Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: May 1, 2022

May 1, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for May 1, 2022.

INDIA

– Judicial Infrastructure Development Authority will be formed at state level: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

– Joint Conference of Chief Ministers of the States and Chief Justices of High Courts held in New Delhi

– 21 NPF (Naga People’s Front) MLAs join NDPP (Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party) in 60-member Nagaland Assembly

– ‘Mother Nature’ a ‘living being’ with legal entity: Madras HC

– India’s multi-alignment policy can provide an answer to current geo-politics: CICA (Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia) head Kairat Sarybay

– EAM S. Jaishankar calls on Bhutan’s PM Lotay Tshering in Thimphu

– Degrees of students joining medical colleges in Pakistan after Dec 2018 not valid in India: National Medical Commission

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

– India launches pilot phase of UPI-type protocol ONDC (open network for digital commerce) in 5 cities

– Cochin Shipyard to build first indigenous hydrogen-fuelled electric vessels says, Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal

– ED seizes over Rs 5,000 crore of Xiaomi Technology India under provisions of FEMA

– Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) wins ‘Green Brand of The Year’ Award at the IAA Olive Crown Awards 2022

– To plug support package loopholes, NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) plans farmer distress index

– Shell buys Indian renewables firm Sprng Energy for $1.55 billion