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Important Days in July 2022
| Date | Day with Theme |
| 1st July | GST (Goods and Services Tax) Day |
| 1st July | National Doctor’s Day
Theme: “Family Doctors on the Front Line.” |
| 1st July | National Postal Worker Day |
| 1st July | International Joke Day |
| 1st July | Chartered Accountants’ Day (India) |
| 2nd July(1st Saturday) | International Day of Cooperatives
Theme: “Cooperatives Build a Better World” |
| 2nd July | World Sports Journalists Day |
| 2nd July | World UFO (Unidentified Flying Objects) day |
| 3rd July | International Plastic Bag Free Day |
| 4th July | Death anniversary of Swami Vivekananda |
| 4th July | American Independence Day |
| 6th July | World Zoonosis Day |
| 7th July | Global Forgiveness Day |
| 7th July | World Chocolate Day |
| 10th July | National Fish Farmers Day |
| 11th July | World Population Day.
Theme: “A world of 8 billion: Towards a resilient future for all – Harnessing opportunities and ensuring rights and choices for all.” |
| 12th July | Foundation Day of NABARD |
| 12th July | Paper bag Day
Theme: “If You’re ‘fantastic’, Do Something ‘dramatic’ To Cut The ‘Plastic’, Use ‘Paper Bags’.” |
| 12th July | World Malala Day |
| 15th July | World Youth Skills Day. |
| 16th July | World Snake Day |
| 17th July | World Day for International Justice
Theme: “Achieving Social Justice through Formal employment” |
| 17th July | World Emoji Day |
| 18th July | International Mandela Day
Theme: “Do what you can with what you have and where you are” |
| 19th July | Burmese Martyrs’ Day |
| 20th July | International Chess Day |
| 20th July | International Moon Day
Theme: “Lunar Exploration Coordination & Sustainability” |
| 21st July | Belgian National Day |
| 22nd July | Pi Approximation Day |
| 22nd July | World Brain Day
Theme: “Brain health for all” |
| 23rd July | National Broadcasting Day |
| 24th July | Aaykar Diwas (Income Tax Day) |
| 25th July | World Drowning Prevention Day |
| 26th July | Kargil Vijay Diwas |
| 26th July | World Mangrove Day |
| 27th July | CRPF Raising Day |
| 28th July | World Hepatitis Day
Theme: “Bringing Hepatitis care closer to you” |
| 28th July | World Nature Conservation Day
Theme: “Living Sustainably in Harmony with Nature” |
| 29th July | International Tiger Day
Theme: “India launches Project Tiger to revive the Tiger population” |
| 30th July | World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
Theme: “Use and Abuse of technology” |
| 31st July | World Ranger Day |
List of Appointments in July 2022
| Name of the Person | Designation |
| Akshaya Moondra | CEO of Vodafone Idea |
| Alvaro Lario’s | President of IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) |
| Ashish Kumar Chauhan | MD and CEO of NSE (National Stock Exchange) |
| Asit Rath | CEO and MD of Aviva India |
| Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay | Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Goa Shipyard Limited |
| Brijesh Gupta | MD of RattanIndia power |
| CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | Lifetime President of the YSR Congress Party |
| Dinesh Gunawardena | 15th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka |
| Droupadi Murmu | 15th President of India |
| Eknath Shinde | CM of Maharashtra |
| Ganesh Mani | President and chief of operations of Ashoka Leyland |
| Indermit Gill | Chief economist and senior vice president for development economics at the multilateral development bank |
| Jaikumar Srinivasan | Director of Finance at NTPC |
| Ketanji Brown Jackson | 1st Black woman to serve in US Supreme Court |
| La Ganesan | Governor of West Bengal |
| M Damodaran | Non-independent Non-Executive director of IndiGo Airlines |
| Manoj Kumar | Chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) |
| Meena Hemachandran | Chairperson of Karur Vysya Bank |
| Mohan Subramanian | Force Commander in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) |
| Nakul Jain | CEO of Paytm Payments Services Ltd (PPSL) |
| Parameswaran Iyer | CEO of NITI aayog |
| Paritosh Tripathi | MD and CEO of SBI General Insurance Company Ltd. |
| Pradeep Gode | Chief Business Officer of Rupify |
| Pranay Kumar Verma | India’s next High Commissioner to Bangladesh |
| Pratik Pota | CEO and MD of Eureka Forbes |
| R Dinesh | President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2022-23 |
| Rahul Narwekar | Youngest Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
| Raja Kumar | President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) |
| Rajarshi Gupta | MD of ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) |
| Rajendra Prasad | MD of National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) |
| Rajkiran Rai | MD of NaBFID |
| Ranil Wickremesinghe | President of Sri Lanka |
| Roma Balwani | CEO of the Indian Deaf Cricket Association (ICDA) |
| R K Gupta(Senior bureaucrat) | Deputy Election Commissioner |
