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General/Economy/Banking Awareness Questions

1. Which of the following states emerged as 'best (3) Karnataka

performer' in the third edition of the State's (4) Kerala
Startup Ranking of 2021? (5) Telangana
(1) Karnataka, Kerala
(2) Gujarat, Karnataka 8. Recently, PM Modi inaugurated the Golden
(3) Gujarat, Kerala Jubilee celebrations of the Agradoot group of
(4) Telangana, Gujarat newspapers. Agradoot is based out of _____
(5) Tamilnadu, Karnataka (1) West Bengal
(2) Sikkim
2. Where did Prime Minister Narendra Modi (3) Himachal Pradesh
inaugurate the Digital India Week 2022 recently? (4) Assam
(1) Hyderabad (5) Odisha
(2) Mumbai
(3) New Delhi 9. Which of the following state/UT is set to host
(4) Gandhinagar India's "first and largest" citywide Shopping
(5) Bengaluru Festival from January 28 to February 26, 2023?
(1) Gujarat
3. Which of the following state emerged first in (2) Uttar Pradesh
the first State Ranking Index for National Food (3) Delhi
Security Act, NFSA? (4) Goa
(1) Uttar Pradesh (5) Chandigarh
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Gujarat 10. Recently, an indigenous BLDC motor and
(4) Odisha smart controller for e-Rickshaws developed
(5) West Bengal by_______ was transferred to M/s Brushless
Motor India Pvt Ltd. for commercial production.
4. Ukrainian Mathematician Maryna Viazovska is (1) IIT Bombay
among the 4 winners of the 2022 Fields Medals (2) IIT Delhi
for Mathematics. This makes her the (3) IIT Roorkee
_____woman to win this award. (4) IIT Kharagpur
(1) first (5) IIT Kanpur
(2) second
(3) third Answer keys
(4) fourth 1. 2 2. 4 3. 4 4. 2 5. 1 6. 1 7. 3 8. 4 9. 3 10. 4
(5) fifth
11. According to EIU's Global Livability Index
5. Which of the following nations signed the 2022,_____ scored the least among Indian cities
Accession Protocols with the NATO recently? and ranked _____
(1) Sweden and Finland (1) Bengaluru, 146
(2) Norway and Finland (2) Delhi, 140
(3) Sweden and Norway (3) Mumbai, 141
(4) Denmark and Finland (4) Bengaluru, 140
(5) Sweden and Denmark (5) Delhi, 146

6. Who inaugurated first-of-its-kind, state-of-the- 12. Recently, Paritosh Tripathi was appointed as
art TiHAN facility to develop unmanned ground the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
and aerial vehicles in the IIT Hyderabad campus of ______
recently? (1) SBI Life Insurance
(1) Jitendra Singh (2) SBI Card
(2) Rajnath Singh (3) SBI General Insurance
(3) Amit Shah (4) SBI Funds
(4) Narendra Modi (5) SBI Capital Markets Limited
(5) Ram Nath Kovind
13. Former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has
7. Indian philanthropist Veerendra Heggade from been appointed as the Sherpa for G20 Summit.
______was one among the four members Kant will take over from _______
nominated to the Rajya Sabha. (1) Shaktikanta Das
(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Piyush Goyal
(2) Andhra Pradesh (3) N S Tomar

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(4) Suresh Prabhu 20. In July 2022, GMR airports joint venture,
(5) Hardeep Singh Puri Angkasa Pura Aviasi, started operating Medan
airport. Medan airport is in which country?
14. India has been elected as a member of the (1) Bangladesh
Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO's 2003 (2) Indonesia
Convention ________for the 2022-2026 cycle. (3) Vietnam
(1) For International Exchange of Publications (4) Bhutan
(2) Against Discrimination in Education (5) Myanmar
(3) Against Doping in Sport
(4) For Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Answer keys
Heritage 11. 1 12. 3 13. 2 14. 4 15. 2 16. 2 17. 1 18. 2
(5) On Wetlands of International Importance 19. 1 20. 2

15. Which of the following bank has signed an 21. Which State/UT has the maximum number of
MoU with Indian Air Force to provide specially government-recognised startups according to the
designed products to the defence personnel data released by DPIIT in July 2022?
under the bank's flagship scheme of 'Rakshak (1) Karnataka
Plus'? (2) Delhi
(1) SBI (3) Tamil Nadu
(2) PNB (4) Maharashtra
(3) ICICI Bank (5) Gujarat
(4) Axis Bank
(5) HDFC Bank 22. Who among the following is the current
Chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and
16. Shinzo Abe, former Japan Prime Minister, Custom (CBIC)?
was assassinated recently. To which political (1) Vivek Johri
party did he belong? (2) Rakesh Asthana
(1) Constitutional Democratic Party (3) Ajit Doval
(2) Liberal Democratic Party (4) Sunil Arora
(3) Japan Innovation Party (5) Sushil Chandra
(4) Japanese Communist Party
(5) Social Democratic Party 23. What is the amount of Defence exports from
India in 2021-22?
17. In July 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi (1) Rs. 10,000 crore
attended which edition of the "Arun Jaitley (2) Rs. 11,000 crore
Memorial Lecture" in New Delhi? (3) Rs. 12,000 crore
(1) First (4) Rs. 13,000 crore
(2) Second (5) Rs. 14,000 crore
(3) Third
(4) Fourth 24. G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting 2022 was held
(5) Fifth in which place?
(1) Beijing
18. PARIMAN is the Geo-Portal for which of the (2) Bali
following places in India? (3) New Delhi
(1) Hyderabad (4) Toronto
(2) National Capital Region (5) Paris
(3) Mumbai
(4) Chennai 25. Which of the following introduced Internet
(5) Bengaluru Exchanges in Durgapur and Bardhaman in July
2022?
19. What was the theme for the 8th Edition of (1) NITI AAyog
Webinar Series 'Igniting Young Minds: (2) NIXI
Rejuvenating Rivers', organised by National (3) NASSCOM
Mission for Clean Ganga in July 2022? (4) COAI
(1) Afforestation (5) ASSOCHAM
(2) Environment
(3) Ecology 26. When is the National Fish Farmers Day
(4) Water Management observed in India?
(5) Biodiversity (1) July 5
(2) July 8
(3) July 10

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(4) August 11
(5) June 9 33. Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has recently
set up a _________________ commission for
27. The 30th meeting of Northern Zonal Council carrying out a fresh delimitation exercise of the
was held in which place in July 2022? municipal wards in Delhi.
(1) New Delhi (1) Four-member
(2) Srinagar (2) Three-member
(3) Jaipur (3) Five-member
(4) Chandigarh (4) Seven-member
(5) Shimla (5) Six-member

28. Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party is a 34. Trading portal 'mRube' has announced to
political party mainly based in which Indian offer a quality certification scheme of rubber at
State? ___________________________.
(1) Tamil Nadu (1) Rs.1/tonne
(2) Kerala (2) Rs.10/tonne
(3) Karnataka (3) Rs.100/tonne
(4) Andhra Pradesh (4) Rs.150/tonne
(5) Goa (5) Rs.200/tonne

