1.President Ram Nath Kovind to inaugurate the first National Conference of Women Legislators in Thiruvananthapuram
President Ram Nath Kovind will inaugurate the first National Conference of Women Legislators at the Assembly Complex in Thiruvananthapuram . Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan will preside over the event. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan , Speaker of the Assembly M.D. Rajesh, Minister Veena George, R. point, J. Chinchurani, Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satishan and women MPs and MLAs from various states are expected to participate in the function. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will address the concluding session of the National Women Legislators Conference on Friday. This program is being organized under the Amrit Mahotsav of Azadi to commemorate 75 years of independence.
2.Abhilasha Barak became the first woman to become a fighter helicopter pilot
In Maharashtra , 37 pilots, including a woman pilot Abhilasha Barak , have been inducted into the aviation wing as fighter helicopter pilots. Captain Barak is the first woman to become a helicopter pilot. Capt Barak was honored for securing first position in Pre Army Pilot Course at a ceremony held at Gandhinagar Air Field in Nashik. These officers have been inducted into the Aviation Wing after undergoing rigorous training.
3.National Health Authority launched Ayushman Bharat Health Account i.e. Abha Mobile App for health records
National Health Authority has launched Ayushman Bharat Health Account i.e. Abha Mobile App for keeping health records . The Health Ministry has said that the Aura App is a new version of the NDHM Health Records App. It can be downloaded from Google Play Store. Through the facilities available in this app, one can access his/her health record information anytime and anywhere.
4.Indian Navy and Bangladesh Navy’s bilateral naval exercise Bongosagar begins
Bilateral naval exercise ‘ Bongosagar ‘ between Indian Navy (IN) and Bangladesh Navy (BN)The third edition of ‘ started at Port Mongla in Bangladesh on 24 May 2022. The harbor phase of the exercise is scheduled from May 24 to 25, followed by a sea phase in the northern Bay of Bengal from May 26 to 27. The objective of the Bongosagar exercise is to develop a high level of interoperability and joint operational skills between the navies of the two countries through conducting a wide spectrum of maritime exercises and combat operations. Warship Kora with indigenously built guided missile and indigenously built patrol ship Sumedha are participating from the Indian Navy. Bangladesh is represented by warships Abu Ubedah and Ali Haider. Several policy plans, including professional, social dialogue and mutual cooperation at sea, will be discussed in the exercise during the port phase.
5.Minister of State for Culture and External Affairs Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi attended the 7th BRICS Culture Ministers’ Meeting
The Minister of State for Culture and External Affairs, Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi , attended the 7th BRICS Culture Ministers’ Meeting on May 24, 2022 . Republic of China this meetingwas organized through video conference. The meeting took place on the theme of “Establishing a cultural partnership of inclusiveness and knowledge-sharing among BRICS” for the progress and expansion of cultural activities among BRICS countries. The main focus of the discussion was to promote development and cooperation on cultural digitization in the region, strengthen cooperation on the protection of cultural heritage and take forward the creation of cultural exchange platforms of the BRICS countries. The Ministers adopted the BRICS Action Plan 2022-2026 to further strengthen cultural cooperation and implement the BRICS Cultural Cooperation Agreement signed in 2015.
6.PM attends Quad Leaders Summit
The Prime Minister , Shri Narendra Modi attending the Quad Leaders Summit, in Tokyo , Japan on May 24, 2022 , which includes the Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Fumio Kishida , the President of the United States of America, Mr. Joseph Joseph Biden and the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. Anthony Albanesewere involved. This was the second individual meeting of the heads of the four countries, while a total of four meetings of the Quad have been held so far. first virtual meeting in March, 2021; The summit meeting was held in Washington DC in September 2021 and the third virtual meeting in March 2022. In 2007, the then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe proposed the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue. However, after Australia pulled out, the Quad closed. Again during the 2017 ASEAN summit in Manila, all four countries agreed to revive the Quad to counter China. The vision of the Quad is “free and open Indo-Pacific (FOIP)” and a rules-based maritime order in the East and South China Seas.
