- PM Modi inaugurated the first smart campus of Bosch in Bengaluru
- PM Modi participated Udyami Bharat Programme and launched schemes for the MSME sector
- Nirmala Sitaraman released the Business Reform Action Plan 2020 in New Delhi
- Telangana government inaugurated T-Hub 2.0, an innovation center in Hyderabad
- Maharashtra government approved the renaming of Aurangabad as Sambhaji Nagar and Osmanabad as Dharashiv
- India’s Tata Motors partnered with Japan’s Renesas to develop chip solutions
- Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved Google’s 1.28% stake buy in Bharti Airtel
- India’s urban population to stand at 675 million in 2035, behind China: United Nations
- ReNew Power, UNEP, and SEWA launched “Project Surya” to train women as solar technicians
- Union Minister Piyush Goyal launched a three-day ‘Grand Hackathon’ on the Agriculture domain
- CSIR-CSIO and Engineers India Limited (EIL) signed an agreement for an ‘earthquake warning system’
- AAI signed an agreement with the government of Uttar Pradesh for the operationalization of five airports
- Department of Telecommunications signed an agreement with ITI Ltd and BSNL
- IIE Guwahati & IIM Shillong signed an agreement to boost entrepreneurship
- Delhi to host India’s biggest shopping festival in 2023
- PM Modi inaugurated the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Agradoot group of newspaper
- Rajasthan government will introduce India’s first right-to-health bill
- Ministry of Environment organized ‘Haryali Mahotsav
- Union Minister Parshottam Rupala inaugurated India’s first-ever Animal Health Summit
- 1st Edition of State Ranking Index For NFSA 2022- Odisha topped
- Western Railways opened its longest skywalk connecting Mumbai’s Bandra Terminus to Khar station
- Jitendra Singh Launched India’s First Autonomous Navigation Facility – TiHAN
- IGSS Ventures signed an MoU with the Tamil Nadu government for setting up a semiconductor park
- Tata Power signed an MoU with the Tamil Nadu government to set up a solar manufacturing plant
- IIT Hyderabad signed an MoU with Greenko to set up a school of sustainable science & tech
- Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL) ownership was handed over to Tata group-owned Tata Steel Long Products (TSLP)
- Vivek Express, running from Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari holds the title of Indian Railway’s longest train route
- PM Modi inaugurated Digital India Week 2022 at Gandhinagar
- Himachal Pradesh CM launched the ‘Nari Ko Naman’ scheme for women
- NTPC signed an MoU with the Rajasthan government for the development of a 10-GW solar park
- The Centre amended Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) allowing Indians to receive up to Rs 10 lakh without informing Authorities
- Bharti Airtel allotted 1.2% equity shares to Google for USD 1 Billion
- India’s first Monkeypox case reported in Kerala
- Burhanpur of MP becomes the first district to certify ‘Har Ghar Jal’
- India and Bangladesh agreed on the effective implementation of the Comprehensive Border Management Plan (CBMP)
- Karnataka cabinet approved a new employment policy, that aims to increase jobs
- Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) signed gas sale agreements with Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) & Assam Gas Company Ltd (AGCL)
- India’s NSCS (National Security Council Secretariat) hosted a meeting of BIMSTEC on cyber security cooperation
- Union Minister Narendra Tomar launched the e-NAM Platform to promote agricultural trade
- UAE to invest USD 2 billion to develop integrated food parks across India
- Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar & Union Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated the NIFT campus in Panchkula
- Industrial Production Index jumps to 19.6 percent in May
- Trade Deficit surged to a record $26.1 Billion in June
- UIDAI launched the ‘AadhaarFaceRd’ mobile app to perform Aadhaar face authentication
- Delhi LG VK Saxena launched the SAH-BHAGITA scheme to reward RWAs for property tax compliance
- Vedanta partners with IIT Madras incubated startup
- Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) partnered with the Athletics Federation of India to support Indian Athlete
