Sreedhar’s CCE CURRENT AFFAIRS CAPSULE 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS CAPSULE – MAY - 2022

BANKING
 Indian Bank has launched pre-approved personal loan under Project Project World of
Advance Virtual Experience (WAVE).
 Union Bank of India has become the first public sector bank to go live on the Account
Aggregator (AA) ecosystem.
 RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 4 lakh on Gujarat-based Shree Kadi Nagarik
Sahakari Bank for contravention of certain directions issued by the regulator.
 DBS Bank has partnered with Headstart and Anthill to support startups.
 ‘FidyPay’ has tied-up with Yes Bank to push financial inclusion.
 RBI has raised the Repo rate by 40 basis points to 4.40% and the cash reserve ratio
(CRR) by 50 basis points to 4.50%.
 Reserve Bank of India hiked Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 50 basis points to 4.5 per cent
for Net Demand and Time Liabilities.
 ICICI Bank has launched India’s first comprehensive ‘open-for-all’ digital ecosystem for
all Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country
 RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹5 lakh each on KKR India Financial Services
and Daimler Financial Services India for non-compliance.
 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is planning to prepare a
farmer distress index to identify, track, and support distressed farmers.
 Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises has signed an MoU with
Eqaro Surety to set up a digital lending platform for MSMEs.
 Canara Bank in association with the Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP) has
launched ‘skill loans’.
 HDFC Bank has launched 30 minute ‘Xpress Car Loan’.
 RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹58 lakh on Mumbai-based Abhyudaya Co-
operative Bank for non-compliance with its directions.
 Indian bank has launched digital broking solution 'E-Broking'.
 Bank of Maharashtra has launched lead engagement app, digital KCC ‘Mahabank
Leads’.
 ICICI Bank has partnered with Santander for India-UK business ease.
 Union Bank of India has launched online platform ‘Trade nxt’ for export-import
transactions.
 Worldline India has partnered with Bank of India to digitise e-challan collections for MP
Police.
 Exim Bank has supported additional Line of Credit of USD 190 million to the Mauritius.

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 Reserve Bank of India has imposed a penalty of Rs 59 lakh on the Korean bank, KEB
Hana Bank for non-compliance with the certain norms.
 Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) has partnered with Kotak Mahindra Bank
and digital payment firm Phi Commerce to facilitate a one-stop omnichannel payment
solution at Kempegowda International Airport.
 HDFC bank has launched a first-of-its-kind 'Spot Offer' on WhatsApp.
 Sri Lanka has received $160 million in bridge financing from the World Bank in order to
pay for essential imports.
 According to RBI data, public sector banks reported over a 51 per cent fall in the amount
involved in frauds to Rs 40,295.25 crore during the financial year ended March 2022.
 World Bank has approved USD 350 million as financial aid for the Systems Reform
Endeavors for Transformed Health Achievement in Gujarat -SRESTHA-G project.
 According to the World Bank, India has surpassed Mexico as the top remittance
receiving country in 2021.
 HDEF Bank has announced new vertical for rural, semi-urban areas.
 Reserve Bank of India has directed banks and ATM operators to provide cardless
cashwithdrawal facilities at all ATMs.
 RBL Bank has tied up with Amazon Pay to offer UPI payment services.
 New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS countries is planning to open its regional
office of India in the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City).
 IDBI Bank to sell 25% stake in Ageas Federal Life Insurance for Rs 580 cr.
 Axis Bank has signed an MoU with Assam Rifles and NIEDO to establish Centre of
Excellence.
 RBI has approved a dividend payment of Rs. 30,307 Crore to the Centre for the fiscal
year 2021-22.
 New Development Bank has issued an RMB-denominated bond of CNY 7 billion ($1.04
billion) in China's interbank bond market with a maturity of three years.
 World Bank has announced to provide $30 billion financial aid in response to the
ongoingfood security crisis in the world.
 State Bank of India has lunched personal loan product ‘Xpress Credit’ for salaried
customers on its YONO digital banking platform.
 HDFC Bank has partnered with Retailio to launch co-branded credit cards.
 RBI has constituted panel to review customer service standards in banks, NBFCs, the
committee headed by B P Kanungo.
 RBI has cancelled the certificate of registration (CoR) of five non-banking finance
companies (NBFCs) due to irregular lending practices. The five NBFCs whose CoR have
been cancelled are UMB Securities Ltd, Anashri Finvest Ltd, Chadha Finance Ltd, Alexcy
Tracon Pvt Ltd, and Jhuria Financial Services Pvt Ltd.
 UCO Bank has tied up with NBFC Paisalo Digital for agriculture loan.
 Japanese lender MUFG Bank will establish a branch at the Gujarat International
Financial Tec City (GIFT City) in Ahmedabad for foreign currency-denominated lending
business.
 Indian Bank has partnered with Northern Arc to offer financial solutions.

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 RBI has reduced the net-worth requirement for non-bank Bharat Bill Payment units by
reducing the net-worth requirement to Rs 25 crore.
 India's forex reserves increased by $4.23 billion to $597.509 billion for the week ended
May 20 on the back of a high accretion of core currency assets, according to RBI data.
 RBI’s Banknote Survey of Consumers findings has revealed that ₹100 was the most
preferred banknote while ₹2,000 was the least preferred denomination.
 According to Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) annual report, Fake notes of Rs 2,000
increased by 55% in 2021-22 over the previous fiscal year and the Rs 500 denomination
fake notes rising by 102 per cent.
 Bank of Maharashtra has emerged as the top performer among public sector lenders in
terms of loan and deposit growth in percentage terms during 2021-22.
ECONOMY
 The gross GST revenue collected in the month of April, 2022 is Rs 1,67,540 crore.
 Faurecia-Aptoide has been signed up with Mercedes in infotainment win over Google.
 Unified Payments Interface (UPI) hit a record high in April with 558 croretransactions
amounting to ₹9.83-lakh crore.
 San Francisco (U.S.A)-based Rise Capital enters India, to invest in early-stage start-ups.
 According to Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), India's unemployment rate
rose to 7.83% in April from 7.60% in March 2022.
 NTPC to raise ₹2,000 crore for green energy arm in FY23.
 Government of India announced that the second phase of mandatory hallmarking of
goldjewellery and artefacts will come into force from June 1, 2022.
 Neobank Open has become the 100th unicorn in India.
 HDFC ERGO General Insurance has launched 'Pay as you Drive' program to reduce costs
of premium.
 India's services exports set a new record of USD 254.4 billion in 2021-2022.
 HDFC Life has joined the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI),
demonstrating its commitment to long-term value creation and sustainable growth.
 L&T Infotech has announced to merge with Mindtree to become 5th-largest IT firm.
 Nirmala Sitharaman has launched the National Securities Depository Limited’s (NSDL)
investor awareness programme named ‘Market Ka Eklavya’.
 Adani Wilmar Limited has become the largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods Company
(FMCG) in India.
 Reliance Industries has become the first Indian company to record annual revenue of
more than a whopping $100 billion.
 SEBI has constituted a committee for advising on Environmental, Social and
Governance (ESG) related matters in the securities market, the committee headed by
Navneet Munot.
 Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation for April 2022 stands at 7.79%.
 Swedish automaker Scania has joined hands with Wipro for digital transformation.
 Saudi Aramco surpassed Apple to become the world's most valuable company on the
back of increasing oil prices that drove up its shares.