7.SAIL released the company’s special logo
The country’s public sector steel producer, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) , is celebrating the fiftieth year of its inception this year i.e. 2022 . SAIL was established on January 24, 1973 . SAIL has released a commemorative logo to commemorate this great legacy of its fifty years , which will be followed by a series of events throughout the year at the company’s plants and units located across the country. The commemorative logo design released on the occasion beautifully captures the spirit of the company’s journey of fifty years, while retaining the original logo of the company. The logo was released by the Chairman, SAIL, Smt. Soma Mandal in the presence of the Directors of the Company here.
8.Justice Sabina appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court
The President is pleased to appoint Mrs. Justice Sabina , the senior- most Judge of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh as the Chief Justice of the High Court in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of India . His tenure will be effective as a result of the retirement of the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court, Mr. Justice Mohammad Rafiq on May 25, 2022.
9.World Air Power Index 2022: Indian Air Force ranks third
The World Directory of Modern Military Aircraft (WDMMA) has released the 2022 World Air Powers Rankings . The Indian Air Force (IAF) has been ranked third in the World Air Power Index in terms of the total combat capability of various air services of different countries of the world . The report placed the Indian Air Force (IAF) above the Chinese aviation-based armed forces (PLAAF), the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), the Israeli aviation-based armed forces and the French Air and Space Force. The report said that the Indian Air Force (IAF) currently counts a total of 1,645 units in its active aircraft inventory. United States Air Force (USAF) Global Air Powers Ranking (2022) reportHas the highest TvR score. This includes a broad mix of aircraft types and many products are sourced locally from the country’s vast industrial base.
10.Gaurav Sachdeva appointed CEO of JSW One Platforms
JSW Group appoints Gaurav Sachdeva to JSW One PlatformsLtd., an e-commerce venture of the group. He made the transition from his role at JSW Ventures, where he led venture capital investments for the fund. In his role as CEO of JSW One Platforms, Sachdeva will aim to build a nimble organization backed by the credibility and scale of JSW Group that will facilitate buying and selling of steel and other products for manufacturing and manufacturing MSMEs in the country. JSW One Platform has been established with a vision to leverage our manufacturing and distribution strength in the Steel, Cement and Paint businesses to create technology-enabled one-stop solutions for the manufacturing and construction sectors. JSW One Platform has also collaborated with other non-competing construction and building materials brands to market them on its technology platform.
11.Rolls-Royce India President Kishore Jayaraman gets British honor
Kishor Jayaraman , President of India and South Asia for Rolls-Royce has received the Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by the Queen of the British Deputy High Commission. Jayaraman is a board member of the UK-India Business Council, which supports UK businesses established in India. He has also been instrumental in boosting bilateral relations by establishing a strategic ecosystem to promote manufacturing in India, enabled by UK technology. Under his leadership, the company established an ‘Engineering Center’ in Bengaluru in 2015, a ‘Digital Center of Excellence’ with over 60 digital technologists in 2017 and its first ‘Start-up Accelerator Program’ in India in 2019.
12.It is mandatory to pass Punjabi language test with at least 50% marks for Group C and D posts in Punjab.
The Punjab Government has made it mandatory for the candidates seeking appointment to the Group C and D posts of the State Government to pass the Punjabi Language Aptitude Test with at least 50% marks . Only after that they can sit in the recruitment exam. A decision to this effect was taken during a meeting of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann with the officials in Chandigarh. It was also informed in the meeting that the State Government has launched a massive recruitment drive for 26 thousand four hundred 54 vacancies. A large number of these are for appointment to Group C and D posts.
13.Param Porul Supercomputer inaugurated at NIT, Tiruchirappalli
Param Porul is a state-of-the -art supercomputer dedicated to the nation at NIT Tiruchirappalli . Shri Bhaskar Bhat , Chairman of the Board of Directors, Tiruchirappalli on May 25, 2022 under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) , a joint initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and Department of Science & Technology (DST) .It was inaugurated by Param Porul Supercomputing Facility has been set up under Phase 2 of NSM, where most of the components used to build this system are manufactured and assembled within the country. Along with this, indigenous software stack developed by C-DAC in line with Make in India initiative has also been used in it. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between NIT Tiruchirappalli and Center for Development in Advanced Computing (C-DAC) on October 12, 2020 to set up this 838 Teraflops supercomputing facility under the National Supercomputing Mission. The system is equipped with a combination of CPU nodes, GPU nodes, high memory nodes, high throughput storage and high performance Infiniband interconnects to meet the computing needs of various scientific and engineering applications. Under NSM, So far, 15 supercomputers with a computing capacity of 24 petaflops have been installed across the country. All these supercomputers are manufactured in India and work with indigenously developed software stack.
