Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (June 22nd to 30th June 2022)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of June 22nd to 30th June 2022. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2022 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

• International Widow’s Day is observed all over the universe each year on the 23rd of June to draw attention to widows’ voices and experiences and galvanize the exceptional support they need & the theme of 2022 is “Invisible Women, Invisible Problems”.
• The United Nations Public Service Day is celebrated on June 23 of every year & the theme of 2022 is ‘Innovating the Future Public Service: New Government Models for a New Era to Reach the Sustainable Development Goals.
• Olympic Day Run or International Olympic Day is celebrated on June 23 all around the world & the theme is “Stay healthy, stay strong, and stay active with the Olympic Day workout on June 23”.
• Every year on June 26th, the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2022 is commemorated to raise awareness about the impact and negative consequences that drugs have on society & the theme is Share Drug Facts, Save Lives.
• As the anniversary of the Tunguska event in 1908 approaches, June 30th is designated as International Asteroid Day & the theme of 2022, is “small is beautiful,”.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

• Cabinet approves MoU between India and UAE on Cooperation in the field of Industries and Advanced Technologies
• Cabinet approves MoU between NIES, Japan, and ARIES, India for Joint Research on Air Quality and Climate Change
• Cabinet approves MoU signed between SNBNCBS, Kolkata, India, and Leibniz-IFW Dresden e.V, Germany in the Novel Magnetic and Topological Quantum Materials
• Cabinet approves MoU between India and Australia for Technical Cooperation for AIWASI
• Cabinet approves MoU signed between India, US in the health sector
• Jitendra Singh has released a book and its e-Version on 8 Years of Administrative and Pension reforms (2014-2022).
• Hardeep Singh Puri, the minister for housing and urban affairs, has introduced in New Delhi the National Initiative for Promoting Upskilling of Nirman Workers (NIPUN).
• At IISc Bengaluru, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the cornerstone for the Bagchi Parthasarathy Multispeciality Hospital as well as the Centre for Brain Research.
• The Union government will ban “Single-Use Plastic” starting on July 1st, 2022.
• The government has made a project investment of Rs 7,242.90 crore has been made in the last two years under Padhan Mantri Matsya Samapada Yojana (PMMSY) while announcing the launch of a dashboard of this flagship scheme.
• The Central Government’s dream project, Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN) is five years old in 2022.
• Union Culture Minister Mr. Kishan Reddy inaugurated Jyotirgamaya, a festival honoring the talent of unappreciated performers, in New Delhi.
• PM Shri Narendra Modi to inaugurate Vanijya Bhawan and the National Import-Export Record for Yearly Analysis of Commerce” (NIRYAT)
• The “Surya Nutan,” a patented indigenous solar cooktop created by the oil refiner’s Faridabad R&D center, has been revealed by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).
• Cabinet approves Agreement between GoI and UN on a ‘Wayfinding Application’ to be used in the Palais des Nations, UNOG
• Union Cabinet approves Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Youth Work among the SCO Member States
• Cabinet approves MoA by India for the establishment of BIMSTEC Technology Transfer Centre at Colombo, Sri Lanka:
• CCEA approves grant of the moratorium to Cochin Port Authority on repayment of GoI loans for 3 years
• The Seismology Observatory in the Dandayal neighborhood of the Udhampur district was formally inaugurated by Jitendra Singh, Union Minister for Jammu and Kashmir.
• India is putting up several policies to support the construction of carbon capture facilities by high carbon emission industries including steel, cement, and thermal plants.
• Railway Protection Force (RPF) rescues 150 girls/women during pan India drive “Operation Mahila Suraksha”
• Union education minister Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan announced that the government is in the process of establishing model schools that will be called ‘PM Shri Schools’.
• India has been named the “nation of the year” at Europe’s largest startup conference, “Vivatech 2020.”
• The National Conference on Millets was launched by Prahlad Singh Patel, Union Minister of State for M/o Food Processing Industries.
• The government is reportedly considering moving the administration of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, and the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988, from the finance ministry to the Ministry of Home Affairs to consolidate all matters relating to narcotics under one department.
• In a significant step toward realizing the ambitious aim of being a Net Zero Carbon Emission Airport by 2030, Delhi Airport, also known as Indira Gandhi International Airport, became the first airport in the nation to function totally on hydro and solar power as of this month.
• The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) organized a virtual event to celebrate 7 years of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U), which was launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 25th June 2015.
• Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers and Health & Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya addressed a two-day seminar being organized on the subject ‘Production and use of Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia in Process Industry’ by the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi, New Delhi.
• Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has inaugurated India’s first government desalination plant only for industrial use at Dahej in Bharuch with a capacity of 100 MLD (million liters per day), set up for Rs 881 crore.
• In New Delhi, Chemical and Petrochemicals Secretary Arti Ahuja will now be part of a committee to examine the representation of officials sacked for alleged inefficiency or corruption in the government service.
• Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of nine National Highway Projects in Rajasthan costing 1,357 crore rupees.
• Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari has approved the Draft GSR Notification to introduce Bharat NCAP (New Car Assessment Program), wherein automobiles in India shall be accorded Star Ratings based upon their performance in Crash Tests.
• Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA) has completed two years.
• Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi will participate in the ‘Udyami Bharat’ program in New Delhi.
• The four Holy Relics of the Lord Buddha were returned to India after a 12-day exposition at the Batsagaan Temple on the grounds of Gandan Monastery, Mongolia, in honor of Mongolian Buddha Purnima.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• The Skytrax World Airport Awards named Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport the finest in India and South Asia for the 4th consecutive year.
• Mongolia’s Khuvsgul Lake National Park has been added to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO.
• Pakistan will continue to be on the “Grey List” of countries under increased monitoring of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), during a 4-day plenary session of the FATF underway in Berlin, Germany.
• Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, has inaugurated a “Mango Festival” in Brussels to raise awareness among Europeans and establish a market for Indian mangoes in Europe.
• India and Poland have signed a mutual legal assistance treaty on criminal matters (MLAT) to help both countries in the investigation and prosecution of crimes, related to terrorism.
• The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United States has announced a funding of USD 122 million (USD 122,475,000) to the top 3 Indian medical research institutions ie Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in New Delhi, National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune, Maharashtra and National Institute of Epidemiology (NIE) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu for five years.
• Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh went on a 3-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnam’s Minister of National Defence General Mr. Phan Van Giang.
• Vice President Shri M Venkaiah Naidu visited a three-nation tour to Gabon, Senegal, and Qatar.
• External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr. S. Jaishankar had an official visit to Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
• The 12th WTO Ministerial Conference was co-hosted by Switzerland and Kazakhstan at World Trade Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland & this conference was chaired by Timur Suleimenov, First Deputy Chief of Staff of Kazakhstan’s President.
• The European Commission has made a historic step in recommending that Ukraine and Moldova be granted European Union (EU) candidate status & this recommendation was announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
• The union territories of Jammu and Kashmir will host the 2023 meetings of the G20 summit.
• Israel signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), its first such deal with an Arab state.
• As per United Nations, Five million people in India were internally displaced due to climate change and disasters in 2021
• China is secretly building a naval facility in Cambodia that would help extend its military’s currently limited reach in foreign waters.
• At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2022, the Commonwealth has admitted two West African states Gabon and Togo as its 55th and 56th members respectively held in Rwanda’s capital of Kigali with new chairperson Rwandan President Paul Kagame.
• India hosted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers and Secretary-General for a Special ASEAN India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (SAIFMM) 2022 in New Delhi to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the India-ASEAN dialogue relations and the 10th anniversary of the country’s strategic partnership with ASEAN.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

