CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 30th MAY 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  30^th  MAY 2022    

1. ‘World Vape Day’ is observed on 30 May across the globe to create awareness about the alternatives to harmful tobacco products and highlights the relative safety of e-cigarettes and their potential as harm reduction and smoking cessation tools.
2. Every year on 30 May, Goa celebrates its ‘statehood day’ because, on 30 May 1987, Goa got its full statehood and became the 25^th state of the Republic of India.
3. The 75^th edition of the Cannes Film Festival came to a glittering close with the nine-member jury. The Jury included an Indian face in actor Deepika Padukone. Best actor goes to Song Kang-ho for Broker. Best Actress goes to Zar Amir Ebrahimi for Holy Spider.
4. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on 30 May, 2022 embarked on a three-nation tour to Gabon, Senegal and Qatar.
5. A new range of submarine-launched drones to meet Indian Navy requirements will be developed by Larsen and Toubro.
6. President Ram Nath Kovind has given Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty the additional charge of Lokpal chairperson.
7. Based on the Vande Bharat Platform, the 16-coach ‘Gati Shakti’ will be manufactured at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai.
8. Former champion Jockey Lester Piggot, who won the Epsom Derby nine times, died at 86.
9.  Uttarakhand Government has announced the formation of a 5 member drafting committee to implement the much-debated Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the State.
10.   PARAM ANANTA, a state-of the art Supercomputer was commissioned on 30 May, 2022 at IIT, Gandhinagar.
11.  Veteran Journalist Padmanand Jha, who was one of the founding members of The Pioneer, died of a heart attack at the age of 66 in Goa on 30 May, 2022.
12.  Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the 3-day 39^th Commanders’ Conference of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) in New Delhi on 30 May, 2022.