- Government to soon launch nationwide campaign ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ to inspire people to hoist the national flag
- Ola unveiled India’s first indigenously made lithium ion-cell
- Union Cabinet approved Gati Shakti University in Gujarat
- Cabinet approved Taranga Hill-Ambaji-Abu Road new rail line
- Ahmedabad, Kerala among TIME’s list of the world’s greatest places of 2022
- India’s first elevated Dwarka expressway to be operational by 2023
- Uttarakhand becomes the first state to implement NEP at the pre-primary level
- Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approves India’s first indigenously developed Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV) vaccine
- Andhra Pradesh government decided to rejoin Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
- Delhi Government partnered with UNICEF for employment opportunities for students
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Mumbai becomes India’s first station to have an augmented reality experience
- Rurban Mission Delta Ranking June 2022– Jharkhand topped
- PM Modi unveiled the National emblem cast on the new Parliament Building
- Tripura government launched the ‘Earn with Learn’ Scheme
- IIT Kanpur to set up a network of air quality sensors to measure pollution in rural India
- Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) signed an agreement with the West Bengal government to build a next-gen electric ferry
- 6th Deputy National Security Advisor level meeting concludes in Kochi
- India becomes the 68th country to join Interpol’s Child Sexual Exploitation Database
- HAL signed an agreement with Safran to build helicopter engines
- Chhattisgarh government received USD 300 Million from World Bank for school education
- PM Modi inaugurated the newly built Deoghar Airport in Jharkhand
- UP becomes the first state in the country to have 13 expressways
- Kharchi Festival begins in Tripura
- Health Ministry and Panchayati Raj Ministry signed an MoU to eliminate TB in India by 2025
- India sets world record for building longest double-decker bridge in Nagpur
- PM Modi inaugurated Akshaya Patra Mid-Day Meal Kitchen in Varanasi
- Sikkim and West Bengal signed an agreement to ease travel for tourists
- Meghalaya to invest 300 crores in Childhood education programs
- Ministry of Mines organized the 6th National Conclave in New Delhi
- PM Modi attended the first Arun Jaitley Memorial Lecture at Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi
- PARIMAN – The Geo-Portal for National Capital Region (NCR) made Public
- National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) organized the 8th edition of Igniting Young Minds: Rejuvenating Rivers
- Delhi Government launched the ‘Mission Kuahl Karmi’ program to upskill construction workers
- Google announced Startup School India initiative
- NITI Aayog released the 3rd edition of the India Innovation Index
- Himachal Pradesh becomes the 1st Indian state to connect all registered commercial vehicles equipped with Vehicle Location Tracking Device (VLTD) with Emergency Response Support System (ERSS)
- India signed an MoU with the Maldives for Judicial cooperation
- India signed an MoU with the UK for Mutual Recognition of Educational Qualification
- UP govt ropes in Deloitte to make state USD 1 trillion economy
- PM Modi unveiled India’s first passenger drone, Varuna
- Burhanpur of MP becomes the first district to certify ‘Har Ghar Jal’
- Jawaharlal Nehru Port becomes the first 100% Landlord Major Port of India
- Centre formed a committee to strengthen the MSP system; chaired by Sanjay Agarwal
- India signed an MoU with Namibia for wildlife conservation
- Assam CM launched the ‘Swanirbhar Naari’ scheme to empower weavers
- NHPC signed an MoU with Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for setting up hydropower projects and pump storage projects
- India’s R&D spending amongst the lowest in the world: NITI Aayog study
- India’s agricultural exports rise 14% in the April-June quarter
- India’s share of remittance from the Gulf region declined in FY21
- Arunachal Pradesh & Assam signed a pact to resolve the border dispute
- Expat Insider Ranking 2022: India ranks 36th; Mexico topped
