Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 3rd Week May 2022

May 30, 2022
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Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 3rd Week May 2022

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Banking and Financial

SEBI notified rules in order to strengthen regulatory framework for Collective Investment Scheme (CIS)
S&P projected India’s growth forecast for FY23 to 7.3%
RBL Bank tied up with Amazon Pay to offer UPI payment services
UN projected India’s GDP growth at 6.4% in 2022-23
RBI approved Rs 30,307 crores dividend payment to centre for FY22
RBI imposed 59 lakh penalty on KEB Hana Bank
PAN, Aadhaar now mandatory for cash deposits, withdrawals above 20 lakh
SpiceJet partnered with Axis Bank to launch co-branded credit card
RBI restricted withdrawals from savings, current accounts of Shankarrao Pujari Nutan Nagari Sahakari Bank
RBI permitted lending by Commercial Banks to NBFCs & SFBs to NBFC-MFIs, for the purpose of on-lending to priority sectors
Adani Group to buy Ambuja Cements, ACC for $10.5 bn from Holcim
WPI-based inflation in India rose to 3-decade high at 15.08% in April
Frauds in PSBs declined by 51% to Rs 40,295 crores FY22
Ruchi Soya acquired Patanjali Ayurveds Food Business for Rs 690 crores
Emirates Telecom bought 9.8% stake in Vodafone for $4.4 billion
PNB MetLife launched India’s 1st dental health insurance plan
Paytm announced a JV ‘Paytm General Insurance Ltd’, plans to invest ₹950 crores in 10 years
Phonepe will acquire wealth management platforms Wealthdesk & OpenQ
India recorded all-time high FDI inflow of $83.57 bn in 2021-22
IDBI Bank will sell 25% stake in Ageas Federal Life Insurance for Rs 580 crores

National News

Kerala will launch India’s 1st state-owned OTT Platform named ‘CSpace’
Tamil Nadu named Nanjarayan Tank as 17th bird sanctuary
India overtook Germany to become 4th largest vehicle market
Centre announced formation of Cotton Council of India under chairmanship of Suresh Bhai Kotak
Assam Rifles inked MoU with Axis Bank and National Integrity and Educational Development Organisation (NIEDO) to establish Centre of Excellence and Wellness
Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) Centre in Leh, Ladakh
BRICs’ New Development Bank opened India’s regional office in Gujarat’s GIFT City
Third Advance Estimates for Production of Major Crops 2021-22 released
Skill India International Centre will be set up at Varanasi
NITI Aayog launched National Data & Analytics Platform
Amit Shah inaugurated National Cyber Forensic Laboratory in Hyderabad
Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary in Rajasthan notified as 52nd tiger reserve of India
India hosted key “SCO’s Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure” anti-terror meet
Punjab Chief Minister launched ‘Lok Milni’ scheme for redressal of public complaints
National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) approved Rs 660 crores Water Infrastructure Projects
Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated North East Research Conclave 2022 at IIT-Guwahati
Piyush Goyal will lead Indian delegation at the WEF in Davos

International News

World’s longest suspension bridge “Sky Bridge 721” opened in Czech Republic
Bhagwant Khuba delivered a keynote address on “India’s Solar Energy Market” at Intersolar Europe 2022
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan appointed new President of UAE
Nepal & India signed six MoUs and agreements related to education and hydropower sectors
England’s Kenton Cool became 1st foreigner to scale Mount Everest 16 times
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud elected as new President of Somalia
Elisabeth Borne appointed as prime minister of France
World bank sanctioned USD 350 million for SRESTHA-G project of Gujarat
Nirmala Sitharaman chaired 7th annual meeting of Board of Governors of NDB
EAM S Jaishankar participated in BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting, hosted by China
World’s 1st Urban Airport Pop-up ‘Air One’ for flying cars & drones opened in UK
World Bank announced USD 30 billion fund for food security crisis
World’s Highest Weather Station installed on Everest
Anthony Albanese sworn in as Australia’s 31st PM
Jose Ramos-Horta sworn in as president of East Timor
India and Jordan signed MoU for cooperation in fertiliser sector

