Current Affairs July 2022

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July 2022

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  1. Serbia Novak Djokovic won a seventh Wimbledon men’s title and 21st Grand Slam crown with a four-set triumph over Nick Kyrgios. 

2. Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina made a brilliant comeback after being set down to beat Tunisian third-seed Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 and win the Women’s Singles title Wimbledon.

🎾 Here is the Complete List of Winners in Different

Categories:

• Men’s Singles - N. Djokovic
• Women’s Singles - E. Rybakina
• Men’s Doubles M. Ebden & M. Purcell
• Women’s Doubles K. Siniaková & B. Krejčíková
• Mixed Doubles D. Krawczyk & N. Skupski

3. India ranks 135 among a total of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2022 of the World Economic Forum (WEF). It is the worst performer in the world in the “health and survival” sub-index where it is ranked 146.

Iceland has retained its position as the world’s most gender-equal country, among 146 nations on the index.

4. 15th President of India: Draupadi Murmu: 

Daughter of a tribal family coming from a very ordinary house in Odisha, Draupadi Murmu has been elected as the 15th President of India. The 2022 Indian Presidential Election was the 16th presidential election that was held in India on the 18th of July 2022. Murmu becomes India’s first woman tribal president. She also becomes the second woman to hold the post after Pratibha Patil. The tenure of incumbent president Ram Nath Kovind will end on 24 July

5. India is ranked 87th on the list of the world’s most powerful passports in 2022, according to the latest Henley Passport Index from Henley & Partners, an immigration consultancy.

6. Bengaluru is the only Indian city to achieve the ‘Gold’ standard category in Asia Pacific Sustainability Index 2021.

7. Who is the Attorney General of India, as of 2022?

Ans. KK Venugopal.

8. The International Day of Parliamentarism is observed every year on 30 June, to recognise the importance of parliamentary systems of government in shaping modern societies.

9. 68th National Film Awards 2022: 

• Best Feature Film: Soorarai Pottru 

• Best Director: Sachidanandan KR, Ayyappanum Koshiyum 

• Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Tanhaji 

• Best Actor: Suriya for Soorarai Pottru and Ajay Devgn for Tanhaji 

• Best Actress: Aparna Balamurali, Soorarai Pottru

• Best Supporting Actor: Biju Menon, Ayyappanum Koshiyam

 • Best Supporting Actress: Lakshmi Priya Chandramouli, Sivaranjaniyum Innam Sila Pengallum 

• Best Action Direction Award: AK Ayyappanum Koshiyum 

• Best Choreography: Natyam (Telugu) 

• Best Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir for Saina (Hindi) 

• Best Male Playback Singer: Rahul Deshpande for Mi Vasantrao and Anish Mangesh Gosavi for Taktak 

• Best Female Playback Singer: Nanchamma, Ayyappanum Koshiyam 

• Best Music Direction: Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, S Thaman

• Best film on Social Issues: ‘Justice Delayed but Delivered & Three Sisters 

• Best Choreography: Natyam 

• Best Cinematography: Avijatrik

• Best Audiography: Dollu, Mi Vasantrao and Malik 

• Best Costume Design: Tanhaji 

• Best Production Design: Kappela 

• Best Editing: Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum 

• Best Make-up: Natyam 

• Best Screenplay: Soorarai Pottru, Sudha Kongara and Mandela, Madonne Ashwin 

• Best Stunt Choreography: Ayyappanum Koshiyum

10. Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated annually in India on July 26. 

11. HCL Technologies’ Chairperson, Roshni Nadar Malhotra has retained her position as the richest woman in India, for the second year in a row according to the third edition of ‘Kotak Private Banking Hurun – Leading Wealthy Women List’. The total net worth of Roshni Nadar stood at Rs 84,330 crore.

12. India has been celebrating 29th June as “Statistics Day”. This year, the theme was ‘Data for Sustainable Development’.

13. In the QS Best Student Cities Ranking 2023, London has been ranked as the best city for students looking to study abroad.

14.  Zomato (Online food delivery platform) has announced the acquisition of Blink Commerce (Blinkit), earlier known as Grofers India. The company’s Board of Directors approved a proposal to acquire cash-strapped quick commerce company Blinkit for Rs 4,447 crore.

15. In an investment agreement (IA) signed by Google and Airtel, the buyer offers to buy a 1.28 percent minority and non-controlling part in the company’s equity share capital. The roughly $1 billion for 1.28 percent investment in Bharti Airtel by Google was approved by the Indian Competition Commission. The proposed merger was accepted by the CCI based on the Acquirer’s amendments (Google International LLC)

16. Environment Ministry organised the ‘Hariyali Mahotsav’ in which state/UT?

Ans. New Delhi.

17. West Bengal has signed a new ‘Reciprocal Transport Agreement’ with which state?

Ans. Sikkim

18. The nation’s first 5G private network was successfully tested by Bharti Airtel at Bosch Automotive Electronics’ plant in Bengaluru.

19. President Vladimir Putin was informed by the newly appointed head of Moscow’s space agency that Russia has made the decision to leave the International Space Station after 2024.

20. The CBSE Board has launched a portal called ‘Pariksha Sangam’ to streamline board examination results, sample papers, and other details in one single window. According to cbsedigitaleducation.com, the newly launched Pariksha Sangam portal “will integrate various examination-related processes to be conducted by the school’s regional offices and the Headquarters of the CBSE Board”.

21. Union Ministers Smriti Irani and Jyotiraditya Scindia have been assigned additional charges of Minority Affairs and Ministry of Steel respectively after two Union Ministers Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Ram Chandra Prasad Singh resigned from the Union Council of Ministers, with immediate effect. 

