CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 18th MAY 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  18^th  MAY 2022  

1. ‘International Museum Day’ (IMD) is celebrated every year on 18 May. This year, the theme for International Museum Day is ‘The Power of Museums’. 
2. ‘World AIDS Vaccine Day’ is also known as ‘HIV Vaccine Awareness Day’ (HVAD) is annually observed across the globe on the 18 of May to create awareness and provide information about Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
3. The world’s longest suspension bridge has opened to travellers in the Czech Republic. The Bridge, which had been under construction for nearly two years, was officially opened.
4. S. N. Subrahmanyan, the current deputy managing director and president of Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T), has been named managing director and chief executive officer, marking the first change of guard at the top of India’s largest engineering and construction corporation in 18 years.
5. Sunil Arora, the former chief election commissioner, has been named as the new non-executive chairman of Gram Unnati’s board.
6. Somali legislators have elected former leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the country’s next president, following a long-overdue election in the troubled Horn of Africa Nation.
7. A British climber Kenton Cool has scaled the World’s highest mountain for the 16^th time becoming the first foreign climber to make the most Mt Everest Summits.
8. Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav has announced that Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan has been notified as Rajasthan’s 4^th and the 52^nd tiger reserve of India.
9. Eicher Motors has appointed B Govindarajan as the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Enfield.
10.  Elisabeth Borne was appointed France’s new Prime Minister to become the second woman to hold the post in the country.
11.  The chief of Bengaluru-based Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Dr Kamal Bawa has been elected to the US National Academy of Sciences.
12.  According to the report released by Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d’Automobiles (OICA), India has surpassed Germany to become 4^th largest vehicle market in the world.
13.  Odisha was crowned as the Champions of the 12^th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2022 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
14.  Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla launched the second phase of “Suposhit Maa Abhiyan” in Kota, Rajasthan on 17 May.