29. As per a recent newspaper report, Water and 35. In July 2022, Coffee Board has signed an
Power Consultancy Services Limited (WAPCOS) MoU with __________ to develop climate-
and which organisation signed an MoU for mutual resistant varieties of coffee crop.
co-operation in power sector? (1) ICAR
(1) NTPC Limited (2) DRDO
(2) NHPC Limited (3) ISRO
(3) NPTI (4) NABARD
(4) Indian Renewable Energy Dev Agency Ltd (5) TNAU
(5) International Atomic Energy Agency
36. As per a recent newspaper report, Nokia has
30. Who among the following has been appointed partnered with which institution to set up Nokia
as the Managing Director of National High Speed Center of Excellence in networked robotics?
Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) recently? (1) IISc, Bengaluru
(1) Satish Agnihotri (2) IIT Madras
(2) Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay (3) IIT Delhi
(3) Rajendra Prasad (4) IIT Bombay
(4) Debasish Nanda (5) IIT Kanpur
(5) KG Jagadeesha
37. Recently, Novak Djokovic defeated Nick
Answer keys Kyrgios for his _____ Wimbledon title.
21. 4 22. 1 23. 4 24. 2 25. 2 26. 3 27. 3 28. 4 29 (1) 9th
. 3 30. 3 (2) 5th
(3) 6th
31. As per a recent newspaper report, Brajesh (4) 7th
Kumar Upadhyay has been appointed as the (5) 8th
Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of which
organisation? 38. Who won the women's singles title at
(1) Goa Shipyard Limited Wimbledon 2022?
(2) Coal India Limited (1) Simona Halep
(3) GAIL Limited (2) Elena Rybakina
(4) ONGC (3) Ons Jabeur
(5) HPCL (4) Tatjana Maria
(5) Amanda Anisimova
32. Debasish Nanda has been appointed as the
Director (Business Development) of which 39. World Population Day is observed on______
organisation? (1) July 11
(1) Goa Shipyard Limited (2) July 10
(2) Coal India Limited (3) July 9
(3) GAIL Limited (4) July 8
(4) ONGC (5) July 12
(5) HPCL

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40. Where is the Deoghar airport located? (1) 5.2m

(1) Jharkhand (2) 6.5m
(2) Bihar (3) 7.6m
(3) Chhattisgarh (4) 9.6m
(4) West Bengal (5) 10.7m
(5) Uttar Pradesh
47. Which of the following is being built as
Answer keys India's first carbon-neutral airport?
31. 1 32. 2 33. 2 34. 1 35. 3 36. 1 37. 4 38. 2 39 (1) Jammu Airport
. 1 40. 1 (2) Leh Airport
(3) Kargil Airport
41. Brijendra Kumar Syngal,referred to as 'father (4) Wayanad Airport
of ______ in India' passed away recently. (5) Madurai Airport
(1) internet
(2) telephone 48. Padmashree Enamul Haque who passed away
(3) satellite recently was a _________________.
(4) artificial intelligence (1) Politician
(5) supercomputer (2) Music Composer
(3) Actor
42. Where was the first-ever 'Artificial (4) Archaeologist
Intelligence in Defence' (AIDef) symposium and (5) Writer
exhibition, organised by the Department of
Defence Production, launched by Defence 49. Parameswaran Iyer took charge as the CEO
Minister Rajnath Singh? of NITI Aayog in July 2022, He replaced
(1) New Delhi ________________.
(2) Hyderabad (1) Amitabh Kant
(3) Chennai (2) Suman Bery
(4) Bengaluru (3) Sindhushree Khullar
(5) Mumbai (4) Arvind Panagariya
(5) Rajiv Kumar
43. Recently, the CBI, which is India's nodal
agency for Interpol matters, joined Interpol's 50. Which of the following became the first state
international child sexual exploitation (ICSE) to initiate process of NEP 2020 at Pre Primary
database making India the ______ country to level in July 2022?
connect to it. (1) Karnataka
(1) 65th (2) Uttar Pradesh
(2) 66th (3) Uttarakhand
(3) 68th (4) Bihar
(4) 69th (5) Madhya Pradesh
(5) 70th
Answer keys
44. Which has become the first railway station in 41. 1 42. 1 43. 3 44. 1 45. 1 46. 2 47. 2 48. 4 49
India to be equipped with augmented reality . 1 50. 3
screens?
(1) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus 51. Who among the following became the fastest
(2) New Delhi Railway Station Indian cricketer to take 150 ODI wickets?
(3) Howrah Junction Railway Station (1) Jasprit Bumrah
(4) Sealdah Railway Station (2) Mohammed Shami
(5) Chennai Central Railway Station (3) Mohammed Siraj
(4) Umesh Yadav
45. India's first elevated urban expressway is (5) Ishant Sharma
known as ___________________.
(1) Dwarka Expressway 52. India ranked 135 out of 146 in Global Gender
(2) Mathura Expressway Gap Index released by WEF, which of the
(3) Badrinath Expressway following was NOT among the top 5 countries?
(4) Somnath Expressway (1) Iceland
(5) Puri Expressway (2) Finland
(3) New Zealand
46. What is the height of the National Emblem on (4) Brazil
the roof of the new Parliament Building in New (5) Norway
Delhi?

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53. Who among the following featured on the (2) Right To Repair
'wall of former chief economists' of the (3) Right to Recycle
International Monetary Fund (IMF) in July 2022? (4) Right to Rebuy
(1) Kaushik Basu (5) Right to Reduce
(2) Amartya Sen
(3) Rohini Pande 60. The first-ever Made-in-India Surgical Robotic
(4) Gita Gopinath System was installed in Rajiv Gandhi Cancer
(5) Devaki Jain Institute and Research Center in July 2022, the
Surgical Robotic System is called
54. The first case of monkeypox in India was ______________
reported from Kerala. Monkeypox is caused by (1) SSI Mantra
_______________. (2) SSI Mitra
(1) Bacteria (3) SSI Agni
(2) Virus (4) SSI Teja
(3) Protozoa (5) SSI Gold
(4) Fungi
(5) Algae Answer keys
51. 2 52. 4 53. 4 54. 2 55. 2 56. 4 57. 3 58. 1 59
55. Which of the following company has . 2 60. 1
developed the world's fastest graphics dynamic
random-access memory (DRAM) chip in July 61. PM Modi inagurated the four-lane
2022? Bundelkhand Expressway in July 2022, what is
(1) Intel the total length of the expressway?
(2) Samsung (1) 150km
(3) HP (2) 196km
(4) Apple (3) 296km
(5) Redmi (4) 250km
(5) 186km
56. In July 2022, Pappankuzhi Village acheived
100% Saturation of Grey Water Management, 62. The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank
the village is in which state? Governors met in Bali under the presidency of
(1) Kerala which country?
(2) Andhra Pradesh (1) India
(3) Karnataka (2) Germany
(4) Tamil Nadu (3) China
(5) Odisha (4) Indonesia
(5) Italy
57. Who among the following was awarded the
Icon Award at the London Indian Film Festival 63. Which of the following became the first
2022 for his/her contribution to Indian and global state/UT to have own internet service after
cinema? receiving the Internet Service Provider (ISP)
(1) Deepika Padukone license from the Department of
(2) Anupam Kher Telecommunications?
(3) Nandita Das (1) Kerala
(4) Karan Johar (2) Tamil Nadu
(5) Dia Mirza (3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Delhi
58. Which of the following has signed an MoU (5) Goa
with Bank Indonesia to expand cooperation in
payment systems in July 2022? 64. India's first e-waste eco park will be set up in
(1) RBI which of the following state/UT?
(2) SEBI (1) Kerala
(3) Ministry of Finance (2) Delhi
(4) SIDBI (3) Maharashtra
(5) NABARD (4) Uttar Pradesh
(5) Bihar
59. The Consumer Affairs Department has set up
a committee under Nidhi Khare to develop 65. In July 2022, who among the following has
comprehensive framework on been appointed as the CEO of NSE India
________________. (National Stock Exchange of India Ltd)?
(1) Right To Reuse (1) Babita Singh

