Current Affairs Jan-Oct 2022 by Tawqeer Sir

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JANUARY 2022
India’s first Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat was Padma Vibhushan
posthumously honoured with which award?
Government of which State has given a green signal for the Andhra Pradesh
creation of 13 new districts?
What is the name of the Lucknow IPL team? Lucknow Super Giants
Which tennis player has announced her retirement after the 2022 Sania Mirza
season?
Who stepped down as the Test Captain of the Indian cricket Virat Kohli
team?
On which day, Indian Army Day is observed every year? January 15
With which country India has signed USD 375 million contract Philippines
for the sale of BrahMos missile?
The Indian Government will own how much equity in Vodafone 36%
Idea after its board approved conversion of dues into equity?
Name the rocket scientist who has been appointed as the S Somanath
Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
succedding Shri K Sivan? He was also appointed as the Space
Secretary.
Which company will replace Vivo as the title sponsor of IPL Tata Group
2022?
At which place India's first open rock museum was inaugurated Hyderabad
by the Union Minister of State for Science & Technology and
Earth Sciences, Jitendra Singh?
• VS Pathania takes over as Director General of Indian Coast Guard.
• India won U-19 Asia Cup 2021 title in Dubai by defeating Sri Lanka.
• Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami launched Free Mobile Tablet scheme.
• Somalia’s Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble suspended over allegations of

corruption.
• PM Modi laid foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut, UP.
• Zishaan A Latif won Ramnath Goenka Award in Photo journalism category.
• Himachal Pradesh became 1st LPG enabled & smoke free Indian state.
• Telangana stood first in the country in the list of the highest number of open defecation
free (ODF Plus) villages under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) Phase-II programme
till December 31, 2021.
• Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has launched NEAT (National

Educational Alliance for Technology) 3.0, a single platform to provide best-developed ed-
tech solutions, courses to students.
• Apple became world’s first company to touch $3 trillion M-Cap.
• Airtel Payments Bank got scheduled bank status from RBI.
• Ajay Kumar Choudhary and Deepak Kumar appointed as new Executive Directors of
Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
• Alka Mittal appointed as the 1st woman CMD of ONGC.
• Harpreet Chandi became 1st woman of colour to make solo unsupported trek to South Pole.
• Bharti Airtel partnered with HCIPL (Hughes Communications India Pvt Ltd) to offer
satellite broadband service.
• Kerala High Court became India’s 1st paperless court.
• India participated in ‘Sea Dragon’ 2022 exercise at Guam in the Western Pacific. The six
nations that are participating in the exercise are the United States, Australia, Canada,
India, Japan and South Korea.
• A new book titled “Gandhi’s Assassin: The Making of Nathuram Godse and His Idea of
India” authored by Dhirendra Jha.
• J&K signed an MoU with Dubai based Century Financial to receive USD 100 million
investment. Century Financial will invest in 3 hotels and 1 commercial-cum-residential
complex in J&K.
• Thomas Matthew wrote Ratan Tata’s biography titled ‘Ratan N. Tata: The Authorized
Biography’.
• GoI will hold 35.8% stakes of Vodafone Idea in the form of equity.
• India’s 1st Heli-Hub to be set up in Gurugram, Haryana.
• S Somanath appointed as the new chairman of ISRO.

• Tata group replaced Vivo as the title sponsor of the IPL for the 2022 & 2023 seasons.
• Former West Indies Cricketer Clive Lloyd Receives Knighthood from Prince William,
the Duke of Cambridge at Windsor Castle, for his services towards the game of cricket.
• ISRO successfully conducted qualification tests of Cryogenic Engine for Gaganyaan.

India’s 1st human space mission ‘Gaganyaan’ will be launched in 2023. With this launch,
India will become the 4th nation in the world to launch a Human Spaceflight Mission after
the USA, Russia and China.
• Kathak maestro Pandit Birju Maharaj passed away.
• Iconic ‘Infinity Bridge’ in Dubai, United Arab Emirates has been formally opened to traffic
for the first time on 16th January, 2022. Its design resembles mathematical sign for infinity
(∞). It represents limitless, infinite goals of Dubai.
• A new Book titled “Bose: The Untold Story of An Inconvenient Nationalist” authored by
Chandrachur Ghose.
• Malta’s Roberta Metsola became youngest President of EU Parliament.
• Legendary Collarwali Tigress passed away in Pench Tiger Reserve, MP. She became the
first tigress in the park to be fitted with a radio collar in 2008.
• Vikram Dev Dutt appointed as new CMD of Air India.
• On 28 January 2022, the Finance Minister informed that the government has appointed Dr.
V Anantha Nageswaran as the new Chief Economic Adviser of the country.
• Reserve Bank of India sets up new “FinTech” Finance Technology Department.

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• India will convene the G20 Leaders Summit in 2023 for the first time.
• Shaylyn Ford of America won the title of “Mrs World 2022”.
• On 23 January 2022, on the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra

Bose, the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi unveiled a hologram statue of
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate. This hologram statue will remain
till the granite statue of Netaji is ready.
• AFSPA extended in Nagaland for 6 more months.
• Largest and most Powerful space telescope named James Webb has been
launched on 25th December 2021 from the French Guiana. NASA, European and
Canadian space agencies jointly build and launched this space telescope.
• Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal created history by winning the men’s singles
title of the Australian Open 2022 on 30 January 2022.
• International Cricket Council (ICC) Awards 2021
Pakistani fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi best male cricketer.
Indian star opener Smriti Mandhana has won the best cricketer award in
women’s category.
ICC Women’s T20 Cricketer of the Year – Tammy Beaumont (England),

Smriti Mandhana (India)
ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year (T20) Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)
ICC Emerging Women’s Cricketer Fatima Sana (Pakistan)
ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year has been awarded to Babar Azam
(Pakistan)
ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year has been won by Lizelle Lee (South
Africa).
Oman’s Zeeshan Maqsood won the ICC Men’s Associate Cricketer of the
Year award.
ICC Umpire of the Year award was given to Marais Erasmus.
• Syed Modi International Tournament 2022: PV Sindhu won the title.
• Unmukt Chand creates history, first Indian cricketer to play in “Big Bash
League”.
• On 19 January 2022, Robert Lewandowski of Poland and Bayern Munich has

won FIFA’s best player of 2021 award.
• Ruskin Bond’s new book “A Little Book of India Celebrating 75 Years of

Independence”.
• Padma Awards 2022
Padma Award 2022 list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan

and 107 Padma Shri Awards.
Padma Vibhushan (4) list includes:
1) Ms. Prabha Atre for Art.

2) Shri Radheyshyam Khemka(Posthumous) for Literature and Education.
3) General Bipin Rawat (Posthumous) for Civil Service.
Shri Kalyan Singh(Posthumous) for Public Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF February 2022
February 2022
• Which operation has been launched by India to bring back its nationals from
Ukraine?
Operation Ganga
• Name the former Chief Minister of Odisha (first tribal CM of Odisha) who passed
away recently?
Hemananda Biswal
• In which State, Indian Railways first solar plant (1.7-megawatt solar

photovoltaic plant) has been commissioned by Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.
(BHEL)?
Madhya Pradesh
• On which day Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti is observed every year?

