Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (May 01st to 07th May 2022)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of May 01st to 07th 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 Jazz Day is celebrated annually on April 30.
• World Veterinary Day is observed on the last Saturday of April to celebrate the work of veterinarians globally.
• International Dance Day 2022 will be observed on 29^th April
• International Workers Day, also known as Labour Day or May Day, is observed on 1 May every year.
• Ayushman Bharat Diwas is celebrated every year across India on April 30.
• Every year, the first Sunday in May is observed and celebrated as World Laughter Day.
• World Tuna Day is observed every year on 2^nd May to spread awareness among people about Tuna fish.
• Every year, 3^rd May is celebrated as World Press Freedom Day.
• World Asthma Day (WAD) is observed every year on the first Tuesday of May to raise awareness of asthma and to educate people about the issues that might arise as a result of the disease.
• Every year, Fire Fighters Day is celebrated on May 04 to honour the work done by firefighter professionals to protect people and property.
• The World Portuguese Language Day is being celebrated on May 5th in about 50 countries, with cultural activities worldwide.
• Coal Miners Day is observed annually on 4 May to highlight one of the toughest professions- those working in coal fields or mines.
• World Health Organization (WHO) marks May 5 every year as World Hand Hygiene Day.
• International No Diet Day is observed on May 6 annually.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

• Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) in association with the India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) is organizing Asia’s biggest international food and hospitality fair AAHAR-2022 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.
• Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh has launched ‘Azadi se Antyodaya Tak,’ a 90-day inter-ministerial campaign under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
• PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stones for projects relating to healthcare and education including a Veterinary College in Diphu, Degree College in West Karbi Anglong and Agricultural College in Kolonga.
• Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan released the ‘Mandate Document: Guidelines for the Development of the National Curriculum Framework (NCF)’ at an event held at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
• Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, under the aegis of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, has launched the ‘National Behaviour Change Communication Framework for Garbage Free Cities’ to strengthen the ongoing jan andolan for ‘Garbage Free Cities’.
• The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has invited online applications for the four years Integrated Teacher Education Programmes (ITEP) for the academic session 2023-24.
• Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) has registered historic annual performance in 2021-22 in the midst of a covid pandemic.
• Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Shri Narayan Rane has inaugurated the Ministry’s Mega Event: “Enterprise India” under the celebrations of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
• The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways will to build the first indigenous hydrogen-fuelled electric vessels at Cochin Shipyard Limited(CSL).
• India will be the Official Country of Honour at the upcoming Marche’ Du Film, organised alongside the Cannes Film Festival in France.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the unveiling of a statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel – the first in North America – in Canada as “a marker for relations between the two countries”.
• On the 101st birth anniversary of Satyajit Ray, the National Museum of Indian Cinema, Mumbai under the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry will host a three-day film festival at various venues across India to screen films made by the legendary filmmaker.
• Home Minister, Amit Shah inaugurates the National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) campus in Bengaluru.
• Food Processing Industries Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras has launched three ‘One District, One Product’ brands under the Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro-Food Processing Enterprises Scheme in New Delhi.
• The government has prepared a new draft National Youth Policy (NYP).

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• The UN World Tourism Organization announced that Russia has decided to withdraw from the United Nations Tourism body.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz co-chaired the sixth edition of the India-Germany Inter-Governmental Consultations-IGC in Berlin.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Iceland Katrin Jakobsdottir in Copenhagen on the sidelines of the 2nd India-Nordic Summit.
• Bangladesh has discovered a new gas field with the capacity to produce 20 million cubic feet of gas per day (MMCFD) at the Koilastila Gas field.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

• The Maharashtra government has developed a website-based migration tracking system (MTS) application to map the movement of vulnerable seasonal migrant workers through individual unique identity numbers.

• The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh launched a titled ‘Mukhyamantri Mitaan Yojna’ (Mitaan stands for friend), which will be implemented as a pilot project in 14 civic bodies, including the state capital Raipur and cities like Durg, Bilaspur and Rajnandgaon.
• A Tripartite Park and Biodiversity Partnership MoU between Government of Assam, Agence Francaise de Development (AFD) and Office National des Forets International (ONFI) for exchanging of expertise and sharing of knowledge between the partners on various aspects of wildlife protection management was signed.