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 Morgan Stanley has estimated India’s growth forecast for FY23 to 7.6% from 7.9%.
 Government of India has contributed USD 800,000 to the United Nations (UN) as part
of the initiative which aims to enhance public outreach of the organisation in Hindi.
 India’s goods exports have been surged to 30.7%.
 UAE-based Emirates Telecom buys 9.8% stake in Vodafone.
 RBI has approved the merger of Equitas SFB, Equitas Holdings.
 Bharti AXA Life Insurance has launched its financial literacy campaign ‘InspiHERs-
enabling an empowered future’.
 Government of India has made PAN or Aadhar mandatory in case cash deposits and
withdrawals in a financial year exceed ₹20 lakh.
 WPI inflation at record high of 15.08% in April, 2022 on price rise of items.
 Union Government has collected fourteen lakh ten thousand crore rupees in the form
of direct taxes in 2022.
 Adani Group has acquired a controlling stake in Swiss-based Holcim AG's cement
businesses in India in a $10.5 billion deal.
 Government of India has allocated 3 Lakh Crore under ‘Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan’
during next 5 years.
 Adani Group has become India’s 2nd largest cement maker.
 PNB MetLife India Insurance has launched India's first dental health insurance plan.
 S&P has cutIndia's growth forecast for FY23 to 7.3%.
 According to UN, India is expected to grow by 6.4% in 2022.
 According to Department of Post, RTGS facility for Post Office Savings Account holders
will be available from May 31, 2022.
 India has recorded highest ever annual FDI inflow of USD 83.57 billion in the Financial
Year 2021-22.
 Capital markets regulator SEBI imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore on India Infoline Ltd
(IIFL) for misutilisation of client securities.
 Japan has provided $1.5 million for medicines to Sri Lanka through UNICEF.
 India's economic growth in current FY is estimated to be 8.9 percent, According to
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
 PhonePe has set to acquire WealthDesk, OpenQ for $75 million.
 Paytm has announced a Joint Venture general insurance company named as Paytm
General Insurance Ltd (PGIL).
 Adani Green Energy has signed an MoU with Andhra Pradesh government for projects
worth Rs 60,000 crore.
 ICICI Direct has launched LIFEY (Lifestage Investments for You), a life-stage investing
tool.
 GIC (sovereign wealth fund) is acquiring a 7.5% equity stake in Aditya Birla Fashion and
Retail (ABFRL) for Rs 2,195 crore.
 MobiKwik has launched ‘AutoBill Pay’ feature for ZIP users.
 According to SBI’s research report Ecowrap, India’s GDP growth likely to be 8.2-8.5% in
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 Moody’s Investors Service has cut its gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for
India to 8.8% for calendar year 2022 (CY22).
 Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) has become the first Exploration and
Production (E&P) company in India to trade domestic gas on Indian Gas Exchange.
 Tata Capital Ltd has launched ‘Loan Against Shares’ an end-to-end integrated digital
financial offering.
 Tata Power has collaborated with Tata Motors to develop a 7 MWp solar rooftop
project at Pune.
 Coinbase has become the first crypto firm to enter the prestigious Fortune 500 list.
 Amazon has opened its first physical clothing store named ‘Amazon Style’ in Los
Angeles.
 CoinDCX has launched cryptointerest yield programme named ‘Earn’.
 BOB Financial and Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) in partnership with NPCI announced the
launch of HPCL BoB co-branded contactless RuPay Credit Card.
 HDFC Securities has launched Robo-advisory platform for all mutual fund investments
 Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has cleared the government's 29.5%
stake sale in Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) to fetch around Rs 38,000 crore.
 SEBI has withdrawn the recognition granted to the Indian Commodity Exchange Limited
(ICEX).
 LIC launched a non-linked, non-participating, individual, savings life insurance plan
called Bima Ratna.
 According to the commerce ministry, US has replaced China to become the India's top
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PLACES IN NEWS
 Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has inaugurated the India's first greenfield grain-based ‘Ethanol
plant’.
 Mega Health Festival has been held in Puducherry.
 ‘Char Dham yatra’ has been started in Uttarakhand.
 Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal is set build India’s first indigenous hydrogen
electric vessels at Cochin Shipyard Limited.
 India’s first ‘Flow Chemistry Technology Hub’ set up in Hyderabad.
 India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System train-set to be handed over to National
Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) at Savli in Gujarat.
 India's 'first' tribal health observatory has to come up in Odisha.
 Tripura’s AttireRisha will get the GI tag.
 Cyclone Asani has recently hit in Bangladesh.
 Famous Pooram festival is celebrated in Kerala.
 Poumai dominated area in Manipur has been declared as a drug free zone.
 India’s first Centre of Excellence for Khadi (CoEK) has been inaugurated in Delhi.
 Jammu and Kashmir will soon have its first-ever Bird Festival to promote
sustainableecotourism.
 Odisha is going to construct India’s largest hockey stadium for World Cup 2023.
 Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Uttar Pradesh Jal Shakti
Minister Swatantra Dev Singh inaugurated the India’s first ‘Amrit Sarovar’ at Patwai in
Rampur district.
 India’s first organic waste-powered Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station has been
inaugurated at Keshavrao Khadye Marg in Mumbai.
 Skill India International Centre to be set up at Varanasi.
 World’s Largest Glass Bottom Bridge has been opened in Vietnam.
 World's largest suspension bridge named 'Sky Bridge 721' has been opened in Czech
Republic.
 75th edition of Cannes Film Festival 2022 has opened in France.
 Human Rights film festival has been held in The Netherlands.
 The world’s first airport for flying cars and drones has been opened in U.K.
 New species of non-venomous snake recorded in Mizoram.
 The 4th Edition of State-Level Shirui Lily Festival 2022 is celebrated in Manipur.
 Uttarakhand has become the first Indian state to roll out drone in healthcare.
 PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated India’s biggest drone festival in Delhi.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated World's first Nano Urea (Liquid) Plant
in Gujarat.
 Adani Green Energy arm has commissioned India’s first wind-solar hybrid plant in
Rajasthan.
 Tech Mahindra has inaugurated 5G innovation lab in Washington.
 Dr. Jitendra Singh has inaugurated North India’s First Biotech Park at Ghatti, Kathua
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 Dr. Jitendra Singh has inaugurated India’s first ‘Lavendar festival’ at Jammu’s
Bhaderwah.
 Gujarat has become the first state to deliver the India Post mail by drone.
 Kolkata has become the first major metropolitan city in India to make a detailed
biodiversity register.
PERSONS IN NEWS
 Ruturaj Gaikwad has equalled the record of legendary Sachin Tendulkar by becoming
the joint fastest Indian to score 1000runs in the history of the Indian Premier League
(IPL).
 Former Wimbledon finalist Kevin Anderson has announced retirement from tennis. He
belongs to South Africa.
 Discus Throwplayer ‘Kamalpreet Kaur’ has been provisionally suspended by Athletics
Integrity Unit (AIU).
 Priyanka Mohite from Maharashtra has become the first Indian woman climber to scale
five peaks above 8000 metres.
 ‘Mahinda Rajapaksa’ Sri Lankan Prime Minister (PM) has resigned.
 According to Forbes list for 2022, Lionel Messi has topped the highest-paid athlete for
2022.
 Cristiano Ronaldo has been named EASports Player of the Month for April2022.
 Lhakpa Sherpa has climbed Everest for 10th time.
 Devasahayam Pillai has become the first Indian layman to be declared saint by Pope
Francis.
 Eureka Forbeshas launched a new campaign with Madhuri Dixit the tag line “Pani mein
Zinc aisa kahaan hota hai… jahaan Aquaguard hota hai".
 Mushfiqur Rahim has become the first-everBangladeshi batter to score 5,000 runs in
test cricket.
 Mame Khan has become the first folk singer to open Red Carpet for India at the Cannes
Film Festival.
 Wrestling Federation of India has imposed life ban on Satender Malik sports person.
 JaspritBumrah has become the first Indian pacer to take 250 T20 wickets.
 Kenton Cool has become the First Foreigner to Scale Everest16th Times.
 ‘P.N. Vasudevan’ has resigned as MD and CEO of Equitassmall finance bank.
 Gautam Adani, Karuna Nundy, Khurram Parvez has been named among the world’s 100
most influential people of 2022 by TIME magazine.
 Shikhar Dhawan has become the first player to hit 700 fours in the history of the IPL.
 Neeraj Chopra and YouTube India have tied up together to create a short film.
 Abhilasha Barak has become the first woman to be Combat Helicopter Pilot.
 Narinder Batra has stepped down as President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA).
 Mohinder K Midha has become the First Dalit Female Mayor in London Council.
 Astral Limited has roped Allu Arjun as the brand ambassador for its pipes and water
tank businesses.