| Sandeep Kumar | Head of India’s largest gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd |
| Sanjay Arora | Commissioner of Delhi Police |
| Seif Ahmed(Egypt’s) | Acting President of International Hockey Federation |
| Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah | Prime Minister of Kuwait |
| Sudheer Tumuluru | Head of crypto engineering of CoinSwitch |
| Suranjan Das | President of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) |
| Ulrich Koerner | CEO of Switzerland-based bank Credit Suisse |
| Umang Papneja | CEO of Julius Baer, the Swiss Wealth Management Group |
| V.K. Singh | Director (Technical) of REC Limited |
| Vinayak Pai | MD of TATA Projects |
| Vineet Saran | CCI (Board of control for cricket in India) ethics officer and ombudsman |
| Wall Street veteran Marty Chavez | Board of Google parent Alphabet Inc. |
| Yair Lapid | 14th Prime Minister of Israel |
Awards and Honours in July 2022
| Name of Award | Awardee |
| Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards 2022 | HCL Technologies |
| ‘World’s Best SME Bank’ by Euromoney | Development Bank of Singapore Limited (DBS Bank) |
| “Wall of former chief economists” of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) | Gita Gopinath(first woman and second Indian) |
| 8th annual Forbes’ America’s Richest Self-Made Women | Jayshree Ullal |
| Ayurveda Ratna Award by the UK Parliament | Tanuja Nesari |
| CII Quality Ratna Award 2021 | Ashok Soota |
| Femina Miss India 2022 | Sini Shetty |
| JC Daniel Award 2022 | KP Kumaran(Filmmaker) |
| Mother Teresa Memorial Award | Dia Mirza & Afroz Shah |
| Mrs Universe Divine Crown in South Korea | Pallavi Singh |
| Global Energy Prize | Kaushik Rajashekara |
| Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institute Award 2021 (in the Large Institute Category) | National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) |
| Shiromani Award at NRI World Summit 2022 | Michelle Poonawalla |
| Top mathematics prize, the Fields Medal 2022 | Maryna Viazovska |
68th National Film Awards 2022
The 68th National Film Awards were announced in New Delhi.
The event is organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals, which comes under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Anurag Thakur announced the award winners.
- Best Feature Film: Soorarai Pottru
- Best Director: Sachidanandan KR, Ayyappanum Koshiyum
- Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Tanhaji
- Best Actor: Suriya for Soorarai Pottru and Ajay Devgn for Tanhaji
- Best Actress: Aparna Balamurali, Soorarai Pottru
- Best Supporting Actor: Biju Menon, Ayyappanum Koshiyam
- Best Supporting Actress: Lakshmi Priya Chandramouli, Sivaranjaniyum Innam Sila Pengallum
- Best Action Direction Award: AK Ayyappanum Koshiyum
- Best Choreography: Natyam (Telugu)
- Best Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir for Saina (Hindi)
- Best Male Playback Singer: Rahul Deshpande for Mi Vasantrao and Anish Mangesh Gosavi for Taktak
- Best Female Playback Singer: Nanchamma, Ayyappanum Koshiyam
- Best Music Direction: Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, S Thaman
Best film on Social Issues: ‘Justice Delayed but Delivered & Three Sisters
- Best Choreography: Natyam
- Best Cinematography: Avijatrik
- Best Audiography: Dollu, Mi Vasantrao and Malik
- Best Costume Design: Tanhaji
- Best Production Design: Kappela
- Best Editing: Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum
- Best Make-up: Natyam
- Best Screenplay: Soorarai Pottru, Sudha Kongara and Mandela, Madonne Ashwin
- Best Stunt Choreography: Ayyappanum Koshiyum
List of Books & Authors in July 2022
| Book Name | Authors Name |
| “BEYOND THE MISTY VEIL” | Released by Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami |
| “Dilip Kumar: In the Shadow of a Legend” | Faisal Farooqui |
| “Getting the Bread: The Gen_Z Way to Success” | Prarthna Batra |
| “Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life” | Viswanathan Anand with Susan Ninan |
| “Swadhinata Sangram Na Surviro” | Launhed by Meenakshi Lekhi |
| “The McMahon line: A century of discord” | General JJ Singh
Released by Himachal Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar |
List of Summits and Conferences in July 2022
| Name of the Summit | Venue | Aim/Theme |
| 13th Petersburg Climate Dialogue | Berlin, Germany | To build consensus and provide political direction to resolve divergences aimed at improving the implementation of climate action, the core goal of COP-27. |
| 3rd India_Bangladesh Consular Dialogue | Dhaka | To strengthen consular issues including the finalization of Standard Operating Procedures for the deportation of detained nationals of both nations and early release of detained fishermen. |
| 6th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals | New Delhi | The launch of three modules of the Mining Tenement System (MTS), awards for 5 Star rated mines for the years 2020-21, and the National Geo Science Awards-2019 were some of the highlights of the conclave. |
| BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative For Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Meeting | New Delhi | The plan includes setting up a Bimstec computer emergency response team (CERT) by 2025 to deal with “real-time” information sharing on cyber attacks. |
| G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM) | Bali, Indonesia | To strengthen global collaboration and foster mutual trust among countries, creating an enabling environment that will support world stability, peace, and development. |
| Global Film Tourism Conclave(5th) | Virtual meeting | Both Indian and international films have contributed significantly to spreading a relevant message about the dangers of terrorism, violence, and extremism. |
| Global Investors Summit | Virtual meeting | UP has set a target of attracting Rs 10 lakh crore worth of industrial investment in the next five years and the international meet is expected to play a significant role in achieving this target. |
| I2U2 summit | Virtual meeting | An investment of USD 2 billion to develop a series of integrated food parks across India to help tackle food insecurity in South Asia and the Middle East. |
| International Conference on Chemistry and Applications of Soft Materials | Virtual meeting | To draw at least 300 delegates from both within and outside of the nation. |
| NATO Summit 2022 | Madrid, Spain | To strengthen the alliance’s forward defenses, enhance the bloc’s battle groups on its eastern flank and increase the number of high readiness forces to more than 300,000. |
| Parshottam Rupala Inaugurates India’s First Ever Animal Health Summit | Virtual meeting | To understand the importance of animal health to the country’s food and nutrition security rural income and prosperity. |
| United Nations Ocean Conference 2022 | Virtual meeting | To work on preventing, reducing, and controlling marine pollution. |
List of MoUs in July 2022
| Signed Between | Purpose |
| City Union Bank with Aditya Birla Health | The bank will distribute health insurance products of Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company Ltd. (ABHICL) |
| Coffee Board with ISRO | To breeding climate resilient varieties and assessing the carbon sequestration potential in coffee among others. |
| Flipkart with Bihar State Skill Development Mission | To develop a talent pool of skilled supply chain operations personnel and disseminate pertinent training and expertise of the business. |
| IISc with Indian Navy | To promote joint research programs in areas of mutual interest. |
| India with Namibia | To bring back cheetahs to the country after nearly seven decades. |
| Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) with Indian Vegetable Oil Producers’ Association (IVPA) | To increase the acceptance of Malaysian palm oil among Indian consumers, food producers, and other end users. |
| National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) with LG Electronics India Pvt Ltd. | To train underprivileged youth in the fields of consumer electronics and appliances. |
| North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi) with the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) | To enhance entrepreneurship development in academia and technology based sectors of the North Eastern region, ICC-NE and NEDFi will conduct awareness and development initiatives. |
| Rashtriya Raksha University with DroneAcharya Aerial Innovations Private Limited | To identify, prepare and sustain statecraft of national strategic and security culture among the security, police and civilian society. |
| RBI with Bank Indonesia | To improve communication and collaboration in the field of central banking, including payment systems, technological advancements in payment services, and the regulatory and supervisory framework for AML-CFT. |
| Russia Nuclear Major Rosatom State Corporation with thermocouples for four power units of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) | Provided sensor is designed for thermal control of NPP process equipment, which will replace the old ones in the internal reactor. |
| Tamil Nadu with Singapore based M/s. IGSS Ventures Pte Ltd | To take part in the India Semiconductor Mission and Project Surya, both of which aim to lessen air pollution and global warming. |
| Vedanta with Detect Technologies | To achieving zero harm through the implementation of AI-enabled safety monitoring of workplaces, which is a key priority in its roadmap for digital transformation. |
List of Sports Events & Winners
Khelo India Youth Games 2021:
- Host in-Haryana
- A total of 903 medals across 25 different sports
- Top state -Haryana with 52 Gold Medals
Under-17 Asian Championship 2022
- Edition-9th
- Place- Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
- Indian women’s Wrestling team won the championship.