• Bihar has the distinction of being the first state in the country to set up a greenfield grain-based ethanol production plant.
• Telangana state Government has announced extension of insurance coverage to handloom and power loom weavers under ‘Nethanna Bima’ (Weaver’s Insurance) Scheme.
• Jammu and Kashmir Film Development Council in collaboration with National Film Development Corporation and Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, is organizing the first ever National Film Festival of Jammu and Kashmir from 15th to 20th June, 2022.
• Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri launched the Online Building Permission System (OBPS) in sikkim.
• The Telangana government together with industry partners set up a ‘Flow Chemistry Technology’ hub at Dr Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences (DRILS).
• The Government of Odisha has initiated the process for the establishment of  India’s 1st “Tribal Health Observatory” for ensuring equity in tribal health in odisha.
• The name of a railway station in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, Miyan ka Bada’ railway station name changed to ‘Mahesh Nagar halt’ was held in the Balotra area of Barmer district.
• The Medical Education and Drugs Department (MEDD) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) have joined forces to prioritise healthcare projects with an emphasis on medical education under the public-private partnership (PPP) model in Maharashtra.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

• The Gross Goods and Services Tax, GST revenue collection has touched an all-time high of around 1.68 lakh crore rupees in April 2022.
• India has achieved a monthly value of merchandise export of 38.19 billion US dollars in April.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND ECONOMY

• The Maharashtra Cabinet approved the ‘Maharashtra Gene Bank’, a first-of-its-kind project in India.
• The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1.12 crore on the state-run Bank of Maharashtra for non-compliance.
• ICICI Bank has launched India’s first comprehensive digital ecosystem for all Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country, offering a complete range of enhanced banking and value-added services at one place.
• The Securities and Exchange Board of India the time taken for allotment and listing of REITs (real estate investment trusts) and InvITs (infrastructure investment trusts) after the closure of issue would be reduced to six working days, against the current requirement of 12 working days.
• Shivalik Small Finance Bank has appointed Anshul Swami as the bank’s managing director and chief executive officer.

• Rural fintech player Spice Money has tied up with Religare Broking Ltd to facilitate rural populace to apply for shares of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).
• DBS Bank India has partnered with startup venture capital fund Anthill Ventures and evangelist network Headstart Network Foundation to launch DBS Business Class foundED, in line with its vision to support entrepreneurs and innovators.
• The government-controlled International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) issued a framework for fintech entities across the spectrum of banking, insurance, securities, and fund management in the International Financial Services Centres (IFSC).
• Public sector lender Indian Bank launched its maiden digital product called Pre-Approved Personal Loan (PAPL) under Project World of Advanced Virtual Experience (WAVE), which will be serviced only through digital channels.
• The central board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved the appointment of executive director Rajiv Ranjan as an ex-officio member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).
• One of the industry’s leading Financial Inclusion and Digital Payment company FidyPay has partnered with Yes Bank to extend the digital facilitation to a wide array of businesses, comprising fintechs, SMEs, and start-ups.
• Canara Bank in association with the Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP) has launched ‘skill loans’ .
• Non Banking financial company IIFL Finance Ltd and Open Financial Technologies, Asia’s largest SME focused neo-banking platform will launch IIFL Open Fintech Pvt Ltd.
• From May 2-4, 2022, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducts a Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, During this meeting they has decided, to Increase the repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 40 basis points (bps) to 4.40 percent with immediate effect from 4.00% earlier & also Increase the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 50 basis points to 4.50 per cent.
• Union Bank of India became the first public sector bank to go live on the Account Aggregator (AA) ecosystem for participating in Govt. of India’s Digital Initiatives.
• Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has restructured its committee on secondary market, which provides suggestions to the capital markets regulator on improving market safety, efficiency and transparency.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

