1. Indian women’s badminton team writes history in the Uber Cup by reaching Semi-final. The team is now assured of historic bronze medal even if they lose the Semi-final to Japan.
2. European Parliament elections 2014 gets going; Britain and Netherlands are first two of the 28 Euro countries to ballot. The 8th parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979, is spread over four days (May 22-25) where 400 million Europeans are eligible to vote.
3. Former IB chief Rajiv Mathur succeeds Sushma Singh as the new Chief Information Commissioner of India. He will have a short tenure of just 3 months ending on August 23, when he attains 65 years of age. CIC is appointed either for a maximum of five-year term or till 65 years of age, whichever is earlier.
4. Indian American boy Akhil Rekulapelli wins National Geographic Bee 2014; pockets $50,000 college scholarship. The 13-year old from Virginia, outclassed fellow Indian American Ameya Mujumdar in the final round.
5. World observes ‘International Day for Biological Diversity 2014′ on May 22. The theme for this year is ‘Island Biodiversity’.
6. Mumbai gets its first floatel (floating hotel) namely ‘AB Celestial’. The dining floating hotel, to be docked at Bandra under the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, will be open to public from mid-August.