• The state-run thermal energy giant NLC will set up a 1 GW solar project in the Indian state of Assam in a joint venture with the state government.
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the new campus of Dr. B R Ambedkar School of Economics (BASE) University in Bengaluru, Karnataka & during the event, he also unveiled 150 Technology Hubs’ that have been developed by transforming the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across Karnataka.
• Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) has signed MoUs with the State Bank of India (SBI), Bank of Baroda (BOB), Punjab National Bank (PNB), and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to boost investment in the UP Defense Industrial Corridor.
• The World Bank has approved a project named Uttarakhand Climate Responsive Rain-fed Farming worth Rs 1,000 crore to promote rain-fed farming in the hilly regions of Uttarakhand.
• Gujarat has become the first state to launch Balika Panchayat (girl Panchayat) in India.
• The Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Bhupendra Patel launched the 17th edition of ‘Shala Praveshotsav’, an annual drive to enroll students in Class 1 in Gujarat.
• Chief Minister of Karnataka Shri Basavaraj Bommai inaugurated IKEA’s Nagasandra store, a leading Swedish home furnishing retailer in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
• The Government of Karnataka signed 2 Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) to strengthen the economic activities of women’s self-help groups and facilitate organic farmers to sell their produce directly to consumers.
• Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has introduced Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)-enabled personalized Baggage Tag “BAGG TRAX”, a first-of-its-kind facility in the country that will share details in real-time about when and on which belt a passenger’s luggage is arriving.
• The 4-day 26th Sindhu Darshan Yatra began with festive fervor in Leh, Ladakh.
• BLS International Services, a tech-enabled services partner for governments and citizens, has entered into an agreement with the West Bengal government for the computerization and e-governance of registration offices in the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model in the Presidency Zone.
• Syngenta India has entered into an exclusive agreement with the Agriculture Insurance Company of India (AIC).
• Israel and the Haryana government signed a joint declaration on integrated water resources management and capacity building.
• The Uttarakhand Finance Minister Shri Prem Chand Aggrawal has tabled a Rs 65,571.49 crore budget for 2022-23 in the state assembly in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
• The Assam Cabinet approved the formation of a joint venture Assam Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (ARIDCL) between the Assam government and the railway ministry to increase the railway network in Assam.
• Leading stock exchange Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has collaborated with the Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (MACCIA) to promote and create awareness in Maharashtra on the benefits of listing on its Small & Medium Enterprise (SME) platform.
• The Karnataka government launched the Kashi Yatra project offering cash assistance of Rs 5,000 to each of the 30,000 pilgrims willing to take up a pilgrimage to Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
• Punjab finance minister Shri Harpal Singh Cheema presented the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s first budget a ₹1,55,859.78-crore which reflects 14.20 percent growth as compared to 2021-22.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING & FINANCE