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 Jack Dorsey has stepped down from the Twitter board.

 Piyali Basak has become the first Indian to scale Mt. Everest without supplementary
oxygen.
 Manish Maheshwari has stepped down as chief executive officer and director of Invact
Metaversity.
 A10-year old national level artistic skater ‘Rythym Mamania’ from Maharashtra has set
a record by climbing the EverestBase Camp.
 Rakesh Biyani has resigned as MD of Future Retail.
 According to the Fortune 500,Elon Musk is the top-paid chief executive officer (CEO) in
2021.
 Ramesh Budhial has crowned as the new national surfing champion. He is from
Karnataka.
APPOINTMENTS
Name of The Person Name of the Organization / Country
Sangeeta Singh Chairperson of CBDT
Vinay Mohan Kwatra India’s new Foreign Secretary
Suman Bery Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog
Manoj Pande 29th Chief of Army Staff
Nand Mulchandani Chief Technology Officer of CIA
Chunmun Gupta chief of staff for Crypto exchange WazirX
Sahas Malhotra CEO of JioSaavn
Tarun Kapoor Advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
BaggavalliSomashekar Raju Vice Chief of the Army Staff
Rajiv Ranjan MPC member of RBI
Anshul Swami MD & CEO Shivalik Small Finance Bank
Joydeep Karmakar Chief National Rifle Coach
Naresh Kumar Director of the Corbett Tiger Reserve in
Uttarakhand
Arvind Krishna Board of Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Archana Gulati Public policy head of Google in India
Alkesh Kumar Sharma New Secretary for Ministry of Electronics &
Information Technology
Sanjeev Kapoor Director General (Inspection and Safety) of IAF
Karine Jean-Pierre Black woman as Press Secretary of the White
House
M Narayanan Part-time Chairman of City Union Bank
Pradeep Nandrajog Head of the committee formed by SC for the
recovery of NSEL defaulters
Sudarshan Venu MD of TVS Motor
Dr. Pushp Kumar Joshi CMD of HPCL
John Lee Ka-chiu Hong Kong’s next chief executive
RumitDugar CFO of BlueStone
Manisha Saboo First woman President of HYSEA

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Yoon Suk-yeol President of South Korean

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. President of Philippines
Kedar Upadhye CFO of ReNew Power
Ajay Kumar Mishra Advocate General of Uttar Pradesh
Katalin Novak First female President of Hungary
Manoj Adlakha International Head for customer marketing of
American Express
Rajiv Kumar Election Commissioner of India
Sanjay Khanna CEO of Amex India
Campbell Wilson CEO and MD Of Air India
Aruna Singh CMD of RailTel Corp
Ranil Wickremesinghe 26th prime minister of Sri Lanka
Brendon McCullum Head coach of England Men's Test Team
Ranjit Pawar MD of the Data and Analytics business for the
Group in South Asia appointed by LSEG
Sanjiv Bajaj President of CII
T N Manoharan Part time chairman of IDBI Bank
Vivek Kumar Dewangan CMD of REC Ltd
Vijayalakshmi Swaminathan Chief People Officer of Pine Labs
Vidit Aatrey Co-founder & CEO of Meesho
Sanjiv Bajaj Bajaj Finserv Limited
Nidhi Chibber Chairperson of CBSE
Sitikantha Pattanaik & Rajiv Ranjan Executive directors of RBI
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al President of UAE
Nahyanhas
Manik Saha 12thChief Minister of Tripura
Elisabeth Borne Prime Minister of France
S. S Mundra Chairman ofThe Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud President of Somalia
Ram Baboo Prasad Director of Central Coalfields Ltd(CCL)
S. N. Subrahmanyan MD & CEO of Larsen & Toubro
Sunil Arora Non-executive chairman of Gram Unnati
Sindhu Gangadharan Independent director of Siemens India
Naveen Srivastava Ambassador of India to Nepal
PK Sinha & Shyamal Mukherjee Independent Directors of Bharti Airtel
Pieter Elbers CEO of IndiGo
Matthew Mott England men's white-ball team head coach
Royce Thomas President and Chief Business Officer of Ctrls
Vinayak Pai CEO, MD designate of Tata Projects Ltd
Vijay Shekhar Sharma MD & CEO of Paytm
John Lee Next chief executive of Hong Kong
H. E. Anthony Albanese PM of Australia
Salil S. Parekh CEO & MD of Infosys
Jose Ramos-Horta President of East Timor

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Vinai Kumar Saxena Lieutenant Governor of Delhi

Vivek Kumar Private secretary to PM Narendra Modi
B P Kanungo Head of the committee formed by RBI to review
customer service standards in banks, NBFCs
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director General of WHO
Rajesh Bhushan Chairperson of the Committee B at the 75th
World Health Assembly (WHA)
D. P Singh Deputy Managing Director of SBI FM
Saagar Sethi President of Amplifi
Pradip Kumar Mohanty Acting Chairperson of Lokpal
Pankaj Sharma Part-time member of PFRDA

AWARDS
 Jai Bhim film has bagged top award at the 12th edition of the DadasahebPhalke
International Film Festival.
 Once Upon a Time in Calcutta has bagged the top award of Grand Jury Prize for Best
Feature Film at IFFLA 2022.
 Doordarshan has won Exchange4media award for pet TV series ‘Best Friends Forever’.
 Cynthia Rosenzweig has received the 2022 World Food Prize from the World Food Prize
Foundation.
 Cécile Ndjebet has won ‘Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award 2022’.
 Dr Siddamshetty Mahesh kumar awarded with Bharat Bhushan Award 2022 and Vaidya
Ratna award for his contributions in Ayurveda.
 Sony has won ‘Broadcaster of the Year’ Award of Goafest 2022.
 Meursault contre-enquête has won Romain Rolland Book Prize 2022 .
 Danish Siddiqui, Amit Dave, Sana Irshad Mattoo, Adnan Abidi have won the prestigious
Pulitzer Prize 2022 in the feature photography category.
 Balkrishna Doshi has been conferred with Royal Gold Medal 2022.
 Frank Wilczek has received the Templeton Prize 2022.
 Union Minister of Power has confered NHPC with first prize of 'Rajbhasha Shield’.
 BTS, “Butter” has won the Top Selling Song at Billboard Music Awards 2022.
 Anna Qabale Duba from Kenya has won the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award.
 Ajay Piramal has received an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
 Rajiv Gandhi International airport has bagged 'ACI's green airport award' for 5thtime in
a row.
 Subhash Ola has won the 1stprize for the Amazon Smbhav Entrepreneurship Challenge
2022.
 Anjali Pandey has been awarded with the Committed Leader Award at CII EXCON 2022.
 GJR Krishnan, GJR Vijayalakshmihas been selected Sangita Kalanidhi awards for 2022.