19 February
• Which vaccine has become the second one to receive emergency use approval in
India for those aged below 18 years after Covaxin?
Corbevax
• Name the Adani Group founder and billionaire who has become Asia's richest
person as per Bloomberg Billionaires Index?
Gautam Adani
• Name the RJD leader and former Chief Minister of Bihar who has been sentenced
to 5 years' imprisonment in the fodder scam case?
Lalu Prasad Yadav
• Which has become the first Union Territory to be integrated with the National
Single Window System (NSWS)? NSWS is a digital platform that has been built
with the aim of allowing investors to apply for various pre-operations approvals
required for commencing a business.
Jammu & Kashmir
• Which film directed by Vishnuvardhan won the Best Film award at the
Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2022?
Shershaah
• Who won the Best Actor award at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film
Festival Awards 2022?
Ranveer Singh
• Who won the Best Actress award at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film
Festival Awards 2022?
Kriti Sanon
• Which Indian insurance company is launching its IPO which is set to be India's
biggest ever at $8 billion valuation?
LIC Inc
• What is the new name of the Ahmedabad IPL franchise?

Gujarat Titans
• Name the eminent Indian industrialist who has been conferred with Assam's
highest civilian award "Assam Baibhav"?
Ratan Tata
• Which State was adjudged as the best state tableau in Republic Day Parade 2022?
Uttar Pradesh
• Who has become the first Indian male athlete and second Indian sportsperson
overall to win the World Games Athlete of the Year award 2021?
PR Sreejesh
• Name the Indian chess player who defeated world chess champion Magnus
Carlsen in an online rapid chess tournament?
R. Praggnanandhaa
• Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar passed away at the Breach Candy Hospital
in Mumbai on February 6, 2022. The veteran singer, popularly known as the
Melody Queen, was 92.
• On 5 February 2022, Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi dedicated to the

nation the Statue of Equality‟ in Hyderabad, Telengana.
• India and UAE sign the historic Comprehensive Economic Partnership

Agreement (CEPA) aimed at boosting the merchandise trade between the two
countries to US$ 100 billion over next five years.
• India’s first Geological Park will be built at Lamheta in Jabalpur, Madhya

Pradesh.
• SMILE Scheme for Transgender and beggars.
• “EX DHARMA GUARDIAN-2022”, military exercise between India and

Japan from 27 Feb to 10 March 2022 at Belgaum, Karnataka.
• Country’s first bullet train station will be built in Surat by December 2024. The
Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project India‟s first bullet train route.
• Atal Tunnel officially recognised as the Longest Highway Tunnel above

10,000 feet by World Book of Records.
• The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru has installed and

commissioned Param Pravega, one of the most powerful supercomputers in
the country, and the largest in an Indian academic institution.
• Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO) is about to launch

Chandrayaan-3 in August this year.
• India defeated England by four wickets in the ICC U19 World Cup final at the
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on 5 February 2022.
• Yash Dhul has become the fifth Indian captain after Mohammad Kaif, Virat
Kohli, Unmukt Chand and Prithvi Shaw to win the title.
• P R Sreejesh wins World Games Athlete of the Year Award 2021.
• Indian men’s hockey player P R Sreejesh has won the World Games Athlete of
the Year award 2021.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a 550-tonne capacity “Gobar-

Dhan (Bio-CNG) Plant” in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, on 19 February 2022
through video conferencing.
• Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu Language to Poet Chandrabhan Khyal for

“Tajza Hawa Ki Tabishen”
1. Madhabi Puri Buch is SEBI’s first woman chairperson.
2. About 17 thousand Indians left Ukraine under Operation Ganga.
3. Hollongi Greenfield Airport, Arunachal Pradesh is to be Operational on

15th August 2022
4. “Kavach” System successfully tested by Indian Railway in presence of

Railway Minister.
5. India’s first indigenous Flying Trainer HANSA-NG Completed Sea Level

Trials.
6. India – Sri Lanka Bilateral Maritime Exercise “SLINEX” from 7 Mar to10 Mar
2022 at Visakhapatnam.
7. Petascale Supercomputer “PARAM Ganga” established by NSM at IIT

Roorkee.
8. PARAM PORUL Supercomputer inaugurated at NIT Tiruchirappalli on 25
May 2022.
9. PARAM ANANTA Supercomputer commissioned at IIT, Gandhinagar.
10. Bhagwant Mann took oath as Chief Minister of Punjab.
11. Poland’s Karolina Bielawska has been crowned Miss World 2021.
12. The MV Ram Prasad Bismil has become the longest vessel ever to sail on
the river Brahmaputra.
13. World Happiness Report 2022: Finland 1st and India at 136th position.
14. Pankaj Advani wins his eighth title at the 19th Asian Billiards
Championship 2022.
15. 9th edition of Joint Military Exercise, LAMITIYE-2022 between Indian Army
and SDF.
16. Neeraj Chopra and Mirabai Chanu wins award of “Sportstar of the year”
2022.
17. Union Minister of Jal Shakti Launches the Sujlam 2.0 Campaign for
greywater management.
18. “Abel Prize 2022” awarded to American Mathematician Dennis P. Sullivan.
19. Yogi Adityanath take oath as CM of Uttar Pradesh for the second term on
25 Mar 2022.
20. October 5 has designated as National Dolphin Day.
21. Indian badminton star PV Sindhu won Swiss Open 2022.
22. President of India Presents Padma Awards for The Year 2022.
Padma Vibhushan 2022
Ms Prabha Atre Art
Shri Radheyshyam Khemka (Posthumous) Literature and Education
General Bipin Rawat (Posthumous) Civil Service
Shri Kalyan Singh (Posthumous) Public Affairs
23. PM Narendra Modi attends 5th BIMSTEC Summit hosted by Sri Lanka.
24. GoI launched ‘Operation Ganga’ evacuation mission.
25. India’s 1st ambulance for street animals launched in Chennai.

26. Assam government declared the entire state as a “Disturbed Area” for up to
6 months.
27. Google & MeitY partnered to train 100 Indian Startups to build high-quality
global apps & games under Appscale Academy.
28. India’s first Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) “Hoegh
Giant” arrived at Jaigarh Terminal, Maharashtra.
29. India Global Forum (IGF) annual summit held in Bengaluru.
30. India’s first indigenous Flying Trainer HANSA-NG successfully completed

sea level trials at Puducherry.
31. HDFC Mutual Fund launched women-led financial empowerment initiative

‘LaxmiForLaxmi’.
32. India & Nepal signed MoU on supply of Urea and DAP under G2G
Agreement.
33. Swiss Airlines will become world’s first airline to use solar aviation fuel.
34. Sustainable Development Report 2021: India ranked 120th; Finland topped.
35. United Nations Environment Assembly 5.2 held in hybrid form in Nairobi,
Kenya.
36. National Statistical Office (NSO) projected India’s GDP growth in 2021-22
at 8.9%.
37. Paytm partnered with IRCTC to offer digital ticketing services through
Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVM).
38. Indian Overseas Bank extended Rs 1,000 crores loan to J&K Infrastructure
Development Finance Corporation Ltd (JKIDFC).
39. Bhushan Patwardhan appointed as chairman of National Assessment and

Accreditation Council (NAAC).
40. Aman Lekhi resigned as Additional Solicitor General of India
41. Prof Deepak Dhar became first Indian to bag Boltzmann Medal.
42. Microsoft to set up India’s largest datacentre region in Hyderabad.
43. 31st Southeast Asian Games will be held in Vietnam.