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(2) Vikram Limaye

(3) Nitin Gupta 72. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi unveiled
(4) Ashishkumar Chauhan the 'SPRINT Challenges' with a aim to
(5) Mahesh Verma (1) To boot the usage of indigenous technology
in Indian Army
66. In July 2022, P V Sindhu won the Singapore (2) To boot the usage of indigenous technology
Open by defeating ______________. in Indian Air force
(1) Wang Zhi Yi. (3) To boot the usage of indigenous technology
(2) Nozomi Okuhara. in Indian Navy
(3) Carolina Marin. (4) To boot the usage of indigenous technology
(4) Chen Yufei. in CBI
(5) Akane Yamaguchi. (5) To boot the usage of indigenous technology
in NSG
67. Which of the following submarine was
decommissioned after 35 years of service in July 73. NITI Aayog and World Food Program will
2022? launch the 'Mapping and Exchange of Good
(1) INS Sindhudhvaj Practices' initiative for ________________.
(2) INS Sindhuraj (1) Mainstreaming milk intake in Asia and Africa
(3) INS Sindhuvir (2) Mainstreaming millets in Asia and Africa
(4) INS Sindhughosh (3) Mainstreaming rice in Asia and Africa
(5) INS Sindhuvijay (4) Mainstreaming pulses in Asia and Africa
(5) Mainstreaming vegan food in Asia and Africa
68. According to the Reserve Bank of India's fifth
round of Survey on Remittances for FY 2021, 74. Jawaharlal Nehru Port has become the first
India gets the highest remittances from which major port of the country to become a 100%
country? Landlord port having all berths being operated on
(1) US the PPP model. As per Lloyds List Top 100 Ports
(2) UK 2021 Report, the port is ranked ___________
(3) UAE out of 100.
(4) Singapore (1) 26
(5) Saudi Arabia (2) 28
(3) 30
69. In July 2022, which state launched the (4) 35
country's first AI-powered digital Lok Adalat? (5) 36
(1) Maharashtra
(2) Gujarat 75. Which of the following state ranked second in
(3) Rajasthan the utilisation of funds under the government's
(4) Kerala flagship Smart City Mission?
(5) Bihar (1) Tamil Nadu
(2) Karnataka
70. Which of the following companies has (3) Uttar Pradesh
acquired a 1.2% stake in Bharti Airtel for $700 (4) Andhra Pradesh
million in July 2022? (5) Maharashtra
(1) Amazon
(2) Tesla 76. RBI has devised a 4-tier regulatory
(3) Reliance framework for Urban Cooperative Banks in July
(4) Google 2022, the decision was taken on the
(5) Apple recommendation of Expert Committee on Primary
(Urban) Co-operative Banks 2021 headed by who
Answer keys among the following?
61. 3 62. 4 63. 1 64. 2 65. 4 66. 1 67. 1 68. 1 69 (1) K.V. Kamath
. 3 70. 4 (2) P K Agrawal
(3) N S Viswanathan
71. Which of the following companies is the first (4) M. S. Sriram
to obtain captive 5G spectrum directly to deploy (5) Jyotindra M. Mehta
solutions globally for parent group?
(1) Mahindra & Mahindra 77. Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al Salem has been
(2) Infosys appointed as the Prime Minister of Kuwait in July
(3) TCS 2022, what is the official currency of Kuwait?
(4) L& T Tech (1) Kuwait Dollar
(5) Wipro (2) Kuwait Pound

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(3) Kuwait Dinar

(4) Kuwait Rupee 84. Who among the following was appointed as
(5) Kuwait Dirham the new prime minister of Sri Lanka in July
2022?
78. SBI has launched WhatsApp Banking (1) Mahinda Rajapaksa
Services in July 2022, which one of the following (2) Ranil Wickremesinghe
feature is NOT available through WhatsApp (3) Dinesh Gunawardena
Banking? (4) Sajith Premadasa
(1) Check their account summary (5) Sagara Kariyawasam
(2) Open New SBI Account
(3) Get reward points 85. 2022 edition of the Asia Cup will be held
(4) Check outstanding balance in______
(5) Make card payments (1) Sri Lanka
(2) India
79. Which of the following companies has (3) UAE
launched it new app "Viva Engage" to build (4) Bangladesh
community and connection? (5) Saudi Arabia
(1) Google
(2) Meta 86. Who won the Best Actor award at the 68th
(3) Apple National Film Awards?
(4) Microsoft (1) Suriya
(5) Tesla (2) Ajay Devgn
(3) Biju Menon
80. Which of the following state was NOT ranked (4) Both A and B
among the top 5 in the overall ranking in India (5) Both A and C
Innovation Index 2021?
(1) Karnataka 87. Who was recently appointed as CEO of
(2) Tamil Nadu Vodafone Idea?
(3) Telangana (1) Akshaya Moondra
(4) Kerala (2) Ravinder Takkar
(5) Haryana (3) Balesh Sharma
(4) K M Birla
Answer keys (5) Gopal Vittal
71. 4 72. 3 73. 2 74. 1 75. 3 76. 3 77. 3 78. 2 79
. 4 80. 4 88. Where is the 1st Khelo India Fencing
Women's League scheduled to be held?
81. E-AMRIT app was recently launched by NITI (1) Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New Delhi
Aayog. 'I' in E-AMRIT stands for: (2) Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
(1) Inclusion (3) Talkatora Indoor Stadium, New Delhi
(2) India (4) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai
(3) International (5) Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad
(4) Ignition
(5) Imitation 89. UITP (Union Internationale des Transports
Publics), the International Association of Public
82. Droupadi Murmu was elected as India's Transport, confirmed the reappointment of
__________ President in July 2022. _________ as UITP Secretary General for a new
(1) 13th five-year term.
(2) 14th (1) Khalid Alhogail
(3) 15th (2) Rupa Nandy
(4) 16th (3) Sébastien Desmet
(5) 17th (4) Mohamed Mezghani
(5) Eleonora Pazos
83. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
announced the exit of its Second Cohort under 90. Which of the following has found a place in
the Regulatory Sandbox in July 2022, what is the the prestigious India Book of Records for building
theme for Second Cohort of RBI? the country's first steel slag road?
(1) Cross-Border Payments (1) ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel
(2) Retail Payments (2) Tata Steel Ltd
(3) MSME Lending (3) Birla TMT Steel
(4) Prevention and Mitigation of Financial Frauds (4) KISCOL Pvt Ltd
(5) Digital Currency (5) JSW Steel Ltd

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97. Olympic Champion Neeraj Chopra clinched

