Filmmaker Shaunak Sen's documentary, All That Breathes, has been honoured with the 2022 L'OEil d'Or award.
The L'OEil d'Or documentary award, also known as The Golden Eye award, was created in 2015 by French-speaking authors’ society LaScam in collaboration with the Cannes Film Festival.
The award includes a cash prize of 5,000 euros.
INS Gomati was decommissioned at the Naval Dockyard under the command of Captain Sudip Malik. INS Gomati derives her name from the vibrant river Gomti and was commissioned on 16 April 1988 by then Defence Minister, KC Pant, at Mazgaon Dock Ltd, Bombay. The third ship of the Godavari class guided-missile frigates, INS Gomati was also the oldest warrior of the Western Fleet.
Mumbai International Film Festival MIFF 2022 will pay tribute to the golden jubilee of the liberation of Bangladesh, by making it the ‘Country of Focus’. During the 17th Edition of MIFF, a special package of 11 films from Bangladesh will be presented.The first animation film co-produced by India and Japan 'Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama', will also be screened.
The country has achieved the milestone of fifty per cent rural households having access to tap water connections under the Jal Jeevan Mission. The Ministry of Jal Shakti said that more than nine crore fifty lakh rural households now have access to tap water connections within their premises.
For the past two decades on this day, UN Peacekeepers, also known as the Blue Helmets, are remembered by the world for their role in promoting security, peace and stability. More than one million UN peacekeepers have taken part in 72 such operations since 1948. This year, the theme is People Peace Progress: The Power of Partnerships.
The first UN peacekeeping mission was established on 29 May 1948
Russia successfully launched its hypersonic Zircon (Tsirkon) cruise missile from a frigate, the country's Defense Ministry said. The test launch was carried out in the Arctic Barents Sea, and successfully hit a sea target at a distance of about 1,000 kilometers (621 miles). The Tsirkon missile is capable of flying at Mach 9 and target over 1,000 kms away.
North India's first Industrial Biotech Park inaugurated at Kathua in J&K. The Industrial Biotech Park at Kathua will transform the economy and enable scientists to tackle challenges of climate change. The enabling infrastructure will fuel new wave of innovation and impact various sectors, from health and agriculture to cosmetics and materials.
India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) account holders availing Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS) transactions will now have to incur charges for using the services. Aadhaar Enabled Payment System is a payment service that allows a bank customer to use Aadhaar as identity to access an Aadhaar enabled bank account.
J Venkatramu- MD & CEO of IPPB
HQ- New Delhi
SBI’s research report Ecowrap, in its latest edition has projected India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth at 8.2 to 8.5 per cent for FY22. For Q4FY22, the SBI research report expects growth of 2.7 per cent. SBI Nowcasting model with an unchanged quarterly numbers pegs the growth rate of Q4 GDP at ₹ 40 lakh crore, which is lower by ₹ 1 lakh crore from the CSO projection
Automaker Kia India said it has commenced bookings for EV6, its first electric model in the country. The first BEV from Kia, the EV6, is globally acclaimed for its design, quality, and features and was first unveiled globally in March 2021. Recently, the car won the prestigious European Car of the Year 2022.
West Indian all-rounder Deandra Dottin starred with both bat and ball as she powered Supernovas to an unprecedented third Women's T20 Challenge title triumph with a four-run win over Velocity in a thrilling final. Supernovas had won the first two editions of the tournament in 2018 and 2019 before losing to Trailblazers in the final in 2020.
The Women's T20 Challenge is an Indian womens cricket 20-20 tournament organised by BCCI
Indian chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa lost the finals of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters tournament to China’s Ding Liren. World number two Ding Liren took home $25,000 in prize money. Praggnanandhaa won $15,000 for finishing second. He had beaten world number one Magnus Carlsen in the preliminary stage.
WHO Member States re-elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve a second five-year term as Director-General of the world’s leading public health agency. Dr Tedros was first elected in 2017. His re-election was confirmed during the 75th World Health Assembly in Geneva.Dr Tedros served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ethiopia from 2012–2016 and as Minister of Health
Headquarter of World Health Organisation (WHO) is located at Geneva
International Boxing Association (IBA) in May 2022 announced that Indian boxer and Tokyo Olympics Bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain has received the highest number of votes during the election held at the 2022 Women’s World Championships and thus has been elected as the chair and a voting member on the Board of Directors for the IBA’s Athletes’ Committee.
Indian boxer Shiva Thapa has also been elected as a member of the IBA Athletes Committee
To overhaul the insurance sector, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) has formed various committees through the General Insurance Council (GIC) to suggest reforms in several areas of general, reinsurance and life insurance such as regulation, product, distribution, among others.