the external affairs ministry.
● Srivastava will succeed Vinay Kwatra,
who became foreign secretary this
month, as the envoy to Kathmandu.
● Srivastava joined the Indian Foreign
Service in 1993.
● Piramal Group chairman Ajay Gopikisan
Piramal received an honorary
commander of the order of the British
Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth on 17
May 2022.
● Mr Piramal received the award for
services to the U.K.-India trade
relationship as India co-chair of the
U.K.-India CEO Forum.
● Ajay Piramal (66) is an Indian billionaire
industrialist and the chairman of the
Piramal Group.
● Vedanta Aluminium has entered a long-
term contract with NHAI (National
Highways Authority of India) to construct
greener roads with fly-ash in Odisha.
● Fly-ash, which is a by-product of thermal
power generation using coal, finds
usage in the cement, construction and
infrastructure industries.
 ● Every tonne of fly-ash can help save
around 700-800 kg of carbon emissions
and 341 litres of water.
South Korea won the Uber Cup 2022
● South Korea dethroned China as the
Uber Cup champions with a stunning 3-
2 victory in the final at the Impact Arena,
Bangkok, Thailand.
● In the deciding singles match, Korea’s
May 17 - World Hypertension Day
46th-ranked Sim Yu-jin faced China’s
15th-ranked Wang Zhiyi.
● Sim beat Wang in an hour and 28-
minute match.
● The Uber Cup is a major international
badminton competition contested by
women's national badminton teams.
RBI appoints two new executive directors
● The Reserve Bank of India has
appointed Dr Rajiv Ranjan and Dr
Sitikantha Pattanaik as Executive
Directors (EDs).
● As Executive Director, Dr Ranjan will
Second phase of "Suposhit Maa Abhiyan"
look after the Monetary Policy
launched on 17 May.
Department (MPD).
● Dr Pattanaik will look after the
Department of Economic and Policy
Research (DEPR).
Italian Open: Novak Djokovic wins maiden title in
2022
● World No. 1 Novak Djokovic defeated
Stefanos Tsistsipas in straight games in
the Italian Open final to clinch his sixth
title in Rome.
● Djokovic defeated Tsitsipas 6-0, 7-6 to
Odisha wins Hockey India Senior Women
win Italian Open crown.
National Championship 2022
● It was Djokovic's first title in over 6
months.
● It was also Novak Djokovic's record-
extending 38th Masters 1000 victory.
May 17 - World Telecommunication and
Information Society Day
● May 17 is celebrated as World
Telecommunication and Information
Society Day, commemorating the
signing of the first International
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Telegraph Convention and the founding
of the ITU.
● It is observed every year to raise
awareness of the benefits of the Internet
and information and communication
technologies.
● This year's theme is - Digital
Technologies For Older Persons And
Healthy Ageing.
● World Hypertension Day is celebrated
on 17 May every year to create
awareness about hypertension and its
symptoms.
● Hypertension, also known as high blood
pressure, occurs when the blood
pressure rises to the level of 140/90.
● World Hypertension Day (WHD) is a day
designated and initiated by The World
Hypertension League (WHL).
● Over a billion people suffer from
hypertension globally.
● Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla launched
the second phase of "Suposhit Maa
Abhiyan" in Kota, Rajasthan on 17 May.
● In the campaign, 3 thousand women will
be given nutrition kits for 9 months with
the help of public support and a health
check-up will be done every month.
● It's a campaign to create a malnutrition-
free India and it was launched on March
1, 2020, in Kota, Rajasthan.
● Odisha was crowned as the Champions
of the 12th Hockey India Senior Women
National Championship 2022 in Bhopal,
Madhya Pradesh.
● The final match was a closely contested
affair between Karnataka and Odisha
but Odisha defeated Karnataka by 2-0.
● Jharkhand beat Haryana by 3-2 to earn
a third-place finish.
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