• A wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda, BOB Financial Solutions Limited (BFSL) & Nainital Bank launched the Nainital Bank – BoB co-branded Contactless RuPay Credit Card during the centenary year of Nainital Bank
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has canceled the license of Davangere-Karnataka-based Millath Co-operative Bank Ltd due to inadequate capital and lack of earning prospects.
• The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) announced the IT resources of private sector lender ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, and UPI managing entity National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) as ‘critical information infrastructure’ under Section 70 of the IT Act, 2000 indicating that any harm to it can influence the national security and any unpermitted person accessing it may be imprisoned for up to 10 years.
• The Government’s Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) has partnered with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to bring e-commerce to agriculture.
• Union Communications and Electronics and Information Technology Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw announced, that NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) the international arm of NPCI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with France-based payments solution provider Lyra Network to accept UPI and Rupay cards in France.
• The selling price of banknotes in the denomination of ₹20, ₹50, ₹100, and ₹200 have gone up in FY22 vs the previous financial year & however, for notes in the denomination of ₹500, the prices have remained unchanged.
• The Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has constituted an advisory committee on ‘hybrid’ securities to make recommendations to promote the development of such instruments including measures focusing on ease of issuance and attracting domestic and global capital.
• Max Life Insurance Company Ltd has partnered with com to launch the ‘Max Life Smart Fixed-return Digital Plan’, a non-linked, non-participating, individual life insurance savings plan.
• Freo, one of India’s leading consumer neo banks, in partnership with Equitas Small Finance Bank launched its digital savings account ‘Freo Save’.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) extended the deadline to implement three provisions by three months, as part of new regulatory guidelines for issuing credit and debit cards from July 1, 2022, to October 1, 2022.
• CARD91 is a global payment infrastructure powering Business Business (B2B) payments announced a strategic partnership with YES BANK and RuPay, the flagship product of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
• The South Indian Bank (SIB) has launched a new portal called ‘SIB TF Online’ for its corporate EXIM (Export-Import) customers.
• Liberty General Insurance (LGI), one of the fastest-growing General Insurance companies in India recently entered into a Corporate Agency agreement with Peerless Financial Products Distribution Ltd (PFPDL).
• AU Small Finance Bank has launched an innovative Credit Card named AU Bank LIT (Live-It-Today) which allows customers to choose the features they want in their card and also decide the period they want those features for.
• Karnataka Bank has launched an Online SB Account opening facility through ‘Video-based Customer Identification Process (V-CIP)’.
• The Central government has made it mandatory for couples planning to become parents through surrogacy to buy a health insurance plan for 36 months (three years) for surrogate mothers.
• Capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has formed a Building Advisory Committee, which will advise and assist it in all the premises-related matters such as planning, acquisition, and furnishing.
• India’s total merchandise export value is expected to reach USD 117.2 billion in the first quarter of FY23 as per India Export-import (Exim) Bank.
• The Centre’s Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, GoI, will collaborate with the State Bank of India (SBI) to create an integrated pension portal to enhance the ease of living of pensioners.
• The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has launched a Dhan Sanchay Savings scheme, which is a non-linked, non-participating, individual, savings life insurance plan that combines life protection and savings.
• Private sector lender, ICICI Bank has launched a digital platform Campus Power to address the needs of the students aspiring to pursue higher education in India and abroad.
• Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has extended the ‘use and file’ procedure for most life insurance products, thereby allowing insurers to launch new products without prior approval of the regulator.
• Edelweiss General Insurance (EGI) has launched an out-of-network cash advance facility to help customers with monetary support at any hospital that is not part of EGI’s network.
• The State Bank of India (SBI) has received in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for its proposed operations support subsidiary aimed at bringing down the cost-to-income ratio.
