26th May 2022 Current Affairs

Jul 14, 2026

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Current affairs notes covering WHO leadership and World Health Assembly proceedings; World Health Day and WHO Committee A/B roles. Includes Centre’s Swachh Survekshan 2023 launch under SBM Urban 2.0 with 3R focus, TIME’s 100 Most Influential 2022 rankings (Gautam Adani and others), India’s entry into IPEF with participating country count and aim, and Delhi’s initiative using two robots for firefighting with key officials.

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26th May 2022 Current Affairs Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus re-elected as WHO DirectorGeneral for second term • His re-election was confirmed during the 75th World Health Assembly in Geneva . • He was the sole candidate . Dr Tedros was first elected in 2017. • Before joining the WHO, Dr Tedros was served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and as Minister of Health in Ethiopia. • second term with effect from 16th August 2022 WHO Headquarters: Geneva World Health Day: 7 April Health Secretary appointed as chairperson of Committee Bat 75th World Health Assembly • The Committee A meet to debate technical and health matters . • The Committee B primarily discusses administrative and financial matters of the World Health Organization (WHO) . • This year, the Committee B will discuss and prepare report on many important issues which includes health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory including east Jerusalem and in the occupied Syrian Golan, budget for WHO for the year 2022-23, prevention of sexual exploitation, WHO reforms Secretary Rajesh Bhushan Centre launches Swachh Survekshan 2023 under SBM Urban 2.0 • Central Government has launched the 8th Edition of Swachh Survekshan-2023 under Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0. • Theme 2023: ‘Waste to Wealth’ • The survey would give priority to the principle of 3 Rs-Reduce, Recycle and Reuse . • Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Manoj Joshi launched • Swachh Survekshan was introduced by MoHUA in 2016 as a competitive framework to encourage cities to improve the status of urban sanitation . • Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs: Hardeep Singh Puri | Global House Price Index Q4 2021 | Knight Frank | India ranked 51st | 1. Turkey saw the highest annual price growth rate by 59.6 per cent in Q4 2021.2. New Zealand (22.6 per cent),
3. Czech Republic (22.1 percent), | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ‘Democracy Report 2022:
Autocratisation Changing Nature’ | V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) Institute | India ranked 93rd | 1.Top 5 Liberal Democracy Index
(LDI) Countries:Sweden
2.Denmark
3.Norway
Most autocratic
countries: Afghanistan, Belarus, China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Venezuela | | --- | --- | --- | --- | Que:Who has been ranked in the Titans category in the Time's 100 Most Influential 2022?!"नः टाईम के 100 सबसे !भावशाल4 2022 टाइट8स णी <कसे =थान ?दया गयाहै? Ans:Gautam Adani • Gautam Adani, Karuna Nundy (SC lawyer) and Khurram Parvez (Kashmiri human rights activist) have been named among the world’s 100 most influential people of 2022 by TIME magazine . • The six categories of list: Icons, Pioneers, Titans, Artists, Leaders and Innovators . • Adani has been named under the Titans category, Nundy and Parvez named under the Leaders category. • Recently, Gautam Adani with $123.7 billion net worth has become the 5th richest person in the world (2022) . • Times 100 Most Influential People 2022 List has also given a place

Jul 14, 2026

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