Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: May 20, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for May 20, 2022.

INDIA

– PM Modi virtually addresses Yuva Shivir organised by Shree Swaminarayan Temple in Vadodara

– High Court sets aside Delhi government’s doorstep ration delivery scheme ‘Mukhymantri Ghar Ghar Ration Yojna’

– US special envoy Uzra Zeya meets Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Dharamshala

– I&B Minister Anurag Thakur inaugurates India Pavilion at Cannes Film Festival in France

– First vessel carrying relief materials for Sri Lanka left from Chennai Port

– President Kovind reaches Kingstown, capital of Saint Vincent and Grenadines, after concluding his three-day visit to Jamaica

– EAM S Jaishankar participates in BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting virtually; chaired by China’s State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

– NEFT, RTGS facility to be available for post office savings account holders from this date

– RBI asks for option of interoperable card-less cash withdrawal at ATMs from banks, ATM networks, white label ATM operators, and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)

– India remains attractive for FDI investors: RBI

– SC orders constitution of special court for cheque bounce cases

– Centre decides to lift price capping on raw jute with effect from May 20

– Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of the Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai held

– India, fastest-growing major economy, projected to grow 6.4% in 2022: UN

WORLD

– ‘Global Food Security Call to Action’ chaired by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

– World Bank announces up to $30 bn to address food security crisis

– Afghan Taliban order women TV anchors to cover their faces

SPORTS

– Football: Eintracht Frankfurt of Germany wins UEFA Europa League title

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022