• Bajaj Finance Limited, the lending arm of Bajaj Finserv Limited, has partnered with Worldline, a global firm in payment services, to develop point-of-sales (POS) payments acquiring solutions for its merchant network.
• Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹30 lakh on Reliance Industries (RIL) and two of its compliance officers, Savithri Parekh and K. Sethuraman, for failing to clarify on news or promptly disclose information about stake purchases in the company’s subsidiary Jio Platforms by FaceBook, Silver Lake and Vista equity partners.
• The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) reduced the solvency margin requirement for general insurers providing crop insurance, a decision expected to unlock Rs 1,400 crore of funds for them to undertake more business.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted Muffin Finance Limited, a subsidiary of Hindon Mercantile Limited one of the leading Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFC) in principal approval for the issuance of semi-closed prepaid payment instruments (PPIs) to customers in
• The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved the financing of $250 million to support the India State Support Program for Road Safety, and the Government of India’s Program for Strengthening Road Safety.
• Protean eGov Technologies Ltd (formerly NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Ltd) and PayNearby (Nearby Technologies Private Limited) have announced a partnership to offer Permanent Account Number (PAN) related services for PayNearby’s retail partners through Aadhaar and biometric or SMS-based One Time Password (OTP) authentication for their customers.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• A former rebel and a longtime legislator, Mr. Gustavo Petro became Colombia’s first leftist president & he defeated Mr. Rodolfo Hernández Suárez in the second round of the 2022 Colombian presidential election.
• Senior diplomat Ruchira Kamboj has been appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations in New York & she will succeed Mr. T S Tirumurti as the Indian ambassador to the UN.
• P.Udayakumar, Director (Planning & Marketing) National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) assumes an additional charge of Chairman and Managing Director, NSIC.
• Legendary Australian cricketer Lisa Sthalekar has become the first woman president of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Association (FICA).
• The New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS countries has appointed former bureaucrat Dr. D J Pandian as the Director-General of its India Regional Office (IRO) in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City).
• Senior IPS officer Mr. Dinkar Gupta was appointed as Director-General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
• I-League club Minerva Punjab’s former owner Mr. Ranjit Bajaj has been appointed as the chairman of the advisory panel formed by the Committee of Administrators (CoA) to oversee the functioning of the All India Football Federation (AIFF).
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appointed Venkat Nageswar Chalasani, former Deputy Managing Director of SBI, as a member of the Advisory Committee of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited (SIFL) and Srei Equipment Finance Limited (SEFL) & he Succeeds Former MD & CEO of Indian Overseas Bank, R Subramaniakumar.
• Shyam Saran, a former Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Nuclear Affairs and Climate Change has taken over as the President of the India International Center & he succeeds Mr. N N Vohra.
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Parameswaran Iyer as the new Chief Executive Officer of the National Institution for Transforming India Aayog (NITI Aayog) for 2 years & he Succeeds Mr. Amitabh Kant, after a 6 year-long stint, NITI Aayog CEO.
• The chief govt of India Resurgence Asset Reconstruction Firm (IRARC), Mr. Avinash Kulkarni has been appointed as the CEO of the India Debt Resolution Company (IDRCL) for 3 years.
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of Tapan Deka as the new Chief of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) for a tenure of two years from June 30, 2022, & he will succeed the incumbent Intelligence Bureau Director Mr. Arvind Kumar.
• The Delhi high court-appointed Anil Khanna as the acting president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) & he will replace Mr. Narinder Batra.
• The tenure of the current chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Mr. Samant Kumar Goel, was extended by one year up to June 30, 2023.
• The Appointment Committee of Cabinet (ACC) approved the appointment of Shri Nitin Gupta as Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) & he will replace Ms. Sangeeta Singh.
• Mohammed Jalood was elected as the new President of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) at the 2022 IWF Special & Electoral Congress in Tirana, Albania & he Succeeds the incumbent interim leader, Michael Irani.
• Justice Shri Satish Chandra Sharma took oath as Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONORS

