- Important Days & Events:
- May 30th is observed as “World Vape Day”
- Objective: To create awareness about alternatives to harmful tobacco products.
- May 31st is observed as “World No-Tobacco Day”
- Theme: Protect The Environment.
- Appointments: Sameer Khetripal has been appointed as the new CEO & MD at Jubilant Foodworks.
- Sportradar, a company that collects and analyzes sports data, has announced the appointment of Oscar Brodkin as its managing director of Asia Pacific (APAC).
- Obituaries: Former Albania President Bujar Nishani died at the age of 55 due to a health problem. He is well known for center-right politician affiliation with the leftist coalition.
- Sports: Super Nova beat Velocity to win the women T20’s Challenge. Supernovas have already won the first two editions of the women's T20 Challenge in 2018 & 2019.
- Awards & Honours: RJ Umer has been awarded the best content award and immunization award by UNICEF. He is from Kashmir.
- Sanjit Narwekar was honored with the V Shantharam lifetime achievement award at MIFF (Mumbai International Film Festival)2022.
- According to the Geological Survey of India, Bihar has India’s Largest Gold Reserves which amount to 27.6 tonnes.
- The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has formed a committee to suggest reforms in general reinsurance and life insurance products their regulation, distribution, etc. This committee has been formed through General Insurance Council.
- NCTE (National Council for Teacher Education) has launched an online site to streamline the recognition process for the Teachers' education programs.
- Life Insurance Corporation of India has launched Bima Ratna which is non linked nonparticipating individual saving life insurance plan.
- Recently Forbes magazine has released the 7th edition of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List 2022. India tops the list in terms of the number of entries with 61, followed by Singapore, Japan, Australia, Indonesia, and China.
- India is going to host a meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers next month. India has been pushing Myanmar for the restoration of democracy.
- PM Employment Generation Programme extended till FY26
- Alternative Investment Funds in FY22 are Doubled
- Stressed assets of NBFC-MFIs to Decline by 14% as of End
- State Finances improve and Gross Fiscal Deficit Declines by 31.5%
- RBI Focussing on Emerging Risks in the Fintech Space
Questions:
Q.1 Who has been appointed as MD & CEO of Jubilant Food works?a. Arun Mishra
b. Salil Parekh
c. Sameer Khetripal
d. Gautam Adani
Q.2 Which insurance corporation in India has launched Bima Ratna?
a. General India Insurance
b. Life Insurance Corporation of India
c. New India Insurance
d. Bajaj Alliance Life Insurance.
Q.3 Bujar Nishani has died recently as former president of one of the following countries.
a. Ethopia
b. Albania
c. Sudan
d. Erietria