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 A.R. Venkatachalapathy has been selected for the Lifetime Achievement Award (Iyal
Award) of the Canada-based Tamil Literary Garden for 2021.
 Ashok Dyalchand has been conferred with the prestigious Honorary Award at the
World’s Children’s Prize (WCP).
 A Gopalakrishnanhas received the VASVIK (Vividhlaxi Audyogik Samshodhan Vikas
Kendra) Industrial Research Award in the category of Agricultural Sciences and
Technology for the year 2020.
 Geetanjali Shree is the author of the novel ‘Tomb of Sand’, it becomes 1st Hindi novel
to win International Booker Prize.
 Nawazuddin Siddiqui has received Excellence in Cinema Award at French Riviera Film
Festival.
 The Hindu BusinessLine has recognized as the best daily in covering commodities in
the print media at the NCDEX Commodities Award 2022.
 World Health Organization (WHO) has selected Jharkhand state for the World No
Tobacco Day (WNTD) Award-2022.
 ‘Triangle of Sadness’ film has won the Palme d'Or at Cannes FilmFest 2022.
 The 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival came to a glittering close with the nine-
member jury giving out the big awards at the prestigious festival.The jury included an
Indian face in actor Deepika Padukone.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS AT 2022 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
 Palme d’Or: Triangle of Sadness, directed by Ruben Östlund
 Grand Prix: Stars at Noon, directed by Claire Denis and Close directed by Lukas
Dhont
 Jury Prize: Eo, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and Le Otto Montagne, directed by
Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix van Groeningen
 Best Director: Park Chan-wook for Decision to Leave
 Best Actor: Song Kang-ho for Broker
 Best Actress: Zar Amir Ebrahimi for Holy Spider
 Best Screenplay: Tarik Saleh (Boy from Heaven)
 Camera d’Or: Gina Gammell and Riley Keough for War Pony
 Jury Special Award: Tori and Lokita
 L’Oeil d’Or: All That Breathes
 Jury Special Award (documentary): Mariupolis 2
 Sanjit Narwekar has conferred with V Shantaram Lifetime achievement award at MIFF
2022.
 RJ Umar Nisar has been awarded the 'O1 Best Content Award' and the Immunization
Champion award by UNICEF.

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BOOKS AND AUTHORS

NAME OF THE BOOK AUTHOR
Leaders, Politicians, Citizens: Fifty Figures Rasheed Kidwai
Who Influenced India’s Politics
‘INDO-PAK WAR 1971-Reminiscences of air Released by Defence Minister Rajnath
warriors’ Singh
'Modi @20: Dreams Meeting Delivery' Released by Venkaiah Naidu
The Struggle for Police Reforms in India: Prakash Singh
Ruler’s Police to People’s Police
Planning Democracy: How a Professor, An Nikhil Menon
Institute, And An Idea Shaped India”
Book It! Dinesh Dhamija
A Place Called Home Preeti Shenoy
The Colours of Us’ Karen Katz
The Art of Management’ Shiv Shivakumar
Limitless: The Power of Unlocking your True Radhika Gupta
Potential
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NATIONAL
 Tata Power has signed an MoUwith Naredco to set up 5000 EV charging points in
Mumbai.
 Narendra Modi has addressed virtually the Sanatan Mandir Cultural Centre in Canada
on the occasion of inauguration of Sardar Patel’s statue.
 Narayana Rane has launched ZED certification scheme for MSMEs.
 Union Minister Amit Shah has inaugurated Nrupathunga University in Bengaluru.
 The Naval Investiture Ceremony – 2022 will be held at Kochi.
 Ram Nath Kovind has laid Foundation Stone for Bhagwan Mahavir Super Speciality
Hospital in Delhi.
 India and Germany have signed joint declaration of Intent on Forest Landscape
Restoration.
 Indian Coast Guard has launched Fast Patrol Vessel. It named as Kamla Devi.
 Yogi Adityanath has unveiled statue of Brahmalin Mahant Avadyanath.
 Amit Shah has inaugurated National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) Bengaluru campus.
 RPF has started 'Operation Satark' to take action against transport of illegal items.
 India to receive 10 billion euros for green projects from Germany until 2030.
 Anurag sing Thakur has announced the world’s largest film restoration project with a
budget of Rs 363 crore in India.
 N. Biren Singh has launched Direct Benefit Transfer for organic farmers.
 Ramnath Kovind has inaugurated the expanded campus of Indian Institute of
Management (IIM) Nagpur.
 Amit Shah has laid foundation stone of BSF`s Central Store and Workshop.
 Narendra Modi is going to launch Madhya Pradesh Startup Policy.

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 The Centre sanctioned 120 crore rupees for the Union Territory of Ladakh under the
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0, AMRUT.
 According to Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia need for innovation to make
India drone hub by 2040.
 RailTel has launched PM-WANI based access to its Wi-Fi services across 100 railway
stations across the country.
 Ministry of Tourism has participated at Arabian Travel Market, Dubai -2022.
 The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has Organized Webinar on Waste Water
Management.
 India elected as Chair of the Association of Asian Election Authorities for 2022-24.
 NITI Aayog and AIM has launched the AIM-PRIME Playbook to help academicians
launch deep-tech spin-offs.
 Government has been established 33 new domestic cargo terminals by 2024-2025.
 CBSE has supported Tourism Ministry’s initiative to establish YUVA Tourism Club.
 NTPC has initiated Girl Empowerment Mission for uplifting lives of underprivileged girls.
 ‘BHARAT TAP’ initiative has been launched by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
 SC has appointed high-powered committee to execute decrees against NSELdefaulters.
This committee is headed by Pradeep Nandrajog.
 Egypt has agreed to buy half a million tonnes of wheat from India.
 Narendra Modi has addressed a programme marking Silver Jubilee Celebrations of
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
 Amit Shah has flagged off boat ambulance at floating border outpost in West Bengal.
 Amit Shah has inaugurated ‘National Cyber Forensic Laboratory’ at CFSL campus in
Hyderabad.
 Manish Sisodia has inaugurated East Delhi’s dedicated EV charging station.
 India and Nepal signed six MoUs and Agreements related to education and hydropower
sectors.
 Narendra Modi has inaugurated India's first 5G testbed.
 Narendra Modi has addressed the Yuva Shivir at Karelibaug,Vadodara.
 Ashwini Vaishnaw has inaugurated NIELIT (National Institute of Electronics and
Information Technology) Centre at Leh.
 Ministry of Defence has launched Srijan portal to intensify ‘Atmanirbharata’.
 India and Bangladesh have released the trailer of the co-production film ‘Mujib – the
Making of a Nation’ on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival in France.
 Delhi High Court Court has set aside doorstep ration delivery scheme
‘MukhymantriGhar Ghar Ration Yojna’.
 Nirmala Sitharaman has participated in the 13th Annual Day commemoration of the
competition commission of India.
 Executive Committee of National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved 11 projects
with an estimated cost of 660 crores.
 The unification of three civic municipal bodies of Delhi will come into force from May
22, 2022.
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 WHO has honoured India's one million all-women ASHA workers for 'outstanding'
contribution to advancing global health.
 SAIL has celebrated 50 years of Incorporation with a Special Logo.
 India and United States of America have signed an Investment Incentive Agreement in
Tokyo.
 World Economic Forum has launched alliance to supercharge India’s climate action.
 National Health Authority has launched revamped Ayushman Bharat Health Account
mobile app.
 Union Government has launched 8th Edition of Swachh Survekshan - SS-2023 under
Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0.
 Narendra Modi has laid foundation stones of 11 projects worth Rs 31,500 crore in
Chennai.
 Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated the Arogya Manthan programme at Bhopal in
Madhya Pradesh.
 Anupriya Patel has launched the Indian Business Portal in New Delhi.
 Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has increased the third-party motor
insurance premium for various categories of vehicles with effect from June 1, 2022.
 Bangladesh has been made ‘Country of Focus’ during the 17th Mumbai International
Film Festival (MIFF).
 PM Narendra Modi has released benefits under PM CARES for children orphaned in
Covid. The Scheme was launched in May 29, 2021.

