- Haryana government launched Cheerag scheme for EWS students
- National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) signed an MoU with IIT Kanpur for research collaboration
- Andhra Pradesh govt signed an MoU with National Institute for Smart Government (NISG) for an integrated land management system
- Goa CM announced to implement 100% NEP in higher education from next academic year
- Indian Army signed an MoU with the Drone Federation of India (DFI) to accelerate drone technology for frontline soldiers
- LIC enters Fortune 500 list, Reliance jumps 51 places
- Parliament passed National Anti-Doping Bill 2021
- World’s largest floating solar power plant to be built in Madhya Pradesh
- Russia becomes India’s third-largest coal supplier in July month
- India adds 10 more wetlands designated as Ramsar sites; now a total of 64 sites in the country
- Ministry of Culture released the third comic book
- Adani Enterprises partnered with Israel Innovation Authority to cooperate in technological innovations
- IISc Bengaluru signed an MoU with the Indian Navy for collaborative aviation research
- Blockchain network fire signed an MoU with Goa Police to implement a smart policing solution
- Airbus signed an agreement with GMR Group for aircraft maintenance engineering
- India achieved milestones with over 75,000 start-ups recognized so far
- The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the acquisition of a stake in IDFC by Bandhan Fin Holdings
- Centre launched State University Research Excellence scheme
- Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated six National Highway projects in Madhya Pradesh
- Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated the 4th ONGC Para Games in New Delhi
- IOC signed an MoU with National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) for Cheetah relocation from Africa to India
- Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) signed an MoU with Bangladesh for an emergency supply of petroleum goods
- National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD) partnered with Hindustan Unilever Limited to develop entrepreneurial skills
- Amazon signed an agreement with Indian Railways to boost the delivery of packages
- Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated the Badi Sadri-Mavli gauge converted rail section
- Karnataka government announced various welfare programmes on completing one year
- Odisha signed an MoU with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) for the upcoming ‘Make in Odisha’ conclave 2022.
- Reliance Jio top bidder with Rs 88,078 crore bid for 5G
- TATA steel to invest Rs 3000 cr in developing seating systems for new Vande Bharat Trains
- West Bengal to get seven new districts, total now 30
- India observed the Chabahar Day conference with an emphasis on linkage with Central Asia
- Kerala launched the eggs and milk scheme for Anganwadi children
- ReNew signed an MoU with the Egypt government to set up a green hydrogen plant in Egypt
- Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar to present Agriculture Infrastructure Fund Awards
- Mastercard replaced Paytm as BCCI’s title sponsor
- IIT-M launched ‘Nilekani Centre’ to promote Indian language technology
- Sports Department of Punjab to hold ‘Khed Mela’ from August 29
- Tamil Nadu government launched the ‘Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme’
- Savitri Jindal becomes the richest woman in Asia
- PM Modi inaugurated the first All India District Legal Services Authorities (DLSA) Meet
- Chhattisgarh CM launched ‘Mahtari Nyay Rath’ for women’s rights awareness
- Reliance, Ola and Rajesh Exports signed an agreement for battery manufacturing
- Rajasthan signed an MoU with Telangana to set up a women’s bank
- Singapore emerged as the top country with the highest FDI in India in FY22
- Gujarat becomes the first state to launch a semiconductor policy
- PM Modi lays the foundation stone of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
- PM Modi launched Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme
- Andaman Nicobar Command (ANC) signed an MoU with the Airport Authority of India (AAI) to boost inter-island connectivity
- Indian and Malaysian bodies signed an MoU to promote palm oil.
- Union Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the conference on drug trafficking
- The Union government awarded the Gl tag to Mithila Makhana
- Castle partnered with Yes Bank for digital escrow services
- GMR Group launched the Blockchain Centre of Excellence for airports
- Union Minister Amit Shah chaired the 23rd meeting of the Central Zonal Council in Bhopal
- S Jaishankar unveiled the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Paraguay
- Jitendra Singh launched India’s first Hydrogen Fuel Cell bus in Pune
- Chhattisgarh government to set up 300 rural industrial parks in the state
- Puducherry CM presented Rs 10,696.61 crore tax-free budget
- India’s 1st space observatory to come up in Uttarakhand
- India’s first portal on arrested narco offenders NIDAAN (National Integrated Database on Arrested Narco offenders) gets operational
- Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) signed an MoU with Chhattisgarh Government to set up a regional testing lab
- Scotland museum signed an agreement with the Indian government to return seven ancient artefacts to India
- Assam CM launched the ‘Vidya Rath – School on Wheels’ project.
