Current Affairs in Short: 20 May 2022

May 20, 2022, 18:14 IST

The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared the country bankrupt as it faces fuel crisis and food shortages.

Current Affairs in Short

The World Health Organisation has decided to convene an emergency meeting of the experts to discuss the Monkeypox outbreak in wake of the rapidly rising cases.
The agenda of the meeting is believed to be the ways of virus transmission, its high prevalence in gays and bisexual men, as well as the situation with vaccines.
Since early May 2022, Monkeypox cases have been witnessed in several countries cross the world including Spain, United Kingdom, Belgium, Australia, Italy and Canada.
A case of Monkeypox was confirmed on May 7 in England in a patient who had travelled from Nigeria.

Two time Olympic Medallist PV Sindhu has stormed into the semi finals of the Thailand Open 2022 by beating Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi in the quarter finals of the event.
Playing in Court-1, Sindhu won the match by a margin of 21-15, 20-22, 21-13. She dominated the first game, winning it by 21-15.
On May 19, two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu defeated Yu Jin Sim of South Korea in straight games in the second round match of the Thailand Open in women’s Singles category.
Earlier that day, Indian Shuttler Malvika Bansod crashed out losing to Line Christopherson of Denmark in the second round of Women’s Singles Category.

The Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said that Amritsar-Jamnagar Greenfield Corridor is being constructed in a full capacity.
He said that corridor is one of the most important greenfield corridors which is being developed by the National Highways Authority of India.
In a series of tweets, the Union Minister stated that Bikaner to Jodhpur section of 277 kms is targeted to be completes and opened to public by the end of 2022.
The flagship Amritsar-Bhatinda-Jamnagar Corridor is being developed at a total capital cost of Rs. 26 thousand crores.

The Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to embark on a two-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh from May 21, 2022.
During the two-day visit to the northeastern state, the Home Minister will attend public events, inaugurate various development projects and interact with the personnel of Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Sashastra Seema Bal.
He is also slated to attend ‘Swarn Jayanti Samaroh’ in the Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh on his day one visit to the state.
Amit Shah will also take part in Bada Khaana- a collective meal where all the ranks of army personnel and CAPF troops eat together.

The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared the country bankrupt as it faces fuel crisis and food shortages.
The Prime Minister said that the last administration is to blame for the country has come to a point where it is bankrupt which has never happened before.
He added that Sri Lanka has no dollars, no rupees and is not in a stable position. Most of Sri Lanka’s petrol stations have run dry as the island nation battles its worst economic crisis.