ISSF Shooting World Cup:
- Host in-Baku
- Anjum Moudgil- A silver medal in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3P event
Men’s Hockey Asia Cup 2022:
- Place- Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Winner- South Korea
- Runner-up-Malaysia
- Bronze Medal-India
U20 Asian Wrestling Championships :-U20 Asian Wrestling Championships in Manama, Bahrain where India won 22 medals that concluded 4 gold medals, 9 silver and 9 bronze.
Singapore Open 2022:
Men’s singles – Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
Women’s single-PV Sindhu
- World Masters Athletics Championships -Bhagwani Devi Dagar, a 94-year-old Indian sprinter, won the gold medal in the 100-meter sprint at the Tampere, Finland,
- Qosanov Memorial Athletics Meet, 2022 at Almaty, Kazakhstan- Navjeet Dhillon(Gold Medal) Sekar Dhanalakshmi(200m gold Gold Medal)
- Canadian Grand Prix 2022: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen
- Azerbaijan Formula One Grand Prix 2022: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen
- Monaco F1 Grand Prix 2022: Red Bull’s Sergio Perez
- IBSA Judo Grand Prix Championship 2022: Kapil Parmar(Bronze Medal)
- 10th edition of the 2022 Norway Chess Biltz Tournament: Chess Grandmaster Wesley Borbossa Stavanger, Norway
- Paavo Nurmi Games 2022 at Finland- Neeraj Chopra (Silver Medal)
- Norway Chess tournament- Viswanathan Anand
- Para Shooting World Cup 2022 at Chateauroux, France – Avani Lekhara -Gold Medal in the women’s 10m air rifle
- IWF Youth World Championship 2022 at Leon, Mexico – Gurunaidu (Gold Medal in the men’s 55-kilogram category event)
- Norway Chess Group A open chess tournament- R Praggnanandhaa
- Kuortane Games 2022 at Finland- Neeraj Chopra
- Adani Sportsline deal with the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). It will be the official partner of the Indian contingent during the upcoming Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022, the Hangzhou Asian Games 2022, and the Paris Olympic Games 2024.
- Rohit Sharma, the captain of India, became the first captain in cricket history to win 13 straight T20Is
2022 Wimbledon Championships (135th)
| Category | Winners | Runner up |
| Men’s Singles | Novak Djokovic (Serbia) | Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios (Australia) |
| Women’s Singles | Elena Andreyevna Rybakina
(Kazakhstan) |
Ons Jabeur (Tunisian) |
| Men’s Doubles | Matthew Ebden (Australia) &
Max Purcell(Australia) |
Nikola Mektic(Croatia) &
Mate Pavic (Croatia) |
| Women’s Doubles | Katerina Siniakova (Czech) &
Barbora Krejcikova (Czech) |
Elise Mertens (Belgia) &
Zhang Shuai (China) |
| Mixed Doubles | Neal Skupski (UK) &
Desirae Krawczyk (USA) |
Matthew Ebden (Australia)&
Samantha Jane Stosur (Australia) |
| Wheelchair Men’s Singles | Shingo Kunieda (Japan) | Alfie Hewett (UK) |
| Wheelchair Women’s Singles | Diede de Groot (Netherland) | Yui Kamiji (Japan) |
| Wheelchair Men’s Doubles | Gustavo Fernandez (Argentina) &
Shingo Kunieda (Japan) |
Alfie Hewett (UK)&
Gordon Reid (UK) |
| Wheelchair Women’s Doubles | Yui Kamiji (Japan) &
Dana Mathewson (USA) |
Diede de Groot (Netherland) &
Aniek Van (Netherland) |
| Wheelchair Quad Singles | Sam Schroder(Netherland) | Niels Vink(Netherland) |
| Wheelchair Quad Doubles | Sam Schroder(Netherland)&
Niels Vink(Netherland) |
Andy Lapthorne (UK) &
David Wagner (USA) |
| Boys’ Singles | Mili Poljicak (Croatia) | Michael Zheng(USA) |
| Girls’ Singles | Liv Hovde(USA) | Luca Udvardy (Hungary) |
| Boys’ Doubles | Sebastian Gorzny(USA)&
Alex Michelsen (USA) |
Gabriel Debru (France) &
Paul Inchauspe (France) |
| Girls’ Doubles | Rose Marie Nijkamp(Netherland)
Angella Okutoyi (Kenya) |
Kayla Cross (Canada)&
Victoria Mboko (Canada) |
July 2022 Scheme, App & Campaign
- Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, announced the launch of its unique Global Health Care health insurance programme offers seamless coverage to the policyholder for both domestic and international (outside of India) medical providers for both planned and emergency treatment (within India).