Answer keys Silver Medal in men's javelin throw final at World
81. 2 82. 3 83. 1 84. 3 85. 3 86. 4 87. 1 88. 3 89 Athletics Championships with a throw of
. 4 90. 1 _________
(1) 88.11m
91. ______ of Madhya Pradesh has become the (2) 88.12m
first certified 'Har Ghar Jal' district in India. (3) 88.13m
(1) Betul (4) 88.14m
(2) Burhanpur (5) 88.15m
(3) Bhopal
(4) Balaghat 98. Who became the first Indian to qualify for
(5) Barwani Triple Jump Final at the World Championships?
(1) Eldhose Paul
92. According to NITI Aayog's India Innovation (2) Praveen Chithravel
Index 2021, India's gross expenditure on (3) Abdulla Aboobacker
research and development (R&D) is one of the (4) Rohit Yadav
lowest in the world, with just ____ per capita. (5) Rajesh Ramesh
(1) $43
(2) $45 99. Recently, a Maritime Partnership Exercise
(3) $47 (MPX) was conducted between navy of ________
(4) $49 and India in the Andaman Sea.
(5) $44 (1) Italy
(2) Japan
93. What is the name of mobile banking app (3) Australia
launched by Canara Bank? (4) Bangladesh
(1) Can MobAI (5) Philippines
(2) Canara ai1
(3) CB ai 100. The nation marks Income Tax Day on 24
(4) Canara ai July every year. This year marks the
(5) Can BankAI _____anniversary of the occasion, also called
Aaykar Diwas.
94. Recently, RBI has imposed a monetary (1) 162nd
penalty of Rs.57.75 lakh on which of the (2) 163rd
following small finance bank for non-compliance (3) 164th
with its directions on "frauds classification and (4) 165th
reporting by commercial banks and select FIs"? (5) 166th
(1) Au Small Finance Bank
(2) Capital Small Finance Bank Answer keys
(3) Suryoday Small Finance Bank 91. 2 92. 1 93. 2 94. 3 95. 3 96. 1 97. 3 98. 1 99
(4) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank . 2 100. 1
(5) Equitas Small Finance Bank
101. The World Drowning day is observed every
95. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) brought year on July 25th, the day was first observed in
down its FY23 growth forecast for India to which year?
______ from 7.5% percent in April this year. (1) 2021
(1) 7% (2) 2020
(2) 7.1% (3) 2019
(3) 7.2% (4) 2018
(4) 7.3% (5) 2017
(5) 7.4%
102. Recently, The Lok Sabha passed the Indian
96. As per a NITI Aayog Report, India will have a Antarctic Bill, 2022, India has how many
battery storage potential of ________ gigawatt operational research stations in Antarctica?
hour (GWh) by 2030. (1) 1
(1) 600 (2) 2
(2) 500 (3) 3
(3) 400 (4) 4
(4) 800 (5) 5
(5) 900

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103. The Central government has amended the clearing _____ at the World Athletics
Flag Code to allow people to display tricolour Championships 2022.
24X7, the Flag Code was introduced in which (1) 6.21m
year? (2) 6.20m
(1) 1956 (3) 6.19m
(2) 1986 (4) 6.18m
(3) 1999 (5) 6.17m
(4) 2002
(5) 2012 110. "The Life and Times of George
Fernandes",released recently, is written by
104. Which of the following states has signed an (1) Seema Mustafa
MoU with World Bank to support the (2) Badri Narayan
implementation of the Asset Monetization & (3) Rahul Ramagundam
Recycling Program (AMRP) for the State? (4) Andy Marino
(1) Assam (5) Daman Singh
(2) Himachal Pradesh
(3) Odisha Answer keys
(4) Punjab 101. 1 102. 2 103. 4 104. 3 105. 1 106. 1 107. 3
(5) Maharashtra 108. 2 109. 1 110. 3

105. Who among the following has composed the 111. Recently, ONGC signed an MoU with
'Vanakkam Chennai' (Welcome Anthem) for the ________to jointly pursue opportunities in
upcoming International Chess Olympiad, 2022? renewables, green hydrogen, green ammonia,
(1) A R Rahman and other derivatives of green hydrogen.
(2) Anu Malik (1) Adani Green Energy
(3) M M Keeravani (2) Hero Future Energies
(4) Ilayaraja (3) Greenko Pvt Ltd
(5) Vishal Bhardwaj (4) ReNew Power
(5) Azure Power
106. Gross non performing assets(GNPAs) of
scheduled commercial banks(SCBs) fell to a six- 112. Recently, IMF has cut the GDP growth
year low of ____in March 2022 according to the forecast for India for the current financial year by
latest Financial Stability Report of RBI. 80 basis points to _____
(1) 5.9% (1) 7.3%
(2) 7.5% (2) 7.4%
(3) 6.3% (3) 7.5%
(4) 5.3% (4) 7.6%
(5) 6.9% (5) 7.7%

107. World Bank has appointed Indian national 113. Recently, Competition Commission of India
Indermit Gill as its Chief Economist in July 2022, cleared Axis Bank-Citi deal worth ______
who among the following was the first Indian to (1) Rs 12,125 crore
hold the post? (2) Rs 12,225 crore
(1) Raghuram Rajan (3) Rs 12,325 crore
(2) Geeta Gopinath (4) Rs 12,425 crore
(3) Kaushik Basu (5) Rs 12,525 crore
(4) Abhijit Banerjee
(5) Arvind Subramanian 114. Recently, which of the following successfully
delivered indigenously developed Quick Reaction
108. Which of the following recently joined the Fighting Vehicle to Indian Army?
India-led Coalition for Disaster Resilient (1) Mahindra Aerospace
Infrastructure (CDRI) as part of efforts to limit (2) Tata Advanced Systems
damage caused by climate change? (3) HAL
(1) New Development Bank (4) Bharat Electronics
(2) European Investment Bank (5) Dhruva Space
(3) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
(4) World Bank 115. As per recent report, Airports Authority of
(5) Asian Development Bank India (AAI) has awarded ______ water
aerodromes under the UDAN scheme across the
109. Sweden's Armand Duplantis added a new country.
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(3) 14 (5) 1993
(4) 15
(5) 16 122. Which of the following statement is TRUE
for iDEX (Innovations for Defence Excellence?
116. India's Ramsar Sites tally rose to ______ as I. In April 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
five more Indian Wetlands got recognition launched a project named iDEX.
recently II. iDEX is funded and managed by the "Defence
(1) 58 Innovation Organization" (DIO).
(2) 54 III. In July 2022, iDEX signed its 100th
(3) 56 innovation project.
(4) 51 (1) I and III only
(5) 49 (2) I only
(3) I, II and III only
117. Recently, which of the following got (4) II and III only
permission from RBI to commence the business (5) III only
of non-banking financial institution?
(1) Sun Pharmaceutical 123. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
(2) Cipla Ltd attended a foreign ministerial conclave of the
(3) Piramal Enterprises Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in
(4) Max Healthcare Tashkent in July 2022, India became a
(5) Abbott India permanent member of SCO in which year?
(1) 2010
118. Union Bank has set up "RACE" goal as part (2) 2011
of its plan to be among top 3 PSBs in India, who (3) 2014
among the following is the MD and CEO of Union (4) 2017
Bank? (5) 2019
(1) S. S. Mallikarjuna Rao
(2) A Manimekhalai 124. Which of the following has become the first
(3) J. Packirisamy state in the country to have dedicated
(4) Hasmukh Adhia semiconductor policy?
(5) Sanjiv Chadha (1) Tamil Nadu
(2) Karnataka
119. Four-time champion Sebastian Vettel (3) Uttar Pradesh
announced his retirement from Formula 1 in July (4) Gujarat
2022, he belongs to which country? (5) Maharashtra
(1) USA
(2) UK 125. The government has signed a programme
(3) Germany agreement with Reliance New Energy Limited,
(4) Russia Ola Electric Mobility Private Limited and Rajesh
(5) UAE Exports Limited under the PLI (Production Linked
Incentive) Scheme for:
120. India's first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS (1) transportation of medical needs
Vikrant was handed over to Indian Navy in July (2) Improving vehicle quality
2022, the Aircraft carrier was built by (3) ACC (Advanced Chemistry Cell)
(1) Sea Blue Shipyard Ltd, Kochi. (4) Battery Storage
(2) Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi. (5) Both 3 & 4
(3) Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai.
(4) Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam. 126. Which of the following has Topped Rankings
(5) Sembmarine Kakinada Limited, Kakinada. for Most Chosen FMGG Brands in India for the
10th year in a row?
Answer keys (1) Amul
111. 3 112. 2 113. 3 114. 2 115. 3 116. 2 117. 3 (2) Britannia
118. 2 119. 3 120. 2 (3) Parle
(4) Clinic Plus,
121. International Tiger Day is observed every (5) Tata Consumer Products
year all over the world on July 29, The Govt. of
India had launched "Project Tiger" in which year? 127. Who among the following clinched India's
(1) 1953 1st gold medal of Commonwealth Games 2022?
(2) 1963 (1) Mirabai Chanu
(3) 1973 (2) Bindyarani Devi