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INTERNATIONAL
 India will be the official country of honour at the Cannes Film Market.
 UK and Japan have set to agree ‘landmark’ new defence agreement.
 United Nations has launched the “Energy Compact Action Network”.
 World's first plant-based Covid-19 vaccine ‘Covifenz’ has been developed by Canada.
 UN has approved Czech Republic to Replace Russia on Rights Body.
 South Korea is the first Asian country to join NATO cyber defense unit.
 UAE has introduced unemployment insurance for all workers.
 BRICS has launched an early warningsystem for large-scale pandemics.
 Singapore country’s president has launched Indian organizations.
 Sweden and Finland have submitted application to join the North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation (NATO).
 Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone for India International Centre for
Buddhist Culture and Heritage in Nepal’s Lumbini.
 Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated ‘India-Jamaica Friendship Garden’ in Kingston.
 According to the World Bank,India has surpassed Mexico as the top remittance
receiving country in 2021.
 The world’s first airport for flying cars and drones has opened in UK.
 G7 nations have agreed to provide financial support to Ukraine.
 Bangladesh has declared a health alert to curb the latest outbreak of the disease.
 Belgium has becomethe first country to make quarantine compulsory for monkeypox
patients.
 US President Joe Biden has launched the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) in
Tokyo.
 UAE has become first Gulf state to record case of monkeypox.
 Bangladesh is going to conduct its first digital census.
 G7 countries pledge to decarbonise energy sectors by 2035.
 Bangladesh-India passenger train services resumed after two years with the flagging off
of the Maitree Express train from Dhaka.
 Kuwait is going to build world's largest petroleum research centre.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

 ITC Ltd has signed an MoU with IIT Delhi to support research in identified STEM area.
 IIT Bombay has collaborated with IMD to develop climate solutions to combat climate
crisis.
 India’s student groups have won NASA 2022 Human Exploration Rover Challenge.
 North Korea has launched suspected ballistic missile toward eastern waters.
 Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to launch a spacecraft to Venus
in December 2024.
 First International Research Conference on Insolvency and Bankruptcy was organized
by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) in association with IIM
Ahmedabad.
 Shukrayaan-I the country’s first orbiter mission to Venus, which is going to launchby
ISRO.
 IIT Hyderabad has demonstrated extreme massive MIMO (has demonstrated extreme
massive MIMO technology).
 China’s warships go ballistic with new mystery missile.
 Pfizer has inaugurated a first-of-its-kind global drug development centre in IIT Madras
 IIT Madras has received largest CSR funding from Power Grid Corporation for student
scholarships.
 IIT Madras has established a new research centre for frequent wastewater analysis.
 India ‘s Navy has planned to purchase the GISAT-2 satellite to increase capacity.
 Indian Army is going to buy 12 more Made-in-India weapon-locating radarsfor China
border, the radar system is named as Swathi.
 India has successfully fired Extended Range Version of BrahMos Air Launched missile.
 Space X has launched Starlink satellites from California.
 Serum Institute of India has signed a MOUwith Symbiosis International University to
set up research centre for vaccines and biologicals.
 Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology has developed India’s first mRNA vaccine
candidate to fight SARS-CoV-2.
 Scientists for first time grow plants in lunar soil brought back to Earth this experiment
has happened in United States.
 NAL has successfully validated digital anti-skid brake management system developed for
SARAS Mark II- 19 seat Light Transport aircraft.
 ISRO has successfully tested human-rated HS200 solid rocket booster for Gaganyaan
mission.
 IIT Gandhinagar has developed framework to reduce damage to power transmission
systems during cyclones.
 Kalam Website literary initiative was launched by Om Birla to support Vernacular.
 Niti Aayog has launched national platform for data and analytics.
 Ashwini Vaishnaw has launched Gatishakti Sanchar Portal in New Delhi.
 West Central Railway has developed a battery-operated dual-mode locomotive named
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 Skyroot AerospacePrivate Ltd has successfully completed the full duration test-firing of
its Vikram-1 rocket stage.
 Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has made the first 5G call on a trial network set up at
IIT Madras.
 ICMR has launched 'IBD NutriCare' app on World Inflammatory Bowel Disease Day.
 Mansukh Mandaviya has addressedthe 35th Board meeting of the Stop TB Partnership.
 India is going to launch of a newly approved skin test for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis
called c-TB.
 Canada has banned China's Huawei Technologies from its 5G networks on security
concerns.
 Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has inaugurated North East Research Conclave
2022 at IIT Guwahati.
 Jitendra Singh has launched Single National Portal for Biotech researchers and Start-
Ups.
 Astrosat mission which has detectedthe birth of black holes for the five hundredth
time.
 National Geographic Society has installed the "world's highest weather station" on
Mount Everest.
 Scientists from USA have proposed a space project named Closeby Habitable Exoplanet
Survey (CHES) to survey the sky with the help of a space-borne telescope.
 Indian Railways has collaborated with IIT Madras to develop ‘indigenous’ Hyperloop
Technology.
 Citizens can now use MyGov Helpdesk on WhatsApp to access Digilocker service.
 AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) has unveiled world’s first 5nm processors for PCs.
 Dornier 228 is the name of India's first indigenous commercial flight.
 North Korea has launched three ballistic missiles toward the sea.
 Cisco has launched a new cybersecurity assessment tool for small and medium-sized
businesses (SMBs).
 PARAM PORUL was inaugurated at NIT, Tiruchirappalli under National Supercomputing
Mission (NSM).
 India is launching Project WARDEC AI-powered wargame centre.
 INS Nirdeshak the Indian Navy survey vessel which was launched by Garden Reach
Shipbuilders and Engineers.
 IIT Madras and Harvard University researchers have developed algorithm to save
wildlife from poaching.
 Tech Mahindra has inaugurated 5G innovation lab in Washington.
 IIT Madras researchers has developed mechanically-rechargeable zinc-air batteries.
 NCTE(National Council for Teacher Education) has launched online portal to streamline
recognition process of teacher education programmes.

