{"id":3801,"date":"2022-05-14T05:20:24","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T05:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lltonline.org\/?page_id=3801"},"modified":"2022-06-07T09:44:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T09:44:39","slug":"current-affairs-may-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lltonline.org\/index.php\/current-affairs-may-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Affairs &#8211; May 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3801\" class=\"elementor elementor-3801\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ac9331f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ac9331f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a400a69\" data-id=\"a400a69\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-316c73c elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"316c73c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/lltonline.org\/index.php\/current-affairs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-far-newspaper\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M552 64H112c-20.858 0-38.643 13.377-45.248 32H24c-13.255 0-24 10.745-24 24v272c0 30.928 25.072 56 56 56h496c13.255 0 24-10.745 24-24V88c0-13.255-10.745-24-24-24zM48 392V144h16v248c0 4.411-3.589 8-8 8s-8-3.589-8-8zm480 8H111.422c.374-2.614.578-5.283.578-8V112h416v288zM172 280h136c6.627 0 12-5.373 12-12v-96c0-6.627-5.373-12-12-12H172c-6.627 0-12 5.373-12 12v96c0 6.627 5.373 12 12 12zm28-80h80v40h-80v-40zm-40 140v-24c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h136c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v24c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12H172c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12zm192 0v-24c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h104c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v24c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12H364c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12zm0-144v-24c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h104c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v24c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12H364c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12zm0 72v-24c0-6.627 5.373-12 12-12h104c6.627 0 12 5.373 12 12v24c0 6.627-5.373 12-12 12H364c-6.627 0-12-5.373-12-12z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Click here for Previous Month's Current Affiars<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b6a3d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b6a3d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.20.0 - 20-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Narayan Rane, Union Minister for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) inaugurated India\u2019s first Centre of Excellence for Khadi (CoEK) in New Delhi, Delhi.<\/li><li>The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched the 8th edition of Swachh Survekshan 2023 (SS-2023) under Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0. It is an annual cleanliness survey with the theme of \u201cWaste to Wealth\u201d for garbage free cities.<\/li><li>The Government of India (GoI) aims to increase its infrastructure spending and plans to build 50 Kilometre (Km) highways every day totalling 18000 km of highways in the financial year 2022-2023(FY2023).<\/li><li>India is working on to build 10 hydropower projects with the total capacity of 6.8 gigawatts (GW) in the States of Jammu and Kashmir (J&amp;K) and Himachal Pradesh (HP) to fully utilise its share of water under the 1960 Indus waters treaty (IWT) with Pakistan.<\/li><li>Ministry of Ayush &amp; Department of Biotechnology signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Mutual Collaboration.<\/li><li>Adani Group step into commissioning of India\u2019s first wind and solar hybrid power generation plant at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.<\/li><li>The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), Launches an online site to Streamline the Recognition Process of Teacher Education Programs.<\/li><li>Rajeev Chandrashekhar, launched the Pilot Project for Skilling Tribal Youth \u2013 India\u2019s 1st Rural Tribal Technical Training Program in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.<\/li><li>India hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (SCO-RATS) summit 2022 in New Delhi.<\/li><li>The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) jointly launched the first Global Report on Assistive Technology (GReAT).<\/li><li>The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) established the \u201cBRICS Joint Committee on Space Cooperation \u201c, bringing a new era of cooperation in the fields of remote sensing satellite observation and data sharing.<\/li><li>The State Bank of India (SBI) has launched the personal loan product \u2018Xpress Credit\u2019 for salaried customers on its digital banking platform \u201cYONO\u201d.<\/li><li>India recorded Highest ever annual FDI inflow of USD 83.57bn in FY22.<\/li><li>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.<\/li><li>Mamata Banerjee received the Bangla Academy Award for her \u2018relentless literary pursuit\u2019. The award was presented for her book \u201cKabita Bitan\u201d, which pays tribute to the best writers of West Bengal and the book contains a collection of over 900 poems.