Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 4th Week May 2022

June 5, 2022
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Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 4th Week May 2022

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Banking and Financial

HDFC Securities launched Robo-advisory platform ‘HDFC Money’ for mutual fund investments
UCO Bank signed co-lending agreement with Paisalo Digital Ltd for agriculture business
GIC bought 7.5% stake in Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail for Rs 2,195 crore
Mahagram partnered with IndusInd Bank to enhance digital payments ecosystem
₹100 is the most preferred banknote: RBI’s Banknote Survey
RBI constituted committee to review customer service standards at banks, NBFCs; headed by P. Kanungo
SBI launched Real Time Xpress Credit on YONO platform
HDFC Bank and Retailio launched co-branded credit cards for chemists, pharmacies
Tata Capital introduced digital loan against shares facility
France’s TotalEnergies bought stake in Adani’s hydrogen business
Moody’s projected India’s economic growth forecast to 8.8% for 2022
India Post Payments Bank introduced issuer charges for AePS
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) cleared sale of GoI’s 29.5% stake in Hindustan Zinc valued at Rs 38,000 crore
RBI reduced net-worth requirement for non-bank Bharat Bill Payment units
SBI Ecowrap report projected India’s GDP growth to be 8.2-8.5% in FY22
Indian Bank partnered with Northern Arc Capital to offer financial solutions to retail loan borrowers
Japan’s MUFG Bank got nod to set up branch at GIFT City
IRDAI set up committees through GIC to suggest insurance sector overhaul
SEBI withdrew permanent recognition granted to Indian Commodity Exchange Limited’s (ICEX)
BOB Financial and HPCL launched co-branded contactless RuPay Credit Card
Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) launches B2B digital marketplace for exporters, MSMEs and farmers
Bank of Maharashtra tops PSU lenders chart in loan growth during FY22

National News

Rajasthan approved new guidelines for implementation of Indira Gandhi Shehri Rozgar Guarantee Yojana
Inter-State Council reconstituted under the chairmanship of PM; Amit Shah Chairman of Standing Committee
Uttar Pradesh launched ‘SAMBHAV’ portal to monitor grievances, schemes related to energy
SC appointed 3-member committee to manage functioning of All India Football Federation; headed by AR Dave
India’s 1st Olympic Values Education Programme launched in Odisha
Tripura adopted EV policy 2022, to convert 10% of state’s vehicles to electric mode in 5 years
India’s 1st ‘Lavendar Festival’ held in Bhaderwah, Jammu & Kashmir
ONGC first Indian Exploration and Production firm to trade domestic gas on Indian Gas Exchange
Delhi government inducted two robots in their firefighting fleet
Uttarakhand Govt signed MoU with BPCL for renewable energy projects
4th Shirui Lily Festival began in Manipur
Uttarakhand became 1st Indian state to roll out drone in healthcare
Central govt launched Swachh Survekshan 2023 under SBM Urban 2.0
Tamil Nadu launched integrated agri-development scheme
Kolkata became 1st major metro city to get its biodiversity register
President inaugurated first-ever National Women Legislators Conference
PM Modi inaugurated India’s biggest drone festival in New Delhi
PM Modi inaugurated world’s 1st Nano Urea Liquid Plant in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Uttarakhand formed panel to implement Uniform Civil Code; headed by Ranjana Desai
Jitendra Singh inaugurated North India’s 1st Industrial Biotech Park at Kathua, J&K
WHO partnered with Rajasthan govt to create health accounts
3rd Global Organic Expo 2022 held in New Delhi
India’s foremost documentary film festival MIFF 2022 to begin in Mumbai
India achieved the milestone to provide tap water connection
North India’s first Industrial Biotech Park inaugurated at Kathua in J&K
India’s first wind-solar hybrid power facility by Adani Green
Union Minister Anurag Thakur inaugurated Takshashila Sports Complex in Pune
PM Modi to Release 11th Instalment of PM-KISAN Benefits on May 31
Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) extended till FY26 with Rs 13,000 crore outlay
PM to release benefits under PM CARES for Children Scheme on 30 May
National Council for Teacher Education Launches Portal to Simplify Process of Teacher Education Programme
National AI Portal celebrates its second anniversary
PARAM ANANTA Supercomputer commissioned at IIT, Gandhinagar
NHA launches online public dashboard for Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
Bihar has India’s largest gold reserves