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SPORTS
 PV Sindhu has won the bronze medal at Badminton Asia Championships.
 Real Madrid has clinched a record-extending 35th Spanish league title defeated
Espanyol.
 Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur has inaugurated 2nd Khelo
Masters Games Delhi-2022 at Tyagraj Stadium in New Delhi.
 Carolina Marin has clinchedthe European Championships title for the sixth consecutive
time.
 FIFA has been launched first Indian sports documentary named ‘Maitanam’.
 Ruturaj Gaikwad has equalled the record of legendary Sachin Tendulkar by becoming
the joint-fastest Indian to score 1000 runs in the history of the Indian Premier League.
 Dream Sports Foundation has partnered with Marry Com to launch ‘DreamJab’
programme.
 American teenage sprint Erriyon Knighton became the fourth fastest man over 200
metres.
 Harshada Sharad Garud has become the first Indian to win a gold medal at the IWF
Junior World Championships at Heraklion in Greece.
 Kerala beat West Bengal in the final of the Santosh Trophy 2022 at the Manjeri
Stadium in Malappuram.
 Ronnie O'Sullivan has won a record seventh World Snooker Championship crown after
beating Judd Trump.
 The JAIN University team has become the winner of the Khelo India UniversityGames
2021.
 Kota University (Rajasthan) has won the gold medal by defeating Chaudhary Bansi Lal
University (Haryana) in the final of the men's kabaddi competition.
 Indian paddler Manika Batra has achieved a career-best ranking of 38 in women’s
singles at ITTF Table Tennis World Rankings.
 Shooter Dhanush Srikanth has won goldin the men’s 10m air rifle competition in the
24th Deaflympics.
 India has become world No.1 team in ICC T20I rankings for the first time in six years.
 Real Madrid clinched a record-extending 35th Spanish league title.
 Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur has been provisionally suspendedby the
Athletics Integrity Unit.
 Chhattisgarh’s Gyaneshwari Yadav clinched a silver medal in the Junior World
Weightlifting Championship 2022 in Heraklion, Greece.
 Chandigarh has won the inaugural edition of the Sardar Patel National Divyang Svayam
T20 Cricket Cup.
 The Thomas and Uber Cup2022 is taking place at the Impact Arena in Bangkok,
Thailand.

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 Carlos Alcaraz Garfia is a Spanish tennis player, became the youngest winner in Madrid
open title of 2022.
 Max Verstappen won the inaugural Miami Grand Prix 2022.
 Esha Singh and Saurabh Chaudhary has won Gold in Mixed Team Pistol event in ISSF
Junior World Cup.
 India has won total 14 medals in Asia Cup 2022 stage 2.
 Inter Milan has clinched Italian Cup 2022.
 Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore have been named as the hosts of the respective
2025, 2027 and 2029 editions of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.
 Liverpool F.C. has won FA cup (Football Association Challenge Cup).
 Novak Djokovic (Serbia) has defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas to win his sixth Italian Open
title in Rome.
 Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) striker Kylian Mbappe has won the French league's best
player award for the third time.
 South Korea has defeated China to win second BWF Uber Cup title.
 India has won 16 medals at the Deaflympics 2021.
 Odisha has defeated Karnataka to won the champions of the 12th Hockey India Senior
Women National Championship 2022 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
 Eintracht Frankfurt has won the UEFA Europa League 2021-22.
 Nikhat Zareen has won Gold at women's world boxing championships.
 Female referees to officiate men's FIFA World Cup 2022 for the 1st time in Qatar.
 Bangladesh has hold its first international professional boxing tournament.
 India has won Five medals in Archery World Cup 2022 in Gwangju, South Korea.
 ‘Ariarne Titmus’ has smashed Katie Ledecky's 400m freestyle world record, belongs to
Australia.
 Olympique Lyonnais has defeated Barcelona to won the UEFA Women's Champions
League for the eighth time.
 Max Verstappen has won the Spanish Grand Prix.
 Manchester City F.C has been crowned 2021/22 Premier League champions.
 Haryana team has won the 12th Hockey India Sub Junior Women National
Championship 2022.
 33 medals won Indian team at ISSF Junior Shooting World Cup.
 Jyothi Yarraji has smashed the women's 100m hurdle national record at the
Loughborough International Athletics Meet in the UK.
 Ding Liren has won ‘The Chessable Masters’ tournament.
 Murali Sreeshankar has won the gold medal at the 12th International Jumping Meeting
in Greece.
 The Gujarat Titans (GT) were crowned champions of the 15th edition of TATA Indian
Premier League (IPL) 2022 after defeating the Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 7 wickets at the
Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