<\/li><li>The 2022 International Booker Prize for Translated Fiction was awarded to \u2018Tomb of Sand\u2019 written by Geetanjali Shree and translated by Daisy Rockwell won International Booker Prize for the first Hindi Novel \u2018Tomb of Sand\u2019.<\/li><li>On May 23, 2022, Anthony Norman Albanese sworn in as 31st Prime Minister (PM) of Australia.<\/li><li>Indian Women Boxer Lovlina Borgohain elected as Chairman and a Voting Member for International Boxing Association IBA\u2019s Athletes Committee.<\/li><li>The National Health Authority (NHA), the implementing agency of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), has launched the revamped version of Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) mobile application with new User Interface (UI) and added functionalities.<\/li><li>Inter Milan (FC Internazionale Milano) defeated Juventus, 14 times champions, for 4-2 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy and won the Italian Cup (Coppa Italia) 2021\/2022 \u2013 branded as the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa 2021-2022.<\/li><li>Adani Green Energy &amp; Andhra Pradesh Signed MoU For 60000 Crore Investments.<\/li><li>Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) &amp; government of Andhra Pradesh (AP) for the purpose of an investment of \u20b9 60,000 crores in AP. 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MAY 2022<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5429423 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5429423\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>The Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary notified as India\u2019s 52nd Tiger Reserve. The Ramgarh Vishdhari TR is Rajasthan\u2019s Fourth Tiger Reserve.<\/li><li>Narendra Modi addressed a programme marking the silver jubilee celebrations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). PM Modi has also inaugurated the country\u2019s first 5G testbed.<\/li><li>India has surpassed Germany to become the 4th largest vehicle market in the world.<\/li><li>The United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) released its UNICEF Child Alert in May 2022. India has the world\u2019s most severely wasted children under the age of five.<\/li><li>Union Minister Piyush Goyal launched the \u2018India-UAE Start-Up Bridge\u2019 at India-UAE Economic Partnership Summit 2022 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.<\/li><li>Nirmala Sitharaman India\u2019s Governor of NDB chaired the 7th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of NDB through a video conference in New Delhi, Delhi.<\/li><li>Lionel Messi, a football player from Argentina World\u2019s Highest-Paid Athletes.<\/li><li>Ajay Piramal, Chairman of Mumbai-based Piramal Group, has received an Honorary Commander of the Order of The British Empire Award.<\/li><li>The Former Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar assumed charge as the 25th Chief Election Commissioner (CEC).<\/li><li>Adani Group Set to Buy Ambuja Cements and its subsidiary ACC for $10.5 bn (around Rs 81,361 crore), from Holcim Ltd.<\/li><li>Union Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the Gatishakti Sanchar Portal for Centralised Right of Way (RoW) approvals.<\/li><li>Hyderabad-based space startup Skyroot Aerospace successfully tested the Kalam-100 Engine that would be used in the third stage of the launch vehicle called Vikram 1.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb56195 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"cb56195\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-261\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"261\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"3rd week Current Affairs - May&#039;22\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e869804 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e869804\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dde8b41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dde8b41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SECOND WEEK OF  CURRENT AFFAIRS - MAY 2022<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f527aff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f527aff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>Rajasthan became the first state in India to surpass 10 GigaWatt (GW) or 10,506 MegaWatt (MW) of cumulative large-scale solar installations out of total 49,346 MW of Solar power. Rajasthan has a total of 32.5 GW of installed power capacity, with renewables contributing 55 percent of energy generation, followed by thermal energy at 43 percent and nuclear energy for the remaining 2 percent.\u00a0<\/li><li>Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY) complete seven years of providing social security net on 9 may, 2022. The schemes were launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9th May 2015 to provide affordable insurance and security to people from the unorganized section pf the country. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana provide access to low-cost life or accidental insurance cover to the people, and the Atal Pension Yojana provides an opportunity for saving in the present to get a regular pension in old age.<\/li><li>3. RailTel, a mini- Ratna Public Sector Undertaking under Ministry of railway launched the Prime Minister Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI) scheme, providing access to its Public WiFi services across 100 railway stations in India having 2,384 WiFi hotspots in 22 states.