Introduction
Let’s have a look into the current affairs from 17th August to 22nd August 2022
Parsi New Year 2022, Azlan Shah Cup, Blue Plaque honour, Police Medals, Veer Durgadas Rathore, F-INSAS, NaBFID, Bajaj Electricals, North East Olympics, Medicine from the sky, UN internet panel, Panch Pran. World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day, FIBA U-18 women’s Championship, Vistara, TCS. Super Vasuki, Mithila Makhana, Akshay Urja Diwas, Sadbhavna Diwas 2022.India’s First Portal On Arrested Narco Offenders ‘NIDAAN’
- William Ruto is declared Kenya’s next president (Kenya Capital: Nairobi, Kenya Currency: Shilling)
- India’s voluntary trust funds for defence of human rights more than Rs 3 crore
- Covid booster vaccination approved first in the United Kingdom
- GoI appointed 11 new High Court Judges in Punjab & Haryana
- Odisha Government Signed An MoU With NIOT For Protecting It’s Coastline
- Simon Stiell of Grenada named as new UNFCCC Executive Secretary
- India Can Be USD 5 Trillion Economy By FY29 If GDP Grows At 9% For 5 Years
- India To Start Supplying Petrol With 20% Ethanol From April 2023
- Wholesale Price Index (WPI) declines to 13.93% in July
- 4 independent directors reappointed by GoI to RBI’s central board
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveils statue of Marwari warrior Veer Durgadas Rathore
- Delhi HC Appoints Committee To Take Over Affairs Of Indian Olympic Association(IOA)
- Union Minister Jitendra Singh unveils India’s first Saline Water Lantern
- Indian flag unfurled in space to marks 75 Years of Independence
- India’s first 3D-printed Human Cornea developed by CCMB, IIT Hyderabad, and LVPEI
- Home Ministry awarded 1082 Police Medals in 2022
- Dadabhai Naoroji’s London home gets Blue Plaque honour
- Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia from November 16-25, 2022
- Parsi New Year 2022: History and Significance
- GoI unveils “Manthan” platform for better industry and R&D collaboration
- PM Modi announced ‘Panch Pran’ goal for the next 25 years
- India’s IT Secretary Alkesh Kumar Sharma named to high-level UN internet panel
- ‘Medicine from the sky’: First Pilot Project Launched in Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya Sports Department set to host 2nd edition of North East Olympics
- Bajaj Electricals elevates Anuj Poddar as MD & CEO
- Rajkiran Rai named as new MD of NaBFID
- Centre Approves Limit of Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme(ECLGS) to 5 Lakh Crore
- Now, Use UPI For NPS, Atal Pension Yojana(APY) Contribution
- Shiprocket becomes India’s 106th unicorn, raised $33.5 million
- New deposit products introduced by Ujjivan SFB and Bank of Baroda
- State Bank of India introduced its first dedicated branch to support start-ups
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh gives “F-INSAS” system to Indian Army
- India Gift Dornier Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft to Sri Lanka
- NASA’s moon rocket moved to launch pad for 1st test flight
- Centre Launches Paalan 1000 National campaign and Parenting App
- Former BCCI Secretary Amitabh Choudhary passes away
- India’s Oil Demand Will Rise By 7.73% In 2022, Fastest In The World
- ‘Yamuna Par Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ organised by NMCG
- United Kingdom(U.K) Inflation Rises To 10.1%, A 20 Year High
- Scotland becomes first nation to make period products available to everyone
- Goa, first state in India to receive “Har Ghar Jal” certification
- Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched ‘Make India No. 1’ mission
- Country first electric double-decker bus launched in Mumbai
- “Dahi-Handi” Recognised as an Official Sport of Maharashtra
- Paytm tie-up with Samsung stores to deploy smart PoS devices
- Yes Bank Announces Partnership with SellerApp to Promote ONDC
- MasterCard tie-up with badminton players to promote digital payments in India
- Axis Bank signed an MoU with FCI to provide “Ultima Salary Package”
- TCS partnership with five star bank to offer hyper-personalised customer experience
- Vistara emerges second largest domestic airline by market share
- Goodfellows, senior-focused startup launched by Ratan Tata
- RCTC & BSF signs MoU to ensure safety and security of booking data, other facilities
- Bengaluru to host FIBA U-18 women’s Asian Basketball Championship
- World Photography Day celebrates on 19th August
- World Humanitarian Day observed on 19th August
- India’s First Portal On Arrested Narco Offenders ‘NIDAAN’
- 17th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 2023 to be held at Indore
- Mandla becomes India’s first fully ‘functionally literate’ district
- Bill Gates Foundation named Ashish Dhawan to its board of trustees
- HAL to establish its first marketing office abroad in Malaysia
- India to buy Six Tu-160 long-range bombers from Russia
- Indian Army Set to Possess Quantum Communication Technology
- HDFC Bank opened the first all-women branch in north Kerala
- RBI Cancels Licence Of Deccan Urban Co-operative Bank
- ISRO received a Crew Module Fairing from HAL for Gaganyaan mission
- Geothermal energy to be used to supply energy to Ladakh
- UEFA League: Manisha Kalyan becomes 1st Indian to play in the league
- International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief
- World Senior Citizen Day 2022 celebrates on 21st August
- Sadbhavna Diwas 2022: Birth Anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi
- Akshay Urja Diwas 2022: India Observes Renewable Energy Day
- International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
- Author of Kocharethi, Narayan passes away
- GoI grants GI Tag to Bihar’s Mithila Makhana
- Super Vasuki: Indian Railways longest freight train