PRELIMS BITS
1. Which is the world’s longest glass-bottom bridge, newly opened?
--The Bach Long pedestrian bridge in Vietnam (around 500 ft. off the ground).
2. Who won The World Snooker Championship Title 2022?
--Ronnie O’Sullivan (England).
3. Who is appointed as the first ever Chief tech officer of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)?
--Indian-Origin, Nand Mulchandani, first-ever Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the first line of defence for the United States.
4. Which TV Channel has won ENBA Award 2021 for the best in-depth Hindi series for its TV series based on pet care ‘Best Friend Forever’ at the 14th edition of the Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards (ENBA)?
--Doordarshan.
5. Which plan is launched by UN to take a major step towards catalyzing the large-scale action and support needed for the transition to clean, affordable energy for all and net-zero emissions against the backdrop of a global energy crisis and worsening climate emergency?
--UN-Energy Plan of Action Towards 2025.
6. Who is appointed as chairman, Board of Directors by InterGlobe aviation?
--Venkataramani Sumantran has been named chairperson of the IndiGo board.
7. Who received The World Food Prize 2022?
--Senior research scientist and head of the Climate Impacts Group at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City, Cynthia Rosenzweig has received the 2022 World Food Prize.
8. Who won gold in men’s 10m air rifle at the 24th Deaflympics?
--Shooter Dhanush Srikanth has won gold and Shourya Saini has won the bronze in the men’s 10m air rifle competition in the 24th Deaflympics at Caxias do Sul, Brazil.
9. Name the Last Surviving F1 Race Winner From 1950s who has recently passed away?
--Tony Brooks, a British racing driver who won six Formula One Grand Prix in the 1950s and was nicknamed the “Racing Dentist”, has passed away.
10. Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2022:
-- 8 Universities from India are placed in the top 300 universities in the world. The ranking is topped by Western Sydney University (Australia); followed by Arizona State University (The US), Western University (Canada).
11. Who is elected to the Board of Federal Reserve Bank of New York?
--IBM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Arvind Krishna.
12. What operation has been launched by Railway Protection Force (RPF) recently?
--“Operation Satark”, from 5th April to 30th April 2022.
NEWS IN DETAIL (FOR U.P. JUDICIARY MAINS + PRELIMS)
13. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO’s) flagship released its publication “The State of the World’s Forests”.
The State of the World’s Forests 2022 explores the significance of three forest pathways for achieving green recovery and addressing environmental crises such as climate change and biodiversity loss, against the backdrop of the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use and 140 countries’ pledge to end forest loss by 2030 and support restoration and sustainable production and consumption.
The State of the World’s Forests 2022 includes evidence on the paths feasibility and value, as well as the first steps that may be made to pursue them further.
14. Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) World Press Freedom Index 2022.
India drops to 150th position in World Press Freedom Index.
When and What
According to the index released by the Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF), on 3rd May 2022 which (also observed as World Press Freedom Day 2022), India ranked 150th out of the 180 countries across the globe. India ranked 142 the RSF’s WPFI ranking in 2021.
Top 3 countries in the index:
• Norway -1
• Denmark -2
• Sweden -3
Bottom 3 countries in the index:
• Pakistan- 157
• Bangladesh- 162
• China- 175
15. India to be ‘Country of Honour’ at Cannes Marche’ Du Film in France.
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Anurag Thakur has announced that India will be the official Country of Honour at the upcoming Marche’ Du Film, organized alongside the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, in France.
The Country of Honour Status thereby ensured India’s presence as Focus Country at the Opening Night of Marche Du Films being organized at the Majestic Beach with a spotlight on India, its cinema, its culture & heritage.
India has been given an opportunity to pitch 5 selected movies at the “Goes to Cannes Section”. These movies are part of the Work In Progress lab under the Film Bazaar:
• Baghjan by Jaicheng Zxai Dohutia – Assamese, Moran
• Bailadila by Shailendra Sahu – Hindi, Chhattisgarhi
• Ek Jagah Apni (A Space of Our Own) by Ektara Collective – Hindi
• Follower by Harshad Nalawade – Marathi, Kannada, Hindi
16. First-ever unique kind of Flow Chemistry Technology Hub.
Hosted by Hyderabad, At Dr. Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences (DRILS), a multi-industry-supported Flow Chemistry Technology Hub (FCT Hub) has been launched.
While inaugurating the hub, Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary of the Industries and Commerce (I&C) and Information Technology (IT), said that this is the first of its kind in our country and an enabler for the pharma business in India.
This inauguration will help the API and intermediate industry take concrete steps toward developing local abilities in green manufacturing processes.
17. RailTel & WHO inaugurated Mobile Container Hospital at Visakhapatnam.
The RailTel Corporation of India Ltd had designed and established a “Health Cloud” at Visakhapatnam premises of Andhra Pradesh Med Tech Zone (AMTZ). The Andhra Pradesh Med Tech Zone (AMTZ) is the world’s first integrated medical device manufacturing hub. The “Health Cloud” at AMTZ has been inaugurated by Louise Agersnap, Head of WHO Innovation Hub, WHO-Geneva.
18. ISRO plans mission to Venus by Dec 2024.
The Indian Space Research Organisation will send a spacecraft to orbit Venus to study what lies below its surface, the space body’s Chairperson S Somnath announced, by December.
The aim of the mission is to study Venus’ atmosphere, which is toxic and corrosive in nature as clouds of sulphuric acid cover the planet.
19. Who has become India’s first weightlifter to have won a gold medal at the IWF Junior World Championships.
Eighteen years old Harshada Sharad Garud has become India’s first weightlifter to have won a gold medal at the IWF (International Weightlifting Federation) Junior World Championships that is being organized in Heraklion, Greece from 2nd to 10th May 2022 in the women’s 45 kg category. She won the gold with a total effort of 153kg i.e. 70kg+83kg. Along with her Gyaneshwari Yadav and V Rithika have also won medals in the 49 kg category.