- NITI Aayog and WFP to launch Initiative on mainstreaming millets in Asia and Africa
- Rajasthan gets AI-powered Chatbot for fast disposal of cases in Lok Adalat
- Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) creates 1st mountain warfare training school in Northeast India
- India’s first e-waste eco park to be established in Holambi Kalan in Delhi
- Kerala becomes the first state to have its own internet service
- Telangana government partnered with UNDP for Data in Climate Resilient Agriculture (DiCRA)
- Tata Steel to invest Rs 12,000 crore in FY23 in India, Europe operations
- MSME Minister Narayan Rane launched the Mobile Electric Charging app
- JSW Steel partnered with BCG to accelerate the decarbonization journey
- PM Modi addressed Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organization Seminar in New Delhi
- Varanasi to be 1st cultural and tourism capital of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
- KVIC launched a knowledge portal to provide design directions to Khadi institutions
- Uttarakhand CM launched Uttarakhand police app and e-FIR service
- NHPC signed two MoU for the development of Pilot Green Hydrogen Technologies
- Government approves extension of Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) scheme till March 2024 for textiles exporters
- Govt launched the ‘Jagriti’ mascot to empower consumers and generate awareness of their rights
- The National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) partnered with Google for DigiVaani Call Center
- Government sets up a committee to develop a framework for the right to repair; chaired by Nidhi Khatri
- Defense Ministry sets up Apex Committee for Performance and Efficiency Audit
- PM Modi inaugurated Bundelkhand Expressway in Uttar Pradesh
- Coca-Cola signed Neeraj Chopra for Limca Sportz promotion
- Parshottam Rupala launched a subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) for manure management
- Foundation stone laid for the 8th Hi-Tech Park in Natore
- Haryana CM launched the ‘Smart E-Beat’ system for the Gurugram police
- India designated 5 new Ramsar sites; now a total of 54 Ramsar sites in the country
- ONGC signed an MoU with Greenko to produce green hydrogen
- HCL Tech’s Roshni Nadar Malhotra Richest Woman in India
- iDEX-DIO signed the 100th contract for defense innovation
- Bharat Forge arm signed an agreement with Talgo for manufacturing trains
- City Union Bank partnered with Aditya Birla Health Insurance for the distribution of health insurance product
- Cabinet approved Competition Amendment Bill
- Cabinet approves investment of Rs 12,000 crore by BPCL’s unit
- Uttar Pradesh CM launched a scheme for cashless medical benefit
- Jharkhand CM launched Jharkhand Tourism Policy 2021
- IIT Kanpur launched NIRMAN Accelerator Program
- Jammu Film Festival to begin on September 3
- Assam Government gives approval to a second wildlife sanctuary in Barak Valley
- Cochin Shipyard signed an agreement with IIM Kozhikode to boost start-ups in the maritime sector
- Union Minister Amit Shah launched the e-FIR system in Gujarat
- India grants USD 2.5 million to United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine refugees
- ADB approved USD 96 million in loans to Himachal Pradesh for a safe drinking water project
- GST collections increased to Rs 1.44 lakh crore in June 2022
- Muthoot Finance gets approval from RBI to open 150 new branches across India
- Edelweiss General Insurance launched SWITCH, comprehensive motor insurance
- SBI General Insurance launched Cyber Insurance Cover for Individuals: Cyber VaultEdge
- South Indian Bank signed an agreement with Kerala Forest Department for digital payment
- RBI selected Hansa Research Group to conduct fieldwork for the inflation expectation survey
- World Bank approved USD 1 billion to support India’s health sector
- Fiscal Deficit for April-May at the period at 12% of Budget estimates
- All rate changes recommended by the 47th GST Council are to be made effective from July 18
- SBI, HDFC Bank, and ICICI Bank acquired a 9.54% stake each in Perfios Account Aggregation Services
- Crisil cuts India’s GDP growth estimate to 7.3% for the FY23
- Axis Bank partnered with EazyDiner to launch Dining Delights
