23 May 2022 : Latest Current Affairs 23rd May
Important Current Affairs 23rd May 2022
In this article, we will discuss all the Current Affairs of 23rd May about national, international, banking, finance, sports, awards, and many others. So if you are interested to know about the latest 23rd May 2022 current affairs then read this article till the end.
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Current Affairs of 23rd May – National
1. Piyush Goyal will head the Indian delegation at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
◉ From May 22 to 26, Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will lead the Indian delegation to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
◉ This event will help to cement India’s position as an important and relevant participant in shaping the global narrative, particularly as it prepares to assume the G-20 leadership next year.
2. Water Infrastructure Projects of Rs 660 crores were sanctioned by the NMCG.
◉ Under the chairmanship of G Asok Kumar, Director General, NMCG, the 42nd Meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) authorized 11 projects with an estimated cost of Rs 660 crores to establish Water Infrastructure Projects along the River Ganga.
◉ Interception, Diversion, and Treatment Works projects have been permitted in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, with the goal of cleaning the Hindon River.
3. At IIT-Guwahati, Dharmendra Pradhan launched the North East Research Conclave 2022.
◉ Dharmendra Pradhan, the Union Minister for Education and Skill Development, inaugurated the North East Research Conclave (NERC) 2022 at IIT Guwahati.
◉ It will be hosted at the IIT Guwahati campus between the 20th and 22nd of May 2022, in collaboration with the Government of Assam’s Science, Technology, and Climate Change Department and the Department of Education.
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International News
4. Jose Ramos-Horta is sworn in as East Timor’s president.
◉ Jose Ramos-Horta, a former independence fighter and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been sworn in as the president of East Timor (Timor-Leste).
◉ In the election, he defeated incumbent Francisco “Lu Olo” Guterres, a fellow independence fighter.
5. Anthony Albanese has been sworn in as Australia’s 31st Prime Minister.
◉ With four important Cabinet members, including new Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Labour Party leader Anthony Albanese was sworn in as Australia’s 31st Prime Minister.
◉ Richard Marles, the new Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Employment, Jim Chalmers, the new Treasurer, and Katy Gallagher, the new Attorney General and Finance Minister, have all been appointed. It is the country’s first Labour Party.
Banking
6. For Rs 580 crores, IDBI Bank would sell a 25% share in Ageas Federal Life Insurance.
◉ IDBI Bank has entered into a share purchase agreement with Ageas Federal Life Insurance to sell its remaining 25% stake in the private sector life insurer for Rs 580 crore.
◉ It will assist Ageas, one of the few foreign insurers, in increasing its interest in its Indian insurance joint venture to 74 percent following the government’s hike in the FDI cap in the insurance sector.
Appointment
7. PN Vasudevan, the MD, and CEO of Equitas Small Finance Bank has stepped down.
◉ PN Vasudevan, the Managing Director and CEO of Equitas Small Finance Bank, based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has decided to stand down in order to devote more time to his public charitable foundation.
◉ The Board of Directors of the concerned bank will soon organize a Search Committee to begin the process of finding a successor to become the new Managing Director and CEO.
8. IFS Vivek Kumar has been named Prime Minister Modi’s new press secretary.
◉ The cabinet’s appointment committee has accepted Vivek Kumar’s appointment as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Private Secretary (PS) at the joint secretary level.
◉ He will succeed Sanjeev Kumar Singla as PM Modi’s private secretary. Vivek Kumar, a 2004 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, is the director of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). Kumar joined the PMO in 2014 as a deputy secretary.
Awards
9. The CII EXCON Committed Leader Award went to Anjali Pandey.
◉ Anjali Pandey, Cummins India’s Engines and Components Business Unit Leader, received the Committed Leader Award at CII EXCON 2022 in Bengaluru for her efforts to make the workplace more diverse, equal, and inclusive.
◉ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) is viewed by Cummins as a competitive advantage and thus a commercial requirement.
Defence
10. In the Northern Bay of Bengal, the 4th India-Bangladesh Navy Bilateral CORPAT exercise began.
◉ The Indian Navy-Bangladesh Navy Coordinated Patrol is in its fourth year (CORPAT) The patrols exercise began on May 22 and will last till May 23 in the northern Bay of Bengal.
◉ Both troops will patrol the International Maritime Boundary Line in tandem. The most recent IN-BN CORPAT took place in October 2020.
Sports
11. Odisha won the 12th Senior Women’s National Championship in India in 2022.
◉ The Odisha women’s team earned their first Senior Nationals gold when they defeated Karnataka 2-0 in the final of the 12th Hockey India Senior Women’s National Championship.
◉ In the third-fourth place match, HockeyJharkhand defeated Hockey Haryana 3-2. In Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, the 12th Hockey India Senior Women’s National Championship was held.
12. Max Verstappen has won the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix.
◉ The Spanish Grand Prix was won by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
◉ After being told to allow his teammate to pass for a third victory in a row after Imola and Miami, Mexican Sergio Perez finished second, 13 seconds behind, but with the consolation of a bonus point for the best lap.
Important day
13. The International Day to End Obstetric Fistula is observed on May 23rd.
◉ Since 2013, the UN International Day to End Obstetric Fistula has been observed on May 23rd to encourage action to cure and prevent obstetric fistula, a disorder that affects many girls and women in developing countries during childbirth.
◉ The global Campaign to End Fistula was launched in 2003 by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and its partners as a joint effort to prevent fistula and restore the health of people affected by the illness. The day was declared a national holiday in 2012.
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