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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 6th MAY 2022

Editor1 May 7 2022 Current Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  6th  MAY 2022  

 

  1. ‘International No Diet Day 2022’ has been celebrated all over the world on 6 May.
  2. ‘World Hand Hygiene Day’ (WHHD) is annually observed across the globe on the 5th of May to maintain global promotion, visibility and sustainability of hand hygiene in health care.
  3. IBM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Arvind Krishna has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
  4. At Dr. Reddy’s Institute of Life Science (DRILS), a multi-industry-supported Flow Chemistry Technology Hub (FCT Hub) has been launched.
  5. Union Minister for MSME, Narayan Rane inaugurated the ‘Enterprise India National Coir Conclave 2022’ on 5 May, 2022.
  6.  Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur has announced that the world’s largest film restoration project with a budget of Rs 363 crores were awarded on 4 May, 2022 by the Ministry.
  7.  JAIN (Deemed-to-be University) with 20 gold, 7 Silver and 5 bronze medals has won the 2nd edition of the Khelo India University Games 2021.
  8. Odisha is planning to create India’s only ‘observatory’, which will house data on the state’s indigenous population’s health.
  9.  The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has banned journalist Boria Majumdar for two years after an internal inquiry found him guilty of an attempt to “threaten and intimidate” wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha.
  10.  InterGlobe Aviation announced that Venkataramani Sumantran has been named Chairperson of the IndiGo Board.
  11.  A senior research scientist and head of the Climate Impacts Group at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City, Cynthia Rosenzweig has received the 2022 World Food Prize from the ‘World Food Prize Foundation’.
  12.  The Indian Space Research Organization will send a spacecraft to orbit Venus to study what lies below its surface, the space body’s Chairperson S. Somnath announced. ISRO is expecting to launch the mission by December 2024.
  13.  Tony Brooks, a British racing driver who won six Formula One Grand Prix in the 1950s and was nicknamed the “Racing Dentist”, has passed away.
  14.  The Maharashtra Department of Prisons has launched a loan scheme for inmates serving sentences in jails across the state.
  15.  Tata Motors has reappointed former SBI Chairman Om Prakash Bhatt as an additional director till March 7, 2026.

 

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