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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 5th MAY 2022

Editor1 May 6 2022 Current Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 5th MAY 2022

  1. The Council of Ministers of the Community of Portuguese –Speaking Countries (CPLP) originally began observing a Day of the Portuguese Language and Culture on 5 May.
  2. Coal Miners Day is observed on 4 May every year to honour the Coal Miners. The day is celebrated to highlight the contributions of coal miners in meeting our energy demands.
  3. 5 May marks the birth anniversary of Giani Zail Singh. Giani Zail singh Served as the seventh President of India form 1982 to 1987.
  4. Flipkart has signed an MoU with Paschim Banga Society of Skill Development, West Bengal in May 2022.
  5. The Times Higher Education (THE) has released the 2022 edition of its Impact Rankings. 8 Universities from India are placed in the top 300 universities in the World.
  6. Olympian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur has been provisionally suspended by Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for testing positive for a banned substance.
  7. Shooter Dhanush Srikanth has won gold and Shourya Saini has won the bronze in the men’s air rifle competition in the 24th Deaflympics at Caxias do sul, Brazil.
  8. Two Indian-American technocrats, Krishna Kumar Edathil from Texas and Nikhil Deshpande from Georgia, have made it to the coveted StateScoop Top 50 2022 list.
  9. Alkesh Kumar Sharma assumed charge as Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on 5 May 2022.
  10. At the ongoing 24th Deaflympics at Caxias do sul in Brazil, India won two golds and one bronze medal.
  11. Coast Guard on 4 May 2022, commissioned its second Air Squadron, 845 Squadron (CG), at the Coast Guard Air Enclave at Nedumbassery in Kochi.
  12. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Anurag Thakur has announced that India will be the official Country of Honour at the upcoming Marche’ Du Film, organized alongside the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, in France.
  13. Activist Cecile Ndjebet, of Cameroon, won the 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award on 5 May 2022.
  14. Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor has been appointed as the Director-General (Inspection and Safety) of the Indian Air Force at Air HQ New Delhi.
  15.  Among Asian countries in 2021, India had seen the highest medical inflation rate of 14%, followed by China (12%), Indonesia (10%), Vietnam (10%) and the Philippines (9%).

 

 

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