Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 24 to 31 May 2022

May Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 4

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National News

• ONGC first Indian Exploration and Production firm to trade domestic gas on Indian Gas Exchange
• Delhi government inducted two robots in their firefighting fleet
• Uttarakhand Govt signed MoU with BPCL for renewable energy projects
• 4th Shirui Lily Festival began in Manipur
• Uttarakhand became 1st Indian state to roll out drone in healthcare
• Central govt launched Swachh Survekshan 2023 under SBM Urban 2.0
• Tamil Nadu launched integrated agri-development scheme
• Kolkata became 1st major metro city to get its biodiversity register
• President inaugurated first-ever National Women Legislators Conference
• PM Modi inaugurated India’s biggest drone festival in New Delhi
• Rajasthan approved new guidelines for implementation of Indira Gandhi Shehri Rozgar Guarantee Yojana
• Inter-State Council reconstituted under the chairmanship of PM; Amit Shah Chairman of Standing Committee
• Uttar Pradesh launched ‘SAMBHAV’ portal to monitor grievances, schemes related to energy
• SC appointed 3-member committee to manage functioning of All India Football Federation; headed by AR Dave
• India’s 1st Olympic Values Education Programme launched in Odisha
• Tripura adopted EV policy 2022, to convert 10% of state’s vehicles to electric mode in 5 years
• India’s 1st ‘Lavendar Festival’ held in Bhaderwah, Jammu & Kashmir
• PM Modi inaugurated world’s 1st Nano Urea Liquid Plant in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
• Uttarakhand formed panel to implement Uniform Civil Code; headed by Ranjana Desai
• Jitendra Singh inaugurated North India’s 1st Industrial Biotech Park at Kathua, J&K
• WHO partnered with Rajasthan govt to create health accounts
• 3rd Global Organic Expo 2022 held in New Delhi
• India’s foremost documentary film festival MIFF 2022 to begin in Mumbai
• India achieved the milestone to provide tap water connection
• North India’s first Industrial Biotech Park inaugurated at Kathua in J&K
• India’s first wind-solar hybrid power facility by Adani Green
• Union Minister Anurag Thakur inaugurated Takshashila Sports Complex in Pune
• PM Modi to Release 11th Instalment of PM-KISAN Benefits on May 31
• Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) extended till FY26 with Rs 13,000 crore outlay
• PM to release benefits under PM CARES for Children Scheme on 30 May
• National Council for Teacher Education Launches Portal to Simplify Process of Teacher Education Programme
• National AI Portal celebrates its second anniversary
• PARAM ANANTA Supercomputer commissioned at IIT, Gandhinagar
• NHA launches online public dashboard for Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
• Bihar has India’s largest gold reserves

International News

• Maharashtra signed MoUs worth Rs 30,000 crores with 23 companies at WEF in Davos
• 75th World Health Assembly being held in Geneva, Switzerland
• QUAD Leaders’ Summit 2022 held in Tokyo, Japan
• TIME’s 100 most influential people 2022 list announced; Karuna Nundy, Gautam Adani, and Khurram Parvez have been named among the world’s 100 most influential people of 2022
• Meenakshi Lekhi participated in 7th BRICS Culture Ministers’ Meeting
• Indian Air Force (IAF) ranked 3rd in World Air Power Index 2022
• India joined US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
• WEF’s Travel and Tourism Development Index 2021; India ranked 54; Japan topped
• India and UAE signed MoU to establish a framework to facilitate and enhance bilateral cooperation on climate action
• India joined US-led First Movers Coalition to clean up carbon-intensive industry
• Russia conducts test-launch of Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile
• US surpasses China as India’s biggest trading partner in FY22

Banking and Financial

• RBI constituted committee to review customer service standards at banks, NBFCs; headed by P. Kanungo
• SBI launched Real Time Xpress Credit on YONO platform
• HDFC Bank and Retailio launched co-branded credit cards for chemists, pharmacies
• Tata Capital introduced digital loan against shares facility
• France’s TotalEnergies bought stake in Adani’s hydrogen business
• Moody’s projected India’s economic growth forecast to 8.8% for 2022
• India Post Payments Bank introduced issuer charges for AePS
• Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) cleared sale of GoI’s 29.5% stake in Hindustan Zinc valued at Rs 38,000 crore
• HDFC Securities launched Robo-advisory platform ‘HDFC Money’ for mutual fund investments
• UCO Bank signed co-lending agreement with Paisalo Digital Ltd for agriculture business
• GIC bought 7.5% stake in Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail for Rs 2,195 crore
• Mahagram partnered with IndusInd Bank to enhance digital payments ecosystem
• ₹100 is the most preferred banknote: RBI’s Banknote Survey
• RBI reduced net-worth requirement for non-bank Bharat Bill Payment units
• SBI Ecowrap report projected India’s GDP growth to be 8.2-8.5% in FY22
• Indian Bank partnered with Northern Arc Capital to offer financial solutions to retail loan borrowers
• Japan’s MUFG Bank got nod to set up branch at GIFT City
• IRDAI set up committees through GIC to suggest insurance sector overhaul
• SEBI withdrew permanent recognition granted to Indian Commodity Exchange Limited’s (ICEX)
• BOB Financial and HPCL launched co-branded contactless RuPay Credit Card
• Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) launches B2B digital marketplace for exporters, MSMEs and farmers
• Bank of Maharashtra tops PSU lenders chart in loan growth during FY22

