Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (May 16th to 21st May 2022)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of May 16th to 21st May 2022. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2022 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

• International Migratory Bird Day will be celebrated on 14 May and 8 October 2022 & the theme for 2022 is “light pollution”.
• The International Day of Light is celebrated annually on May 16.
• International Family Day or International Day of Families is observed every year on May 15 & the theme of 2022 is “Families and Urbanisation” which aims to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable, family-friendly urban policies.
• The International Day of Living Together in Peace is celebrated every year on May 16.
• On May 1, 2022, Maharashtra and Gujarat celebrated their statehood days.
• Every year on the 16th of May, India commemorates National Dengue Day.
• Every year on May 17th, the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is commemorated to raise awareness of the advantages and opportunities that the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) give to nations, societies, and economies & the theme is Digital technologies for older people and healthy ageing”.
• Every year on May 17th, World Hypertension Day is commemorated to raise awareness and support hypertension prevention, detection, and treatment.
• Every year on May 18, International Museum Day (IMD) is observed & the theme is ‘The Power of Museums’.
• Every year on May 8-9, the United Nations observes the Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for those who died during World War II.
• World AIDS Vaccine Day, also known as HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD), is observed annually on May 18th around the world to raise awareness and provide information about Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a chronic, possibly deadly condition caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and its immunisation.
• The International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia is observed on May 17, with the purpose of coordinating international events to raise awareness of LGBT rights violations and encourage interest in LGBT rights to work worldwide.
• On May 20, the world celebrates World Bee Day & the purpose of World Bee Day is to recognise the importance of bees and other pollinators in the ecosystem.
• Every year on the third Friday of May, people all over the world commemorate National Endangered Species Day & the day is observed on May 20 this year with the theme is “Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration”.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

• India has contributed USD 800,000 to the United Nations as part of the initiative to enhance public outreach of the organization in Hindi.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had participated in the Second Global COVID Virtual Summit at the invitation of the President of the U.S.A., Joseph R. Biden Jr.
• The Indian delegation landed in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire, for the UN Convention on Combating Desertification’s 15th Conference of Parties, led by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav (UNCCD COP15).
• The National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (NCFL) was established on the grounds of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in Hyderabad by Home Minister Amit Shah.
• NITI Aayog launched the National Data & Analytics Platform (NDAP) for free public usage.
• Eight Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) were signed at the first Incredible India International Cruise Conference that was jointly organised by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, the Government of India and FICCI.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi paid an official visit to Lumbini, Nepal, at the request of Nepal’s Prime Minister, Shri Sher Bahadur Deuba, to coincide with the auspicious event of Vaishakha Buddha Purnima.
• RailTel Corporation of India Ltd stated that they had created and established a “Health Cloud” at the Andhra Pradesh Med Tech Zone premises in Visakhapatnam (AMTZ).
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi unveiled India’s first 5G testbed, allowing startups and industry companies to test and certify their technology in-house rather than relying on foreign facilities.
• The Supreme Court applied Article 142 of the Constitution to extend exceptional powers to AG Perarivalan, a convict in the killing of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, to “perform thorough justice in any cause or issue standing before it”.
• Mr Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Cabinet Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Communications, and Railways, has inaugurated the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) Centre Leh, Extension Centre Kargil, and IT Enabled Incubation Centre for Handicraft and Handloom Sector.
• West Central Railway has created the Navdoot, a battery-powered dual-mode locomotive.
• The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has proposed that the government adopt a guaranteed employment programme for city residents as well as a universal basic income (UBI) scheme to eliminate income gaps.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi established the Madhya Pradesh Startup Policy and addressed it to the startup community via video conferencing at the Madhya Pradesh Startup Conclave in Indore.
• After the covid-19 pandemic, a new virus known as tomato flu was discovered in southern India
• The Union Government has announced the establishment of the Cotton Council of India, which would be led by renowned veteran cotton man Suresh Bhai Kotak.
• Honorable Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri launched the Plumbex India Exhibition ceremony, Plumbex India, a three-day event held in New Delhi’s Pragati Maidan, is the country’s largest single exposition of plumbing, water, and sanitation goods.
• The Madame Tussauds Museum will open in Noida
• The 4th meeting of the National Startup Advisory Council (NSAC) was presided over by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and Textiles.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• The United Nations General Assembly elected the Czech Republic to the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council to replace Russia whose membership was suspended in April due to its ongoing war in Ukraine.
• The world’s longest suspension footbridge named Sky Bridge 721 was opened to the public in Czech Republic’s Dolni Morava village for tourists.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : STATE NEWS