• On the occasion of International Yoga Day, the AYUSH ministry announced that two individuals and two organizations will be honored with the ‘Prime Minister’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Development and Promotion of Yoga’ in 2022.
• Ruth Ozeki, a US-Canadian author, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest has been awarded this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction for her book “The Book of Form and Emptiness.”
• Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Union Minister of Civil Aviation, has awarded the first Type Certificate (TC) under Drone Rules, 2021 to IoTechWorld Avigation Pvt Ltd.
• A prominent United Nations award has been given to Mo Bus, an Odisha-based public transportation company, in recognition of their contributions to the global Covid19 response.
• An award scheme for writing books originally in Hindi on Economics/Banking/Financial issues was introduced by the Reserve Bank of India.
• At the Awards Ceremony held in Cluj-Unirii Napoca’s Square, the 21st edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival’s winners received cheers.
• Awarded first place in the category “National MSME Award 2022 to States/UTs for Outstanding Contribution in the Promotion and Development of MSME Sector” is the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Department of the Government of Odisha.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

• As of May 31, 2022, the two major pension plans of the PFRDA had 5.32 crore subscribers, an increase of more than 24% year over year.
• Bharti Airtel (Airtel), has launched Xstream multiplex, India’s first multiplex in the metaverse on the Partynite Metaverse platform
• The Yamuna International Airport Private Limited (YIAPL) has selected Tata Projects Limited as its engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) for the Noida International Airport (NIA) at Jewar, Uttar Pradesh.
• In Kayamkulam, Kerala, Tata Power Solar Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has achieved an amazing achievement by putting India’s largest floating solar power plant online.
• An integrated AI and data usage strategy, according to NASSCOM, an Indian non-governmental trade organization and advocacy group, may increase India’s GDP by $500 billion by 2025.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

• DBS Bank India Ltd (DBIL) has acquired a 9.9% stake in Svakarma Finance, a non-banking financial company, for delivering financial solutions to micro-enterprises through a combination of direct lending and co-lending.
• The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of up to 24.98 percent shareholding of IIFL Wealth Management Limited by BC Asia Investments X Limited.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: DEFENCE NEWS

• The Indian Coast Guard inducted the new air squadron known as 840 Squadron with an Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mark-III aircraft into the Coast Guard Region East.
• The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has approved the setting up of wayside amenities under the brand of ‘BRO Cafes’ at 75 locations on different sections of roads with Border Roads Organisation across 12 states and Union territories.
• Indian Air Force (IAF) would be participating in a month-long tactical leadership program at the Egyptian Air Force Weapon School in Cairo west Airbase.
• The Board of the food delivery company Zomato approved the acquisition of quick commerce start-up Blink Commerce Pvt Ltd (formerly known as Grofers India Pvt Ltd) for Rs 4,447.5 crore ($570 million) for Rs 13.45 lakh per equity share in an all-stock deal.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: MOUS AND AGREEMENT

• The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has renewed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), originally signed in 2012, to support innovative approaches for developing new preventions, therapies, and interventions needed to solve health (human and animal), food and nutritional inequities.
• An MoU was signed between MD, NHIDCL, and Director, IIT, Roorkee for sharing knowledge on innovative ideas and technologies in the field of highway engineering.
• Spices Board, a Ministry of Commerce and Industry establishment, under its initiative Flavourit Spices Trading Limited (FSTL), has signed a Terms of Understanding (ToU) with e-commerce platform Flipkart to enhance market access and help promote farmers and grassroots organizations working in the spices sector.
• The Indian Navy and the National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), signs MoU for “Cooperation on Numerical Model-Based Applications in Meteorology and Oceanology.”
• A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Defense Initiatives Aero Pvt Ltd. of India and Belarus (a subsidiary of DI Belarus).