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(3) Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu (5) Capgemini

(4) Santoshi Matsa
(5) Punam Yadav 134. Which of the following state was NOT
classified as "top achievers" in the Ease of Doing
128. The fourth Edition of Joint Military Exercise Business ranking according to the Business
AL NAJAH-IV is between contingents of Indian Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) 2020 report?
Army and ______________ (1) Andhra Pradesh
(1) Iran (2) Punjab
(2) Iraq (3) Gujarat
(3) Jordon (4) West Bengal
(4) Oman (5) Karnataka
(5) Saudi Arabia
135. Where will the National Games be held this
129. PM recently inaugurated 2 big floating solar year?
power projects of NTPC. Ramagundam Floating (1) Goa
Solar Project (100 MW) in Telangana and NTPC (2) Maharashtra
Kayamkulam Floating Solar Project (92 MW) in (3) New Delhi
_________ (4) Gujarat
(1) Tamil Nadu (5) Tamil Nadu
(2) Odisha
(3) Andhra Pradesh 136. Government revamped Banks Board Bureau
(4) Kerala (BBB) into Financial Services Institutions
(5) Karnataka Bureau(FISB). Who was appointed as the
chairman of the FISB?
130. Astronomers have for the first time (1) Deepak Singhal
discovered the heaviest known neutron star, (2) Animesh Chauhan
named as; (3) Shailendra Bhandari
(1) Pink panther (4) Bhanu Pratap Sharma
(2) Pi (5) Rajiv Ranjan
(3) Black widow
(4) Orange tree 137. As per recent newspaper reports, Iran and
(5) None of the above Argentina have applied to join the BRICS
grouping. When did South Africa join the BRICS?
Answer keys (1) 2005
121. 3 122. 4 123. 4 124. 4 125. 5 126. 3 127. 1 (2) 2010
128. 4 129. 4 130. 3 (3) 2009
(4) 2008
131. The Rs.6000 crore World Bank assisted (5) 2007
central government programme RAMP was
launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi 138. DRDO successfully carried out the maiden
recently. R in RAMP stands for flight of the Autonomous Flying Wing Technology
(1) Real Demonstrator from the Aeronautical Test Range
(2) Realising in _____
(3) Raising (1) Chitradurga
(4) Revisioning (2) Balasore
(5) Revamping (3) Tandur
(4) Pashan
132. NITI Aayog released the 'Take Home (5) Ramgarh
Ration-Good Practices across the State/Union
Territories' report with 139. What is the GST revenue collected in June
(1) FAO 2022 which is the second-highest since the
(2) World Food Program inception of GST regime?
(3) UNDP (1) Rs.145634 crore
(4) IFAD (2) Rs.167540 crore
(5) Department of Agriculture (3) Rs.153298 crore
(4) Rs.144616 crore
133. 'Spark.NXT' is the new smart campus of (5) Rs.160467 crore
(1) Wipro
(2) TCS
(3) Accenture
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140. Recently, World Bank has approved loans (4) Gargee Nandy
totalling ________ to fund India's PM Ayushman (5) Pragnya Ayyagari
Bharat scheme.
(1) $1.5 billion 146. Recently, 2022 NATO Summit was held in
(2) $1.25 billion ___
(3) $2 billion (1) Ontario
(4) $1 billion (2) Wales
(5) $500 million (3) Brussels
(4) Madrid
Answer keys (5) Chicago
131. 3 132. 2 133. 4 134. 4 135. 4 136. 4 137. 2
138. 1 139. 4 140. 4 147. Tarun Majumdar passed away recently. He
was a veteran ____filmmaker.
141. Under Operation 'NARCOS', Railway (1) Hindi
Protection Force(RPF) recovered various narcotic (2) Gujarati
products, including designer drugs, valued at (3) Bhojpuri
over ______last month and arrested 165 people (4) Bengali
with Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic (5) Haryanvi
Substances(NDPS).
(1) Rs 7.40 crore 148. India's merchandise trade deficit surged to
(2) Rs 8.40 crore a new high of_______in June.
(3) Rs 9.40 crore (1) $35.2 billion
(4) Rs 6.40 crore (2) $25.6 billion
(5) Rs 5.40 crore (3) $45.9 billion
(4) $54.5 billion
142. 'Mitigation and Management of COVID-19: (5) $14.3 billion
Compendium of Ayush-Based Practices from
Indian States and Union Territories' report was 149. Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a
released by 30-foot-tall bronze statue of Alluri Sitarama Raju
(1) NITI Aayog at Bhimavaram in Andhra Pradesh recently. Alluri
(2) National Centre for Disease Control Sitarama Raju was associated with which of the
(3) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare following?
(4) WHO (1) Paika rebellion
(5) Ministry of Home Affairs (2) Manyam rebellion
(3) Vellore mutiny
143. Jasprit Bumrah broke Brain Lara's world (4) Moplah rebellion
record for most runs in a single over in test (5) Malabar rebellion
match. Bumrah scored _____runs against _____
to break this 19-year old record of Brian Lara. 150. The 58th round OBICUS (order books,
(1) 29, James Anderson inventories and capacity utilisation survey) of
(2) 34, James Anderson manufacturing companies for April - June 2022
(3) 29, Stuart Broad period was recently launched by _____
(4) 34, Stuart Broad (1) RBI
(5) 28, James Anderson (2) SEBI
(3) DPIIT
144. Recently, Union Home Ministry amended the (4) Ministry of Finance
Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), now (5) CSO
allowing
relatives to send ______without informing the Answer keys
government. 141. 1 142. 1 143. 3 144. 1 145. 3 146. 4 147. 4
(1) Rs.10 lakh 148. 2 149. 2 150. 1
(2) Rs.50 lakh
(3) Rs.15 lakh 151. Recently,Justice Uday Umesh Lalit was
(4) Rs.20 lakh sworn in as the______________ Chief Justice of
(5) Rs.25 lakh India.
(1) 47th
145. Who was the winner at the Femina Miss (2) 48th
India 2022 ? (3) 49th
(1) Shinata Chauhan (4) 50th
(2) Rubal Shekhawat (5) 51th
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152. Indian Navy's women officers have created (3) Benigno Aquino III
history after they completed the first-ever all- (4) Gloria Macapagal
women independent maritime reconnaissance (5) Corazon Aquino
and surveillance mission in which of the following
place? 159. The Uttar Pradesh government has
(1) Bay of Bengal appointed which organization as its consultant for
(2) Arabian Sea achieving USD 1 trillion state economy?
(3) Indian Ocean (1) Infosys
(4) Atlantic Ocean (2) Deloitte
(5) Pacific Ocean (3) Wipro
(4) Emphasis
153. External Affairs Minister participated in (5) Microsoft
ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers' Meeting in August
2022, at which country? 160. India won silver medal in Lawn Bowls
(1) Vietnam competition at the Commonwealth Games 2022.
(2) Cambodia It was defeated by which team in the finals?
(3) Thailand (1) Scotland
(4) Malaysia (2) Northern Ireland
(5) Indonesia (3) New Zealand
(4) Malta
154. In August 2022, Monetary Policy Committee (5) England
Increased the policy repo rate under the liquidity
adjustment facility (LAF) by _____________ Answer keys
(1) 10 bps 151. 3 152. 2 153. 2 154. 4 155. 4 156. 1 157. 2
(2) 25 bps 158. 1 159. 2 160. 2
(3) 45 bps
(4) 50 bps 161. Which of the following states has announced
(5) 65 bps the creation of seven new districts in August
2022?
155. Which country became India's third-largest (1) Tamil Nadu
coal supplier in July 2022? (2) Uttar Pradesh
(1) China (3) West Bengal
(2) USA (4) Bihar
(3) Australia (5) Rajasthan
(4) Russia
(5) Brazil 162. Nallathamby Kalaiselvi was appointed as the
Director General of the Council of Scientific and
156. LinkedIn has signed an MoU with which of Industrial Research (CSIR) in August 2022, she
the following state governments to boost the replaced who among the following?
employability skill among the youth in the state (1) Satyendra Prakash
in August 2022? (2) Shekhar Mande
(1) Kerala (3) Arvind Kumar
(2) Bihar (4) Suchindra Mishra
(3) Jharkhand (5) Siddhartha Mohanty
(4) Assam
(5) Tamil Nadu 163. The first SSLV mission "SSLV- D1" carrying
EOS-2 and Azaadisat satellites was launched
157. Which of the following satellite is designed from which of the following place?
by the girl students of government schools in (1) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
rural areas of India? (2) Satish Dhawan Space Centre
(1) Kalam Sat (3) U R Rao Satellite Centre
(2) Azaadi SAT (4) ISRO Propulsion Complex
(3) STUDSAT (5) National Remote Sensing Centre
(4) ANUSAT
(5) Indian SAT 164. National Handloom Day is observed every
year on August 7, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
158. Who won the Presidential election of initiated the day in which year?
Philippines and swore as the 17th President of (1) 2014
the country? (2) 2015
(1) Ferdinand Marcos Jr (3) 2016
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(5) 2018
171. The Lok Sabha passed the New Delhi
165. Which of the following countries launched International Arbitration Centre (Amendment)
its first lunar orbiter, named "Danuri" in August Bill, in 2022, the center was renamed into
2022? ________
(1) Japan (1) International Arbitration Center
(2) South Korea (2) Indian International Arbitration Center
(3) Bangladesh (3) National Arbitration Center
(4) China (4) Global Arbitration Center
(5) Russia (5) Union of International Arbitration Centers

