WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 9TH-15TH MAY 2022
World Thalassemia Day - 8th May
Theme 2022- Be aware, Share, Care
1) Athletics Federation Of India (AFI) Decided To Change The Host Of Indian Prix Three Fours From Madurai (Tamilnadu) To Bhubaneswar (Odisha) Which Will Held On May 21-24.
2) Odisha Is Planning To Create India's Only Observatory Which Will House Data On The State's Indigenous Population Health.
3) Telengana State Government Has Announced The Extension Of Insurance Coverage To Handloom And Power Loom Weavers Under The Nethanna Bima (Weaver's Insurance Scheme).
4) Jivhala A Loan Scheme Been Introduced By Maharashtra Government For Prisons Who Are Serving Sentences Various Jails Across State.
5) Indian Grand Master Gukesh D Won The First Chessable Sunway Formentera Open 2022 Chess Champion.
He Won Before This La Roda Open And Menorca Open Recently.
6) Noted Cultural Specialist Padmshri Dr. Rajat Kar Passed Away.
7) Ons Jabeur Won The Women's Single Title By Beating Jessica Pegula In The Final Of Madrid Open 2022.
8) Alexander Zverev Wins The Men's Single Title By Beating Carlos Alcatraz In The Final Of Madrid Open 2022.
9) Max Verstappen Wins The Inaugural Miami Grand Prix.
10) Abhay Singh Won First PSA Tour Title Defeating Robin Gadola Of Switzerland In The Men's Final Of The Archi Factory Open Squash Tournament At Lorient In France.
11) Railway Protection Force (RPF) In Association With Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) An NGO Will Step Up Vigil In Bid To Prevent Child Trafficking In Railway Station.
12) 12th IBA Women's World Boxing Championship Is Held At Istanbul, Turkey.
13) President Ramnath Kovind Appointed Chief Justice Of Guwahati Court Justice Sudhansu Dhulia And Judge In Gujarat High Court Jamshed Burjor Pardiwala As Judges Of Supreme Court.
14) John Lee Ka- Chiu Has Been Confirmed As The Next Chief Of Hong Kong.
15) Srilanka Prime Minister Mahindra Rajapaksa Resigned From His Post.
16) Gaza Weightlifter Hamada Wins Gold Medal At Greece Junior World Championship.
17) TVS Supply Chain Solution Limited Has Received The Securities And Exchange Board Of India (SEBI ) Approval For Its Proposed Initial Public Offering (IPO).
18) The Documentary About 21 Years Old Tiktoker Mayur Natekar Is Premiering At The New York Indian Film Festival.
19) For Public Service The Washington Post Wins The Pulitzer Prize (Assault On Washington On 6th January 2021)
20) The Member Of Miami Herald Wins For Breaking News For Collapse Of The Sea Side Of Apartment Tower Of Florida.
21) For Investigate Report Corey G. Johnson And Rebecca Woolongton And Eli Murray Of The Tampa Bay Times For Investigate A Factory Which Made Toxic.
22) 2022 Pulitzer Prize For Feature Photography Awarded To Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, Amit Dave And Late Danish Siddiqui Of Reuters.
23) Emma Chamberlain At Met Gala 2022 Wore Maharaj Of Patiala Choker.
24) Lieutenant General Amardeep Singh Aujla Takes Over As New Chinar Corps Commander.
He Will Succeed Lt General Devendra Pratap Pandey Who Will Take The Charge Of Commandant Of Army College Mhow, Madhya Pradesh.
25) Rupinder Pal As Captain To lead In Asia Cup Hockey For India.
26) Indian-American Women Former US President Donald Trump's Campaign Advisor Launched A Digital Platform We Must Meet To Screen Movies.
27) Veteran Korean Actress Kang Soo Yeon Passed Away At The Age Of 55.
28) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated Kamrup Super Specialty Hospital At Guwahati.
