Current Affairs in Short: 24 May 2022

May 24, 2022, 18:02 IST

The Chief Minister of Punjab Bhagwant Mann has sacked the Health Minister Vijay Singla from the cabinet on a corruption charge.

Current Affairs in Short

India’s Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has been appointed Chair of the crucial Committee B of the World Health Assembly.
World Health Assembly has been tasked with reviewing the pandemic preparedness budget of the global body, among other things.
Every year, the World Health Assembly has a long list of health challenges and responses to review. It functions through two types of committees: Committee A and Committee B.
Committee B is primary responsible for discussing the administrative and financial matters of the World Health Organisation.

The Chief Minister of Punjab Bhagwant Mann has sacked the Health Minister of the State Vijay Singla from the cabinet on a corruption charge. The decision came after the solid evidence was found against him.
Vijay Singla was allegedly demanding a one per cent commission on the tenders. Soon after his removal, he was arrested by the anti-corruption branch of the Punjab Police.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann took the step after he received a complaint against the health minister just 10 days back.
This is only the second time in India that a Chief Minister has taken such as strict action against their own cabinet colleague.

Prime Minister Modi will be on a one-day visit to Hyderabad and Chennai on May 26, 2022.
He will attend the 20^th-anniversary celebrations of the Indian School of Business and the graduation ceremony of the Post Graduate Programme Class of 2022.
PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone of 11 projects that are worth over Rs. 31,400 crores in Chennai to boost infrastructure development.
In Chennai, he will also dedicate to the nation five projects worth over Rs. 2,900 crores to improve socio-economic prosperity in the region.

An advertising professional and a journalist Anant Rangaswami passed away on May 24, 2022. He was the editor of Melt, an advertising and marketing magazine and portal.
Previously, Rangaswami was the founding editor of Campaign India and the senior editor at Firtspost.com.
He had over 25 years of experience with companies such as Star TV, Sony SET, Times FM and BCCL’s Times Television. Rangaswami also served as the Vice-President at TBWA India.
Prominent Industry executives mourned the loss of Rangaswami and took to Social Media to share their grief.

Quad member countries have agreed to hold the next-in-person summit in 2023 in Australia. The news was shared via a joint Quad Leaders’ Statement.
The Quad Summit which was held in Tokyo, Japan on May 24 provided an opportunity to the leaders to exchange views about the development in Indo-Pacific region and global issues.
The summit also witnessed a launch of various new initiatives for collaboration in maritime domain, climate change, space, health and cyber security.