166. Indian Army conducted a 5-day exercise to 172. Serena Williams announced her retirement
test satellites to ensure their operational from professional tennis in August 2022, she has
readiness in July 2022, the Exercise was named won how many grand slams?
as ______ (1) 12
(1) SPACEIN (2) 23
(2) SKYLIGHT (3) 10
(3) MOONLIGHT (4) 20
(4) ARMYON (5) 28
(5) SPACEAY
173. As per the report "Air Quality and Health in
167. Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama was Cities", which of the following city recorded an
honoured with the 2022 'dPal rNgam Duston' annual average PM2.5 concentration of 110
award, it the highest civilian honour of microgram per cubic metre, the highest among
__________________. the most-populous cities in the world in 2019?
(1) Jammu and Kashmir (1) Beijing
(2) Ladakh (2) Kolkata
(3) Himachal Pradesh (3) Delhi
(4) Uttrakhand (4) Dhaka
(5) Arunachal Pradesh (5) Cairo

168. Who among the following was named as the 174. Who among the following won the gold
ICC Men's player of the month for July 2022? medal at the Commonwealth Fencing
(1) Prabath Jayasuriya Championship 2022?
(2) Dimuth Karunaratne (1) Khusboorani laishram
(3) Ramesh Mendis (2) C. A. Bhavani Devi
(4) Angelo Mathews (3) Bibish Kathiresan
(5) Dhananjaya de Silva (4) Taniksha Khatri
(5) RS Sherjin
169. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the
____________ Governing Council meeting of Niti 175. In August 2022, Prime Minister Narendra
Aayog in August 2022. Modi dedicated the 2nd generation (2G), Ethanol
(1) 5th Plant in Panipat. The plant has been developed
(2) 6th by ________________________.
(3) 7th (1) Indian Oil Corporation Limited
(4) 8th (2) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(5) 9th (3) Bharat Petroleum
(4) Gas Authority of India
170. Microsoft onboarded govt-backed Open (5) Reliance Petroleum Limited
Network of digital commerce in August 2022,
ONDC was established by ______ 176. In August 2022, Janata Dal (United) leader
(1) NITI Aayog Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the Chief Minister
(2) MyGov of Bihar for the ____________ time.
(3) Department for Promotion of Industry and (1) 4th
Internal Trade (2) 8th
(4) RBI (3) 2nd
(5) EXIM Bank (4) 3rd
(5) 6th
Answer keys
161. 3 162. 2 163. 2 164. 2 165. 2 166. 2 167. 2
168. 1 169. 3 170. 3

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2021-22 All India Football Federation's Women's (2) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Footballer of the Year? (3) Ministry of AYUSH
(1) Manisha Kalyan (4) Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
(2) Bala Devi (5) Ministry of Culture and Tourism
(3) Aditi Chauhan
(4) Dalima Chhibber 184. In August 2022, India Meteorological
(5) Sangita Basfore Department (IMD), _____ and ______
announced a new initiative to accelerate climate
178. Mr. Jagdeep Dhankar was sworn in as the action in 10 states and Union Territories across
______ Vice President of India in August 2022. the country.
(1) 16th (1) USA, UNEP
(2) 14th (2) France, UNEP
(3) 12th (3) Australia, UNDP
(4) 17th (4) South Korea, IUCN
(5) 15th (5) Japan, UNDP

