Andrew Symonds, former Australian all-rounder, died in a car accident outside Townsville in Queensland state of Australia.

• The Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Ministry of Communications (MoC), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) launched the GatiShakti Sanchar portal for Centralised Right of Way (RoW) approvals. It was launched on the lines of PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (NMP).
• This portal will provide a robust mechanism to achieve the goal of Broadband for All as envisaged in the National Digital Communication Policy (NDCP)-2.
• The portal has been developed keeping in view the vision areas of the National Broadband Mission, which is majorly about providing broadband infrastructure to every citizen.
• The portal shall act as an enabler to the objective of “Ease of doing business” for telecommunications infrastructure works.

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (popularly known as MBZ) has been unanimously Elected President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by the Federal Supreme Council. He is also the Ruler of  Abu Dhabi (UAE).

• According to the Ministry of Presidential Affairs (UAE), he will succeed the late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, former President of the UAE, and his appointment is made in accordance with Article 51 of the Constitution.

 Dr. Manik Saha, the state president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Tripura and a Rajya Sabha member, was sworn in as the Chief Minister (CM) of Tripura.

Lionel Messi, a football player from Argentina is reportedly earning pre-tax gross earnings of $130 million a year from on-field and off-field pursuits on the Forbes’ Top 10 List 2022 of the World’s Highest-Paid Athletes  followed by LeBron James, an American professional basketball player, and Cristiano Ronaldo, a Portuguese  Professional Footballer.

The Indian government has made the requirement of a Permanent Account Number (PAN) or Aadhaar number mandatory for deposits or withdrawals of Rs. 20 lakh or more in a fiscal year, or for creating a current account.

On 13th May 2022, The world’s longest suspension footbridge named “Sky Bridge 721”, was opened in Dolní Morava, Czech Republic for tourists. The bridge connects two mountain ridges and hangs 95 metres above the valley of the Mlýnský Stream.

• The Sky Bridge 721, 721 metres (2365 feet) long and 1.2-meter-wide, was constructed at a cost of 200 million crowns (around USD 8.4 million).

• Prior to Sky Bridge 721, the title of the world’s longest suspension footbridge was held by Portugal’s 516- metre Arouca Bridge.

Sanjiv Bajaj, Chairman and Managing Director for Bajaj Finserv Limited, took charge as the President of

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2022-23.Sanjiv Bajaj takes over Presidential responsibility from T V

Narendran, CEO and managing director of Tata Steel Limited.

According to the Forbes Global 2000 List 2022, which ranks the world’s largest companies using 4 metrics

(sales, profits, assets, and market value), Reliance Industries Limited(RIL) led by Mukesh Ambani has ranked

53rd on the list (global) and ranked first among Indian companies.