Appointment and Resignation

Salil Parekh re-appointed MD & CEO of Infosys
Vijayalakshmi Swaminathan appointed as Chief People Officer of Pine Labs
Rajiv Ranjan and Sitikantha Pattanaik appointed as the executive directors of the RBI
SS Mundra appointed as Chairman of BSE Ltd
Kamal Bawa elected to U.S. National Academy of Sciences
B Govindarajan appointed as new CEO of Royal Enfield
Naveen Srivastava appointed as new envoy to Nepal
Sunil Arora appointed as non-executive chairman of Gram Unnati
Gopal Vittal reappointed as MD and CEO of Bharti Airtel
Anil Baijal resigned as Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
Interglobe Aviation named Pieter Elbers as new CEO of IndiGo
Aruna Singh given additional charge as CMD of RailTel Corporation of India Limited (RCIL)
Vijay Shekhar Sharma re-appointed as MD and CEO of Paytm
IFS Vivek Kumar appointed as new Private Secretary to Prime Minister Modi
PN Vasudevan stepped down as MD & CEO of Equitas Small Finance Bank

Awards

Wesley Morgan won William E. Colby award for his book ‘The Hardest Place’
Geniusenergy Critical Innovation Pvt Ltd won the Start-up of the Year award at Amazon Smbhav Entrepreneurship Challenge 2022
Anjali Pandey won CII EXCON Committed Leader Award
Cameroonian activist Cécile Ndjebet won 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions’ Award
Ajay Piramal awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Defence

Defence Minister inducted 2 indigenously built Frontline Warships INS Surat & INS Udaygiri into Indian Navy
CSIR-NAL successfully completed engine relight test of India’s 1st indigenous trainer Aircraft HANSA-NG
DRDO & Indian Navy successfully test-fired first indigenous naval anti-ship missile
4th India-Bangladesh Navy Bilateral CORPAT exercise commenced in Northern Bay of Bengal

Science

Railway Ministry approved 8.34 crores collaborative project with IIT Madras on Hyperloop technology

Sports

India beat Indonesia to won maiden Thomas Cup 2022
South Korea defeated China to won Uber Cup 2022
Italian Open 2022: Novak Djokovic & Iga Swiatek won men’s and women’s singles title
2021 Summer Deaflympics: India won 8 golds, 1 silver and 7 bronze; Ukraine topped
Nikhat Zareen won gold in 52kg category at Women’s World Boxing Championships 2022
Germany’s Eintracht Frankfurt won UEFA Europa Football League title
Max Verstappen won Spanish Grand Prix 2022
Odisha won 12th Hockey India Senior Women’s National Championship title 2022
Manchester City won 2021-22 Premier League Football championship

Book and Author

A new novel ‘A Place Called Home’, authored by Preeti Shenoy

Important day

16 May 2022 (Day of the Full Moon in the month of Vaisakh (April/May)): Buddha Purnima or Vesak Day
16 May: International Day of Light
16 May: International Day of Living Together in Peace
17 May: World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (Theme 2022: “Digital technologies for Older Persons and Healthy Ageing”.)
16 May 2022: Sikkim’s 47th statehood day
16 May: National Dengue Day
17 May: World Hypertension Day (Theme 2022: Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer.)
18 May: World AIDS Vaccine Day
18 May: International Museum Day (Theme 2022: ‘The Power of Museums’.)
17 May: International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (Theme 2022: “Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Rights”.)
20 May: World Bee Day (Theme 2022: ‘Bee Engaged: Celebrating the diversity of bees and beekeeping systems’)
20 May 2022 (third Friday of May): National Endangered Species Day (Theme 2022: “Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration”.)
20 May: World Metrology Day (Theme 2022: Metrology in the Digital Era.)
21 May: Anti-Terrorism Day
21 May: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
21 May: International Tea Day
21 May 2022 (third Saturday of May): US Armed Forces Day
22 May: International Day for Biological Diversity (Theme 2022: “Building a shared future for all life.”)
23 May: International Day to End Obstetric Fistula