179. Whom among the following was recently 185. _____ has joined hands with the Council of
appointed as the brand ambassador of Handicrafts Development Corporations
Uttarakhand? (COHANDS) to encourage digital inclusion of over
(1) Virat Kohli 50,000 artisans and weavers in India.
(2) Rohit Sharma (1) Flipkart
(3) Rishab Pant (2) Amazon India
(4) Ravindra Jadeja (3) Snapdeal
(5) Ashwin (4) IndiaMART
(5) Myntra
180. What is the theme of International Youth
Day 2022? 186. Which of the following has developed
(1) Transforming Food Systems: Youth vaccine for Lumpy Skin Disease in cattle?
Innovation for Human and Planetary Health (1) ICAR
(2) Youth Engagement for Global Action (2) ICRISAT
(3) Youth Involvement in Climate Change (3) CAZRI
(4) Intergenerational solidarity: creating a world (4) CIFRI
for all ages (5) CFRTI
(5) Transforming education
187. 'Udarashakti' is a bilateral exercise between
Answer keys Indian Air Force and _______
171. 2 172. 2 173. 3 174. 2 175. 1 176. 2 177. 1 (1) Japan Air Self-Defense Force
178. 2 179. 3 180. 4 (2) Indonesian Air Force
(3) The Republic of Korea Air Force
181. According to the data released by UNCTAD, (4) Royal Malaysian Air Force
___ of Indians owned digital currency in the form (5) The Royal Australian Air Force
of cryptocurrency in 2021.
(1) 3% 188. Union Minister Jitendra Singh has launched
(2) 7% India's first Saline Water Lantern named ____.
(3) 9% (1) Roshni
(4) 10% (2) Prakash
(5) 12% (3) Deepak
(4) Chamak
182. Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of (5) Chirag
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)
for continuation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- 189. National Mineral Development Corporation
Urban (PMAY-U) up to ____. (NMDC) organized a Conference on Indian
(1) 31st October 2024 Minerals & Metal Industry in partnership with
(2) 31st August 2024 ______.
(3) 31st December 2024 (1) CII
(4) 31st December 2023 (2) ASSOCHAM
(5) 31st August 2023 (3) FICCI
(4) Invest India
183. Which Ministry has launched the "SMILE-75 (5) AIOE
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wetlands to the list of Ramsar sites to make total 196. The golden joint of the world's highest
75 Ramsar sites covering an area of 13,26,677 Chenab railway bridge was inaugurated Recently.
ha in the country. Which state has the highest Chenab railway bridge is located in:
number of wetlands now? (1) Uttarakhand
(1) Maharashtra (2) Punjab
(2) Tamil Nadu (3) Jammu and Kashmir
(3) Rajasthan (4) Haryana
(4) Odisha (5) Ladakh
(5) Uttar Pradesh
197. Which of the following countries recently
Answer keys announced the Monument Status For "Delhi
181. 2 182. 3 183. 4 184. 5 185. 2 186. 1 187. 4 Chalo" Call Site in August 2022?
188. 1 189. 3 190. 2 (1) Myanmar
(2) Bangladesh
191. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala recently died at the (3) Japan
age of 62 in Mumbai, following a cardiac arrest. (4) Singapore
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala was associated with: (5) Germany
(1) Construction
(2) Stock market 198. A 7500 Sq. Ft Indian Tricolour Fag was
(3) Medical science displayed by Ministry of Tourism at the banks of
(4) Film industry which lake on August 15th, 2022?
(5) Dance (1) Wular Lake
(2) Dal Lake
192. Bharti Airtel's shareholders have approved (3) Loktak Lake
the re-appointment of ___________ as (4) Pangong Lake
managing director of the company for a period of (5) Hussain Sagar Lake
five years with effect from February 1, 2023.
(1) Gopal Vittal 199. India gifted Dornier reconnaissance aircraft
(2) Sashidhar Jagdishan to strengthen maritime security of which country
(3) Aditya Puri on its 76th Independence Day?
(4) keki Mistry (1) Maldives
(5) Shymala Gopinath (2) Sri Lanka
(3) Myanmar
193. 'SPARK' museum is an initiative by: (4) Iran
(1) IIT Delhi (5) Bangladesh
(2) IIM Ahemdabad
(3) ISRO 200. Who among the following was awarded the
(4) NASA France's highest civilian award Chevalier de la
(5) ASI Legion d'Honneur in August 2022?
(1) Shashi Tharoor
194. The Arunachal Pradesh government named (2) Vikram Seth
the under-construction greenfield airport-the (3) Devdutt Pattanaik
state's third here in the state capital Itanagar as (4) Kiran Desai
"Donyi Polo Airport". It is the _______ airport in (5) Amitav Gosh
north eastern India.
(1) Tenth Answer keys
(2) Thirteenth 191. 2 192. 1 193. 3 194. 3 195. 3 196. 3 197. 4
(3) Sixteenth 198. 2 199. 2 200. 1
(4) Seventh
(5) Ninth 201. Who among the following became the first
cricketer to play 600 T20 matches?
195. To improve the security of passengers, the (1) Dwayne Bravo
Indian Railway along with the Railway Protection (2) Kieron Pollard
Force (RPF), have launched a pan-India (3) Moeen Ali
operation known as: (4) Faf Du Plessis
(1) Surakshit Sukhad safar (5) Chris Gayle
(2) Operation Surakshit safar
(3) Operation yatri suraksha 202. Recently seen in News, Clade I and Clade II
(4) Sukhad Yatra is associated with which of the following?
(5) Surakshit operation (1) Variants of COVID

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(2) Satellite Launched by ISRO 209. As per government data in August 2022,
(3) Newly found Asteroids in Outer Space how many new routes has been initiated under
(4) Variants of Monkey Pox the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme?
(5) Distant stars found by the James Webb (1) 145
Telescope (2) 257
(3) 369
203. First 3D-Printed Human Cornea in India was (4) 425
developed by which of the following institutions? (5) 551
(1) IIT Delhi
(2) IIT Hyderabad 210. Which of the following bodies released a
(3) IIT Madras book named 'Field Guide, Birds of India' on over
(4) IIT Bombay 1,000 bird species?
(5) IIT Kanpur (1) NITI Aayog
(2) Wildlife Authority of India
204. Which of the following banks has launched (3) Zoological Survey of India
its first dedicated branch for start-ups in (4) Wildlife Institute of India
Bengaluru in August 2022? (5) World Wide Fund for Nature
(1) Indian Bank
(2) Punjab National Bank Answer keys
(3) ICICI Bank 201. 2 202. 4 203. 2 204. 4 205. 4 206. 3 207. 4
(4) State Bank of India 208. 4 209. 4 210. 3
(5) HDFC Bank
211. India totally won how many medals in the
205. According to a survey by Ipsos India in Commonwealth Games 2022?
August 2022, which of the following is the second (1) 51
most trusted institution in India? (2) 61
(1) Defence (3) 71
(2) Supreme Court (4) 81
(3) Prime Minister Office (5) 41
(4) RBI
(5) CBI 212. Who among the following is the head of
advisory committee formed by SEBI on Investor
206. Which of the following statement is TRUE Protection and Education Fund?
for Bima Manthan 2022? (1) G. Mahalingam
(1) Outreach Program by RBI (2) Naina Lal Kidwai
(2) New Insurance Scheme of LIC (3) Nithin Kamath
(3) Hackathon by IRDAI (4) Monika Halan
(4) Collaborative platform between Insurance (5) Ashish Chauhan
companies and Banks
(5) Disinvestment Policies of LIC 213. Which of the following has acquired a web
and app-based networking platform for the
207. Which of the following city is set to host investor community- Multipie in August 2022?
23rd edition of India International Seafood Show (1) ICICIdirect
in February 2023? (2) Zerodha
(1) Vishakapatnam (3) Kotak Securities
(2) Panaji (4) HDFC Securities
(3) Chennai (5) SBI Securities
(4) Kolkata
(5) Cochin 214. Which of the following sport was recognized
by the Maharashtra Government as an official
208. Which of the following banks started a new sport in state in August 2022?
campaign titled 'Vigil Aunty' to encourage people (1) Mallakhamb
across the country to practise safe banking (2) Mud Wrestling
habits? (3) Lagori
(1) ICICI Bank (4) Dahi- Handi
(2) Indian Bank (5) Lattoo
(3) Canara Bank
(4) HDFC Bank 215. Which of the following has become the first
(5) Axis Bank 'Har Ghar Jal' certified Union Territory in August
2022?
(1) Jammu and Kashmir

