Coinbase has become the first crypto firm to enter the prestigious Fortune 500 list. After posting revenue of over $7.8 billion ( ₹60,728 cr) in fiscal 2021 it has grabbed the 437th position in the recently released list.

The Chhattisgarh government has become only the second state in the country to recognise Community Forest Resource (CFR) rights of a village inside a national park

West Bengal State Education Minister Bratya Basu said that the state cabinet has unanimously decided to appoint Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the Chancellor of all state-run universities on May 26, 2022. Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar was made the Vice-Chancellor.

According to NAS-2021, at least 48 percent of students across the country walk to school, while nine percent of them use school transportation. According to the survey, at least 25 percent of schools face a lack of parental support in students’ learning.

India’s biggest Drone Festival will be held at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi from May 27-28, 2022. The two-day event will see over 1600 delegates comprising government officials, foreign diplomats, armed forces, central armed police forces, PSUs, private companies, and drone startups.

TWC India. To curb vehicular pollution and save fuel, the Tripura government has adopted the Tripura Electric Vehicle Policy 2022 to promote electric vehicles, officials said on Wednesday.

Unable to hold the much-looked- forward-to December Music festival in 2020 and 2021, the Music Academy recently announced three Sangita Kalanidhis — vocalist Neyveli Santhanagopalan (2020), mridangist Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam (2021) and violinists Lalgudi Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi (2022).

“ONGC has become the first exploration and production (E&P) company in India to trade domestic gas on Indian Gas Exchange. The first online trade was made on May 23, 2022, by ONGC Director (Onshore) & In-charge Marketing Anurag Sharma on India’s first automated national level Gas Exchange, IGX,” it said.

The Taliban has signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates to run airports in Afghanistan. This was informed by the Taliban’s transportation and civil aviation minister. The deal has been reached after months of talks with the UAE, Turkey, and Qatar.

Captain Barak was awarded the coveted ‘wings’ along with 36 Army pilots at a ceremony held at Combat Army Aviation Training School in Nashik. Captain Abhilasha Barak is the first woman officer to join the Army Aviation Corps division of the Indian Army as a combat aviator.

The Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) re-elected Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for a second five-year term as Director-General of the agency.
His re-election was confirmed during the 75th World Health Assembly in Geneva. A Director-General can be re-appointed once, in accordance with World Health Assembly rules and procedures.

Union Government has launched the 8th Edition of Swachh Survekshan – SS-2023 under Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0.
Swachh Survekshan- 2023 has been designed with the theme of ‘Waste to Wealth’ as its driving philosophy. The survey would also give priority to the principle of 3 Rs- Reduce, Recycle and Reuse. In SS-2023, the evaluation will be conducted in four phases, instead of three phases in earlier editions.

Gurugram-based renewable energy company ACME Solar on Wednesday said it has commissioned a 300 Mw solar power project for Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MSEDCL). The project, situated at village Badiseed in the Jodhpur district of Rajasthan, will supply electricity to Maharashtra.

Union Government of India has launched the Eighth Edition of Swachh Survekshan – SS-2023 under Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0. Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Manoj Joshi launched it at a virtual event in New Delhi.

Governor of Manipur La Ganesan and Chief Minister N Biren Singh attended the inaugural event of the festival as chief guest and president, respectively.

India drops to 54th place in WEF’s Travel & Tourism Development Index, but is tops in South Asia.

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was re-elected as WHO Director-General for a second five-year term on May 24, 2022, by WHO Member states during the 75th World Health Assembly. He was the sole candidate for the post of WHO Chief. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had become the first African to take over as the WHO Chief in 2017. He formerly served as the Foreign Minister of Ethiopia from 2012-to 2016 and as the health Minister from 2005-to 2012.

Recently, Uttar Pradesh Energy and Urban Development Minister Arvind Sharma has launched the SAMBHAV portal for the disposal of public grievances and monitoring programs and schemes of two departments in the state. The full name of SAMBHAV is Systemic Administration Mechanism for Bringing Happiness and Value.

In Football, Manchester City has been crowned 2021/22 Premier League champions their fourth title success in the last five seasons.

Indian Railways to join hands with IIT Madras for the development of ‘indigenous’ Hyperloop system as well as set up a Centre of Excellence for Hyperloop Technologies at the premier institute.

MyGov announced that citizens will be able to use the MyGov Helpdesk on WhatsApp, to access the Digilocker service.
‘Digilocker’ is a flagship initiative under the Digital India program, which provides access to authentic digital documents, in their digital document wallet. The documents issued in the DigiLocker system are deemed to be at par with original physical documents. Now, citizens can create and authentic their Digilocker accounts, and download documents on WhatsApp.

Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of Health, addresses the 75th World Health Assembly in Geneva. The Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of Health, speaking at the 75th World Health Assembly in Geneva, advocated for simplifying WHO’s vaccine and treatment approval procedures

New Delhi: State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Monday said it has become the first gas producer to trade domestic gas on the Indian Gas Exchange, trading unspecified volumes from its eastern offshore KG-DWN-98/2 block. In a statement, ONGC said it will increase volumes slowly.

The 22-year-old Jyothi Yarraji has bettered the national record for the second time while winning the race at the Loughborough meets on Sunday.

India and the United States on Monday (23 May) signed an Investment Incentive Agreement (IIA) in Tokyo, Japan. The IIA was signed by Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra, and Scott Nathan, Chief Executive Officer, US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).