29) Home Minister Amit Shah Launched The Sale Of Khadi Products In 107 Canteens Of Para Military Forces.
30) Chelesa Wins Third Consecutive Women's Super League Titles .
31) Bayern Munich Wins The Bundesliga Trophy By Beating Borussia Dortmund In 3-1.
They Lift 10th Time For The Bundesliga Trophy.
National Technology Day - 11th May
Theme 2022 - An Integrated Approach To Science And Technology For a Sustainable Future
32) Annu Rani Broke Her Own Record At 4th Indian Open Javelin Throw Competition In Jamshedpur. She Threw 63.82 Meter (Best National Record Till Date) Her Previous Throw Was 63.24 Meter.
33) Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, The Santoor Maestro, Passed Away At The Age Of 84.
34) Yoon Suk Yeol Has Been Selected As The New President Of South Korea.
35) Warhol's Iconic Portrait Of Marilyn Monroe Sold For USD 195 Million At New York Auction.
36) Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande Received The Param Vishisht Seva Medal From President Ramnath Kovind.
37) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Addressed Utkarsh Samaroh At Bahruch. Where Four Schemes Will Launch For Assistance.
38) Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Launched Modi@20 Dreams Meet Delivery Book Today.
39) Sukh Ram, former Himachal Congress Leader And Former Union Minister Passed Away.
40) President confers 13 Person To Shaurya Chakra Awards Posthumously.
41) Kone Elevator Mumbai Has Installed The Largest Passenger Elevator At Jio World Center, Mumbai Where 200 People Can Simultaneously Passed.
42) ICICI Bank Has Signed A Memorandum Of Understanding With Santander UK Plc, A British Bank For Collaborating Towards The Banking Requirements.
International Nurses Day - 12th May
Theme 2022- A Voice To Lead - Invest In Nursing And Respect Rights To Secure Global Health.
43) Noted Architect Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi Passed Away At The Age Of 94.
He Has Been Awarded With Prestigious Royal Gold Award Which Is Highest Honour In Architecture.
44) Kailash Satyarthi Will Head The 5th Global Conference On Elimination Of The Child Labour Organised By The International Labour Organization In Durban, South Africa.
45) Dr. Reddy Laboratory Has Signed With South Korean Firm H K Inno. N Corporation To Commercialize The Latter's Novel Molecule Tegoprazan.
46) Honda Racing India Rider Sarthak Chavan First Indian To Secure Podium Finish At Thailand Talent Cup.
47) India Won 7 Medals (Including Three Medals) At International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup, Suhl, Germany.
48) India Elected As Chair Of The Association Of Asian Election Authorities (AAEA) For 2022-2024 Meeting Held At Philippines.
49) India Railway Will Start Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train On June 21 Which Will Cover All Lord Ram Inspired Places.
50) An MoU Signed On Cooperation And Collaboration In Broadcasting Between Prashar Bharati And ORTM (Office De La Radio et De La Television ) Madagascar In Antananarvio.
51) Solar Energy Corporation Of India (SECI)Has Signed An MoU With The Union Ministry Of Home Affairs To Set Up Solar Panels.
52) Indian Junior Archery Team Won 8 Gold, 4 Silver And Two Bronze At Asia Cup Stage Two Held In Iraq.
53) 18 Years Old Jerlin Jayaratchagan Clinched Gold By Beating Austria's K Neudolt In W S Gold Medal Match At Deaf Olympic Brazil. (5th Gold For India)
54) Abhinav Sharma Won Bronze In Badminton Single At Brazil Deaf Olympic.
55) Diksha Dagar Got Gold In Golf By Beating A G Johnson in Deaf Olympic Brazil.
56) India's Duo Jerlin And Abhinav Sharma Got Gold Medal In Mixed Doubles Badminton By Beating Boon/ Teo In Deaf Olympic Brazil.
57) India's First Center Of Excellence For Khadi (CeoK) To Be Inaugurated In New Delhi.