22. Kharchi festival, offering prayer to 14 gods and goddess, began with thousands of devotees converging at Khayerpur on the eastern outskirts of the Tripura. 

23. The oldest documented light in the history of the universe, which was recently released, was captured by which telescope?

Ans. US President Biden unveiled an image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. It is the oldest documented light in the history of the universe from 13 billion years ago.

24. The 12th National Plastic Surgery Day observed on the 15th of July and the Burn and Plastic Surgery Department of AIIMS, Delhi will host the APSI Sushruta Film Festival (ASFF 2022) in conjunction with the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India (APSI).

25. India has crossed the 200-Crore milestone in its cumulative COVID19 vaccination campaign, which is a historic accomplishment. Preliminary reports indicate that 2,00,00,15,631 dosages had been given nationwide. 

26. The historic Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island was transferred from the Andaman and Nicobar Command to the Andaman & Nicobar Administration for further development of the island’s infrastructure and tourism

27. Which is the first non-English language series to be nominated for the best drama at the Emmy Awards?

Ans. Squid Game

28. Which Indian city has been selected as the first Cultural and Tourism Capital of SCO for 2022-23?

Ans. Varanasi.

29. What is the theme of ‘World Youth Skills Day 2022’?

Ans. Transforming youth skills for the future.

30. South European countries have recently witnessed which disaster?

Ans. Wildfire

31. Which bank was named as ‘World’s Best SME Bank’ by Euromoney?

Ans. DBS Bank.

32. Which country hosted the ‘BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting 2022’?

Ans. Bhupender Yadav attends BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting 2022, which was held under the presidency of China.

33. What is the theme of the ‘World Brain Day (WBD) 2022’?

Ans. Brain Health for all.

34. Ace India badminton player P.V. Sindhu has been chosen as the flagbearer of the Indian contingent for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2022. The opening ceremony will be held on July 28, 2022, at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. She was the flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, where she won silver in the women’s singles event.

35. The G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM) will be held in Bali, Indonesia, and it will be attended by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.

36. During his visit to Varanasi, his Lok Sabha district, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is anticipated to launch development projects worth more than Rs. 1,774 crores. He has been to the city twice in the last four months. Nine topics designated for higher education in the National Education Policy 2020 will be the subject of panel discussions. Modi will also inaugurate the Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam, which is being organised by the Union Education Ministry at the international cooperation and convention centre Rudraksh.

37. Tanuja Nesari, Director of All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) was awarded with the Ayurveda Ratna Award by the UK Parliament.

38. The Japanese government announced its decision to honour former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with the country's highest decoration "the Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum" posthumously.

39. Kamal Haasan, a prominent figure in the Tamil cinema industry, has been given the prestigious Golden Visa by the United Arab Emirates. The Golden Visa has been given to others besides actor Kamal Hasan. Actors Nasser, Mammootty, Mohanlal, Tovino Thomas, Parthiepan, Amala Paul, and Shah Rukh Khan all have received it before Kamal Hasan.

40. World Hepatitis Day is observed each year on 28 July to raise awareness of viral hepatitis, which causes inflammation of the liver that leads to severe disease and liver cancer. The theme for world hepatitis day 2022 is ‘Bringing hepatitis care closer to you.’

41. US President Joe Biden has released one of the James Webb Space Telescope’s first images in a preview event at the White House in Washington. This first image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date.

42. Anahat Singh is the youngest player at the Commonwealth Games 2022. She has been playing badminton since she was 6 with her sister Amira. Later, Anahat developed an interest in Squash. She liked to play badminton and squash but as her affection for squash grew more, she showed remarkable success in Squash.

43. India is celebrating the 75th year of Independence as Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. This is celebrated by the Ministry of Culture, and on this occasion, the National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi, organized “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav-22nd Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2022” from 16th July to 14th August 2022. 

44. Shinzo Abe, Former Japan’s Prime Minister, who was shot at during an election campaign in western Japan’s Nara city, has passed away. The Nara fire department had earlier said that the 67-year-old Abe was in cardiopulmonary arrest before he was taken to the hospital. 

45. India has designated five new wetlands of International importance, taking the total number of Ramsar sites in India to 54 from 49. 

Five New Wetlands in India (Ramsar Sites ): 

• Karikili Bird Sanctuary - Tamil Nadu
• Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest - Tamil Nadu
• The Pichavaram Mangove - Tamil Nadu
• The Pala Wetland - Mizoram
• Sakhya Sagar - Madhya Pradesh.

46. The Indus International School in Hyderabad, Telengana introduced India's first robot named "Eagle" to teach students.

47. International Tiger Day also known as Global Tiger Day, 2022 observed on 29th July 2022 to create awareness about the decreasing population of Tigers and to highlight the importance of the conservation of Tigers.

48. As per the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) World Economic Outlook (WEO) in July 2022, India's growth forecast was reduced to 7.4% from 8.2% for FY24.

49.  The Summer Olympics will be hosted in Los Angeles on July 14, 2028, and the Paralympic will begin in Los Angeles on August 15, 2028 and end on August 27, 2028.

50. The World bank appointed Indian national Indermit Gill, as the Chief Economic of the World Bank Group. His appointment will be effective from 1st September 2022.

    Indermit Gill will be the 2nd Indian, after Kaushik Basu to serve as the chief economist at the World Bank.

    Know about Worl Bank: 

• Founded - 1944.
• Headquarters of World Bank : Washington, DC, United States (U.S.)
• Present President of World Bank - David Malpass 

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