- Edelweiss partnered with Avanse Financial for student travel insurance
- SBI Life Insurance signed a pact with Paschim Banga Gramin Bank for bancassurance
- Sandeep Kumar Gupta to be the next chairman of GAIL succeeds Manoj Jain
- KK Venugopal was re-appointed Attorney General of India for 3 months
- Eknath Shinde was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra
- Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as the first black woman on US Supreme Court
- T Raja Kumar was appointed as the new president of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
- Yair Lapid elected as the 14th Prime Minister of Israel
- Air Marshal AP Singh appointed as the AOC-in-C Central Air Command
- PokerBaazi appointed Shahid Kapoor as its brand ambassador
- Asit Rath appointed as new MD & CEO of Aviva Life Insurance Company
- V P Nandkumar was re-appointed as MD and CEO of Manappuram Finance
- India’s Lt Gen Mohan Subramanian appointed as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)
- Suranjan Das was appointed as the new president of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU)
- Boris Johnson’s resignation as UK Prime Minister
- The Odisha government won first prize in National MSME Award 2022
- Ashok Soota was conferred with CII Quality Ratna Awards 2021
- Michelle Poonawalla received the coveted Shiromani Award
- Karnataka’s Sini Shetty crowned Femina Miss India World 2022
- Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska won the prestigious Fields Medal in 2022
- India successfully tested high-speed expendable aerial target Abhyas from the Odisha Coast
- 9th Army to Army Staff Talks between India and Australia in Dehradun
- 4th Synergy Conference between Indian Army and Defense Accounts Department in New Delhi
- DRDO conducted a successful maiden flight of Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator
- Javelin Thrower, Neeraj Chopra clinched a Silver medal at the prestigious Diamond League meet
- Adani Sportsline partnered with Indian Olympic Association as the principal sponsor
- Carlos Sainz won her maiden F1 British Grand Prix in 2022
- Parul Chaudhary broke the 6-year-old 3000m National Record
- Axis Bank signed an MoU with Indian Air Force to manage salary accounts
- NPCI partnered with Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) for a master’s degree in digital payments
- Edelweiss Mutual Fund launched Focused Equity Fund
- India Mortgage Guarantee Corp. (IMGC) partnered with RBL Bank to offer mortgage guarantee-backed home loans
- RBI imposed penalties on Ola Financial Services for noncompliance provisions
- TATA AIA partnered with City Union Bank for life and health Insurance
- SBICAP signed an MoU with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for the Trilateral Development Cooperation Fund
- Arohan Financial Services launched ApnaArohan digital lending app
- Nomura cuts the 2023 GDP forecast for India to 4.7%
- Max Life launched Smart Capital Guarantee Solution
- City Union Bank signed an agreement with Sriram Insurance to distribute insurance product
- RBI imposed penalties on the Federal Bank and Bank of India for violating regulatory norms
- Sudhakar Dalela appointed as India’s next Ambassador to Bhutan
- Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) recommended G Rajkiran Rai as MD at National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID)
- Gita Gopinath becomes the first woman to feature on the wall of former chief economics
- R Dinesh appointed as President Designate of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2022-23
- Former Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant appointed as the new G20 Sherpa
- Paritosh Tripathi appointed as MD and CEO of SBI General Insurance
- Alvaro Lario was appointed as the new President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- RK Gupta appointed as the new Deputy Election Commissioner
- Brajesh Upadhaya appointed as the new chief of Goa Shipyard Limited
- Meena Hemchandra appointed as part-time Chairman of Karur Vysya Bank
- Mustafizur Rahman appointed as Bangladesh High Commissioner to India
- Madhulika Bhaskar gets additional charge as CMD of New India Assurance Company Ltd (NIACL) for three months