- Canara Bank has launched “Canara ai1”, mobile banking app available in 11 languages to cater to multiple sections of society in their preferred language.
- The Bengaluru Electricity Company BESCOM has developed “EV Mitra” mobile app to provide information about EV charging stations in Bengaluru, Karnataka. This user-friendly app can be used by electric vehicle users to book in advance a slot in the station
- Google launched the Startup School India initiative, which aims to gather relevant information on startup building into a systematic curriculum to help 10,000 startups in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities.
- The British government has launched an “Aviation Passenger Charter” to help passengers know their rights if they are faced with problems at airports after the widespread disruption seen this year.
- The CBSE Board has launched a portal called ‘Pariksha Sangam’ to streamline board examination results, sample papers, and other details in one single window.
- The Ministry of Steel said that it has joined the PM Gati Shakti Portal and uploaded the geo coordinates of important projects in an effort to detect and address connection gaps in the infrastructure.
- PM Narendra Modi launched the Akshaya Patra midday meal kitchen during his first trip to his Varanasi district.
- PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated Digital India Week 2022 at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The theme of this Digital India Week is ‘Catalyzing New India’s Techade’ to transform the nation into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled the National Emblem cast on the roof of the New Parliament Building.
- Geo-Portal for NCR known as ‘PARIMAN’ was launched For the purpose of effective utilization of remote sensing and GIS technology.
- Students of the Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU) will now have access to job opportunities thanks to a new pilot project the Delhi government announced with United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
- Karnataka government has launched the ‘Kashi Yatra’ scheme which offers a cash assistance of Rs 5,000 to each of the 30,000 pilgrims willing to conduct a pilgrimage to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
- The Tripura government has launched a new scheme named ‘Earn with Learn’ to bring back those who had dropped out of schools following the outbreak of Covid-19. This scheme is a part of the ‘Vidyalaya Chalo Abhiyan’ (Let’s go to school).
- Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur has launched ‘Naari Ko Naman’ scheme to provide 50 % concession on fares in Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) buses to women commuters within the state boundaries.
- The e-FIR service and the Uttarakhand police app were introduced by chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. The State police’s five online services are all integrated into the police app.
- Kerala government has made the decision to start initiatives to promote full digital literacy in the State.
- Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar has launched an app-based ‘Smart E-Beat’ system for police attendance and real-time monitoring of patrolling by personnel in Gurugram.
- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has launched ‘Swanirbhar Naari’, a scheme to empower indigenous weavers in Assam’s Guwahati.
- ‘Kerala Savari’, the online taxi hiring service is being rolled out by the Kerala state.
- Tamil Nadu government has implement the first phase of the Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme at 1,545 government primary schools for the benefit of over 1.14 lakh children in Classes I-V during 2022-23.
List of Obituaries in July 2022
| Name of the Personality | Field |
| Achuthan Kudallur | Renowned abstract artist |
| Ambika Rao | Malayalam Actor and Assistant Director |
| Anant Yashwant Khare | Renowned Marathi writer |
| Atulananda Goswami | Sahitya Akademi Award winning litterateur |
| Balwinder Safri | Popular UK based Punjabi singer |
| Batter Barry Sinclair | Former New Zealand cricket captain |
| Bhupinder Singh | Renowned Ghazal singer |
| Brijendra K Syngal | Former Chairman of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) |
| David Warner | Titanic and the Omen fame Emmy winning actor |
| Dr. Ajay Kumar Parida | Noted scientist and director of the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) |
| EN Sudhir | Former India international football goalkeeper |
| Jose Eduardo dos Santos | Angola’s Former President |
| Mohammed Barkindo | Secretary General of the OPEC |
| Monty Norman | British composer known for the James Bond theme |
| Nirmal Singh Kahlon | Former Punjab Speaker and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader |
| Padma Shri Sushovan Banerjee | Known as ‘One Rupee Doctor’ |
| Peter Brook | One of the world’s most innovative theatre directors |
| Shinzo Abe | Former Prime Minister of Japan |
| Tarun Majumdar | Veteran Film Director |
| Paul Sorvino | US Actor (Best known for playing Paulie Cicero) |
| Varinder Singh | Indian Hockey Player |