14.Jose Ramos-Horta sworn in as President of East Timor
Former freedom fighter and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Jose Ramos-Horta has been sworn in as the President of East Timor (Timor-Leste) ahead of celebrations of the 20th anniversary of independence for Asia’s youngest country . He defeated his fellow freedom fighter Francisco ” Lu Olo ” Guterres in the election. Ramos-Horta was Prime Minister from 2006 to 2007 and President from 2007 to 2012. East Timor is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the independence of Asia’s youngest country.
15.WEF Travel and Tourism Development Index released
India has been ranked 54th in the WEF Travel and Tourism Development Index 2021 . India was ranked 46th in 2019. However, India still tops the South Asia region . Japan has topped the index for 2021 . This is followed by America, Spain, France and Germany respectively.is the location of. India’s score in this list is 4.2. World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Development Index 2021 includes 117 countries. This index has shown that in spite of various positive trends, the tourism and travel industry is still facing hurdles and still has not recovered properly. 117 countries have been assessed by this index and it has identified some of the key factors to enable the resilient and sustainable development of tourism and travel economies.
16.TIME releases list of 100 most influential people
Indian business tycoon Gautam Adani , Supreme Court lawyer Karuna Nandi and Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez to Time 100: Most Influential People of the World 2022is shown in. Karuna Nandi is a lawyer in the Supreme Court of India. She has been fighting for women’s rights and has been making constant efforts to reform anti-rape laws. She is also fighting to bring marital rape under the umbrella of the country’s rape law. His time profile is written by Advocate Maneka Guruswamy. Khurram Parvez heads the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances. His time profile is written by Rana Ayyub. Gautam Adani is a business tycoon in India. Currently, he ranks fifth in the list of top 10 richest people in the world along with Warren Buffett. His time profile is written by writer Debashis Roy Chowdhury.
17.Maharashtra signs MoU with 23 companies worth Rs 30,000 crore in Davos
During the current annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos , Switzerland , the Maharashtra government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth over 30,000 crores . Pharmaceuticals, medical devices, information technology, data centers, textiles, food processing, packaging, paper and pulp, and steel were among the 23 MoUs signed for investment. According to state Industries Minister Subhash Desai, the investment will create 66,000 jobs in the state.
18.Shikhar Dhawan becomes first player to hit 700 boundaries in IPL history
Punjab Kings opener Shikhar Dhawan has become the first player in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to hit 700 boundaries. Dhawan achieved the feat during the last league stage match of IPL 2022 between PBKS and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium here. The batsman now has a total of 701 IPL fours. They are followed by David Warner and Virat Kohli with 577 and 576 fours respectively. PBKS finished their IPL 2022 campaign with a total of 14 points while SRH finished with 12 points.
19.Manchester City won the 2021-22 Premier League Football Championship
Manchester City have won their fourth title success 2021/22 Premier League champions . Manchester City won the final game of the season over Aston Villa . In Manchester City’s 38 league matches this season, they won 29, drew six and lost three, scoring 99 goals in the process. Manchester City have won four Premier League titles and eight major trophies under Pep Guardiola since his arrival in the summer of 2016. Manchester City won their sixth Premier League title on Sunday by scoring three times in five minutes in 11 seasons and beating Aston Villa 3-2 in the final to avoid a loss to challengers Liverpool.
