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National Current Affairs – August 2022

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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