44. Ladakh LG inaugurated 1st-ever Ice Wall Climbing Competition.
45. Mithali Raj became first woman cricketer to appear at six Cricket World
Cup.
46. Rahul Gandhi launched Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s

autobiography “Ungalil Oruvan”.
47. The Queen of Indian Pop: The Authorised Biography of Usha Uthup
released.
48. Australian cricket legend Shane Warne passed away at 52.
49. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister inaugurated India’s largest floating solar power
project at Thoothukudi.
50. India’s largest reclining statue of Lord Buddha being built at Bodh Gaya,
Bihar.
51. Jyotiraditya Scindia and Shivraj Chouhan inaugurated the first drone school
in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
52. India’s 1st fully women-owned industrial park inaugurated in Hyderabad.
53. PM Modi inaugurated Rashtriya Raksha University building in Gandhinagar,

Gujarat.
54. India’s 1st medical city ‘Indrayani Medicity’ will be set up in Pune,
Maharashtra.
55. Odisha topped in full immunization with 90.5% coverage under Mission
Indradhanush.
56. India’s 1st Digital Water Bank ‘AQVERIUM’ launched in Bengaluru.
57. India’s first ‘World Peace Center’ to be established in Gurugram, Haryana.
58. Mumbai became first South Asian City to set target of Net-Zero Carbon
Emissions by 2050.
59. Kerala topped in maternal and child health in India; recorded lowest
Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) of 30.
60. V-Dem’s Democracy Report 2022: India ranked 93rd; Sweden topped.
61. Katalin Novak elected first-ever female president of Hungary.

62. Viktor Orban re-elected as Prime Minister of Hungary for 4th term.
63. India’s first-ever GI-tagged Kashmir carpets flagged off to Germany
64. Yoon Suk-yeol elected as South Korea’s new President.
65. Bhagwant Mann sworn in as the 17th Chief Minister of Punjab.
66. Rizwana Hasan to get US International Women of Courage Award 2022.
67. J&K Bank won National Award for SHG Bank Linkage
68. 75th BAFTA Award 2022 announced: “The Power of the Dog” won the Best
Film Award, “Joanna Scanlan” won the Best Actress in Leading Role, “Will
Smith” won the Best Actor in Leading Role.
69. India’s ‘Writing with Fire’ nominated for Best Documentary feature category
at Oscars 2022.
70. India’s 1st Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Technology Park launched at
IISc, Bengaluru.
71. Hindi novel ‘Tomb of Sand’ by Geetanjali Shree nominated for International
Booker Prize
72. Sahitya Akademi published a book-length poem ‘Monsoon’ by Indian poet-

diplomat Abhay K.
73. Nirmala Sitharaman presented a Rs 1.42 Lakh crore Budget for FY 2022-23
for J&K in Lok Sabha.
74. Telangana became 1st state in India to implement Crop Diversification

Index.
75. 35th Surajkund International Crafts Mela inaugurated in Haryana.
76. N Biren Singh took oath as Manipur CM for the second term.
77. Pramod Sawant took charge as Goa Chief Minister for the 2nd term.
78. Pushkar Singh Dhami took oath as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand for 2nd
term.
79. Nagaland became first paperless assembly by implementing e-Vidhan

application.
80. Kerala became 1st state to introduce carbon-neutral farming methods.

81. Serdar Berdymukhamedov elected as President of Turkmenistan.
82. IQAir’s 2021 World Air Quality Report: New Delhi is world’s most polluted
capital city.
83. Jay Shah re-appointed as the President of Asian Cricket Council for 1 year
84. Suresh Raina awarded ‘Sports Icon’ award at Maldives Sports.
85. Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai Chanu won ‘Sportstar of the Year’ award at 2022
Sportstar Aces Awards.
86. Diebedo Francis Kere became first African to win 2022 Pritzker
Architecture Prize.
87. Devendra Jhajharia became 1st para-athlete to receive Padma Bhushan.
88. American mathematician Dennis P. Sullivan won Abel prize 2022.
89. 9th India-Seychelles joint military exercise LAMITIYE-2022 conducted in

Seychelles.
90. 3rd India-Uzbekistan joint military exercise EXDUSTLIK began in Yangiarik,

Uzbekistan.
91. Nitin Gadkari launched India’s 1st Green Hydrogen Fuel Cell EV ‘Toyota
Mirai’
92. Autobiography of former cricketer G.R. Viswanath titled “Wrist Assured: An

Autobiography”, co-authored by R Kaushik.
93. A Children’s Book ‘The Little Book of Joy’ authored by Dalai Lama &
Desmond Tutu.
94. Bihar became first state to implement dynamic map for villages to track land
ownership.
95. Gujarat topped in NITI Aayog`s Export Preparedness Index 2021.
96. Surat, Gujarat became India’s 1st city to get ‘steel slag road’.
97. Museum dedicated to all former Prime Ministers of India will be inaugurated
in Delhi.
98. Meghalaya’s Living Root Bridges included in UNESCO’s tentative list of

World Heritage Sites.
99. 5th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit will be hosted by Sri Lanka.
100. UNEP’s Annual Frontier Report: Dhaka 1st and Moradabad 2nd most
noise polluted city in the world.
101. India & Australia signed MoU for joint exploration of Lithium and
Cobalt mineral resources
102. Karnataka Bank won ‘Best MSME Bank of the year – Winner’ award.
103. 94th Oscars Awards 2022 announced: Will Smith & Jessica Chastain
won Best actor & Best actress award;
104. Uttar Pradesh won best state award at National Water Awards 2022.
105. Byju’s named as official sponsor of FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar.
106. PV Sindhu won Women’s Singles title at Swiss Open Badminton

2022.
107. Shehbaz Sharif takes oath as new 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan.
108. PM Modi & Sher Deuba launch RuPay payment card in Nepal.
109. India and France began their 20th edition exercise named, VARUNA
in Arabian sea.
110. AIM of NITI Aayog celebrates, Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav‟

commemorating India’s 75 years of Independence.
111. Lt Gen Manoj C Pande to be next Chief of Army Staff.

112. “UDAN” scheme selected for Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence
in Public Administration.
113. India’s first pure green hydrogen plant commissioned in Assam.
114. CJI N V Ramana launched FASTER software to transmit court orders

swiftly and securely through electronic mode.
115. Sri Veerabhadra Temple and Monolithic Bull (Nandi), Lepakshi (The
Vijayanagara Sculpture and Painting Art Tradition) added to the tentative
list of UNESCO list of World Heritage sites.

116. UP become India’s top vegetable producer; Andhra Pradesh
remained top fruit producer.

117. World’s Biggest Electric Cruise Ship made its maiden voyage in
China.
118. Chandrapur district of Maharashtra recorded third hottest place in

the world; Kayes city of Mali is the hottest place.
119. Hurun Richest Self-Made Women in the World 2022: Falguni Nayar
ranked 10th; Wu Yajun topped.
120. Forbes World’s Billionaires List 2022: Elon Musk topped; Mukesh
Ambani ranked 10th.
121. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs launched ‘SVANidhi se

Samriddhi’.
122. Mumbai & Hyderabad recognised as ‘2021 Tree City of the World’
by UN-FAO.
123. India’s first Community Museum inaugurated in Gya-Sasoma

villages of Leh, Ladakh.
124. Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra Tea will get GI Tag from European
Commission.
125. Ecuador became 1st country to give legal rights to wild animals.
126. India’s first Internet Radio for visually challenged “Radio Aksh”
launched in Nagpur.
127. Border Roads Organisation (BRO) will construct world’s highest
tunnel connecting Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh at Shinku La Pass. (Project

Yojak).
128. J&K launched ‘Jan Nigrani’ app to help people lodge complaints
online.
129. India’s 1st portable solar rooftop system inaugurated in

Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
130. India’s 1st pure green hydrogen plant commissioned by OIL in

Jorhat, Assam
131. India signed MoU with Finland to establish Virtual Network Centre
on Quantum Computing.
132. India will host 21st World Congress of Accountants 2022.