20.Shirui Lily Festival
Recently the fourth edition of the state level Shirui Lily Festival 2022 has started in Manipur . This annual festival is organized by the Department of Tourism, Government of Manipur to create awareness about the Shirui Lily flower. The four-day festival was inaugurated by the Governor and Chief Minister of Manipur at Shirui village in Ukhrul district . This festival is held around April and May. It is held as it is the time of blooming of Shirui Lily. This flower is found only in Ukhrul district of Manipur and cannot be grown anywhere in the world. This flower was discovered in Manipur in the year 1946 by the English scientist Frank Kingdon-Ward. Due to its characteristics, this flower won the prize of excellence in the year 1948 at a flower show in the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) London. Shirui Lily is the state flower of Manipur. It is three feet tall and bell shaped blue-pink flowers. Its scientific name is Lilium Mackliniae. Shirui Lily, There is a species of Ground Lily which is found only around the Shirui Hills of Manipur. Tangkhul Naga tribe resides in this area. It is locally called Kashsong Timrawon by the Tangkhul tribe, which is named after Timrawon.
21.Vice President pays tribute to the great revolutionary Rash Behari Bose
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu has paid tribute to the great revolutionary Rash Behari Bose on his birth anniversary. Rash Behari Bose was born on May 25, 1886 in the village of Subaldaha in the Bengal province . Rash Behari Bose from leading the Ghadar movement to the Indian National ArmyPlayed an important role in the freedom struggle till its establishment. Rash Behari Bose was greatly influenced by the French Revolution of 1789. The partition of Bengal in the year 1905 and subsequent events inspired Rash Behari Bose to engage in revolutionary activities. He conducted his revolutionary activities under the guidance of eminent revolutionary leader Jatin Banerjee. He played an important role in the Ghadar movement, but it was short-lived, as his plans to revolt against the British authorities were soon exposed, which eventually forced him to move to Japan, where a new chapter of his revolutionary activities awaited him. was doing. In the year 1942, Rash Behari Bose founded the ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ in Tokyo, Japan. ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ The purpose of the establishment was to fight against the British during the Second World War. Japan had helped in the formation of ‘Azad Hind Fauj’. Later the command of ‘Azad Hind Fauj’ was handed over to Subhash Chandra Bose. In view of his important role in the freedom struggle, the Government of Japan honored him with the ‘Second Order of Merit of the Rising Sun’.
22.International Missing Children’s Day 2022
International Day of Missing Children is an awareness program which is observed every year on 25 May . The day aims to shed light on the issue of child abduction, educate parents about measures to protect their children, and honor those who have never met and rejoice for those who have reached home. This awareness program is run in conjunction with the Global Missing Children Network. The network, which was created in 1998, has 23 member states that all connect to share information and best practices, working towards improving the effectiveness and success rates of missing children investigations.
23.World Thyroid Awareness Day: 25 May
World Thyroid Day is observed on 25 May to promote awareness and understanding of thyroid diseases, their symptoms, prevention and treatment. The day came into existence in 2008 on a resolution of the European Thyroid Association (ETA). Globally, more than 200 million people are estimated to be dealing with thyroid disorders, and 50 percent of these cases go undiagnosed, according to a report by Public Health Update.
24.International Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Autonomous Territories: May 25-31
The United Nations is observing International Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Autonomous Territories from May 25 to 31 . On December 06, 1999, the United Nations General Assembly called for the annual observance of the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Autonomous Territories. In the United Nations Charter, a non-self-governing territory is defined as a territory “whose people have not yet attained the full measure of self-government.”
25.Bangladesh celebrates 123rd birth anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam
The 123rd birth anniversary (24 May) of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was celebrated in Bangladesh . Many cultural and social organizations have organized many programs across the country to pay tribute to him. Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, High Commission of India organized a concert on the songs of poet Nazrul yesterday to commemorate the birth anniversary of Kazi Nazrul Islam.
26.Shooting in Texas primary school in US, 19 children and two people killed
In the United States , 19 children and two people were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in the city of Uvalde , Texas . Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the suspect who opened fire was also killed. It is believed that the officers shot him dead in retaliation. The suspect is a local resident of the city and was carrying a gun in his hand. US President Joe Biden has ordered that the national flag be flown at the White House, military centers, naval ships and US embassies in honor of those killed in the cowardly attack of violence.