- RBI and Bank Indonesia signed an MoU to improve mutual cooperation
- Kotak Mahindra Bank completed integration with the new tax portal
- India’s WPI inflation at 15.18% in June
- DBS was named ‘World’s Best SME Bank’ by Euromoney for the second time
- Yes Bank partnered with JC Flowers ARC to sell 48,000 crores of Bad Loans
- Kotak General Insurance launched automation of vehicle inspection for insurance renewals
- Digit Insurance launched ‘pay as you drive for motor insurance
- IndusInd Bank board gives nod to mobilize Rs 20,000 crore via debt
- Morgan Stanley cuts India’s FY23 GDP forecast to 7.2% from 7.6%
- Bajaj Allianz partnered with DBS Bank India to offer life insurance products
- RBI restricted three cooperative banks; Nashik Zilla Girna Sahakari Bank Limited, Raigad Sahakari Bank, and Sri Mallikarjuna Pattana Sahakari Bank from conducting banking activity
- RBI hiked Capital Adequacy Ratio for Urban Cooperative Banks to 12%
- SBI launched WhatsApp Banking Services for its customers
- Standard Chartered Bank & EaseMyTrip launched a co-branded credit card
- ADB cuts India’s GDP growth forecast to 7.2% from 7.5% for FY23
- European Central Bank raised interest rates after more than 11 years
- Forex reserve declined to a 20-month low to USD 572.7 billion from USD 7.5 billion
- Vinayak Pai appointed as Managing Director of Tata Projects
- Jayanti Prasad was appointed as a Whole-time Member of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)
- Droupadi Murmu elected as the 15th President of India
- Egypt’s Seif Ahmed was appointed as acting president of the International Hockey Federation (FIH)
- Dinesh Gunawardena takes oath as Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister
- The International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) appointed Ennarasu Karunesan as its representative in India
- VK Singh appointed as Director (Technical) of REC
- Google Parent Alphabet appointed Goldman Sachs Veteran, Marty Chavez to Board
- Ashish Kumar Chauhan was appointed as the next MD & CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE)
- IndiGo appointed M Damodaran as a non-independent non-executive director
- Manipur Governor La Ganesan was given additional charge of West Bengal
- Gen. Raj Shukla appointed as a member of UPSC
- Brijesh Gupta appointed as MD of RattanIndia Power
- Rajarshi Gupta appointed as Managing Director of ONGC Videsh
- Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the new President of Sri Lanka
- Dia Mirza honored with Mother Teresa Memorial Award by the Maharashtra government
- The National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) received the Sardar Patel Award of ICAR
- Malayalam filmmaker KP Kumaran honored with JC Daniel Award 2022
- 68th National Film Awards: Soorarai Pottru won the Best Film award
- UAE honored Kamal Haasan by granting him Golden Visa
- HDFC Bank to be among the global top 10 banks after the merger
- HDFC Mutual Fund launched Nifty Next 50 ETF and Nifty 100 ETF
- RBI allowed IDBI Bank bidders to own more than 40%
- Global GDP growth to slow to 2.7% in 2022– S&P Global Market Intelligence
- RBI launched an awareness campaign for Unclaimed deposits
- ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund launched ICICI Prudential Nifty IT Index Fund
- RS Gandhi appointed as Additional Independent Director of YES Bank
- Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad was appointed as the new Prime Minister of Kuwait
- Sanjay Kumar Jain was appointed as interim CEO of National Land Management Corporation (NLMC)
- Akshaya Moondra appointed as new CEO of Vodafone Idea
- Indermit Gill appointed as new Chief Economist of World Bank
- Ravi Kishan Takkar appointed as Additional Director of LIC HFL Board
- Ashishkumar Chauhan appointed as new MD & CEO of National Stock Exchange (NSE)
- Indian-Origin Professor Kaushik Rajashekara won Global Energy Prize in 2022
- Dinesh Shahra Lifetime Award’ instituted for the first time
- India and Japan conducted a maritime partnership exercise in the Andaman Sea
- India to set up Joint Theater Commands of Tri-Services
- Tata Group delivered Quick Reaction Fighting Vehicle-Medium (QRFV) to the Indian Army
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