133. Palli (Sambha) village became India’s 1st carbon-neutral panchayat.
134. Samba became 1st district in India to cover 100% households under
ABPMJAY- SEHAT scheme.
135. Asia’s biggest international food and hospitality fair AAHAR 2022
began in New Delhi.
136. Jharkhand’s Jamtara became country’s 1st district with library in

every village.
137. India’s 1st Amrit Sarovar established in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh.

138. Agra became the 1st city in India to get vacuum-based sewer
system.
139. Cabinet approves 540 MW Kwar Hydroelectric Project over Chenab
River in Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir.

140. IndiGo became 1st airline to land aircraft using navigation system
GAGAN.
141. BHIM UPI became operational at NEOPAY terminals in the UAE.
142. Emmanuel Macron re-elected as President of France.

143. ‘We Are’ received “Album of the Year” award at 64th Grammy
Awards 2022.
144. Ramdarash Mishra will be awarded Saraswati Samman 2021.
145. India and Kyrgyzstan conducted 9th Joint Special Forces Exercise
Khanjar at Bakloh.
146. Australia won ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 title.
147. A new novel titled “Queen of Fire” authored by Devika Rangachari.
148. A new book titled “Tiger of Drass: Capt. Anuj Nayyar, 23, Kargil
Hero” authored by Meena Nayyar & Himmat Singh Shekhawat.
149. Manoj Soni appointed as new chairman of UPSC.
150. Jay Shah appointed as Member Board Representative of ICC Cricket

Committee.
151. Renowned Assamese poet Nilamani Phookan conferred with 56th

Jnanpith Award.
152. Veteran Bengali writer Amar Mitra won Henry Award.

153. PM Narendra Modi to be honoured with 1st Lata Deenanath
Mangeshkar Award.
154. Falguni Nayar won EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2021.
155. Prabhat Patnaik selected for Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2022.

156. IIT-Madras launched India’s 1st indigenously developed polycentric
prosthetic knee “Kadam”.

157. China successfully launched new satellite ‘Gaofen-3’ for earth
observation.
158. Australia’s Victoria will host the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
159. India will host Street Child Cricket World Cup in 2023.
160. Harish Mehta authored a book titled ‘The Maverick Effect’.
161. A book titled ‘Hear Yourself’ authored by Prem Rawat.

162. Lt Gen Manoj Pande appointed as India’s 29th Chief of Army Staff.
163. Manoj Kumar Katiyar appointed as next Director-General of Military

Operations (DGMO).
164. Babita Singh named as new Global Peace Ambassador 2022.

165. Israel tested new laser missile defence system ‘Iron Beam’.
166. Russia test-fired world’s ‘most powerful’ nuclear-capable

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile “RS-28 SARMAT”
167. Haryana won 12th Senior Men’s National Hockey championship.

168. Elon Musk acquired Twitter for $44 Billion.
169. Reliance Industries Ltd became 1st Indian company to hit Rs 19 lakh
crores m-cap.
170. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received John F. Kennedy

Profile in Courage Award 2022.
171. Andrey Rublev defeated Novak Djokovic to won Serbia Open title.
172. CBDC: Digital Currency of India to be introduced soon.
173. Manchester City have been crowned 2021/22 Premier League

champions on 22nd May.
174. Australia’s newly elected Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese

became new Prime Minister on 23rd May.
175. World Economic Forum will begin on 22nd May at Davos in

Switzerland.
176. Elisabeth Borne elected as new Prime Minister of France.

177. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has been elected President
of the UAE.
178. Ranil Wickremesinghe appionted as a Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.

179. Captain Abhilasha Barak has become the 1st woman officer in Army
Aviation Crops.
180. Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen won the gold medal at the IBA Women’s
World Boxing Championships.

181. India’s men’s badminton team wins the Thomas Cup title, India
beats Indonesia 3-0.

182. Geetanjali Shree’s (Hindi Author) Novel ‘Tomb of Sand’ wins
International Booker Prize on 26th May.

183. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar inaugurated nation’s first ethanol plant in
Purnia.
184. World Press Freedom Index 2022: India ranked 150th; Norway
topped.
185. Union Bank of India became 1st public sector bank to go live on
Account Aggregator framework.

186. Nand Mulchandani appointed 1st-ever Chief Tech Officer of CIA.
187. Snow leopard expert Charudutt Mishra won Whitley Gold Award.
188. Atal Tunnel received Indian Building Congress (IBC) ‘Best
Infrastructure Project’ award.

189. NASA’s climate research scientist Cynthia Rosenzweig won World
Food Prize 2022.

190. India’s 1st indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant will be handed
over to Indian navy.

191. Cochin Shipyard will build India’s 1st indigenous hydrogen-fuelled
electric vessel.
192. ISRO planned mission to Venus (Shukrayaan-I) by December 2024.
193. Harshada Sharad Garud became 1st Indian to win gold medal at IWF
Junior World Weightlifting Championship in Greece.
194. JAIN University won the Khelo India University Games 2021.
195. Kerala won Santosh Trophy for seventh time.

196. 3 May: World Press Freedom Day (Theme 2022: ‘Journalism under
Digital Siege’)
197. Priyanka Mohite became 1st Indian woman to climb 5 peaks above
8,000 m.
198. Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Asani’ to hit Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and
West Bengal.
199. India’s 1st Centre of Excellence for Khadi inaugurated in New Delhi.
200. Chhattisgarh became 1st state to restore old pension scheme.

201. Rodrigo Chaves sworn-in as President of Costa Rica.
202. Yoon Suk–Yeol took oath as new President of South Korea.

203. World’s longest glass-bottomed bridge opened in Vietnam.
204. Saudi Aramco became world’s most valuable company by replacing

Apple.
205. Campbell Wilson appointed as new MD & CEO of Air India.

206. Deepika Padukone became 1st Indian brand ambassador of Louis
Vuitton.
207. Biplab Deb resigned as CM of Tripura; Manik Saha to be new CM.
208. Danish Siddiqui posthumously won 2nd Pulitzer Prize for ‘Images of
Covid toll’.
209. South Korea became 1st Asian country to join NATO cyber defence
group.
210. Asian Games 2022 to be held in Hangzhou, China postponed to

2023.
211. 8 May: World Red Cross Day (Theme 2022: #BeHUMANKIND

(Believe in the power of Kindness).
212. Santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma passed away

213. 1st president of independent Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk passed away.
214. Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary in Rajasthan notified as 52nd

tiger Reserve of India.
215. World’s longest suspension bridge “Sky Bridge 721” opened in

Czech Republic.
216. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud elected as new President of Somalia.

217. Hamza Abdi Barre appointed as PM of Somalia.
218. South Korea defeated China to won Uber Cup 2022.

219. A new novel ‘A Place Called Home’, authored by Preeti Shenoy.
220. Kolkata became 1st major metro city to get its biodiversity register.
221. India’s 1st ‘Lavendar Festival’ held in Bhaderwah, Jammu &
Kashmir.
222. PM Modi inaugurated world’s 1st Nano Urea Liquid Plant in
Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
223. Jitendra Singh inaugurated North India’s 1st Industrial Biotech Park
at Kathua, J&K
224. Bihar has India’s largest gold reserves.
225. QUAD Leaders’ Summit 2022 held in Tokyo, Japan

226. India-Bangladesh conducted 3rd Bilateral Naval Exercise
Bongosagar.
227. Dr Jitendra Singh launched single national portal ‘BioRRAP’ for
Biotech researchers and Start-Ups.