• On April 28, 2022, The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Engineering Marvel Atal Tunnel built in Rohtang of Himachal Pradesh received Indian Building Congress (IBC) ‘Best Infrastructure Project’ award in New Delhi.
• During the 7th edition of International conference on Pharma and Medical Devices sector 2022, Union Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers (MoC&F), Shri Bhagwanth Khuba along with the Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals also conferred India Pharma and India Medical Devices Awards 2022.
• Charudutt Mishra, a snow leopard conservationist, was awarded the Whitely Gold Award at the Royal Geographical Society in London.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• Sangeeta Singh, a 1986 batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer has been given additional charge of Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
• Nand Mulchandani is the first Indian-origin person to be appointed as the first-ever Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
• IBM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Arvind Krishna has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
• Former Petroleum secretary Tarun Kapoor has been appointed as advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOUS AND AGREEMENT

• Flipkart has signed a memorandum of understanding with the West Bengal government to train and support local artisans, weavers and handicraft makers to leverage its e-commerce platform to scale up their businesses nationally.
• The African Asian Rural Development Organisation (AARDO) and the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM-K) have signed an MoU (Memorandum of understanding) to encourage and work collaboratively in research, consulting firms, technical and knowledge assistance in promoting sustainable agriculture and rural development practices in the 33 member-AARDO, which involves 31 nations in the Asian-African region.
• The Ministry of Railways signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) to establish a collaborative working partnership & the partnership entails coordination and resource sharing with respect to provision of telecommunication facilities in the delivery and implementation of C-DoT’s Telecom Solutions and services in Railways.

• The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund’s (NIIF) Ayana Renewable Power (Ayana) and Norway-based Greenstat ASA’s subsidiary Greenstat Hydrogen India, have entered into a joint development agreement for development of green hydrogen projects powered by renewable energy in India.
• Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and GE Power Conversion signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of Integrated Electric Propulsion Systems for the Indian Navy.
• India and Germany have signed joint declaration of Intent on Indo-German Hydrogen Task Force.
• External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar held a meeting with German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze in Berlin .
• Moroccan Ministry of Finance stated that the agreement was signed by the Moroccan Finance and Economy Minister, Nadia Fettah and the General Director of the OPEC Fund, Abdulhamid Alkhalifa
• NTPC GE Power Services Limited (NGSL) has inked a tripartite Memorandum of Engagement (MoE) with The Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB), Kenya and Procorp Enertech Private Limited (PEPL) to work towards the development of Ground Mounted & Floating Solar PV Projects in The Lake Region of Kenya.
• The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) signs a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
• ReNew Power had signed 5 Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for supplying around 1,500 MW of electricity generated from solar plants.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPS & SERVICES

• Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar launched a Vehicle Movement Tracking System (VMTS) mobile app that will help in tracking vehicles carrying sand and other mining material.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: DEFENCE NEWS

• The Indian Navy and the Andaman and Nicobar Command jointly test fired an anti-ship version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile
• DEFENDER-Europe 22 is a multinational, regular joint and combined exercise organized by the United States Armed Forces to build preparedness and interoperability between Allies and partners of the USA and NATO.
• As part of Mission SAGAR IX, INS Gharial INS Gharial arrived at Colombo to provide critical medical aid to Sri Lanka during the ongoing crisis.
• The Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) will hand over India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC)  which will be named ‘INS Vikrant‘ to the Indian Navy by May 2022.
• Indian Coast Guard chief VS Pathania commissioned its second Air Squadron, 845 Squadron (CG), at the Coast Guard Air Enclave at Nedumbassery in Kochi.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• Indicating the eventual human spaceflight (Gaganyaan) mission profile, ISRO has finalized the first uncrewed mission or G1 which will see the launch vehicle inject the orbital module into a 170 X 408km & It was launched by a Human-Rated GSLV-MK-III or the HRLV (Human-Rated Launch Vehicle) for 2023.
• The Airports Authority of India successfully conducted a light trial using an indigenous satellite based augmentation system (SBAS) called GAGAN (GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation) at the Kishangarh airport in Rajasthan.
• Researchers from IIT Hyderabad (IITH) have demonstrated extreme massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology that is being considered for deployment of 5G and next generation 6G networks.
• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Chairperson S Somnath announced it will send a spacecraft to orbit Venus to study what lies below the surface of the solar system’s hottest planet, and also unravel the mysteries under the Sulfuric Acid clouds enveloping it.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: ACQUISITION AND MERGERS

• Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has acquired around a 7 per cent stake in cloud-based networking solutions provider Cnergee Technologies under the Airtel Startup Accelerator Program.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKING  & INDEX

• According to the new report by data analytics firm Chainalysis, investors around the world realized total gains of $162.7 billion in 2021, compared to just $32.5 billion in 2020 & the United States lead by a wide margin at an estimated $47 billion in realized cryptocurrency gains, followed by the UK, Germany, Japan, and China, Meanwhile, India ranked a lowly 21st with realized gains of around $1.85 billion.
• The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) released the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 ahead of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in May 2022, which has warned that the world will face around 560 disasters every year by 2030.
• The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) plans to create a farmer distress index (FDI) to track, identify, and assist the really needy and distressed farmers with small and marginal farmers getting a raw deal when it comes to farm loan waivers.
• According to the Reporters Without Borders, or RSF, which published its 2022 World Press Freedom Index India’s ranking has fallen down to 150th position with a score of 41 from last year’s 142nd rank out of 180 countries.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BOOKS & AUTHORS

• 11th and Former Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) India and Padma Bhushan Vinod Rai have penned down a new book titled “Not Just A Nightwatchman: My Innings in the BCCI”.
• Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has released “Amit Shah Ani Bhajapachi Vatchal,” a Marathi version of the book “Amit Shah and the March of the BJP,” about Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah.
• “Leaders, Politicians, Citizens: Fifty Figures Who Influenced India’s Politics” book has been authored by author-journalist Rasheed Kidwai compiles stories of 50 personalities who influenced India’s political landscape.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : SPORTS NEWS

• Indian badminton ace PV Sindhu settled for the bronze medal after losing to reigning world champion Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the Badminton Asia Championships 2022 women’s singles semi-final in Manila, the Philippines
• The second edition of the Khelo India University Games will conclude with a glittering closing ceremony to be graced by Union Home Minister Amit Shah among other dignitaries.
• In Weightlifting, Harshada Sharad Garud scripted history by becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal at the IWF Junior World Championships at Heraklion in Greece.
• In Meghalaya, the 4th edition of Meghalaya Games-2022 began at various sports facilities in
• India paddler Manika Batra has achieved a career-best ranking of 38 in women’s singles after she climbed 10 places in the latest ITTF Table Tennis World Rankings.
• In Hockey, a total of 29 teams will fight it out to lift the trophy at the 12th Hockey India Sub Junior Men National Championship 2022 which starts in Goa.
• Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has announced that a stadium will be built in Olympic gold-medallist Neeraj Chopra’s native village in Panipat.
• In Football, Hosts Kerala beat West Bengal 5-4 in a penalty shootout at the Payyanad Stadium in Malappuram to win the Santosh Trophy National Tournament for the seventh time.
• Real Madrid clinched a record-extending 35th Spanish league title after its reserve squad comfortably defeated Espanyol 4-0.
• Ronnie O’Sullivan won a World Snooker Championship title with an impressive victory over Judd Trump (England) which was held from April 16 to May 2, 2022, at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.
• Hosts Jain University, powered by swimmer Siva Sridhar’s collection of 7 gold and two silver, overcame a strong challenge from Lovely Professional University, Punjab, to win the overall championship as the curtain came down on the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) with a colourful closing ceremony
• India’s Tokyo Olympics finalist discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur could miss the 2022 Commonwealth Games, 2022 Asian Games, and 2024 Paris Olympics after being provisionally suspended for using a banned substance.
• The 12th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2022 will begin in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
• At the ongoing 24th Deaflympics at Caxias do Sul in Brazil; The Indian contingent began their campaign on Day 3 with two golds and one bronze medal.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARIES

• Veteran stage, television and film actor Salim Ghouse – who featured in several Bollywood and south Indian movies such as ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’, ‘Wagle Ki Duniya’, ‘Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi’ and ‘Subah’ — passed away following a cardiac arrest in Mumbai.

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