CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 7th MAY 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  7^th  MAY 2022   

1. ‘World Athletics Day’ is celebrated is celebrated every year globally on the 7^th of May to raise awareness about the importance of fitness and encourage them to play sports, especially athletics.
2. On 7 May 2022  Border Roads Organisation (BRO) celebrated its 62^nd Raising Day (foundation day).
3. PM Narendra Modi addressed the inaugural session of Jain International Trade Organisation’s ‘JITO Connect 2022’ on 6 May 2022.
4.  Pfizer has set up a global drug development centre at the IIT Madras Research park in Chennai.
5.  The 12^th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2022 began on May 6 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
6.  Telangana State Government has announced the extension of insurance coverage to handloom and power loom weavers under the ‘Nethanna Bima’ (Weaver’s Insurance) Scheme.
7. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has launched a Vehicle Movement Tracking System (VMTS) mobile app to track the vehicles carrying sand and other mining material.
8. Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor has assumed the appointment of Director General (Inspection and Safety) of Indian Air Force at Air HQ New Delhi.
9. Information and Broadcasting Minister, Anurag Thakur said that an amount of Rs 363 crore has been allotted for the world’s largest film restoration project under the National Film Heritage Mission.
10.  At Alstom’s Savli Project in Gujarat, the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) will receive India’s first semi-high-speed train set for Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS).
11.  Sudarshan Venu was named Managing Director of TVs Motor Company at its board meeting.
12.  The Asian Games 2022, due to be held in Hangzhou, China in September, has been postponed to 2023 due to rising COVID-19 cases in the country, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced.
13.   Uttar Pradesh Government will provide free wi-fi facilities at more than 58 thousand places in the villages of the state.
14.  Every Year during May 8-9, the United Nations marks the Time of Remembrance and reconciliation for those who lost their lives during the second World War.
15.  Priyanka Mohite from Maharashtra has become the first Indain woman to saclae five peaks above 8000 meters after she climbed Mount Kanchenjunga in May 2022.