58) Israel Embassy To Organize Film Festival In Kolkata From 12th May.
National Technology Day Theme 2022-
Integrated Approach In Science And Technology For A Sustainable Future.
59) President Ramnath Kovind Appointed EC Rajiv Kumar As The New Chief Election Commissioner.
60) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Inaugurates The State Of The Art Museum At Arunachal Pradesh State Legislative Assembly.
61) Google Translator Adds 9 Indian Language Recently. (Total 23 Languages)
62) Shiv Sena MLA Of Mumbai Ramesh Latke Died Due To Cardiac Arrest.
63) MoU Signed Between National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) And UAE's. DP World For The Development Of Skill India International Center At Varanasi.
64) Prominent Tamil Writer Perumal Murgan Awarded With Prestigious Fakir Mohan Sahitya Literature Award.
He Got Kendra Sahitya Academy Award For One Part Women (2017)
Fakir Mohan Sahitya Literature Award Given For Encouraging In Literature, Started From 2004 In Fakir Mohan University, Balasore.
65) Lieutenant General Rajeev Chaudhry Head Of Border Road Organization (BRO) Received Vishisht Seva Medal From President Ramnath Kovind, For Good Work.
66) India Contributed $800 Million Dollar To The United Nations As A Part Of The Initiative To Enhance Public Outreach Of The Organization In Hindi Language.
67) Tata Son's Appointed Campbell Wilson As CEO And Managing Director Of Air India.
68) Indian Duo Prithvi Sekhar And Dhanjay Dubey Clinched Silver In Men's Double In Deaf Olympic, Brazil
69) Former Kiwi Player Brendon McCullum Appointed As The Head Coach of England Test Team.
70) India's First Amrit Sarovor To Be Inaugurated By Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi In Uttar Pradesh's Rampur.
71) India Successfully Tested 450-km Range BRAHMOS Missile From A Sukhoi Fighter.
72) Noted Scholar Vagish Shastri Who Taught Madonna How To Recite Shlokas Passed Away.
73) National Anthem Is Mandatory For Uttar Pradesh's Madrassas.
74) Esha Singh And Saurabh Chaudhary Win Gold In Mixed Team Pistol Gold In ISSF Junior World Championship Suhl, Germany.
75) United National Party Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe Sworn As The New Prime Minister Of Srilanka.
World Migratory Bird Day - 14th May
Theme 2022- Light Pollution
76) David John Has Been Appointed As The Director of Hockey Odisha.
77) Al Jazeera Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh Was Killed By Israel Forces In The Occupied West Bank.
78) Times Group Chairperson Indu Jain Passed Away On Thursday.
79) Chilean Journalist 30 Years Old Francisca Sandoval Was Shot In The Head During Clash On May Day Protest In Santiago.
80) ISRO Successfully Tested Human Rated S200 Rocket Booster At Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota.
81) India Ensured A Medal At Thomas Cup After 43 Years.
82) Hero India Asia Cup Is Going To Held At Jakarta, Indonesia.
83) United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Has Died.
84) Birendra Lakra Will Be The Captain Of Indian Hockey Team For Asia Cup, Which Held At Jakarta, Indonesia.
Rupinderpal Singh Has Been Ruled Out Due To Injury.
85) Raipur Helicopter Crash, Odia Pilot Captain GK Panda And Captain AP Srivastava Died.
86) Britain's Former Boxer Amir Khan Announced His Retirement.
87) The Centre For Cellular And Molecular Biology (CCMB) Hyderabad Has Developed India's First Indigenous mRNA Vaccine Technology For Covid-19.
88) Union Minister Of State For Textiles Darshana Jardosh Inaugurated Gartex Texprocess India In Mumbai.
89) South Korea Become The First Asian Country Join In North Atlantic Treaty Organization Cooperative Cyber Defense Center Of Excellence.
90) India's First EV Charging Station Powered By Bio-gas Was Inaugurated In Mumbai, Maharastra.
