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Daily Current Affairs of 22nd May 2017

International Current Affairs

The UN has proclaimed May 22 The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to growth agreement together with awareness of biodiversity issues.

Theme of International Day for Biological Diversity 2017 : “Biodiversity together with Sustainable Tourism”

In a Global Healthcare Access together with Quality Index study, India was ranked 154 among the 195 countries surveyed betwixt 1990-2015.

Europe's Principality of Andorra topped the listing followed yesteryear Iceland, together with Switzerland, patch the U.S. was placed 35th.

Japan is going to construct a state of war museum at the hillock at Maiba Lokpa inwards Manipur, Japanese ambassador to Bharat Kenji Hiramatsu has announced today.

Hiramatsu said that roughly 70,000 Japanese soldiers had died during World War II inwards Imphal together with Kohima, betwixt March together with June 1944.

MOUs & Agreements

During his showtime overseas trip every bit US President, Donald Trump today signed arms deals worth virtually $110 billion alongside Saudi Arabia to strengthen the security of the Gulf portion inwards the appear upwardly of "Iranian threats".

The deals involved arms that onetime President Barack Obama was non prepared to sell to Saudi Arabia.

National Current Affairs

The Indian Railways' Mumbai-Goa luxury educate Tejas Express, which has features similar LCD screens, on-board infotainment, Wi-Fi, CCTV, together with tea/coffee vending machine, was flagged off yesteryear Union Minister Suresh Prabhu today.

The 20-coach educate is the showtime Indian Railways' educate to get got automatic doors for all coaches. The premier educate tin move accomplish speeds of upwardly to 200 kmph.

The Centre is going to allow Internet on flights inwards Bharat by halt of August.

International airlines, which get got to switch off Wi-Fi inwards Indian airspace every bit in-flight Internet is banned on security grounds, are every bit good inwards talks alongside the government.

Science & Technology

US together with Indian infinite agencies, NASA and ISRO will jointly develop together with launch the world's biggest together with most expensive globe imaging satellite, costing $1.5 billion.

The satellite has been named NISAR - NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar.
The radars on the satellite volition accept snapshots of the globe every week, helping scientists written report changes inwards climate together with environment.

Awards & Honors

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud today presented U.S. President Donald Trump with the Gold King Abdulaziz medal, the kingdom's pinnacle civilian honour.

The King declared that Trump was beingness honoured for "his bespeak to heighten security together with stability inwards the portion together with roughly the world".

Canadian rapper together with vocaliser Drake today won 13 awards at Billboard Music Awards, making him the biggest single-year winner inwards the history of the annual event.

He surpassed the 12-award tape laid yesteryear Adele inwards the 2012 edition of the awards.

Bollywood Actress Jacqueline Fernandez received the International Humanitarian Award.
Bestselling writer Jeffrey Archer was honoured alongside the Lifetime Achievement Award.

New Appointments

Dr. Harsh Vardhan takes over additional accuse of Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of Bharat later demise of onetime government minister Anil Madhav Dave.
Saurabh Agrawal, caput of corporate strategy at the Aditya Birla group, has been appointed the grouping Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Tata Sons.

Agrawal, an investment banker, was previously regional caput of corporate finance (South Asia) for the Standard Chartered Bank.

Rehana Ameer, a 43-year-old UK entrepreneur, has run the first Indian-born adult woman to live elected every bit a Councillor to the City of London Corporation.

Ameer, who was born together with raised inwards Chennai, aims to promote the city's businesses inwards international markets together with focus on route safety, improved air character together with developing the city's presence overseas.

Sports Current Affairs

Mumbai Indians defeated Rising Pune Supergiant yesteryear 1 run to win their 3rd Indian Premier League title.
India's premier squelch thespian Harinder Pal Sandhu has won the Makati Open (Squash) title yesteryear beating Mohd Syafiq Kamal.
Bengaluru FC lifts Federation Cup by beating defending champions Mohun Bagan.
Sweden won the Ice hockey public championships for the tenth fourth dimension alongside a 2-1 victory over 2016 champions Canada later the lastly was settled yesteryear a penalisation shoot-out.
Indian-origin wrestler Jinder Mahal beat Randy Orton at the pay-per-view effect 'Backlash' on Sunday, to run the WWE Champion for the showtime fourth dimension inwards his career.

Note : The Great Khali was the first, winning the now-defunct World Heavyweight Championship inwards 2007.

World number ii Serbia's Novak Djokovic has appointed onetime public number i Andre Agassi as his novel coach, later having parted ways alongside some other onetime public number i Boris Becker before this year.
Germany's 20-year-old Alexander Zverev became the 1st thespian born inwards the 1990s to earn an ATP Masters entitle later defeating Serbia's Novak Djokovic inwards direct sets at the Italian Open in Rome today.
India's R Vaishali won the women's entitle with 8 points from nine rounds inwards the Asian Continental Blitz Chess Championship in Chengdu, China, on Sunday.

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