CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 22nd MAY, 2023

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 22^nd MAY, 2023

1. United Nations’ International Day for Biological Diversity is annually observed across the globe on 22 May to increase understanding and encourage the preservation of the Earth’s diverse ecosystems. The theme for International Day for Biological Diversity 2023 is “From Agreement to Action: Build Back Biodiversity”.
2. United Nations’ Global Road Safety Week is a biennial global road safety campaign hosted by World Health Organization which aims to recognize and create awareness of road safety and make changes that will reduce the number of road deaths by demanding safe and sustainable mobility. The theme of United Nations’ Global Road Safety Week 2023 is “StreetsforLife #RethinkMobility”.
3. Japan is considering adopting India’s Unified Payment Interface (UPI) payment system to enhance cross-border transactions and payment mechanisms.
4. Madhya Pradesh becomes the first state to provide government-funded air travel for pilgrimage under the Mukhya Mantri Teerth-Darshan Yojana.
5. Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on 20 May 2023, laid the foundation stone for the permanent campus of the National Academy of Coastal Policing (NACP) in Dwaraka, Gujarat.
6. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that Adidas will be the new kit sponsor of the Indian team.
7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 76^th session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland on 21 May, 2023.
8. In a major milestone for the Indian Navy, its MH-60R multirole helicopter landed for the first time on the indigenously developed destroyer, INS Kolkata on 19 May, 2023.  
9. Shaili Singh clinched a bronze medal in the women’s long jump event at the Golden Grand Prix 2023 Athletics Meet in Yokohama, Japan.
10. Manchester City was crowned the English Premier League champion for the third consecutive time following second-placed Arsenal’s 0-1 loss at the hands of Nottingham Forest on 20 May, 2023.
11. Gevra project of South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL) in Chhattisgarh became the first mine in the country to achieve 50 Metric Tons of coal production annually.
12. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 22 May 2023, was conferred with the highest honour of Fiji, Companion of the Order of Fiji by the Prime Minister of Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka.
13. India will host the Quad Summit in 2024, as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Quad Summit 2023.
14. INS Tarkash and INS Subhadra have arrived at Port Al-Jubail in Saudi Arabia to participate in the AL-MOHED AL-HINDI 2023 naval exercise.
15. International Gemological Institute (IGI), the world’s largest certification player for lab grown diamonds and the second largest certification player for natural diamonds, has been fully acquired by global private equity firm Blackstone.
16. On 19 May 2023, a renowned British Novelist Martin Louis Amis, a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, passed away in Lake Worth, Florida, USA at the age of 73.