91) The Rock, The World's Largest White Diamond Was Auctioned For 18.6 million Swiss Francs.
International Family Day - 15th May
Theme- 2022 - Families And Urbanization
92) Tennis Duo Prithvi Sekhar And Jafreen Shaik Defeat Compatriot Dhananjay And Bhavani Kedia To Win Mixed Doubles Event At Deaf Olympic At Brazil.
93) India's Duo Prithvi Sekhar And Jafreen Shaik Won Bronze At Deaf Olympic Brazil In Mixed Double Tennis.
94) India's Duo Prithvi Sekhar And Dhananjay Dubey Clinched Silver In Men's Double Tennis In Deaf Olympic Brazil 2022.
95) India Won Total Of 16 Medals Including 9Gold Medals, 5 Bronze Medals, And 2 Silver Medals At Deaf Olympic, Brazil 2022.
96) Virat Kohli Became The First Player To Completed 6500 IPL RUNS in 212 Innings (220 Matches).
97) Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb Resigned From His Post.
98) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Will Inaugurate National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (NCFL) At CFSL Campus In Hyderabad.
99) Hollywood Actor Fred Ward Passed Away At The Age of 79.
100) Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Has Been Elected As The New President Of UAE.
101) 7 Indian Movies Of Different States Will Screen In Cannes Film Festival.
a) Rocketry : The Nambi Effect
b) Pratidwandi
c) Godavari
d) Alpha Beta Gamma
e) Boomba Ride
f) Dhuin
g) A Tree Full Of Parrots
102) China Pull Out Of Hosting AFC Asia cup Final 2023 Due To Covid 19.
103) Department Of Telecommunication Launched Gati Shakti Sanchar Portal For Centralized Right Of Way (RoW).
104) According World Bank Bangladesh Is The 7th Highest Recipient Of Foreign Remittance.
105) AAP Government Launched Delhi Film Policy-2022 To Promote City As Movie Production Hub.
106) Retired Judge Of Odisha High Court Shri Purna Chandra Mishra Passed Away.
He Served As Judge In Cuttack From June 1 1983 To 23rd January 1994.
He Was Appointed As Senior Standing Counsel By The Food Corporation Of India In January 1979.
He Also Worked For Standing Counsel For Central Government From May 1978 To 24th September 1981.
He Served As Legal Advisor Of Life Insurance Corporation Since August 1977.
107) Sumit Dahiya Won Gold In 97kg Free Style Wrestling At Deaf Olympic, Brazil.
108) Wrestler Amit Krishnan Won Bronze By Beating S Gozel In 86 Kg Free Style Wrestling At Deaf Olympic Brazil.
109) Virendra Singh Win Bronze In 74kg Men's Freestyle Wrestling At Deaf Olympic By Beating N Barron.
110) Prithvi Sekhar Wins Bronze By Beating Slovenia's Kegl In Men's Single tennis At Deaf Olympic Brazil.
111) Former Australian All-rounder Andrew Symonds Died In An Car Accident.
112) Manik Saha Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Minister Of Tripura After Biplab Kumar Dev Quit.
113) Liverpool FC Wins The Emirates FA Cup By Beating Chelsea 2022.
114) Gokulam Kerala FC Wins The I league Trophy.
115) India To Face Thailand in Final of Thomas Cup In Bangkok.
116) Frank Wilczek The Noble Prize Winning Theoretical Physicist Honored With Prestigious Templeton Prize.
117) South Korea's Sim Yu-jin Defeated Chinese Wang Zhiyi In The Final Of Uber Cup 2022.
118) Uber Cup 2022 South Korea Got Gold, China Got Silver And Japan And Thailand Took Third Place Respectively Received Bronze Medal (Host By Bangkok).
119) South Korea Wins 2nd Title In Uber Cup And China Has Win 15th Title (Most) In The Uber Cup History.
China Will Host 2024 Uber Cup 2022.
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