228. Gujarat Titans won the title of IPL 2022 Final.
229. A book titled ‘Listen to Your Heart: The London Adventure’;

authored by Ruskin Bond.
230. Singer Krishnakumar Kunnath (KK) dies after performing at Kolkata

concert.
231. Iran launched a solid fuelled rocket Zuljana into space.

232. India-Indonesia CORPAT between Navy Units in Andaman Sea &
Straits of Malacca.
233. India Bangladesh joint military training exercise “EX Samprati-X” is
being conducted from 5 June to 16 June 2022.

234. Delhi airport become the 1st airport in the country to be fully hydro-
& solar-powered.
235. Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) 2021 won by host Haryana.
236. R Praggnanandhaa wins Norway Chess Group A Open Chess

Tournament 2022.
237. PM Modi inaugurated Worlds 1st Nano Urea plant by IFFCO at

Gujarat.
238. Uttarakhand commissioned country’s 1st Liquid Mirror Telescope.

239. Sikkim state declared ‘Blue Duke’ as the state Butterfly.
240. US Frontier Overtakes Japan’s Fugaku as the World’s Most Powerful

Supercomputer.
241. Turkey to change the official name to ‘Türkiye’, UN agrees.

242. Instagram launched its new feature ‘AMBER alert’ to help find
missing children.
243. Global Environmental Performance Index 2022: India ranked 180th;
Denmark topped.
244. Sachin Tendulkar to continue as UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador for
a record 20th year.

245. RJ Umar receives the Immunisation Champion award by UNICEF.
246. Former West Indies skipper Darren Sammy conferred with the
Sitara-e-Pakistan award.
247. Meghalaya won Best Project Award at UN World Summit.

248. IIFA awards 2022: Vicky Kaushal and Kriti Sanon won Best Male &
Female Actor award respectively.

249. IAF signed MoU with the UT of Chandigarh to set up IAF Heritage
Centre.
250. Indian Navy decommissioned two ships INS Nishank, INS Akshay
after 32 years of service.

251. Indian Army Contingent participates in the “Khaan Quest 2022”
exercise at Mongolia.
252. Iga Swiatek won women’s singles title at French Open 2022.
253. Spain’s Rafael Nadal defeated Norway’s Casper Ruud in final to win
men’s singles title of French Open.
254. 5 June: World Environment Day (Theme 2022: ‘Only One Earth’)
255. 8 June: World Ocean Day (Theme 2022: ‘Revitalisation: Collective
Action for the Ocean’).

256. Bhim Singh, founder of J&K Panthers Party passed away.
257. Santoor maestro Bhajan Sopori passed away.

258. Dharmendra Pradhan launched India’s largest educational
metaverse ‘Polyversity’ & Bharat Blockchain Network
259. Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated National Museum of Customs and

GST in Goa.
260. National e-governance service delivery assessment (NeSDA) Report

2021; Kerala topped among states, J&K topped among UTs
261. India’s 1st private train service between Coimbatore and Shirdi
flagged off under ‘Bharat Gaurav Scheme’.
262. India signed Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) on criminal

matters with Poland to support investigation & prosecution of crimes
263. Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland elected as

non-permanent members of UN Security Council
264. India finalised deals for cheetahs from South Africa & Namibia.
265. 1st-ever India-EU Security and Defence Consultations held in
Brussels.
266. Kiya.ai launched India’s 1st banking metaverse ‘Kiyaverse’.
267. Rabab Fatima appointed as Under Secretary-General of UN.

268. Ramkrishna Mukkavilli became 1st Indian to be recognized as
Global SDG Pioneer for Water Stewardship by United Nations Global

Compact (UNGC).
269. AR Rahman appointed ambassador of Indo-UK culture platform

‘The Season of Culture’.
270. NASA’s DAVINCI Mission to Venus will launch in 2029.

271. India launched its 1st COVID-19 vaccine ‘Anocovax’ for animals.
272. India will launch first human space mission (Gaganyaan) & first
human ocean mission (Samudrayaan) in 2023.
273. India won inaugural FIH Hockey championship at Lausanne,

Switzerland.
274. India’s 1st sports marketing book “The Winning Formula for
Success” launched by IISM; authored by Vinit Karnik.
275. Ladakh signed tripartite MoU to set up India’s first dark sky reserve
at Hanle in Ladakh.
276. Assam became the 36th State to implement ‘One Nation One Ration
Card’.
277. IMD’s World Competitiveness Index 2022: India ranked 37th;

Denmark topped.
278. Gustavo Petro elected as the first-leftist President of Colombia.

279. Lisa Sthalekar becomes the first woman president of the Federation
of International Cricketers’ Association (FICA).

280. Los Angles, Toronto, Mexico City named among host cities for FIFA
World Cup 2026.

281. Biography of Gautam Adani “Gautam Adani- The Man Who
Changed India” written by R N Bhaskar.

282. 20 June – World Refugee Day (Theme 2022- Whoever, Whatever,
Whenever. Everyone has a right to seek safety).

283. 21 June – International Yoga Day (Theme 2022 – Yoga for
Humanity).
284. PM Modi inaugurated ‘Vanijya Bhawan’, new premises of
Commerce Ministry.
285. Delhi airport becomes India’s first to run entirely on renewable
power.
286. Jammu & Kashmir to host G-20 meetings in 2023.
287. India’s largest floating solar power project commissioned by Tata

power solar in Kerala.
288. Parameswaran Iyer appointed as CEO of NITI Aayog.

289. Odisha, ‘Mo Bus’ Service received the prestigious UN Public Service
Award.
290. Scientists discovered the world’s largest bacterium “Thiomargarita
Magnifica”.
291. Iran launched a solid-fueled rocket, Ziuljanah into space.

292. Madhya Pradesh clinched the first-ever Ranji Trophy title against
Mumbai.
293. 23 June – International Olympic Day (Theme 2022 – Together, For a
Peaceful World).
294. ‘HAR GHAR TIRANGA’ A Campaign to Hoist the Flag at Homes From
13th To 15th August 2022.
295. Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al Ahmed Al-Sabah Becomes Kuwait’s Prime

Minister.
296. Ranil Wickremesinghe Sworn in as Interim President of Sri Lanka

297. Shinzo Abe, Former Japan Pm, Passes Away After Being Shot in
Nara.
298. Yair Lapid became 14th Prime Minister of Israel.
299. India Will Host International Cricket Council Women’s ODI World
Cup 2025.
300. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island Given to Andaman & Nicobar
Administration to Promote Tourism.
301. India Crossed 200-Crore (2 Billion) Covid-19 Vaccine Doses On 17th

July 2022.
302. Gita Gopinath Became The 1st Woman To Feature On IMF’s ‘Wall Of
Former Chief Economists’.
303. Draupadi Murmu The 1st Tribal Woman Becomes 15th President of
India.
304. Neeraj Chopra Becomes 1st Indian to Wins Silver Medal at World
Athletics Championships.
305. Mairaj Ahmad Khan Becomes 1st Indian Shooter to Win Gold Medal
At ISSF World Cup.
306. Indian Shuttler PV Sindhu Has Won The Women’s Singles Title Of
Singapore Open.
307. Novak Djokovic Beats Nick Kyrgios to Win Wimbledon 2022.

