CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 19th MAY 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  19^th  MAY 2022   

1. Bharti Airtel’s board has reappointed Gopal Vittal as Managing Director and CEO for a further period of five years ending on 31 January, 2028.
2. MyGov Karnataka was launched by Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai on 17 May, 2022.
3. DRDO and Indian Navy successfully conducted first flight-test of indigenously-developed Naval Anti-Ship Missile on 18 May, 2022.
4. The 2022 Asian Para Games that were scheduled to take place in Hangzhou have been postponed due to the COVID-19.
5. The Union Government has announced the formation of the Cotton Council of India under the Chairmanship of Suresh Bhai Kotak.
6. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the first ‘Vadnagar International Conference’ at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar on 18 May on the occasion of World Museum Day.
7. InterGlobe Aviation, the parent company of low-cost carrier IndiGo, appointed Pieter Elbers as its new Chief Executive Officer on 18 May.
8. Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution  and Textiles, presided over the National Startup Advisory Concil’s (NSAC) 4^th meeting in New Delhi.
9.  Bestselling author Preeti Shenoy is set to publish a new novel titled “A Place Called Home”, a story set in a coffee estate in Sakleshpur, Karnataka with a strong female protagonist at its core.
10.  Chairman of the Piramal Group, Ajay Piramal has received an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Her Majesty The Queen.
11.  Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya has given approval for establishing an All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in Karnataka.
12.  Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao felicitated a 110-year-old Indian environmentalist Saalumarada Thimmakka on 18 May, 2022.
13.  China hosted the meeting of the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs on 19 May, 2022 through video conference.
14.  Author and Journalist, Wesley Morgan has won the William E. Colby Award 2022 for his military and intelligence writing. He was cited for his book ‘The Hardest Place: The American Military adrift in Afghanistan’s Pech Valley’.