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Read on to know the daily current affairs of 9th May 2022.
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Daily National Current Affairs:
1. The first Indian Art Festival 2022 to be held in Bengaluru-
- India Art Festival (IAF) witnessed full house participation from artists from across the country despite the impact of the pandemic, claim festival organizers.
- A contemporary art fair, the first edition of the IAF in Bengaluru is held in collaboration with Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath.
2. Kerala government is to launch an app to able to diagnose, and control lifestyle diseases-
- The Kerala government is ready to launch an Android app — ‘Shaili App’ — to diagnose and control lifestyle diseases among people in the southern State.
3. Haryana government launches ‘e-Adhigam’ scheme; gives tablets for online education to 3 lakh students-
- Haryana government launched its ambitious “e-Adhigam” scheme under which nearly three lakh tablets were distributed to government school students of Classes 10 and 12.
- These devices come with pre-loaded content along with personalized and adaptive learning software, and 2GB of free data.
- The government intends to provide the gadget to five lakh students from Classes 10-12.
- However, it said Class 11 students will get them after they clear the Class 10 board exams and qualify for the succeeding year.
4. Rajasthan tops in the country in budget allocation of workers under MGNREGA-
- Rajasthan tops in the country in the allocation of budget for laborers under the MGNREGA scheme and even the payment rate for them has increased rapidly.
- The state also ranks first in the country in the number of families completing 100 days of work and the creation of man-days under the Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Scheme.
5. President Ram Nath Kovind unveils the permanent campus of IIM-Nagpur-
- President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the permanent campus of the Indian Institute of Management, Nagpur, along with Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari.
International Current Affairs:
1. Rodrigo Chaves, the economist, to be sworn in as Costa Rica’s president-
- Economist and former finance minister Rodrigo Chaves is to be sworn in as Costa Rica’s president for a four-year mandate focused on reinvigorating one of Latin America’s most stable economies.
2. Berlin opens Europe’s first Samurai museums-
- A new museum themed on the Samurai opens in Berlin.
- The samurai are romanticized as the epitome of chivalry and honor — even if their warfare was no less bloody or ruthless than combat elsewhere.
- This new museum in Berlin explores what is behind the myth.
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Today’s Business & Economy Current Affairs:
1. Dubai ranked first in the world in attracting FDI projects in 2021-
- Dubai topped the global ranking as the most sought-after destination for greenfield foreign direct investment projects in 2021 on the back of “a sustainable economic environment and a vibrant business ecosystem for companies and entrepreneurs.”
- Dubai emerged as the choice of destination for 418 greenfield FDI projects in 2021, surpassing London and Singapore for the first time with a remarkable lead of over 50 FDI projects as it continued to maintain and improve on its leadership position across key FDI attraction metrics.
2. Indonesia suspends agricultural imports from India-
- Agricultural imports from India are stopped by Indonesia after citing a failure of the officials in New Delhi to register laboratories that evaluate food safety.
Science & Technology Current Affairs:
1. Production begins in Gujarat for India’s largest lithium-ion battery plant-
- Indian battery maker Exide Industries and joint venture partner Switzerland’s Leclanche SA have begun mass production at the nation’s largest lithium-ion battery plant in the western state of Gujarat.
- The plant, with a total installed capacity of 1.5 Gigawatt hours (GWh), has six automated assembly lines on which it will produce batteries for automobiles and energy storage applications, the joint venture company, Nexcharge.
Sports Current Affairs:
1. Teenager Alcaraz crushes Zverev in Madrid Open final-
- Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz raced to the Madrid Open title brushing aside German Alexander Zverev.
2. Anurag Thakur launches the official mascot, logo, and jersey of Khelo India Youth Games-
- Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur launched the mascot ‘Dhakad’ along with the official logo and official jersey of the Fourth Khelo India Youth Games at Panchkula and lauded the effort of Haryana to host the games.
- Haryana will set an example by hosting the fourth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games from June 4 to June 13 at Panchkula and other cities.
Miscellaneous Current Affairs:
1. 8th May: World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day-
- World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is an annual celebration of the principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. World Red Cross Red Crescent Day is celebrated on 8th May each year.
- This date is the birth anniversary of Jean-Henry Dunant, who was born on 8th May 1828.
2. 8th May celebrated as World Thalassemia Day-
- The World Thalassemia Day is observed on the 8th of May every year to honor the Thalassemia victims and motivate those who are struggling to live with the disease.
- Thalassemia disease is an inherited blood disorder that does not allow the blood to create enough hemoglobin.
- For this year, the theme of the World Thalassemia Day is ‘Be Aware. Share. Care: Working with the global community as one to improve thalassemia knowledge.’
- The founder and president of the Thalassemia International Federation (TIF), Panos Englezos, announced May 8 as the International Thalassemia Day in the loving memory of his son George and other Thalassemia patients who fought the disease.
Here were the daily current affairs of 9th May 2022.
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