308. Eknath Shindhe sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
309. Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first black woman on US Supreme

Court.
310. Odisha government won first prize in National MSME Award 2022.
311. Google announced Startup School India initiative.
312. UP becomes first state in the country to have 13 expressways.

313. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Mumbai becomes
India’s first station to have augmented reality experience.

314. Uttarakhand becomes first state to implement NEP at pre-primary
level
315. Ola unveiled India’s first indigenously made lithium ion-cell.
316. Former Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant appointed as the new G20
Sherpa.
317. Union Minister Rajnath Singh launched first-ever AI exhibition in

New Delhi.
318. Gujarat to host 36th National Games from 27 September to 10

October.
319. Wimbledon championship 2022: Novak Djokovic won the men’s

singles. title and Elena Rybakina won the women’s singles title.
320. India topped ISSF Shooting World Cup 2022 medal tally.
321. 11 July – World Population Day (Theme 2022 – A world of 8 billion-

Towards a resilient future for all – Harnessing opportunities and ensuring
rights and choices for all.)

322. India’s first e-waste eco park to be established in Holambi Kalan in
Delhi.
323. Kerala becomes first state to have its own internet service.
324. Jawaharlal Nehru Port becomes first 100% Landlord Major Port of
India. All berths of the port are being operated on PPP model.
325. PM Modi unveiled India’s first passenger drone, Varuna.

326. Burhanpur of MP becomes the first district to certify ‘Har Ghar Jal’.
327. Dinesh Gunawardena takes oath as Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister.
328. Tokyo to host 2025 World Athletics Championships.
329. Los Angeles to host 2028 Summer Olympic Games in July 2028.
330. Japan’s Sakurajima volcano erupted.
331. Indermit Gill appointed as new Chief Economist of World Bank.

332. Russia decided to quit International Space Station after 2024.
333. PV Sindhu & Manpreet Singh named India’s flagbearers for CWG
2022.
334. Three new countries include Cambodia, Uzbekistan and Cote

D’Ivoire received ICC Membership status.
335. • Dilip Kumar: In the Shadow of a Legend’ book released authored

by Faisal Farooqui .
336. India-US joint special forces exercise Vajra Prahar 2022 concluded
at Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh.

337. Bangladesh-born Fahmida Azim won 2022 Pulitzer Prize in
illustrated reporting, commentary category.

338. Indian Air Force team has reached Australia to participate in exercise
Pitch Black 2022.

339. The 4th edition of India-Oman joint military exercise ‘Al Najah-iv’
between Indian army and Royal army.

340. 3rd edition of Vietnam-India bilateral military exercise “X Vinbax
2022” at Chandimandir in Haryana.

341. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal launched “Make India no. 1” mission.
342. Jagdeep Dhankhar was elected as 14th vice president of India.

343. India won 61 medals in the overall Commonwealth Games 2022
medal table. India finished its CWG 2022 campaign as the fourth-best
country.
344. Punjab & Haryana governments have agreed to name Chandigarh
international airport after Shaheed Bhagat Singh.
345. Goa becomes the 1st “Har Ghar Jal” certified state in India.
346. Supertech twin towers in Noida were demolished.
347. Former vice president M Venkaiah Naidu released a book ‘New

India’ on the death anniversary of Arun Jaitley.
348. Singapore emerged as the top country with the highest FDI in India
in FY22
349. Gujarat becomes the first state to launch semiconductor policy.

350. Savitri Jindal becomes the richest woman in Asia.
351. IOC signed an MoU with National Tiger Conservation Authority

(NTCA) for Cheetah relocation from Africa to India.
352. World’s largest floating solar power plant to be built in Madhya

Pradesh.
353. India adds 10 more wetlands designated as Ramsar sites; now total
of 64 sites in the country.
354. South Korea launched the first Moon mission, Korea Pathfinder
Lunar Orbiter, also known as Danuri.
355. Justice Uday U Lalit to be the 49th Chief Justice of India.

356. Suresh N Patel appointed as new Central Vigilance Commissioner.
357. Jagdeep Dhankar elected as the vice-president of India.

358. First indigenous aircraft carrier ‘Vikrant’ handed over to Indian
Navy.
359. India and Oman joint military exercise AL NAJAH-IV commenced in
Rajasthan.
360. ‘Games Wide Open’ unveiled as Paris Olympics 2024 official slogan.
361. Asia Cup 2022 shifted out of Sri Lanka to UAE.

362. Mirabai Chanu won first gold medal for India at CWG 2022.
363. Anahat Singh: India’s youngest athlete at the 2022 Commonwealth

Games.
364. India’s Bajrang Punia clinched gold medal in men’s 65kg wrestling.
365. India’s Sakshi Malik won gold medal in women’s 62 kg wrestling.

366. CWG 2022: Naveen Kumar won gold medal in 74 Kg Category.
367. CWG 2022: Vinesh Phogat won gold medal in women’s 53kg
category.
368. CWG 2022: Ravi Kumar Dahiya won gold medal in 57kg category.
369. Avinash Sable won silver medal, becomes first-ever Indian to win
CWG steeplechase medal.

370. CWG 2022: Nikhat Zareen won gold medal in Women’s Light
Flyweight Boxing.
371. CWG 2022: India won silver medal after losing to Australia in cricket.
372. CWG 2022: PV Sindhu won the gold medal in women’s single
badminton.
373. Defence Expo to be held in Gandhinagar from Oct 18 to 22.

374. Google launched ‘India Ki Udaan’ to celebrate 75 years of
independence.
375. Samudrayaan mission to send humans 6,000 meters deep in ocean.
376. Microsoft becomes first company to join ONDC network.

377. World’s highest railway bridge ‘Golden joint’ inaugurated on
Chenab in J&K.
378. India to start supplying petrol with 20% ethanol from April 2023.
379. India added 11 more wetlands to its list of Ramsar sites; now a total
75 Ramsar sites (Shallabugh and Hygam Jheel from J&K).
380. J&K Government launched Village Defence Guards Scheme.

381. Gustavo Petro sworn in as Colombia’s first leftist President.
382. James Marape sworn in as prime minister of Papua New Guinea.

383. Dalai Lama honoured with Ladakh’s highest civilian award.
384. Prof Ramadhar becomes first Indian psychologist on US Heritage

Wall of Fame.
385. Shashi Tharoor received France’s highest civilian honour Chevalier

de la Legion d’Honneur.
386. Indian Army launched ‘Him Drone-a-thon’ programme.

387. India conducted bilateral exercise ‘Udarashakti’ with Malaysia.
388. ISRO launched India’s 1st virtual space museum named SPARK.
389. CWG 2022: India finished fourth with 61 medals comprising 22
gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze.

390. First edition of Women’s IPL will be held in March 2023.
391. Border Road Organization (BRO) to build first steel slag road in
Arunachal Pradesh.
392. India’s first electric double-decker bus launched in Mumbai.

393. Goa becomes the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified State in the country.
394. Mandla becomes country’s first fully ‘Functionally Literate’ district.

395. Maharashtra declared ‘Dahi Handi’ an official sport.
396. Jharkhand becomes first state in the country to distribute Seed to

Farmers via Blockchain Tech.
397. India’s 1st space observatory to come up in Uttarakhand.

398. UK becomes first country to approve Omicron vaccine.
399. Uttar Pradesh government to build India’s first education township.

