CURRENT AFFAIRS
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1. Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone for the new International sports complex in Naranpura area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
▪️Gujarat:-
➨CM - Bhupendra Patel
➨Governor - Acharya Devvrat
➨Nageshwar Temple
➨Somnath Temple
➠ Marine( Gulf of Kachchh) WLS
➠Nal Sarovar Bird Santuary
➠ Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant
➠ Narayan Sarovar wildlife sanctuary
➠ Sardar Sarovar Hydro Electric Power Plant
➠Porbandar Lake wildlife sanctuary
2. Narinder Batra has tendered his resignation from the post of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President.
➨Batra, who was elected as IOA president for the first time in 2017, is eligible to contest for re-election.
☞ Indian Olympic Association :-
➨The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is the body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at the Olympic Games, Asian Games and other international athletic meets.
➨Created - 1927
➨Secretary General - Rajeev Mehta
➨Founders - Harry Buck, Arthur Noehren
3. The Indian Navy Ship (INS) Gomati was decommissioned from the naval dockyard in Mumbai.
➨ The ship was paid off under the command of Captain Sudip Malik in a poignant ceremony.
4. An Indian Government Officer, Anwar Hussain Shaik has been made the chair of the World Trade Organisation’s Committee on Technical Barriers on Trade.
➨ Mr. Shaik will take this role from Elisa Maria Olmeda de Alejandro from Mexico.
▪️World Trade Organisation :-
Headquarters - Geneva, Switzerland
Founded - 1 January 1995
Membership - 164 member states
➨Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the World Trade Organisation (WTO)- Brajendra Navnit
5. India's largest private sector bank, HDFC Bank partnered with Retailio and announced the launch of a new range of co-branded credit cards primarily targeted at chemists and pharmacies in the merchant segment.
➨ Retailio is the country's largest B2B pharma marketplace.
6. Bollywood actor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui received an award for Excellence in Cinema at the French Riviera Film.
➨Siddiqui was presented the award by Emmy-winning star Vincent De Paul.
7. World No Tobacco Day is observed on May 31 to raise awareness about the damage caused by consuming tobacco.
➨The WHO member countries agreed to observe World No-Tobacco Day on May 31 in 1987.
➨ For this year, the theme is "Protect The Environment"
8. Capt Abhilasha Barak created history by becoming the first woman officer to join Army Aviation Corps as combat aviator.
➨Captain Barak was awarded the coveted ‘wings’ along with 36 Army pilots at a ceremony held at Combat Army Aviation Training School in Nashik.
9. HPCL and BOB co-branded contactless RuPay Credit Card has been launched by BOB Financial and Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) in collaboration with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
10. 17th edition of Mumbai International Film festival (MIFF) is being held from 29 May-4 June 2022 at Nehru Centre Auditorium, Worli, Mumbai.
▪️ Maharashtra :-
CM - Uddhav Thackeray
➨ Sanjay Gandhi (Borivali) National Park
➨ Tadoba National Park
➨Nawegaon National Park
➨Gugamal National Park
➨Chandoli National Park
11. Lovlina Borgohain and Shiva Thapa from India have been elected as the chair and vice-chair of the International Boxing Association (IBA) Athletes' Committee.
▪️International Boxing Association :-
Headquarters - Lausanne, Switzerland
President - Umar Kremlyov
Founded - 1946
12. Union Minister of State for Commerce & Industry Smt. Anupriya Patel launched the Indian Business Portal - An International Trade Hub for Indian Exporters and Foreign Buyers.
13. Filmmaker Shaunak Sen's documentary, All That Breathes, has been honoured with the 2022 L'OEil d'Or award.
➨ The L'OEil d'Or documentary award, also known as The Golden Eye award, was created in 2015 by French-speaking authors’ society LaScam in collaboration with the Cannes Film Festival.
14. State Bank of India (SBI) has launched personal loan product ‘Xpress Credit’ for salaried customers on its YONO digital banking platform.
▪️ State Bank of India :-
Founded - 1 July 1955
Headquarters - Mumbai, Maharashtra
Chairman - Dinesh Kumar Khara
15. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved the proposal for the creation of a new Defence Estates Circle exclusively for Uttarakhand.
▪️Uttarakhand CM :- Pushkar Singh Dhami
Governor :- Gurmit Singh
➠Asan Conservation Reserve
➠Country's first moss garden
➠Country's first Pollinator Park
➠Integrated Model Agriculture Village Scheme
➠Rajaji Tiger Reserve 🐅
➠Jim Corbett National Park
➠Kedarnath wildlife sanctuary
➠Nanda Devi National Park
➠Mussoorie wildlife sanctuary
➠Govind Pashu Vihar wildlife sanctuary