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  • 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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