400. HDFC Bank launched a new campaign ‘Vigil Aunty ‘.
401. William Ruto elected as the new president of Kenya.

402. 107 gallantry awards announced on Independence Day:
Kirti Chakra Devendra Pratap Singh.

403. FIFA suspended All India Football Federation.
404. Manisha Kalyan becomes 1st Indian to play in UEFA League.

405. Netanyahu’s autobiography ‘Bibi: My Story’ to be out in November
2022.
406. India nominated Garba to be inscribed on UNESCO’s list.
407. India’s first 3D-printed post office to come up in Bengaluru.
408. NITI Aayog to establish 500 Atal Tinkering Labs in Jammu and
Kashmir.
409. Fahmida Azim won the Pulitzer Prize 2022 in Illustrated Reporting.
410. Angela Merkel awarded the UNESCO Peace Prize 2022.
411. India’s 1st IAC Vikrant to be commissioned on September 2.

412. Indian economy became the 5th largest economy in the world.
413. Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the India’s first clean Sujal Pradesh.
414. ‘Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan’ to eliminate TB by 2025

415. Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman appointed as
the Prime Minister.

416. Giorgia Meloni becomes the 1st female Prime Minister of Italy.
417. Indian-origin British minister Suella Braverman won the 1st Queen
Elizabeth Award.
418. Indian Navy has reached Darwin, Australia to participate in exercise

KAKADU-2022 organized by Australian Navy.
419. Japan-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise- JIMEX 2022 in Bay of

Bengal.
420. Charles III is formally proclaimed as King of Britain.

421. Queen Elizabeth II, UK’s longest-serving monarch passes away at 96.
422. Liz Truss to be Britain’s next Prime Minister.

423. R Venkataramani has been appointed as the new Attorney General
of India.
424. Government has appointed Lt Gen Anil Chauhan as the next CDS.
425. PM Modi to release cheetahs at Kuno National Park in MP.

426. India has become the world’s third largest producer of renewable
energy.
427. Revamped Rajpath, has been renamed as Kartavya Path.
428. PM Modi commissioned the 1st indigenous aircraft carrier, INS

Vikrant, in Kochi.
429. SAFF Women’s Championship 2022: Bangladesh beat Nepal to win

1st title.
430. Indian wrestler & Olympic Medalist Bajrang Punia won a bronze
medal at World Wrestling Championships.
431. Vinesh Phogat won the bronze medal at World Wrestling

Championship 2022.
432. Asia Cup 2022: Sri Lanka beat Pakistan in the finals.
433. Chandigarh Airport renamed Shaheed Bhagat Singh International
Airport on his 115th birth anniversary.

434. UP govt to provide a unique farm ID to farmers, similar to Aadhar
number.
435. Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2020 will be presented to
actress Asha Parekh.

436. J&K Police launched online Mobile app ‘JK Ecop’.
437. Arvind Kejriwal launched India’s first virtual school for students.
438. India’s first Night Sky Sanctuary to be set up in Ladakh.
439. Rajpath, Central Vista lawns in Delhi to be renamed as ‘Kartavya

Path’.
440. Tripura sets up India’s first Bio-Village.

441. Shershaah won 67th Filmfare Awards 2022 for best movie.
442. Rohit Sharma becomes first player to score 3500 runs in T201
matches.
443. Subedar Major Yogendra Yadav authored autobiography titled

“The Hero of Tiger Hill”.
444. 8 September – International Literacy Day (Theme 2022 –

Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces)
445. Historian B. Sheik Ali passed away recently

446. Former chairman of Tata Sons Cyrus Mistry passed away.
447. Bihar CM inaugurated India’s longest rubber dam on Falgu River.

448. President Droupadi Murmu nominated Gulam Ali, Gurjar Muslim
from J&K to Rajya Sabha.

449. World’s largest museum of Harappan culture to be set up in
Haryana.
450. India’s first Forest University to be established in Telangana
451. Air India to be rebranded as AI

452. Human Development Index 2021: India ranked 132; topped by
Switzerland
453. During G20 Presidency: India invited Bangladesh as guest country
454. Mukul Rohatgi appointed as Attorney General of India

455. Indian Army & Indian Air force conducted joint exercise ‘Gagan
Strike’
456. INS Satpura reached Darwin to participate in naval exercise ‘Kakadu’
457. US Open 2022 Concluded; Alcaraz Garcia has won the trophy in
men’s Singles and Iga Świątek has won the trophy in Women’s Singles
458. Max Verstappen won Italian F1 Grand Prix 2022

459. 15 September – International Day of Democracy (Theme 2022 –
Importance of media freedom to democracy, peace, and delivering on the

Sustainable Development Goals)
460. 16 September – World Ozone Day (Theme 2022 – Global

Cooperation Protecting Life on Earth)
461. Indore to become the country’s first “Smart City” with digital
address
462. India’s 1st lithium-ion cell factory inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh

463. Bihar to introduce mandatory games period ‘no-bag day’ in schools
464. Andaman & Nicobar Islands declared India’s first Swachh Sujal
Pradesh
465. Kashmir’s first-ever multiplex opened in Srinagar

466. Indian author & poet Meena Kandasamy won German PEN award
467. Durand Cup 2022 – Bengaluru defeated Mumbai City 2-1 to become
Champions
468. Bangladesh defeated Nepal to clinch maiden SAFF Women’s

Championship title 2022
469. India to host maiden Moto GP race in 2023

470. Former VP Venkaiah Naidu released a book titled ‘Sabka Saath
Sabka Vikas Sabka Vishwas’ on PM Modi’s selected speeches

471. 21 September – International Day of Peace (Theme 2022 – End
racism, Build peace)

472. Sikkim gets India’s first avalanche-monitoring radar
473. Ghulam Nabi Azad launched new political party ‘Democratic Azad
Party‘
474. Leh achieved 100 percent digitization of banking operations

475. Dilip Tirkey elected as President of Hockey India
476. Giorgia Meloni elected as First woman PM of Italy

477. Senior advocate R Venkataramani appointed as new Attorney
General of India
478. West Zone won the Duleep Trophy 2022 title.
479. Lothal: ‘World’s oldest dock’, to get National Maritime Heritage

Complex
480. President Draupadi Murmu inaugurated ‘Param Kamrup’

supercomputer at IIT Guwahati.
481. DefExpo 2022 will be held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat from 18 to 22

October.
482. Justice D Y Chandrachud named 50th Chief Justice of India.

483. The fifth assembly of the International Solar Alliance will be held in
New Delhi.
484. India is now the world largest producer of sugar.
485. RBI increase Repo Rate by a half percent to 5.9 percent

486. Mallikarjun Kharge Elected as the New Congress President.
487. Indian space agency may launch Chandrayaan-3 in June 2023.

488. ISRO will launch 36 satellites of OneWeb, the UK’s global
communications network.
489. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched 5G services on 1st October

2022.
490. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty win French Open men’s
doubles title.
491. 5th Khelo India Youth Games-2022 will be held in Madhya Pradesh
in Jan-Feb 2023.
492. Former Indian cricketer Roger Binny has been appointed as the new
President of BCCI.
493. Goa to host 37th National Games in October 2023.

494. ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 is starting from 16 October.
495. PM Modi recognizes Modhera, a village in Gujarat, as India’s first

solar powered village.
496. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva elected new president of Brazil.

497. Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise ‘Simbex’ – 2022 at
Visakhapatnam.
498. 27th annual UN meeting on climate, COP27 will take place in Sharm-
el-Sheikh, Egypt.
499. Rishi Sunak will take over as the Prime Minister of Britain.
500. Booker Prize 2022 awarded to Sri Lankan author Shehan

Karunatilaka.
501. Ulf Christerson elected as the new Prime Minister of Sweden.

502. Abdul Latif Rashid elected as Iraq’s new President.
503. Nobel Prize 2022 in Economics awarded to Ben S Bernanke, Douglas

W Diamond, Philip H Dybvig.
504. Nobel Peace Prize 2022 awarded to human rights advocates from
Ukraine, Russia, Belarus (Ales Bialiatski, Russia’s Memorial and Ukraine’s
CCL won Nobel Prize 2022 in Peace).

505. Nobel Literature Prize 2022 awarded to French author Anne Arnoux.
506. Nobel Prize 2022 in Chemistry awarded to Caroline Bertozzi, Morten

Medel and Barry Sharpless.
507. Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 awarded to Alain Aspect, John F Clauser
& Anton Zeilinger.
508. Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2022 awarded to Svante

Pabo.
509. Haryana to Build the ‘World’s Largest Jungle Safari’.

510. CBI launched Operation ‘GARUDA’ to dismantle drug networks.
511. PM launched YUVA 2.0 scheme for mentoring young authors.

512. President launched startup platform ‘herSTART’ for women
entrepreneurs.
513. Global Innovation Index 2022: India climbs to 40th rank,
Switzerland Tops.
514. Kazakhstan changes capital’s name from Nur-Sultan back to Astana.
515. 68th National Film Awards announced:

Best Feature Film: Soorarai Potru.
516. Yunqing Tang won SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2022.

517. Rest of India defeated Saurashtra to win Irani Cup 2022.
518. Tamil Nadu announced India’s first Slender Loris Sanctuary in Karur
and Dindigul districts.
519. Haryana topped the Public Affairs Index 2022.

520. EU approved adoption of world’s first single charger rule.
521. Tom Cruise became first actor to film in outer space.

522. Global Hunger Index 2022; India ranked 107th out of 121 countries.
523. Roger Binny set to replace Sourav Ganguly as BCCI president.

524. Court and AM Magrey as Chief Justice of J&K and Ladakh High
Court.
525. Abdul Latif Rashid elected as President of Iraq.
526. Pooja Patel becomes first athlete to win Gold in Yogasana.
527. Novak Djokovic clinched 90th ATP title in Astana Open, Kazakhstan.
528. India defeats Sri Lanka to win Women’s Asia Cup 2022.
529. 10 October – World Mental Health Day (Theme 2022- Make mental
health & well-being for all a global priority).
530. 11 October – International Day of Girl Child (Theme 2022 – Our time
is now—our rights, our future).
531. PM Modi dedicated 75 Digital Banking Units to the nation.

532. Amit Shah launched first Hindi version of MBBS course books in
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

533. India’s first ‘Migration Monitoring System’ inaugurated in Mumbai.
534. Delhi government launched ‘Diya Jalao, Patake Nahi’ campaign.

535. Ladakh MP launched “Main Bhi Subhash” campaign.
536. India to host 90th General Assembly of INTERPOL in New Delhi.

537. Bharati Das appointed as new Controller General of Accounts.
538. Indian origin Rishi Sunak elected as new PM of UK.

539. Sri Lanka’s Shehan Karunatilaka won Booker Prize 2022.
540. 16 October – World Food Day (Theme 2022 – Leave No One behind).
541. Telangana Hyderabadi Haleem bagged Most Popular GI award.
542. Chenab White Water Rafting Festival starts at Shibnote, J&K.

543. World’s tallest Shiva statue inaugurated in Rajasthan.
544. Tazuni unveiled as mascot for FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023.
545. Max Verstappen won US Grand Prix 2022.
546. BCCI announced equal match fee for men and women cricketers.
547. 24 October – World Polio Day (Theme 2022 – A healthier future for
mothers & children).
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Tawqeer ul Islam EACT CLASSES

On which day, Indian Army Day is observed every year? January 15

• VS Pathania takes over as Director General of Indian Coast Guard.

• Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami launched Free Mobile Tablet scheme.

• Somalia’s Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble suspended over allegations of

• Zishaan A Latif won Ramnath Goenka Award in Photo journalism category.

• Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has launched NEAT (National

• Airtel Payments Bank got scheduled bank status from RBI.

• Alka Mittal appointed as the 1st woman CMD of ONGC.

• Kerala High Court became India’s 1st paperless court.

• India’s 1st Heli-Hub to be set up in Gurugram, Haryana.

• S Somanath appointed as the new chairman of ISRO.

• ISRO successfully conducted qualification tests of Cryogenic Engine for Gaganyaan.

• Kathak maestro Pandit Birju Maharaj passed away.

• Malta’s Roberta Metsola became youngest President of EU Parliament.

• Vikram Dev Dutt appointed as new CMD of Air India.

• Reserve Bank of India sets up new “FinTech” Finance Technology Department.

• Shaylyn Ford of America won the title of “Mrs World 2022”.

• On 23 January 2022, on the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra

• AFSPA extended in Nagaland for 6 more months.

• International Cricket Council (ICC) Awards 2021

Pakistani fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi best male cricketer.

ICC Women’s T20 Cricketer of the Year – Tammy Beaumont (England),

ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year (T20) Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)

ICC Emerging Women’s Cricketer Fatima Sana (Pakistan)

ICC Umpire of the Year award was given to Marais Erasmus.

• Syed Modi International Tournament 2022: PV Sindhu won the title.

• On 19 January 2022, Robert Lewandowski of Poland and Bayern Munich has

• Ruskin Bond’s new book “A Little Book of India Celebrating 75 Years of

• Padma Awards 2022

Padma Award 2022 list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan

Padma Vibhushan (4) list includes:

1) Ms. Prabha Atre for Art.

Shri Kalyan Singh(Posthumous) for Public Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF February 2022

• In which State, Indian Railways first solar plant (1.7-megawatt solar

• On which day Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti is observed every year?

• What is the new name of the Ahmedabad IPL franchise?

• On 5 February 2022, Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi dedicated to the

• India and UAE sign the historic Comprehensive Economic Partnership

• India’s first Geological Park will be built at Lamheta in Jabalpur, Madhya

• SMILE Scheme for Transgender and beggars.

• “EX DHARMA GUARDIAN-2022”, military exercise between India and

• Atal Tunnel officially recognised as the Longest Highway Tunnel above

• The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru has installed and

• Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO) is about to launch

• P R Sreejesh wins World Games Athlete of the Year Award 2021.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a 550-tonne capacity “Gobar-

• Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu Language to Poet Chandrabhan Khyal for

1. Madhabi Puri Buch is SEBI’s first woman chairperson.

2. About 17 thousand Indians left Ukraine under Operation Ganga.

3. Hollongi Greenfield Airport, Arunachal Pradesh is to be Operational on

4. “Kavach” System successfully tested by Indian Railway in presence of

5. India’s first indigenous Flying Trainer HANSA-NG Completed Sea Level

7. Petascale Supercomputer “PARAM Ganga” established by NSM at IIT

8. PARAM PORUL Supercomputer inaugurated at NIT Tiruchirappalli on 25

10. Bhagwant Mann took oath as Chief Minister of Punjab.

18. “Abel Prize 2022” awarded to American Mathematician Dennis P. Sullivan.

20. October 5 has designated as National Dolphin Day.

21. Indian badminton star PV Sindhu won Swiss Open 2022.

Ms Prabha Atre Art