• Chhattisgarh has become the first state in the country to restore the old pension scheme in order to provide assured income to retired employees.
• Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav has announced that The Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary in Rajasthan was notified as India’s 52nd tiger reserve & it is Rajasthan’s fourth tiger reserve after Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) in Sawai Madhopur, Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR) in Alwar, Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve (MHTR) in Kota.
• Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant has launched a first-of-its-kind public interaction programme, ‘Lok Milni’, on hearing grievances of people and issuing directions for their redressal.
• The Delhi Cabinet has approved the implementation of the Delhi Startup Policy to create business leaders and entrepreneurs from among the youth and make Delhi the startup destination of the world.
• The Government of Kerala will launch a first-of-its-kind initiative state-owned over-the-top (OTT) platform, named ‘CSpace’, on November 1 (coinciding with the Kerals’s formation day ).
• Nexcharge, a joint venture between India’s Exide Industries Limited and Swiss-based Leclanché SA, has started the mass production of the nation’s largest lithium-ion battery packs at its factory in Prantij, Gujarat.
• The Punjab Cabinet approved an incentive of Rs 1,500 per acre for farmers sowing paddy through direct seeding of rice (DSR) technique.
• Jammu & Kashmir will soon organize the first of its kind, Bird Festival to promote sustainable ecotourism and give impetus to nature-based alternative sources of livelihood to the local people.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : BANKING & FINANCE

• Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra has launched New Repatriate Welfare Scheme, a deposit scheme of Repco Bank, a micro finance loan scheme and an app for Repco Micro Finance Ltd. (RFML) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
• Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has entered into an agreement dated January 06, 2022 with the SBM (Mauritius) Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (SBMIDCL), for making available to the latter, Government of India supported Line of Credit (LoC) of USD 190 million.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed several restrictions on Shankarrao Pujari Nutan Nagari Sahakari Bank Limited, Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur, including on withdrawals, in view of the lender’s worsening financial position.
• Union Bank of India (UBI) has launched a digital solution, ‘Trade nxt’ to ease all cross-border export-import transactions for corporates and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
• The country’s airline SpiceJet & India’s third largest private sector bank, Axis Bank have partnered to launch the most rewarding co-branded credit card, powered by Visa that will offer a host of privileges and benefits to customers & the card is available in two variants SpiceJet Axis Bank Voyage & Voyage Black.
• Global brokerage firm Morgan Stanley has lowered India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast for the current financial year to 7.6 percent from 7.9 percent for F2023.
• Reserve Bank of India has imposed a penalty of Rs 59 lakh on KEB Hana Bank (Formerly Korea Exchange Bank) for non-compliance with the certain norms related to ‘interest rate on deposits’.
• Wholesale price-based inflation spiked to a record high of 15.08 percent in April on rising prices across segments from food to commodities.
• The Reserve Bank of India has permitted lending by scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) to non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) for the purpose of on-lending to priority sector loan (PSL).
• PNB MetLife India Insurance Co Ltd has launched India’s first dental care insurance plan that covers fixed-benefit outpatient expenses and provides financial assistance with costs related to overall dental health.
• The World Bank has approved 350 million dollars aid for the Systems Reform Endeavors for Transformed Health Achievement in Gujarat (SRESTHA-G) project.
• AXA France India, along with its Indian insurance partners, is set to launch mental health insurance cover in its group policies.
• The market regulator Securities and Exchange board of India (SEBI) has enhanced the net worth criteria and track record requirements to strengthen the regulatory framework for collective investment schemes.
• The Reserve Bank of India has stated Public sector banks reported over 51% dip in the amount involved in frauds to Rs 40,295.25 crore during the financial year ended March 2022 & the 12 PSBs (Public Sector Banks) had reported frauds worth Rs 81,921.54 crore in preceding fiscal 2020-21.
• S&P Global Ratings cut India’s growth projection for the current fiscal to 7.3 percent from 7.8 percent earlier on rising inflation and the longer-than-expected Russia-Ukraine conflict.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