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 Emerging player of IPL 2022 award: Umran Malik of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Most number
of sixers in the season award: Jos Butler of Rajasthan Royals. Game changer of the
season award: Jos Butler of Rajasthan Royals.
 Red Bull’s Sergio Perez won Formula One Monaco Grand Prix. Carlos Sainz Jr. finished
second for Ferrariand Verstappen was third for Red Bull.
 Real Madrid beat Liverpool to claim their UEFA Champions League Final 2022 at the
Stade de France in Paris.
 Ramita, Shreya Agrawal, Elavenil Ramita have clinched the gold medal in the 10m air
rifle women’s team event at the ISSF World Cup 2022 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
STATES
 Maharashtra is set to become a one Trillion dollar economy and will be the first State in
the country to achieve this target.
 Ayush Ministry has organized ‘Yoga Utsav’ in Assam to mark 50th-day countdown to
International Day of Yoga.
 Karnataka has signed an MoU with ISMC Analog Fab Private Limited (Israel-based) for
setting up a semiconductor fab plant.
 Maharashtra state cabinet has approved to set up of a gene bank project to preserve
biodiversity.
 Narayan Rane has inaugurated Maharashtra MSME Expo 2022 in Mumbai.
 Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced to build a stadium in
Olympic gold-medallist Neeraj Chopra's native village Khandra, Panipat.
 Union Minister of Development of North Eastern Region Kishan Reddy has inaugurated
inter-state truck terminus in Manipur.
 Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has launched a doorstep delivery scheme
named ‘Mukhyamantri Mitaan Yojna’.
 Telangana state has become lead State for ‘Audit Online’ nationwide.
 Odisha has distributed the financial assistance of Rs 800 crore to 40 lakh farmers under
Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme.
 Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd has commissioned a 120MW solar project in
Gujarat.
 Azure Power has successfully commissioned its 90 MW solar power project in Assam.
 Rajasthan became the first state in India to surpass 10 GW of cumulative large-scale
solar installations, as per Mercom's India Solar Project Tracker.
 India's 'first' tribal health observatory has to come up in Odisha.
 National Sagarmala Apex Committee meeting held in Delhi, chaired by Sarbananda
Sonowal.
 Uttar Pradesh state to provide free wi-fi facility for people within 50 meters of village
secretariat.
 Kerala has launched ‘Shaili App’ — aimed at diagnosing and controlling lifestyle
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 Haryana state has launched a ‘Vehicle Movement Tracking System (VMTS)’ Mobile App.
 Telangana state govt has extended insurance coverage under ‘Nethanna Bima’ scheme.
 Poumai Naga area is declared as “drug free zone” is located in Manipur.
 Kerala state govt has approved medico-legal protocol for arrested & remanded
prisoners.
 Madhya Pradesh has launched second phase of ‘Ladli Laxmi’ scheme to make girls self-
reliant.
 Haryana has launched ‘Chaara-Bijaee Yojana’ for fodder cultivating farmers.
 Chhattisgarh has become first state to restore old pension scheme effective from April
1, 2022.
 IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has launched Gatishakti Sanchar Portal in Delhi to
facilitate centralised Right of Way (RoW) approvals.
 Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated 3 lanes Koilwar bridge in Bihar.
 Kerala state govt has announced Rs 1.14 crore cash award to team for winning Santosh
Trophy.
 ‘Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary’ in Rajasthan has been notified as 52nd tiger
reserve in India.
 Solung Etor festival is celebrated in Arunachal Pradesh.
 Karnataka state CM has announced Rs 5 Lakh Reward for Lakshya Sen after Thomas
Cup Win.
 The World Bank has approved USD 350 million to Gujarat’s SRESTHA-G project.
 Punjab has launched 'Lok Milni' for redressal of public grievances.
 Om Birla has launched second phase of "Suposhit Maa Abhiyan" in Rajasthan.
 Rays Experts will commission the world's largest solar park in Rajasthan.
 Madhya Pradesh has distributed Rs 1,700 crores under the 'Mukhyamantri Kisan
Kalyan'.
 Kerala has made food security licence mandatory for all eateries.
 Gujarat state CM has inaugurated ‘Vadnagar International Conference’ on the occasion
of ‘World Museum Day’.
 Kerala state govt is going to launch India's first state-owned OTT Platform ‘CSPACE’.
 Tamil Nadu state govtnamed the Nanjarayan lake as the 17th bird sanctuary.
 Manipur has celebrated 18th ‘Shumang Leela Ningtham Festival’.
 In Rajasthan, 45 thousand women of Aajeevika Mission will become Suraksha sakhi of
State Police.
 Punjab state government is going to set up 5 Mohalla clinics.
 Karnataka has announced the reservation of 33% for outsourced women employees in
all the departments.
 Maharashtra state has joined hands with the World Economic Forum's Global Plastic
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 Tamil Nadu state Chief Minister has launched the Kalaignarin All Village Integrated
Agriculture Development Programme.
 Uttarakhand state has become the 1st Indian state to roll out drone in healthcare.
 Tamil Nadu has going to be hosted Umagine technology and innovation summit in
September.
 Maharashtra state govt has signed 23 deals worth Rs 30,000 crore at Davos Forum.
 Gujarat state govt has cancelled the Par-Tapi-Narmada river linking project.
 Uttar Pradesh has launched a special push across the state to Enrolment of out-of-
school girls in local schools as part of the ‘Kanya Shiksha Pravesh Utsav’.
 India’s first ‘Olympic Values Education Programme’ (OVEP) has been launched in
Odisha.
 Tripura state has decided to adopt the Electric Vehicle Policy 2022 to promote electric
vehicles.
 Rajasthan state CM Ashok Gehlot has approved new guidelines for the implementation
of ‘Indira Gandhi Shahari Rozgar Yojana’.
 Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have topped in Goods and Services Tax (GST)
registrations by businesses and dealers followed by Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.
 Ranjana Desai headed the five-member committee formed by the Uttarakhand for
preparing a draft on implementation of uniform civil code in the state.
 Tamil Nadu state government has taken steps to roll out the second phase of the
ambitious BharatNet project in the state.
 Telangana govt is launching a single-pick cotton pilot project on approximately 50,000
acres.
 Odisha has inaugurated a cyber-Security Operation Centre.
 Gujarat has become the first state to deliver the India Post mail by drone.
 World Health Organization (WHO) has partnered with Rajasthan state government to
create health accounts.
 Karnataka has launched new health and wellness app named ‘AAYU’.
 Karnataka state government is going to launch ‘Arogya Sanjeevini scheme’ for State
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SURVEYS
 According to the CAG's report, The Delhi airport is world's 2nd busiest airport in March
2022 in terms of domestic and international flights handled. 1st Atlanta airport (US).
 India's ranking in the World Press Freedom Index has fallen down to 150th position
from last year's 142nd rank out of 180 countries. Norway (1st), Denmark (2nd), Sweden
(3rd), Estonia (4th) and Finland (5th).
 Ladakh has recorded the highest sex ratio at birth in India in 2020.
 According to the World Bank, India has surpassed Mexico as the top remittance
receiving country in 2021. China is third place.
 According to businesses and dealers, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have topped in
GST registrations.
 According to the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d’Automobiles (OICA),
India has become 4th largest vehicle market. The 1st is occupied by China, followed by
the US and 3rd is Japan.
 According to Global Air Powers Ranking, Indian Air Force is 3rd rank.
 According to ICMR report, India’s cancer burden to raise to 29.8 million in 2025.
 As per NSO survey unemployment rate of India at 8.7% in October-December 2021.
 As per TIME magazineGautam Adani, Karuna Nundy and Khurram Parvez are the
world’s 100 most influential people of 2022.
 According to the WEF’s report, 54th is the India’s rank in a global travel and tourism
development index and 1stplace in Japan, 2nd US and 3rd Spain.
 According to Edelman Trust Barometer Special Report India country’s companies have
emerged as the most trusted by the domestic population and followed by China,
Canada, the US and the UK.
 Ministry of Education has released National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report.
 Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has been named as the Second Strongest Brand’ among the top
50 Global Engineering and Construction (E&C) companies – by Brand Finance.
 According to Reserve Bank of India’s Banknote Survey of Consumers, ₹100is the most
preferred banknote
 A 10-year old national level artistic skater ‘Rythym Mamania’ from Maharashtra state
has set a record by climbing the Everest Base Camp
 According to RBI data, India's forex reserves rise $4.23 billion to $597.51 billion
 The State of the Global Climate Report 2021 has been released by World
Meteorological Organization of the following organisation
 As per Geological Survey of India, Bihar state has India's largest gold reserves
 According to the commerce ministry, USA country has become India's top trading
partner in 2021-22
 According to the Fortune 500,Elon Musk is the top-paid chief executive officer (CEO) in
2021
 According to the United States’Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), India’s rank is 4th
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 According to Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List, India has topped the list in terms of the
number of entries with 61.
 As per Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2022, Indian rank is 4th.
 According to crypto analytics firm Chainalysis, investors around the world realized total
Crypto gains of $162.7 billion in 2021, Indian rank is 21.
 Chennai International Airportranks 8th in Global List for ‘On-Time Performance’.
 Messi toppedForbes’ highest-paid athletes list for 2022.
 India overtakes Germany to become 4th largest vehicle market 2022.

SUMMITS & CONFERENCES

Summit/ Conference Place/Chaired Theme/ Objective

6th India-Germany Inter- Narendra Modi bilateral relations between

Governmental Consultations India and Germany
(IGC)
2nd India-Nordic Summit Denmark to review the progress of the
India-Nordic relations
National Seminar on Indian Mumbai to deliberate about the
Cinema and Soft Power potential of Indian Cinema in
movie making and policy
design to further cultivate
cultural sensitivities towards
India
The first International Ahmedabad
Research Conference on
Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Jain International Trade Narendra Modi ‘Together Towards
Organisation’s – JITO Tomorrow’
Connect 2022
Enterprise India National Narayan Rane To immense potential and
Coir Conclave 2022 enhancing exports and
adding to MSME’s share in
GDP of the country
Swasthya Chintan Shivir- Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya discussion on various topics
Health Summit and policies related to the
health sector
India-Italy Business Piyush Goyal It aims for transformational
Roundtable and exponential growth in
business engagements
BRICS High Level Meeting on Bhupender Yadav to accelerate low carbon and
Climate Change resilient transition and to
achieve sustainable recovery
and development
7th edition of Japan-India ICT enhancing further
Joint Working Group cooperation in various fields

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meeting like 5G, Open RAN, Telecom

