Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: May 9, 2022

May 9, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for May 9, 2022.

– President appointments Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia, JB Pardiwala as Supreme Court judges

– Centre defends sedition law and requests Supreme Court to reject pleas challenging it

– President inaugurates permanent campus of IIM-Nagpur

– UP: Prominent crossing in Ayodhya to be developed, named after Lata Mangeshkar

– DoT abolishes NOCC (network operation and control centre) charges for all telecom licence holders

– Pushp Kumar Joshi takes charge as new CMD of PSU Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL)

– 32 dead after a massive explosion destroys Saratoga Hotel in Havana, Cuba; gas leak is thought to be the cause of the explosion

– Northern Ireland election: Sinn Fein wins 27 seats in the 90-seat Assembly; emerges as the largest party for the first time

– Russian Defense Ministry says civilians’ evacuation from Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine ends

– John Lee Ka-chiu, the sole candidate for Hong Kong’s leadership election, confirmed as city’s next chief executive

– Nepal’s Kami Rita Sherpa climbs Mount Everest for 26th time to set new world record

– World Red Cross Day observed on May 8; is birth anniversary of ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) founder Henri Dunant

– World Thalassemia Day observed on May 8; Thalassemia is blood disorder characterized by abnormal formation of haemoglobin

– UN observes ‘Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War’ on May 8-9

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022