Vinai Kumar Saxena was appointed as Delhi’s new Lieutenant-Governor on May 23, 2022. He is the Chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC). He will be succeeding Anil Baijal, who resigned from the post last week citing “personal reasons” after serving for five years and four months.

India and the United States signed an Investment Incentive Agreement (IIA) on May 23, 2022, to pave a path to strengthen and promote DFC’s investments in India in key sectors. The agreement was signed between Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra and Chief Executive Officer of the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Scott A. Nathan.

Belgium becomes the first country to make quarantine compulsory for monkeypox patients. Belgium has become the first country to make a 21-day quarantine compulsory for monkeypox patients after four cases of the disease were reported last week.

National Geographic Society has installed the “world’s highest weather station” on Mount Everest at an altitude of 8,830 meters to automatically measure various meteorological phenomena.

Private sector rocket maker Skyroot Aerospace Private Ltd successfully tested its Kalam-100 rocket that will power the Vikram-1 rocket’s third stage/engine. The company announced the completion of the milestone of full duration test-firing of its Vikram-1 rocket stage.