Network Security, submarine
cable systems, and Quantum
Communications
India-Bangladesh joint Dhaka, Bangladesh to further enhance bilateral
committee meeting on cooperation in the field of
peaceful uses of Nuclear Science and Technology
energy
SCO-RATS meeting India under the framework of the
SCO's Regional Anti-Terrorist
Structure.
4th meeting of National Piyush Goyal to promote the development
Startup Advisory Council of the startup ecosystem
(NSAC)
15th edition of SIEW 2022 Singapore "A Resilient and Sustainable
Energy Future"
IDF World Dairy Summit Delhi, India "livelihood and nutrition"
2022
BRICS Foreign Ministers China Foster High-Quality BRICS
meeting Partnership Usher in a New
Era for Global Development’
The 42nd meeting of the G. Asok Kumar Cleaning of Ganga’s
Executive Committee of tributaries has been the
National Mission for Clean prime focus of Namami
Ganga Gange Programme
41st edition of Hunar Haat Agra, Uttar Pradesh campaign of “Acclamation to
Art” and “Splendour to Skill”
Quad Leaders Summit Japan Indo-Pacific region and
contemporary global issues
of mutual interest
7th Annual Meeting of Board Nirmala Sitharaman “NDB: Optimising
of Governors of NDB Development Impact
World Economic Forum Davos, Switzerland
North East Research IIT Guwahati
Conclave 2022
4th edition of Indian Navy- Northern Bay of Bengal
Bangladesh Navy
Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT)
75th session of World Health Geneva to build a more resilient
Assembly global health security
architecture
7th BRICS Culture Ministers “Establishing a Cultural
Partnership Featuring
Inclusiveness and Mutual
Learning among BRICS”
National Women Legislators’ Ram Nath Kovind women’s rights, gender

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Conference-2022 equality, and enough female

representation in decision-
making bodies
3rd edition of ‘Bongosagar’ developing a high degree of
Bilateral exercise interoperability and joint
operational skills
40th edition of ‘PRAGATI’ Narendra Modi
4th Regional Security Dushanbe
Dialogue on Afghanistan
39th Commanders’ Rajnath Singh
Conference of the Indian
Coast Guard (ICG)

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SPECIAL DAYS
Date Importance Theme
International Workers’ Day or
Labour Day
Maharashtra Foundation Day
Gujarat Day
May 01 'Ujjwala Diwas'

World Laughter Day (1st Sunday of

May)
World Tuna Day “Our Tuna, Our Heritage”

May 02 Satyajit Ray’s 101st birth

anniversary
Parshuram Jayanti
World Asthma Day (1st Tuesday of
May 03 May)
World Press Freedom Day 'Journalism under Digital
Siege'
International Firefighter’s Day
May 04
Coal Miners Day
World Hand Hygiene Day Unite for safety: clean your
hands
World Portuguese Language Day
National Astronaut Day
May 05 National Cartoonists Day
National Day of Prayer
World Password Day (1st Thursday
in May)
International Day of the Midwife 100 Years of Progress
International No Diet Day
May 06 National Nurses Day
National Space Day (1st Friday Of
May)
Rabindranath Tagore birth
anniversary
National Fitness Day (1st Saturday
May 07 in May)
Border Roads Organisation is
celebrating its Raising Day
World Athletics Day
May 07 Alluri Seetharamaraju death
anniversary
May 07th and October International Astronomy Day
1st

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World Thalassemia Day 'Be Aware.Share.Care:

Working with the global
May 08 community as one to
improve thalassemia
knowledge.'
World Red Cross Day ‘#Be Human Kind’
Gopal Krishna Gokhale birth
May 09 anniversary
Russia is celebrated ‘victory day
May 10 International Day of Argania
World Lupus Day
May 11 National Technology Day “Integrated Approach in
Science & Technology for
Sustainable Future”
May 12 International Day of Plant Health
International Nurses Day "Nurses: A Voice to Lead -
Invest in Nursing and
Respect Rights to Secure
Global Health”
th th
6 May-12 may International Nurses week
May 14 and October International Migratory Bird Day light pollution
08 (2nd Saturday of May)
May 15 International Day of Families “Families and Urbanisation”
President Bhairon Singh
Shekhawat’s Death anniversary
National Dengue Day Dengue is Preventable; Let
us join hands
Buddha Purnima’s birth 'Dharma', NonViolence,
anniversary Kindness, Harmony And The
May 16 Path To 'Nirvana'
International Day of Light International Year of Basic
Sciences for Sustainable
Development 2022
th
Sikkim Foundation Day (47 )
International Day of Living
Together in Peace
May 17 International Day Against Our Bodies,Our Lives,Our
Homophobia, Transphobia and Rights
Biphobia
World Telecommunication and “Digital technologies for
Information Society Day older persons and healthy
May 17 ageing”
World Hypertension Day “Measure your blood
pressure, control it, live
longer”
International Museum Day The Power of Museums

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MAY 18 World AIDS Vaccine Day (or) HIV

Vaccine Awareness Day
May 19 Global Accessibility Awareness Day
(3rd Thursday in May)
Chuknagar Genocide Day
'Bee Engaged: Celebrating
World Bee Day the diversity of bees and
May 20 beekeeping systems'
National endangered species day “Recovering key species for
(3rd Friday of May) ecosystem restoration”
World Metrology Day Metrology In The Digital Era
World Day for Cultural Diversity Promote human rights and
for Dialogue and Development fundamental freedoms
International Tea Day Tea and Fair Trade
st
May 21 31 death anniversary of ‘Rajiv
Gandhi’
Anti-Terrorism Day
Birth Anniversary of ‘Raja Ram
Mohan Roy’
144th birth anniversary of Gama
May 22 Pehlwan (wrestlers)
World Biodiversity Day (or) Building a shared future for
International Day for Biological all life
Diversity
International Day to End Obstetric 'End Fistula Now: Invest in
Fistula is Observed Quality Healthcare, Empower
May 23 Communities!'
World Turtle Day Shellebrate! Ask "everyone
to Love and Save Turtles"
May 24 Indian Commonwealth Day 'Delivering a Common
Future'
May 25 World Thyroid Day “It’s not you. It’s your
thyroid”
‘Rash Behari Bose’ birth
May 25 anniversary
International Missing Children’s
May 27 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s death
anniversary (1st PM of India)
May 28 World Menstrual Hygiene Day 'Making menstruation a
normal fact of life by 2030'
International Everest Day
May 29 International Day of UN "People. Peace. Progress.
Peacekeepers The Power of Partnerships”
National Memorial Day
May 30 Goa formation day

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World Vape Day

May 31 Anti-Tobacco Day or World No 'Protect the environment’

Tobacco Day
May 25 -May 31 International Week of Solidarity
with the Peoples of Non-Self-
Governing Territories

DEATHS
NAME OF THE PERSON FIELD/IMPORTANCE
‘Abul Maal Abdul Muhith’ Bangladesh Finance Minister
‘Naomi Judd’ American singer and actress
C Lalengliana Former Director-General of News Services
Division of All India Radio
Hoosain Ayob Cricket
Andrew Symonds Cricket
Mohan Juneja Actor
Rajat Kumar Kar Writer
Shivkumar Sharma Indian musician and composer
Yuri Averbakh world’s oldest chess grandmaster (Russia)
Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk Former Ukrainian President
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Dr Ramakant Shukla Indian (Hindi and Sanskrit) Writer
Pallavi Dey’ Bengali TV actor
Bimla Bhalla former Director-General of All India Radio
News and Doordarshan News
Pandit Sukh Ram (Himachal Pradesh former union minister)
Politician
Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury Journalist
Tota Singh Senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and
former Punjab minister
‘Sangeeta Sajith’ (South Indian) singer
Shivaji Patnaik CPI (M) leader
Ray Liotta American actor and Producer
Sidhu Moose Wala Punjabi Singer and Rapper
Tony Brooks Racing Driver
Boris Pahor Writer
Aldiglade Bhamu Zimbabwe Footballer
Du'Vonta Lampkin American football player
Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi Sanskrit scholar
Lester Piggott Horse Raider

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