- India’s first indigenous monkeypox test kit launched
- Jharkhand becomes the first state in the country to distribute Seed to Farmers via Blockchain Tech
- Chandigarh airport to be named after Bhagat Singh
- Rajasthan government to inaugurate tech centre for graduates
- Thai Public Broadcasting Service signed an MoU with Prasar Bharati
- 4th India-Philippines Strategic Dialogue held in Manila
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to open its first overseas marketing office in Malaysia
- Goa becomes the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified State in the country
- Mandla becomes the country’s first fully ‘functionally literate’ district
- Shiprocket becomes India’s 106th unicorn
- UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme completed 5 years successfully
- Maharashtra declared ‘Dahi Handi’ an official sport
- 17th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas to be held at Indore in January 2023
- Defence forces, RBI & PM Office Most Trusted Institutions: a survey by Ipsos India
- Border Road Organization (BRO) to build the first steel slag road in Arunachal Pradesh
- ONGC signed an agreement with ExxonMobil for deep-water exploration in India
- India’s first electric double-decker bus launched in Mumbai
- Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal launched the ‘Make India No. 1’ mission
- Kerala launched the lucky bill app to curb GST evasion
- Amit Shah inaugurated National Security Strategies Conference in New Delhi
- Centre launched Paalan 1000 campaign and a parenting app to focus on child health
- Arunachal Pradesh launched drone-based health services
- Odisha Cabinet approved Rs 2808.39 crore for Millets Mission
- Kolkata to host India International Seafood Show 2023
- WPI inflation eases to 13.93% in July 2022
- The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) invited innovative solutions for the insurance sector
- Indian Railways launched ‘Operation Yatri Suraksha’
- Defence forces, RBI & PM Office Most Trusted Institutions: a survey by Ipsos India
- The world’s highest railway bridge ‘Golden joint’ was inaugurated on Chenab in J&K
- Agasthyamalai declared as fifth elephant reserve of Tamil Nadu
- The Centre has revised the Atal Pension Yojana rules
- India to start supplying petrol with 20% ethanol from April 2023
- Odisha Government signed an MoU with the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) for protecting the coastline
- India added 11 more wetlands to its list of Ramsar sites; now a total of 75 Ramsar sites
- Bharat Biotech completed trials for India’s first intranasal vaccine
- J&K Government launched Village Defence Guards Scheme
- Assam CM launched 1,000 model Anganwadi centres
- Defence Expo to be held in Gandhinagar from Oct 18 to 22
- Google launched ‘India Ki Udaan’ to celebrate 75 years of independence
- Telangana launched the ‘Nethanna Ku Bima’ Scheme for weavers
- Samudrayaan’s mission was to send humans 6,000 meters deep into the ocean
- Microsoft becomes the first company to join the ONDC network
- Maharashtra Governor inaugurated 22nd ‘Bharat Rang Mahotsav’
- Amit Shah launched the onboarding of cooperatives on the GeM portal
- PM Modi dedicated 2nd Generation Ethanol Plant in Panipat
- PM Modi inaugurated the ‘Smriti Van’ Earthquake Memorial in Kutch, Gujarat
- Jitendra Singh unveiled a dedicated website to give a further boost to the Coastal Clean-Up Campaign
- Sports Ministry organized the ‘Meet the Champion’ initiative
- India and Tanzania decided to set up a task force for defence cooperation
- Uttarakhand CM launched ‘CM Udyman Khiladi Unnayan Yojana’
- Andhra Pradesh signed an MoU with Parley for the Oceans to save seas from pollution
- IIT Madras partnered with Inspire Institute of Sports (IIS) to develop boxing analytics software
- PCIM&H signed an agreement with the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission to promote ‘One Herb, One Standard’
- Telangana Al Mission’s 4 startups to represent India at G20 DIN
- India & Mauritius 3rd Joint Committee Meeting held in New Delhi
- TVS Motor acquire a 48% stake in DriveX for 85 crores
- India & Bangladesh Joint River Commission meeting held in New Delhi
- India’s first 3D-printed post office to come up in Bengaluru
- Anang Tal Lake was declared a monument of national importance
- PM Modi participated in Khadi Utsav in Ahmedabad
- Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to spend Rs 2 lakh crore for net-zero target by 2046
- Nagaland gets its 2nd railway station in 119 years
- AirAsia India becomes the first Airline to use CAE’s AI Training System
- NITI Aayog to establish 500 Atal Tinkering Labs in Jammu and Kashmir
- All 23 AIIMS to be named after local heroes, monuments
- National Conference of Labour Ministers to be held in Andhra Pradesh
- Anurag Thakur launched ‘Azadi Quest’ online educational mobile games
- Google announced a programme for 100,000 developers in India
- Bangladesh signed a contract with India for two railway projects
- UP government to develop Kannauj as a perfume tourism destination
- Haridwar declared the best aspirational district in India – NITI Aayog
- Rail Tel partnered with CloudExtel to launch India’s first shared Radio Access Network (RAN)
