Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: May 22, 2022
Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for May 22, 2022.
INDIA
– ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research), NCDC (National Centre for Disease Control) put on alert as WHO confirms 80 monkeypox cases in 11 countries
– Assam floods: 18 dead; over 8 lakh affected in 32 districts, Nagaon worst hit
– Gujarat: CM Bhupendra Patel scraps Par-Tapi-Narmada river-link project
– Anti-Terrorism Day observed in India on May 21
– Union Minister Bhupender Yadav addresses 8th BRICS Environment Ministers Meeting
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– India’s foreign exchange reserve decline by $2.67 billion to $593 billion
– Govt to give Rs 200 per cylinder subsidy to poor for 12 cylinders in a year
– Central excise duty on petrol cut by Rs 8 per litre and on diesel by Rs 6 per litre
– Govt. reduces customs duty on raw materials and intermediaries for plastic products
– Single National Portal for Biotech researchers and Start-Ups named ‘BioRRAP’ launched by Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh
– IDBI Bank to sell 25% stake in Ageas Federal Life Insurance for Rs 580 cr
– Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar announces NASSCOM to launch portal to promote digitization of small and medium enterprises
WORLD
– Australia: Scott Morrison loses national elections, Labor Party’s Anthony Albanese to become the new PM
– Russia says destroyed ‘large’ shipment of Western weapons to Ukraine in Zhytomyr region
– Sri Lanka lifts state of emergency amid economic crisis, anti-govt protests
– Meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade ministers held in Bangkok
– Dominica withdraws illegal entry case against fugitive Mehul Choksi
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