International News

TIME’s 100 most influential people 2022 list announced; Karuna Nundy, Gautam Adani, and Khurram Parvez have been named among the world’s 100 most influential people of 2022
Meenakshi Lekhi participated in 7th BRICS Culture Ministers’ Meeting
Indian Air Force (IAF) ranked 3rd in World Air Power Index 2022
India joined US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
WEF’s Travel and Tourism Development Index 2021; India ranked 54; Japan topped
India and UAE signed MoU to establish a framework to facilitate and enhance bilateral cooperation on climate action
Maharashtra signed MoUs worth Rs 30,000 crores with 23 companies at WEF in Davos
75th World Health Assembly being held in Geneva, Switzerland
QUAD Leaders’ Summit 2022 held in Tokyo, Japan
India joined US-led First Movers Coalition to clean up carbon-intensive industry
Russia conducts test-launch of Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile
US surpasses China as India’s biggest trading partner in FY22

Appointment and Resignation

Vinai Kumar Saxena appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
Gaurav Sachdeva appointed as CEO of e-commerce venture JSW One Platform
Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus re-elected as Director-General of WHO for 2nd term
TN Manoharan appointed as Part-Time Chairman of IDBI Bank
Rajesh Bhushan appointed as chairperson of Committee B at 75th World Health Assembly
Narinder Batra resigned as President of the Indian Olympic Association
Anwar Hussain Shaik appointed new chair of WTO’s committee on technical barriers on trade
Captain Abhilasha Barak became 1st woman combat pilot in Indian Army
Lovlina Borgohain elected as IBA’s Athletes’ Committee Chair
Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty got additional charge of acting Lokpal Chairperson
Vandita Sharma appointed as a new Chief Secretary of Karnataka Government

Awards

Music Academy announced Sangita Kalanidhi awards 2020-22: Neyveli R Santanagopalan (2020), Tiruvarur Bhakthavathsalam (2021), and violin duo Lalgudi GJR Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi (2022) have been awarded with Sangita Kalanidhi awards
A Gopalakrishnan won VASVIK industrial research award for the year 2020
India’s ASHA workers among 6 recipients of WHO Global Health Leaders’ award
Geetanjali Shree’s ‘Tomb of Sand’ became first Hindi novel to win International Booker Prize
Rolls-Royce India president Kishore Jayaraman got top British honour
Nawazuddin Siddiqui received Excellence in Cinema award at French Riviera Film Festival
Shaunak Sen’s documentary ‘All That Breathes’ wins L’OEil d’Or award at Cannes

Defence

Army Training Command (ATC) signed MoU with Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) to launch AI-powered wargame centre ‘Project WARDEC’ in New Delhi
India-Bangladesh conducted 3rd Bilateral Naval Exercise Bongosagar
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) launched Indian Navy’s survey vessel ‘INS Nirdeshak’
INS Gomati decommissioned at Naval Dockyard in Mumbai

Science

Dr Jitendra Singh launched single national portal ‘BioRRAP’ for Biotech researchers and Start-Ups
PARAM PORUL Supercomputer inaugurated at NIT Tiruchirappalli

Sports

Haryana won Hockey India Sub-Junior Women National Championship in Imphal
BCCI signed up NFT partner for Women’s T20 Challenge
International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup 2022 held in Suhl, Germany
Turkey topped medal tally of 2022 IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships
China’s Ding Liren won ‘The Chessable Masters’ 2022 Tournament; R Praggnanandhaa finishes 2^nd
3rd Women’s T20 Challenge title won by Supernovas
Gujarat won the title of IPL 2022 Final

Book and Author

A book titled ‘Listen to Your Heart: The London Adventure’; authored by Ruskin Bond

Important day

23 May: World Turtle Day (Theme 2022: “Shellebrate”.)
24 May 2022 (second Monday of March): Indian Commonwealth Day (Theme 2022: ‘Delivering a Common Future’)
8th International Day of Yoga will be celebrated in Mysuru, Karnataka on 21 June
25 May: World Thyroid Awareness Day
25-31 May: International Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
25 May: International Missing Children’s Day
25 May: Africa Day (Theme 2022: “Strengthening Resilience in Nutrition and Food Security on the African Continent”.)
May 29- International Day of UN Peacekeepers (Theme 2022: “People Peace Progress: The Power of Partnerships”.)
28th May- International Day of Action for Women’s Health 2022 (Theme 2022: ‘Resist and Persist’)
30th May: Hindi Journalism Day
30th May: World Vape Day
30th May: Goa Statehood Day
World No Tobacco Day observed on 31st May
28th May: World Menstrual Hygiene Day (Theme 2022: ‘making menstruation a normal fact of life by 2030’)
28th May: World Hunger Day 2022 (Theme 2022: ‘Youth Ending Hunger’)