- AAI signed an MoU with Sweden’s LFV Air Navigation Services to explore smart aviation solutions
- India nominated Garba to be inscribed on UNESCO’s list
- India signed an agreement with ADB to improve the water supply in Himachal Pradesh
- Tamil Nadu government signed with five companies in the leather and footwear sector
- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) commenced its first Cow dung based Compressed Biogas Project
- Karnataka government signed an MoU with Isha Outreach to boost agriculture
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to attend SCO Defence Ministers’ meeting
- IIT Guwahati developed a new method to produce sugar substitute Xylitol
- Royal Enfield partnered with UNESCO to promote the cultural heritage of India
- Union Government launched ‘Rashtriya Puruskar Portal‘
- Union MoS Darshana Jardosh inaugurated Silk Mark Expo in New Delhi
- India signed an MoU with Iran for the smooth movement of seafarers
- SIDBI partnered with Tata Power’s TPRMG (TP Renewable Microgrid) to foster green entrepreneurs
- PM Modi to dedicate health facilities to the nation
- IREDA signed an MoU with Mahatma Phule Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Technology Ltd (MAHAPREIT) to provide loans for green energy projects
- Rajkiran Rai was appointed as MD of the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID)
- The government extended the tenure of Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) chief VG Somani by three months
- Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) recommended Mohammad Mustafa as a Chairman of NABARD
- Anuj Poddar appointed as MD & CEO of Bajaj Electricals elevates
- The government re-appointed Ajay Bhalla as Union Home Secretary for one year
- Vijay Shekhar Sharma reappointed as MD and CEO of Paytm
- Rajesh Verma appointed as Secretary to President Droupadi Murmu
- Debashish Mohanty was appointed as Director of the National Institute of Immunology (NII)
- Rajnath Singh inaugurated National Seminar on ‘Introspection: Armed Forces Tribunal’ in New Delhi
- India and China participate in Vostok-2022 held in Russia
- Vietnam & India bilateral army exercise VINBAX-2022 concluded at Chandimandir, Haryana
- IAF to participate in Exercise Pitch Black 2022
- HAL delivered Crew Module Fairing to ISRO for Gaganyaan
- Netanyahu’s autobiography ‘Bibi: My Story’ is to be out in November 2022
- Satyendra Prakash was appointed as Principal DG of the Press Information Bureau (PIB)
- Sujoy Lal Thaosen took over the additional charge of DG of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
- Noise appointed Vaani Kapoor as brand ambassador for its new smartwatch
- IFS officer Shweta Singh appointed as Director of PMO
- Justice Uday U Lalit to be the 49th Chief Justice of India
- Auguste Tano Kouam was appointed as World Bank’s Country Director for India
- Suresh N Patel appointed as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner
- Ravinder Takkar appointed as Chairman of Vodafone Idea
- Ranjit Rath appointed as CMD of Oil India Limited
- Nalin Negi appointed as CFO of BharatPe
- Centre approved cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba’s one-year extension
- Jagdeep Dhankar elected as the vice president of India
- Inderjit Camotra appointed as MD & CEO of Unity SF Bank
- Kalaiselvi was appointed as the first woman director general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
- Gopal Vittal was re-appointed as managing director of Airtel
- Rishabh Pant appointed as the brand ambassador of Uttarakhand
- Argentina’s Guillermo Pablo Rios was appointed as head of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP)
- The government re-appointed 4 independent directors; Satish Kashinath Marathe, Swaminathan Gurumurthy, Revathy Iyer, and Sachin Chaturvedi on the central board of RBI
- The government appointed 11 new High Court Judges in Punjab & Haryana
- Indian Army launched the ‘Him Drone-a-thon’ programme
- India and USA commenced joint exercise ‘Vajra Prahar 2022
- India conducted a bilateral exercise ‘Udarashakti’ with Malaysia
- ISRO launched India’s 1st virtual space museum named SPARK
- Dalai Lama honoured with Ladakh’s highest civilian award
- Prof Ramadhar becomes first Indian psychologist on US Heritage Wall of Fame
- Aarya Walvekar crowned Miss India USA 2022
- Marina Tabassum won Lisbon Triennale Millennium BCP Lifetime Achievement Award
- Shashi Tharoor received France’s highest civilian honour Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur
- 1082 Police personnel were awarded Police Medals in 2022
- Samir V. Kamat appointed as Chirman of DRDO
- First-of-its-kind naval shooting range inaugurated at INS Karna
- DRDO & Indian Navy successfully test fire indigenous VL-SRSAM from Chandipur
- India’s 1st IAC Vikrant is to be commissioned on September 2
- India and USA joint exercise ‘Vajra Prahar’ concluded in Himachal Pradesh
- Rajnath Singh approved the third Positive Indigenization List
- Former VP M Venkaiah Naidu launched the book ‘New India: Selected Writings 2014-19’
- ‘India’s Economy From Nehru To Modi – A Brief History‘ written by Pulapre Balakrishnan to be launched.
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