• Investors lose approximately Rs 50,000 crore as a result of the delayed listing of LIC shares
• According to the World Bank, India will overtake Mexico as the top remittance-receiving country in 2021, relegating China to third place.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• Chairman and managing director of Bajaj Finserv, Sanjiv Bajaj appointed as the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2022-23 & he replacing TV Narendran, CEO & managing director of Tata Steel.
• The Tata Group has appointed Campbell Wilsonas as the chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director (MD) of the airline.
• Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed Opposition leader and former premier Ranil Wickremesinghe as 26th Prime Minister of the country after his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned following violent protests over the worst economic crisis in the debt-ridden island nation.
• The Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates elected Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the President of UAE & he replaced Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who died at the age of 73.
• On May 15, 2022, Tripura BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Manik Saha will be the new chief minister of Tripura at Raj Bhawan in Agartala & he was appointed after Biplab Kumar Deb stepped down from the post.
• Senior bureaucrat Nidhi Chibber has been appointed as the chairperson of the Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE).
• The Government of India appointed Vivek Kumar Dewangan, as the chairman and managing director of power sector lender REC Ltd, formerly known as Rural Electrification Corporation.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Rajiv Ranjan and Sitikantha Pattanaik as executive directors with effect from May 1, 2022.
• Senior Indian Foreign Service officer Vinay Mohan Kwatra took charge as India’s new Foreign Secretary & he succeeded incumbent Harsh Vardhan Shringla.
• On May 01, 2022, The Indian Army’s Director General of Military Operations, Lt. Gen. B.S. Raju, has been appointed as the next Vice Chief of the Army Staff & he will succeed incumbent Gen Manoj Pande.
• Music app firm JioSaavn has appointed former Amazon Music director and entertainment industry veteran Sahas Malhotra as new CEO of JioSaavn & he replaced former CEO and JioSaavn co-founder Rishi Malhotra.
• InterGlobe Aviation has appointed Venkataramani Sumantran as chairman of its Board of Directors & he succeeds Meleveetil Damodaran, who stepped down from his position on attaining the age of 75 years.
• Somalia’s former leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been elected as president of Somalia after defeating Mohamed Abudallahi Farmajo who has been in office since 2017.
• Larsen & Toubro has re-appointed N. Subrahmanyan as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company, with effect from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2027 & he will replace A.M. Naik is the CEO of the company.
• Sudarshan Venu has been appointed as Managing Director of TVS Motor Company.
• Centrist politician Elisabeth Borne was appointed France’s new prime minister by France President Emmanuel Macron & Borne will replace Jean Castex.
• Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor took charge as Director General (Inspection and Safety) [DG(I&S)] of Indian Air Force at Air HQ New Delhi on 01 May 2022.
• Chairman of Power Finance Corporation, Ravinder Singh Dhillon has taken the additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of REC Limited for three months or until further orders, whichever is earlier & the development follows the elevation of S K G Rahate to the post of Secretary, Ministry of Power.
• The BSE Limited appointed Mr.Subhash Sheoratan Mundra, Public Interest Director as the Chairman of the board of directors of the company & he will replace Justice Vikramajit Sen.
• The Center announced that the tenure of Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary Mr Sameer Sharma is extended for another 6 months from May 21, 2022, to November 31, 2022 & this is the 2nd tenture extension of Sameer Sharma as chief secretary.
• A full-stack agricultural value chain service provider Gram Unnati, has appointed Mr Sunil Arora, former chief election commissioner (CEC) as its board’s new chairman (non-executive).
• Bharti Airtel has reappointed Mr Gopal Vittal as Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executing Officer (CEO) for a further period of 5 years i.e. from February 01, 2023 to January 31, 2028.
• The parent company of Royal Enfield, Eicher Motors Mr B Govindarajan as the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Enfield & he will also serve as the Wholetime Director of the Board of Eicher Motors Limited.
• India has appointed Seasoned diplomat Mr Naveen Srivastava as its new Ambassador to Nepal & he succeeded Mr Vinay Kumar Kwatra, who completed his Nepal assignment in April after he was appointed foreign secretary.
• India-born conservation biologist Dr Kamal Bawa, has been elected to the US National Academy of Sciences.
• Delhi Lieutenant Governor Shri Anil Baijal has submitted his resignation to President Shri Ram Nath Kovind citing personal reasons.
• Ms Aruna Singh has taken over the additional charge of the post of Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of RailTel Corporation of India Limited (RailTel).

CURRENT AFFAIRS : AWARDS & HONORS

• Piramal Group chairman Mr Ajay Gopi Kishan Piramal has received an honorary commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) by Her Majesty The Queen.
• Cameroon activist and board member of the African Forest Forum, Ms Cecil Ndjebet has won the 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award.
• Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB), has bagged 6 National Awards in different Categories” for outstanding achievement under enrolment of Atal Pension Yojana (APY) from Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA).
• Author and journalist Mr Wesley Morgan has won the William E. Colby Award for his book titled The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan’s Pech Valley.
• The Billboard Music Awards 2022 honors the artists across genres whose music has received the most fanfare over the past year were held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : MOU & AGREEMENTS