Appointment and Resignation

• Vinai Kumar Saxena appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
• Gaurav Sachdeva appointed as CEO of e-commerce venture JSW One Platform
• Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus re-elected as Director-General of WHO for 2nd term
• TN Manoharan appointed as Part-Time Chairman of IDBI Bank
• Rajesh Bhushan appointed as chairperson of Committee B at 75th World Health Assembly
• Narinder Batra resigned as President of the Indian Olympic Association
• Anwar Hussain Shaik appointed new chair of WTO’s committee on technical barriers on trade
• Captain Abhilasha Barak became 1st woman combat pilot in Indian Army
• Lovlina Borgohain elected as IBA’s Athletes’ Committee Chair
• Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty got additional charge of acting Lokpal Chairperson
• Vandita Sharma appointed as a new Chief Secretary of Karnataka Government

Awards

• Music Academy announced Sangita Kalanidhi awards 2020-22: Neyveli R Santanagopalan (2020), Tiruvarur Bhakthavathsalam (2021), and violin duo Lalgudi GJR Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi (2022) have been awarded with Sangita Kalanidhi awards
• A Gopalakrishnan won VASVIK industrial research award for the year 2020
• India’s ASHA workers among 6 recipients of WHO Global Health Leaders’ award
• Geetanjali Shree’s ‘Tomb of Sand’ became first Hindi novel to win International Booker Prize
• Rolls-Royce India president Kishore Jayaraman got top British honour
• Nawazuddin Siddiqui received Excellence in Cinema award at French Riviera Film Festival
• Shaunak Sen’s documentary ‘All That Breathes’ wins L’OEil d’Or award at Cannes

Defence

• Army Training Command (ATC) signed MoU with Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) to launch AI-powered wargame centre ‘Project WARDEC’ in New Delhi
• India-Bangladesh conducted 3rd Bilateral Naval Exercise Bongosagar
• Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) launched Indian Navy’s survey vessel ‘INS Nirdeshak’
• INS Gomati decommissioned at Naval Dockyard in Mumbai

Science

• Dr Jitendra Singh launched single national portal ‘BioRRAP’ for Biotech researchers and Start-Ups
• PARAM PORUL Supercomputer inaugurated at NIT Tiruchirappalli

Sports

• Haryana won Hockey India Sub-Junior Women National Championship in Imphal
• BCCI signed up NFT partner for Women’s T20 Challenge
• International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup 2022 held in Suhl, Germany
• Turkey topped medal tally of 2022 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships
• China’s Ding Liren won ‘The Chessable Masters’ 2022 Tournament; R Praggnanandhaa finishes 2^nd
• 3rd Women’s T20 Challenge title won by Supernovas
• Gujarat won the title of IPL 2022 Final

Book and Author

• A book titled ‘Listen to Your Heart: The London Adventure’; authored by Ruskin Bond

Important day

• 23 May: World Turtle Day (Theme 2022: “Shellebrate”.)
• 24 May 2022 (second Monday of March): Indian Commonwealth Day (Theme 2022: ‘Delivering a Common Future’)
• 8th International Day of Yoga will be celebrated in Mysuru, Karnataka on 21 June
• 25 May: World Thyroid Awareness Day
• 25-31 May: International Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
• 25 May: International Missing Children’s Day
• 25 May: Africa Day (Theme 2022: “Strengthening Resilience in Nutrition and Food Security on the African Continent”.)
• May 29- International Day of UN Peacekeepers (Theme 2022: “People Peace Progress: The Power of Partnerships”.)
• 28th May- International Day of Action for Women’s Health 2022 (Theme 2022: ‘Resist and Persist’)
• 30th May: Hindi Journalism Day
• 30th May: World Vape Day
• 30th May: Goa Statehood Day
• World No Tobacco Day observed on 31st May
• 28th May: World Menstrual Hygiene Day (Theme 2022: ‘making menstruation a normal fact of life by 2030’)
• 28th May: World Hunger Day 2022 (Theme 2022: ‘Youth Ending Hunger’)

Obituary

• Veteran Communist leader Shivaji Patnaik passed away
• Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala shot dead

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