Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: May 10, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for May 10, 2022.
INDIA
– Centre tells SC it will reconsider and re-examine provisions of sedition law
– Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Asani’: Heavy rain likely to lash AP, Odisha and West Bengal from May 10
– Highest sex ratio at birth in Ladakh (1104); Manipur (880) has lowest, says annual report on Vital Statistics based on 2020 Civil Registration System report
– Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission chaired by Justice (retired) Ranjana Prakash Desai notifies new J&K Assembly constituencies
– Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi visits Panama, Honduras and Chile from April 28 to May 5
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– LIC IPO subscribed nearly 3 times; govt raises Rs 21,000 cr
– Shares of Campus Activewear list at premium following successful IPO
– Delhi High Court directs Centre to appoint Chairman, member in Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax Settlement Commission in 6 weeks
– New UK India Industry Taskforce launched to facilitate free trade deal
– Jan Suraksha schemes — Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana and Atal Pension Yojana — bring insurance, pension accessible to common man: FM
– L&T Infotech and Mindtree to merge, cite benefits of scale
WORLD
– Sri Lanka: PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns
– Russia: President Vladimir Putin addresses annual Victory Day parade in Moscow; marks triumph over Nazi Germany in World War II.
– G7 countries pledge to phase out imports of Russian oil
– UN Office for Project Services chief Grete Faremo resigns after probe into investments
– UAE to introduce unemployment insurance in latest economic reform
– NASA climate scientist Cynthia Rosenzweig wins $2,50,000 World Food Prize
SPORTS
– Nobert Kigen (men’s) of Kenya, Bekelech Borecha (women’s) of Ethiopia win Prague Marathon
– Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz wins men’s singles title at Madrid Open tennis
– Boxing: Russia’s Dmitry Bivol retains his WBA light-heavyweight World title
– D. Gukesh wins Chessables Sunway Formentera International chess tournament
– India’s Abhay Singh wins Archi Factory Open squash tournament in France
– Athletics: Avinash Sable breaks national record in men’s 5,000m
– Athletics: Annu Rani breaks her own National mark in women’s javelin throw
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