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPS AND PORTAL

• The Union Government has launched the Rashtriya Puruskar Portal for inviting nominations for various awards from the various Ministries, Departments, and agencies to ensure transparency and public partnership.
• The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has launched a “CiSS application” under the Baal Swaraj portal to help in the rehabilitation process of Children in Street Situations. (CiSS)
• Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw launched an e-auction for Commercial earning, Non-Fare Revenue (NFR) contracts in Rail Bhavan.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: PERSON IN NEWS

• Shannain Dhaka, daughter of Sundana village of Rohtak, has secured the 1st rank in the examination for admission to the country’s first woman NDA batch.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has issued a circular that all hyper-sensitive airports in India will have to install a perimeter intrusion detection system by December 2023.
• The statutory body under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, and the Technology Development Board (TDB) are set to launch a ₹1,000 crore startup fund under a public-private partnership (PPP) model.
• South Korea has successfully launched its first domestically developed space rocket, the Korea Satellite Launch Vehicle II called Nuri, lifted off from the Naro Space Center at a launch site in Goheung Jeollanam do Province, South Korea.
• The GSAT (Geosynchronous Satellite)-24 satellite, for NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), was successfully launched on-board Ariane-V VA257 flight by French company Arianespace from Kourou in French Guiana (South America).
• US-based technology major Oracle’s cloud services platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has launched the ‘OCI dedicated region’ for the Indian market.
• China successfully launched the 2nd batch of the Yaogan-35 series, 3 new remote sensing satellites by a Long March-2D carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China’s Sichuan Province.
• The indigenously developed shipborne weapon system, Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM), was successfully flight-tested by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy off the coast of Chandipur in Odisha.
• Center for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) has signed an agreement with Galore Networks for the collaborative development of end-to-end 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) products and solutions.
• The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully launched a rocket from the Arnhem Space Center on the Dhupuma Plateau, near the township of Nhulunbuy, Australia.
• Indian Space Promotion and Authorisation Center (IN-SPACe) has approved 2 space startups Dhruva Space Private Limited in Hyderabad, Telangana, and Digantara Research & Technologies Private Limited in Bangalore, Karnataka to launch their payloads in space.
• The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) has acquired the crew module fairing (CMF), a crucial construction that may defend the Gaganyaan module carrying the astronauts throughout the launch, from an Alpha Design Technology Limited’s (ADTL), Bengaluru, Karnataka.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKS & REPORTS

• According to the report titled ‘Mercom India Solar Open Access Market Report Q1 2022,’ India added 513 MW of solar open access capacity, 58 percent higher QoQ compared to 324 MW installed in Q4 2021.
• The World Gold Council launched a report titled ‘Gold refining and recycling, in which India has ranked 4th in global gold recycling in 2021 with 75 tonnes of gold recycling.
• According to a BloombergNEF (BNEF)’s new report titled’ Financing India’s 2030 Renewables Ambition’, published in association with the Power Foundation of India, India will need USD 223 billion of investment to meet its goal of wind and solar capacity installations by 2030.
• According to a report Global Liveability Index 2022 published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the Austrian capital Vienna is the world’s most livable city for the 3rd time in the past 5 years.
• The report titled ‘Creating Jobs and Cutting Bills: the economic opportunities of a clean energy transition’, published by the ‘We Mean Business Coalition’ and Cambridge Econometrics released ahead of the G-7 leaders’ summit.
• A report released by policy advisory and research firm Startup Genome released the 2022 Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) at the Elevating Founders event of London Tech Week.
• According to the data from the sample registration system (SRS) abridged life tables, 2015-19 shows India’s life expectancy at birth has increased up to 69.7 in the 2015-2019 period.
• According to the CRISIL Report Data center capacity in India is expected to double to 1,700-1,800 megawatt (MW) by fiscal 2025 from 870 MW in fiscal 2022 powered by the data boom, digital adoption, and local data storage mandates.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: ENVIRONMENT

