Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 2nd Week May 2022

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Banking and Financial

• UPI hit record high in April 2022 with 5.58 billion transactions worth Rs 9.83 trillion
• HDFC Bank launched industry first digital 30-minute new car loan ‘Xpress Car Loans’
• ICICI Bank partnered with Santander UK for India-UK business ease
• Bharti AXA launched financial literacy campaign ‘InspiHE₹’ for mothers
• CPI-based Retail inflation in India surges to 8-year high at 7.79% in April
• Adani Wilmar became India’s largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) company surpassing Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL)
• L&T Infotech and Mindtree announced merger to become India’s 5th-largest IT services provider
• Reliance became 1st Indian company to cross USD 100 billion annual revenue
• RBI gave NoC for merger of Equitas SFB and Equitas Holdings
• Indian Bank launched digital broking solution ‘E-Broking’
• SEBI constituted Advisory Committee for ESG-related matters; headed by Navneet Munot
• Ministry of Finance released Rs 7,183.42 crore Revenue Deficit Grant to 14 states
• LIC’s IPO, India’s largest at Rs 21,000 crore, subscribed 3 times
• Morgan Stanley projected India’s growth forecast to 7.6% for FY23
• Swiggy acquired restaurant booking platform Dineout
• Union Bank of India launched ‘Trade nxt’, an online platform for export-import transactions

National News

• Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Asani’ to hit Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal
• Poumai Naga Area of Manipur declared Drug-Free Zone
• Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister launched Ladli Laxmi scheme-2.0
• Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), and Atal Pension Yojana (APY) completed seven years of providing social security net
• Prominent crossing in Ayodhya will be named after Lata Mangeshkar
• Prasar Bharati signed MoU with ORTM (Office de la Radio et de la Television) on cooperation and collaboration in Broadcasting
• Haryana launched ‘Chaara-Bijaee Yojana’ for fodder cultivating farmers
• India’s 1st EV charging station powered by food waste inaugurated in Mumbai
• India’s 1st Centre of Excellence for Khadi inaugurated in New Delhi
• Kerala Govt will launch ‘Shaili App’ for diagnosing, controlling lifestyle diseases
• India’s 1st Regional Rapid Transit System to be handed over to National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) in Gujarat
• MHA signed MoU with Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) to realize India’s green energy initiative
• Haryana launched ‘e-Adhigam’ scheme to distribute tablets to three lakhs students
• Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated 3-day Swasthya Chintan Shivir- Health Summit in Gujarat
• Delhi government announced Startup Policy to aid the entrepreneur
• Tamil Nadu govt announced breakfast scheme for primary school students
• RPF signed MoU with Association for Voluntary Action for trafficking free India
• Conference of Cluster-Based Business Organizations (CBBOs) in Jaipur
• Priyanka Mohite became 1st Indian woman to climb 5 peaks above 8,000 m
• Delhi govt will provide free sewer connections under “Mukhyamantri Muft Sewer Connection Yojana”
• PM Modi launched Madhya Pradesh Startup Policy
• Agriculture Ministry signed an MoU with UNDP for strategic partnership on Agriculture, Crop Insurance, and Credit
• Bhupender Yadav led Indian delegation at COP15 summit on combating desertification
• Chhattisgarh became 1st state to restore old pension scheme
• Ministry of Rural Development signed MoU with Amazon for online marketing of SHG’s products on Amazon Saheli Platform
• DoT launched “GatiShakti Sanchar” portal for Centralised Right of Way (RoW) approvals

International News

• PM Modi participated in 2nd Global COVID-19 Virtual Summit
• Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister
• UN approved Czech Republic to replace Russia on UN Human Rights Council
• Ferdinand Marcos Jr. elected as President of Philippines
• India contributed USD 800,000 to promote use of Hindi Language at UN
• Exim Bank provided LoC of USD 190 million to Mauritius for Metro Express & Infrastructure Projects
• India is highest recipient of foreign remittance: World Bank report
• United Nations launched Energy Plan of Action Towards 2025
• Kami Rita scaled Mt Everest for record 26th time
• Rodrigo Chaves sworn-in as President of Costa Rica
• John Lee Ka-Chiu elected as Hong Kong’s next Chief Executive
• Yoon Suk–Yeol took oath as new President of South Korea
• India elected as Chair of the Association of Asian Election Authorities for 2022-24
• World’s longest glass-bottomed bridge opened in Vietnam
• Saudi Aramco became world’s most valuable company by replacing Apple
• Katalin Novak elected as first female President of Hungary
• Forbes’ Global 2000 list of public companies worldwide 2022; RIL is top-ranked Indian company