• The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW), Government of India and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under the UNDP will provide technical support to two government programmes: the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and the Kisan Credit Card-Modified Interest Subvention Scheme (KCC-MISS).
• OMC Power announced a long-term relationship agreement with the Indian Renewable Energy Dev Agency Ltd (IREDA) towards building a Rural renewable energy ecosystem.
• The Ministry of Rural Development and Amazon Seller Services Private Limited (Amazon) signed an MoU at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi & Signatories :Sh. Charanjit Singh, Joint Secretary-RL-1, Ministry of Rural Development, Sumit Sahay – Director, IN Marketplace Business, Amazon Seller Services Private Limited
• Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Navy to provide training services and support to the School of Naval Oceanology and Meteorology (SNOM) for conduct of various courses related to operational oceanography.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: ACQUISITION AND MERGERS

• An online food-delivery app, Swiggy has agreed to buy Times Internet’s restaurant technology and dining out platform Dineout for $200 million
• The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved acquisitions of a majority stake in Magma HDI General Insurance Company Ltd by Sanoti Properties LLP & proposed deal Covidshield Technologies Pvt Ltd (CTPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Serum Institute of Life Sciences, will be merged into Biocon Biologics Limited.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPS & PORTALS

• The Central government has launched the “GatiShakti Sanchar” platform for centralised Right of Way (RoW) permissions in order to allow universal and equal access to broadband services across India, particularly in rural areas.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : DEFENCE NEWS

• The Indian Air Force (IAF) has successfully test-fired an extended-range version of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a Sukhoi fighter jet in the Bay of Bengal.
• Defence minister Shri Rajnath Singh launched two made-in-India warships ‘Surat’ and ‘Udaygiri’ at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Indian Navy successfully conducted maiden flight-test of indigenously-developed Naval Anti-Ship Missile launched from a Naval Helicopter from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.
• The new generation two-seater flying trainer aircraft, HANSA-NG designed and developed by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), successfully completed in-flight engine relight test at the aeronautical test range (ATR) facility of Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) at Challakere in Chitradurga district, Karnataka.
• The US Air Force had conducted a successful test of a hypersonic weapon, which flew at five times the speed of sound.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO ) successfully completed the static test of a human-rated solid rocket booster (HS200) for the Gaganyaan programme at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
• The National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) initiated taxi trials for the evaluation of an indigenously developed digital anti-skid braking system for the civil aircraft, SARAS Mk2, 19-seat Light Transport aircraft.
• According to the American space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has stated that a giant space rock Asteroid 388945 (2008 TZ3) 1,608 feet wide would make a close approach to earth.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : RANKS & REPORTS

• According to Forbes’ highest-paid athletes list for 2022 , Paris Saint-Germain star footballer Lionel Messi topped the list with a reported income of $130 million followed by Basketball players, Lebron James and Cristiano Ronaldo with $121.2 million and $115 million income respectively in the world over the last 12 months
• According to the World Economic Forum’s new report, titled Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2022, urgent action is required by both private and public sectors to ensure a resilient transition as the world faces the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s.
• The Times Higher Education (THE), publisher of the globally recognised THE World University Rankings, released the 2022 edition of its Impact Rankings & Around 64 Indian universities have been featured on THE Impact Rankings 2022 making India the 4th best-represented country in the ranking.
• According to the United Nations ‘Global Land Outlook’ report, released by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Pakistan is one of 23 nations that have experienced drought in the past two years (2020-2022).

CURRENT AFFAIRS : PERSONS IN NEWS

• British mountaineer Kenton Cool has scaled the world’s highest mountain for the 16th time becoming the first foreign climber to make the most Mt Everest summits

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BOOKS AND AUTHOR

• Bestselling novelist Preeti Shenoy is scheduled to release a new novel titled “A Place Called Home,” which is set at a coffee estate in Sakleshpur, Karnataka, and has a strong female protagonist & the book will be launched in June 2022 by HarperCollins Publishers India.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS

• Indian pistol pairs Esha Singh and Saurabh Chaudhary won the mixed team pistol gold at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany.
• Inter Milan were crowned the 2022 Italian Cup champions after beating Juventus 4-2 in the final.
• India won its maiden Thomas Cup title beating 14-time champion Indonesia 3-0 in the final in Bangkok.
• Korea surprised defending champions China to win their second Uber Cup title during an exciting final at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand.
• World number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas to win the 79th Italian Open (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) in Rome and the 38th ATP Masters 1000 title.
• The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has banned journalist Boria Majumdar for two years after an internal investigation found him guilty of attempting to “threaten and intimidate” wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARIES

• Rama Kant Shukla, a distinguished Sanskrit and Hindi scholar, died in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh (UP).
• Former Australia cricketer and two-time World Cup winner Andrew Symonds died in a car crash.
• Tony Brooks, a British racing driver known as the “Racing Dentist” for winning six Formula One Grand Prix in the 1950s, has died.

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