- President Ram Nath Kovind called for making Ayurveda popular through qualitative criteria of continuous research, scientific certification and technical parameters.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserts India is leading the world in field of start-ups; addresses Mann Ki Baat programme on All India Radio.
- PM in his Mann Ki Baat remembered Atsushi Matsuo-ji and Kenji Yoshi-ji from Japan who were associated with Ramayan Animation film.
- PM said : “The other two people I met in Japan are Atsushi Matsuo-ji and Kenji Yoshi-ji. Both of them are associated with TEM Production Company. This company is associated with the Japanese Animation Film based on Ramayana that was released in 1993.
- Women Self Help Groups render great service to the nation says Prime Minister.
- Prime Minister in his Mann Ki Baat said, “On the 5th of this month (May 2022), the number of unicorns in the country has reached the figure of 100 and you surely know that a unicorn is a start-up worth at least seven and a half thousand crore rupees.
- The total valuation of these Unicorns is more than 330 billion dollars, that is, more than 25 lakh crore rupees.
- Prime Minister calls upon people to maintain dignity of Chardham, Amarnath, Pandharpur and Jagannath Yatra pilgrimage sites.
- Prime Minister will transfer scholarships to school going children. A passbook of PM CARES for Children, and health card under Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana will be handed over to the children during the programme.
- Union Minister for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Central Government is focusing more on funding and infrastructure development in the entire North Eastern area for better connectivity.
- External Affairs Minister honours the memory of those who have made the supreme sacrifice in the cause of peace on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.
- Union Home and Cooperative Minister Amit Shah laid a foundation stone for the new international sports complex in Naranpura area of Ahmedabad city this evening. This ambitious project will be completed in the next 30 months in 20.39 acres of land at a cost of 631.77 crore rupees.
- In Jammu and Kashmir, Police shot down a North Korean drone carrying heavy cache of arms ammunitions from the Pakistani side at Kathua district.
- The private plane that went missing in Nepal today with 22 people on board, including 4 Indians, was found at Kowang in Mustang.
- National Council for Teacher Education has launched an online portal to streamline the entire process of recognition of teacher education programmes of Higher Education Institutions and Teacher Education Institutions.
- India’s foremost documentary film festival MIFF 2022 begins today.
- Famous Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu popularly known as Sidhu Moosewala was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Jawaharke village of Mansa district today.
- Asia Cup Hockey: India played a draw against Malayasia (3-3) in a Super 4s pool game at Jakarta ,Indonesia today.
