CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 17th MAY 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  17th  MAY 2022

1. The World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is observed each year on 17 May to increase awareness of the benefits and opportunities that the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) provide to nations, societies and economies. The theme for World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2022 is “Digital Technologies For Older Persons And Healthy Ageing”.
2. World Hypertension Day is observed every year on 17 May, to raise awareness and encourage hypertension prevention, detection and treatment. Hypertension is known as the ‘silent killer’.
3. National Dengue Day is observed on the 16 May every year in India by the initiative of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to make people aware of dengue and its prevention measures.
4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the second Global COVID-19 Virtual Summit.
5. Home Minister Amit Shah launched the National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (NCFL) at the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in Hyderabad.
6. Rajiv Ranjan and Sitikantha Pattanaik have been named executive directors by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) of Monetary Policy Department and Department of Economic and Policy Research respectively.
7. South Korea won their second Uber Cup title after defeating China.
8. The Indian team, led by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav, arrived in Abidjan, Cote D Ivoire, for the UN Convention on Combating Desertification’s 15th Conference of Parties (UNCCD COP15).
9. Indian men’s badminton team has created history by beating the 14 times champion Indonesia and winning their maiden Thomas Cup.
10.  Kenyan nurse Anna Qabale Duba at the Marsabit County Referral Hospital has won the world’s best nurse title at Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award for her campaigns against early marriage and female genital mutilation.
11. The Department of Telecommunications has launched the GatiShakti Sanchar portal, which would streamline the application and approval procedure for right of way (RoW) across the country.
12.  The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully completed the static test of a human-rated solid rocket booster (HS200) for the Gaganyaan programme at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
13.  Reserve Bank of India has imposed a penalty of Rs 59 lakh on the Korean bank,   KEB Hana Bank for non-compliance with the certain norms related to ‘interest rate on deposits’.
14.  Five Indian start-ups are among the 100 new start-ups to join the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Technology Pioneers Community.
15.  Novak Djokovic has defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas to win the 79th edition of the Italian Open (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) in Rome and to capture the 38th ATP Masters 1000 crown.