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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 16th MAY 2022

Editor1 May 17 2022 Current Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  16th  MAY 2022   

 

  1. The ‘International Day of Living Together in Peace’ is held on 16 May every year.
  2. The ‘International Day of Light’ is celebrated on 16 May each year, the anniversary of the first successful operation of the laser in 1960 by physicist and engineer, Theodore Maiman.
  3. Vesak Day or Buddha Purnima of 2022 has been celebrated on 16 May 2022. “Vesak” the Day of the Full Moon in the month of May, is the most sacred day to millions of Buddhists around the World.
  4. ‘International Day of Families’ is observed each year on 15 May. The theme for International Day of Families 2022 is “Families and Urbanisation”.
  5. Ram Baboo Prasad has taken over as new Director (technical) of Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) on 14 May 2022.
  6. Senior IAS, officer, Nidhi Chibber has been appointed as the chairperson of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre.
  7. The Supreme Council of the UAE elected Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler of Abu Dhabi, as President of the country died.
  8. Former Australina all-rounder Andrew Symonds has died in a car crash.  
  9. Rajya Sabha MP and BJP state president Manik Saha has sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Tripura.
  10. Online Food-delivery app Swiggy has agreed to buy restaurant technology and dining out platform Dineout from Times Internet in a formal deal.
  11. Vivek Kumar Dewangen, a Manipur cadre 1993 batch IAS officer, has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of REC Ltd., Ministry of Power.
  12.  Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have topped in Goods and Services Tax registrations by business and dealers followed by Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.
  13.  PM Modi visited Lumbini, Nepal on 16 May, 2022 at the invitation of the Rt. Hon’ble Sher Bahadur Deuba, Prime Minister of Nepal.
  14.  Leading UK-based academic Dr. Swati Dhingra has been named as the first Indian-origin woman to be appointed as an external member of the Bank of England’s interest rate-setting committee.
  15.  Sidhu Gangadharan, Senior Vice President and MD, SAP Labs India, and Head of SAP User Enablement, has been appointed to Siemens India Board as an Independent Director.

 

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