• Huge Stingray breaks the record for the Biggest Freshwater Fish
• The world’s fastest creatures, cheetahs, which went extinct in India, have been acquired by the Indian government through agreements with South Africa and Namibia.
• India’s newest recorded snail named after the Western Ghats
• Scientists have discovered a new species of bamboo-dwelling bat named  Glischropus meghalayanus in the Ri Bhoi district of
• Scientists have discovered the world’s largest bacterium Thiomargarita Magnifica in a Caribbean mangrove swamp – and it is so big that you can see it with the naked eye.
• A new species of spider discovered in the Thar desert of Rajasthan has been named after a Malayalee arachnologist.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BOOKS AND AUTHOR

• The book “Bhartiya Samvidhan: Ankahi Kahani” by Ram Bahadur Rai was published by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
• According to Penguin Random House (PRHI), the biography of industrialist and billionaire Gautam Adani, titled “Gautam Adani: The Man Who Changed India,” will be available in stores in October.
• The trailer for “Shabaash Mithu,” a Taapsee Pannu-starring biopic on former India women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj, has been released by director Srijit Mukherji.
• On the eighth International Yoga Day, Haryana Chief Minister Mr. Manohar Lal Khattar published the book Ashtang Yoga authored by Sonu Phogat.
• According to Penguin Random House India, a new biography of one of India’s most outspoken union leaders and former Central minister George Fernandes will follow his journey from the slums of Bombay to the halls of power in

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS

• Red Bull driver Max Verstappen wins Canadian Grand Prix 2022
• Sunil Chhetri, the captain of the Indian men’s football team, tied Ferenc Puskas of Hungary and Real Madrid for most international goals with his 84th goal against Hong Kong in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup 2023 Qualifiers.
• Matteo Berrettini defeats Andy Murray in the championship game to win the Stuttgart Open
• The Indian women’s wrestling team won five medals in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to win the Under-17 Asian Championship with a total of eight gold.
• The National Air Sport Policy 2022 was introduced by Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Minister of Civil Aviation (NASP 2022).
• The Indian football team enjoyed a successful harvest as a result of their strong Asian Cup qualification campaign, moving up two spots to position 104 in the most recent FIFA global rankings.
• The 38-year-old Indian all-rounder and seam bowler Rumeli Dhar has declared her retirement from international cricket.
• Indian women’s discus thrower Navjeet Dhillon won the gold medal at the Qosanov Memorial 2022 athletics meet in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
• Vijay Amritraj was honored with Golden Achievement Award by ITF and the International Tennis Hall of Fame
• At the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Madhya Pradesh defeated tournament giants Mumbai by six wickets to win their first Ranji Trophy championship.
• At the Asian Track Championship, Ronaldo Singh created cycling history by becoming the first Indian cyclist to earn a silver medal in continental competition in the senior category by finishing second in the sprint race on the penultimate day of the event in this city.
• At the Qosanov Memorial Athletics, champion sprinter Sekar Dhanalakshmi ran her personal best time to win the 200-meter gold medal.
• Sanapathi Gurunaidu of Chandrampeta village in Nellimarla Mandal of Vizianagaram district has become India’s first weightlifter to win gold at the IWF Youth World Championships held at Leon in Mexico.
• Tokyo Olympian Deepak Punia won a bronze medal after defeating Maksat Satybaldy in the 86kg freestyle weight category at the U23 Asian wrestling championships 2022 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARIES

• Veteran photojournalist R. Raveendran passed away at the age of 69.
• Venkatraman Krishnamurthy, a former Chairman of steel Public Sector Unit (PSU) SAIL and Maruti Udyog Ltd (now Maruti Suzuki), passed away at the age of 97 in Chennai.
• Noted lyricist, author, and journalist, Chowalloor Krishnankutty passed away in Thrissur, Kerala at the age of 86.
• Pallonji Mistry, chairman of Shapoorji Pallonji group, passed away in Mumbai at the age of 93.
• Legendary Indian hockey player & and Olympic and world championships medalist Varinder Singh passed away in Jalandhar at the age of 75.

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