Appointment and Resignation

• Rajesh Unni took charge as Vice-Chair at Maritime Anti-Corruption Network
• Sudhanshu Dhulia and JB Pardiwala took oath as Supreme Court judges
• Campbell Wilson appointed as new MD & CEO of Air India
• Rajiv Kumar appointed as next Chief Election Commissioner
• Deepika Padukone became 1st Indian brand ambassador of Louis Vuitton
• Sanjiv Bajaj appointed as President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2022-23
• Sudarshan Venu appointed as Managing Director of TVS Motor company
• Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor assumed charge as Director General (Inspection and Safety) of Indian Air Force
• Alkesh Kumar Sharma appointed as new Secretary for Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
• Pushp Kumar Joshi appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of HPCL
• M Narayanan appointed as part-time chairman of City Union Bank
• Nongmeikapam K Singh appointed as acting Chief Justice of Gauhati HC
• Biplab Deb resigned as CM of Tripura; Manik Saha to be new CM
• Nidhi Chibber appointed as Chairperson of CBSE
• Vivek Kumar Dewangen appointed as CMD of REC Ltd

Awards

• Danish Siddiqui posthumously won 2nd Pulitzer Prize for ‘images of Covid toll’
• Bengali translation of French novel ‘Meursault, contre-enquête’ won Romain Rolland Book Prize 2022
• Guruswamy Krishnamoorthy received British Honour ‘MBE’ for his service during the pandemic
• Royal Gold Medal 2022 for Architecture awarded to Balkrishna Doshi
• Mamata Banerjee honoured with Special Bangla Academy Award
• Theoretical Physicist Dr Frank Wilczek won Templeton Prize 2022
• Kenya’s Anna Qabale Duba won $250,000 global nursing award for fighting female genital mutilation

Science

• Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship signed MoU with ISRO to launch ISRO Technical Training Programme
• ISRO successfully tested human-rated HS200 solid rocket booster for Gaganyaan mission

Sports

• Asian Games 2022 to be held in Hangzhou, China postponed to 2023
• Abhinav Deshwal won gold medal in men’s 10m air pistol at 24th Deaflympics in Brazil
• Max Verstappen won Miami Grand Prix 2022
• Carlos Alcaraz won men’s singles title at Madrid Open title 2022
• Indian GM D Gukesh won Sunway Formentera Open chess tournament
• Avinash Sable broke 30-year-old 5000 metre record
• Mascot, logo, theme song, and jersey of the 4th Khelo India Youth Games launched
• Jyothi Yarraji won gold medal in 100m hurdles in Cyprus International Athletics Meeting 2022
• India won 14 medals – eight golds, four silvers and two bronze, in Archery Asia Cup 2022 Stage 2
• Lionel Messi topped Forbes’ highest-paid athletes list for 2022
• Esha Singh and Saurabh Chaudhary won gold in Mixed Team Pistol event in ISSF Junior World Cup, Germany
• Inter Milan Beat Juventus to win Italian Cup 2022

Book and Author

• Rajnath Singh released a book titled ‘INDO-PAK WAR 1971- Reminiscences of Air Warriors’ edited by Air Marshal Jagjeet Singh and Group Captain Shailendra Mohan
• Prakash Singh authored a book titled “The Struggle for Police Reforms in India”

Important day

• 7 May: World Athletics Day 2022
• 7 May 2022: BRO 62nd raising day
• 8 May 2022 (second Sunday in May): Mother’s Day
• 8 May: World Thalassaemia Day (Theme 2022: “Be Aware. Share. Care: Working with the global community as one to improve Thalassemia knowledge.”)
• 8 May: World Red Cross Day (Theme 2022: #BeHUMANKIND (Believe in the power of Kindness).
• 8-9 May: UN’s ‘Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War’
• 10 May: International Day of Argania (Theme 2022: “The Argan tree, symbol of resilience”)
• 10 May: World Lupus Day
• 5 May (first Thursday of May): World Password Day 2022
• 11 May: National Technology Day (Theme 2022: “Integrated Approach in Science and technology for sustainable future”.)
• 12 May: International Nurses Day (Theme 2022: “Nurses: A Voice to Lead – Invest in Nursing and respect rights to secure global health”.)
• 12 May: International Day of Plant Health
• 14 May: World Migratory Bird Day (second Saturday in May and the second Saturday in October) (Theme 2022: light pollution.)
• 15 May: International Day of Families (Theme 2022: ‘Families and Urbanisation’.)

Obituary

• Former Union Minister Pandit Sukh Ram passed away
• 1st president of independent Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk passed away
• Former Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds passed away
• Eminent Sanskrit and Hindi Scholar Dr Rama Kant Shukla Passed Away
• Odia Writer Rajat Kumar Kar passed away
• Santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma passed away
• Chess’ 1st centenarian & world’s oldest chess grandmaster Yuri Averbakh passed away
• UAE President and Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed passed away