<\/li><li>A new UK India Industry Taskforce launched an industry-led joint commission to increase cross-industry collaboration and push the UK-India free trade agreement (FTA) over the line. This taskforce is a part of MoU to provide a critical forum for discussion to ensure the FTA benefit the businesses of both nations (United Kingdom &amp; India). The FTA deal is expected to be signed by October 2022.<\/li><li>Government-run oil marketing companies \u2013 Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) have\u00a0signed a long- term purchase agreement (LTPA) for upcoming five dedicated ethanol plants across India.<\/li><\/ol><ul><li>The first set of Tripartite-cum-Escrow Agreement (TPA) was signed among oil marketing companies (OMCs), project proponents and Banks of the respective ethanol plant projects of Micromax Biofuels Private Limited, Bihar, Eastern India Biofuels Private Limited, Bihar, Muzaffarpur Bio Fuels Private Limited, Bihar, KP Biofuels Private Limited, Madhya Pradesh and Visag Biofuels Private Limited, Madhya Pradesh.<\/li><\/ul><ol start=\"6\"><li>\u00a0South Korea\u2019s National Intelligence Service (NIS) became the first in Asia to join NATO\u2019s cyber defence group (North Atlantic Treaty Organization Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence-NATO CCDCOE).<\/li><\/ol><ul><li>NATO CCDCOE has 32 countries as its official members which includes 27 NATO member countries and five (5 ) non-NATO states as contributing participants. This step by South Korea comes after North Korea used Chinese technology to breach South Korea&#8217;s Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) in 2021.<\/li><\/ul><ol start=\"7\"><li>India\u2019s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Madagascar\u2019s official ORTM (Office de la Radio et de la Television) for cooperation and co-production of programmes, training and exchange of personnel. This Mou was signed by Indian Ambassador Abhay Kumar and Director General of ORTM Jean Yves.<\/li><\/ol><ul><li>According to the MoU, Madagascar National Television (TVM) will broadcast programmes from internal productions of Prasar Bharati in the fields of culture, education, science, entertainment, sports among others.<\/li><\/ul><ol start=\"8\"><li>Padma Shri Awardee and Sanskrit scholar Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi, better known as Vagish Shastri died on May 11, 2022 at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.\u00a0He was born on 15 July 1935 in the Khurai town of Sagar District, Madhya Pradesh.<\/li><\/ol><ul><li>Shastri had invented a unique technique of teaching Sanskrit grammar called \u2018Vagyoga\u2019, a mnemonic method to understand the soul of words.<\/li><li>He received the fourth highest civilian award \u2013 Padma Shri in 2018 for his contributions in the field of Literature and Education.<\/li><\/ul><ol start=\"9\"><li>World red Cross Day also known as Red Crescent Day is celebrated on May 8 every year to honor the International Red cross and Red Crescent Movement founder Henry Dunant, who was born on 8 May, 1828. 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MAY 2022<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b0ece6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b0ece6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>National Behaviour Change Communication Framework for Garbage-Free Cities Launched by Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0.<\/li><li>INS Gharial Delivers Critical Medical Aid to Sri Lanka Under Mission SAGAR IX<\/li><li>India\u2019s First Greenfield Grain-Based Ethanol Production Plant Inaugurated in Bihar<\/li><li>The Maharashtra Department of Prisons initiated India\u2019s 1st-of-its-kind loan scheme namely \u2018Jivhala\u2019 for inmates serving sentences in jails across the state for more than 3 years.<\/li><li>On May 01, 2022, the Indian Badminton Player Pusarla Venkata (PV) Sindhu won the bronze medal in Women\u2019s Singles at the 39th edition of 2022 Badminton Asia Championships at the Muntinlupa Sports Complex in Manila, Philippines.<\/li><li>The Govt of India has launched the National Open Access Registry (NOAR) website, a move closer to promoting open access in the power sector.<\/li><li>The Indian Space Research Organisation as part of its Human Spaceflight (Gaganyaan) mission has finalised the launch of the first uncrewed mission or G1<\/li><li>The Alternative Mechanism, empowered by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the highest bid of Star9 Mobility Private Limited, quoting Rs 211.14 crore<\/li><li>Priyanka Mohite has become the first Indian woman to scale five peaks above 8,000 metres (m) after she climbed the third highest mountain in the world Mount Kanchenjunga (8,586 m)<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40d26ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"40d26ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-259\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"259\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"1st week of May&#039;22\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebc597b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ebc597b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e136f28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"e136f28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-254\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"254\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"4th week Current Affairs - 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