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(2) Ladakh Agriculture Loan upto three lakh rupees in

(3) Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu August 2022.
(4) Puducherry (1) 0.5%
(5) Andaman and Nicobar Island (2) 1%
(3) 1.5%
216. As of 31st July 2022, National Intellectual (4) 0.25%
Property Awareness Mission (NIPAM) has (5) 1.25%
achieved target of imparting Intellectual Property
(IP) awareness and basic training to ________ 222. Recently, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
students. established an office in which of the following
(1) Ten Thousand countries to support its defence forces?
(2) One Lakhs (1) Singapore
(3) 5 Lakhs (2) Malaysia
(4) 1 Million (3) Philippines
(5) 5 Million (4) Vietnam
(5) Sri Lanka
217. The Financial Services Institutions Bureau
(FSIB) has recommended Mohammad Mustafa as 223. Indian Air Force contingent is set to
the Chairman of NABARD in August 2022, who is participate in Exercise Pitch Black, the exercise is
the current chairman of NABARD as of August being held in which country?
2022? (1) New Zealand
(1) Ashish Pandey (2) Russia
(2) D.P. Maturia (3) Australia
(3) G.R. Chintala (4) USA
(4) Kushvinder Vohra (5) France
(5) N. K.Yadav
224. Ratan Tata launched a companionship
218. Which of the following states has startup that helps senior citizens make friends, it
successfully launched the first flight of drone is called as ______
service " 'medicine from the sky' funded by the (1) Fellow Human
United States Agency for International (2) Fellow People
Development (USAID) in August 2022? (3) Good Fellows
(1) Kerala (4) Caregivers
(2) Karnataka (5) Young Fellows
(3) Arunachal Pradesh
(4) Assam 225. Matsya Setu app is associated with which of
(5) Haryana the following?
(1) Viticulture
219. The Statue of Veer Durgadas Rathore was (2) Sericulture
recently unveiled in which state? (3) Fisheries
(1) Maharashtra (4) Agriculture
(2) Madhya Pradesh (5) Horticulture
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Gujarat 226. Which of the following state government
(5) Uttar Pradesh has taken Rs 4000 cr loan from Asian
Development Bank to set up medical colleges in
220. London home of who among the following 12 districts?
will get the prestigious 'blue plaque' honour in (1) Maharashtra
August 2022? (2) Karnataka
(1) Dadabhai Naoroji (3) Uttar Pradesh
(2) W C Bonnerjee (4) Kerala
(3) G Subramania Aiyer (5) Tamil Nadu
(4) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(5) Surendranath Banerjee 227. Who among the following has become the
first Indian woman wrestler to win Gold Medal at
Answer keys the Under-20 World Wrestling Championships?
211. 2 212. 4 213. 1 214. 4 215. 3 216. 4 217. 3 (1) Sonam Malik
218. 3 219. 3 220. 1 (2) Antim Panghal
(3) Alka Tomar
221. The Cabinet has approved interest (4) Vinesh Phogat
subvention of ________________ on Short Term (5) Anshu Malik

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234. Recently, decision was made to name the

228. Recently, Government granted GI Tag Chandigarh International Airport after Shaheed
status to Mithila Makhana of _______. Bhagat Singh, the airport is a Joint Venture
(1) Jharkhand between the governments of _____________
(2) Uttar Pradesh and ______________.
(3) Bihar (1) Delhi and Punjab
(4) Uttarakhand (2) Punjab and Haryana
(5) Chhattisgarh (3) Haryana and Delhi
(4) Punjab and Uttarakhand
229. Recently, which of the following emerged as (5) Haryana and Uttar Pradesh
the second biggest airline by domestic market
share in August 2022? 235. Which of the following has become the first
(1) Airasia India state in India to Distribute Seed to Farmers via
(2) IndiGo Blockchain Technology?
(3) Vistara (1) Jharkhand
(4) SpiceJet (2) Tamil Nadu
(5) Go First (3) Maharashtra
(4) West Bengal
230. Who among the following became 1st (5) Andhra Pradesh
Indian to play in UEFA Women's Champions
League in August 2022? 236. The book, "Bibi: My Story" is the
(1) Manisha Kalyan autobiography of who among the following?
(2) Grace Dangmei (1) Benjamin Netanyahu
(3) Sanju Yadav (2) Yair Lapid
(4) Ashalata Devi (3) Naftali Bennett
(5) Bala Devi (4) Ehud Olmert
(5) Ariel Sharon
Answer keys
221. 3 222. 2 223. 3 224. 3 225. 3 226. 1 227. 2 237. The National Action for Mechanised
228. 3 229. 3 230. 1 Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE) Scheme has
been approved with an outlay of Rs. 360 crore
231. Which of the following banks has signed an for four years from 2022-23 to 2025-26. It is a
MoU with Food Corporation of India (FCI) to central sector scheme of which ministry?
provide "Ultima Salary Package", a salary (1) Ministry of Rural Development
account in August 2022? (2) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(1) HDFC Bank (3) Ministry of Women & Child Development
(2) ICICI Bank (4) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
(3) Axis Bank (5) Ministry of Labour and Employment
(4) Federal Bank
(5) Bank of Baroda 238. Which of the following multinational banks
signed a USD 96.3-million loan agreement with
232. What is the issue price of per gram in the GOI to provide safe drinking water and improve
Sovereign Gold Bonds 2022-23 (Series -2) water supply and sanitation services in the state
released in August 2022? of Himachal Pradesh?
(1) Rs. 5,197 (1) World Bank
(2) Rs. 5,248 (2) New Development Bank
(3) Rs. 5,369 (3) Asian Development Bank
(4) Rs. 5,421 (4) Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank
(5) Rs. 5,547 (5) International Monetary Fund

233. Dr Jitendra Singh launched India's first truly 239. India has nominated "Garba" in August
indigenously developed ______________ Fuel 2022 to be inscribed on UNESCO's intangible
Cell Bus developed by KPIT-CSIR in Pune in cultural heritage list, which of the following was
August 2022? added to World List of Intangible Cultural
(1) Oxygen Heritage in 2021?
(2) Solar (1) Pushkar Mela
(3) Hydrogen (2) Durga Puja
(4) Methane (3) Desert Festival
(5) Ethanol (4) Taj Mahotsav
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first half of 2022, which state accounted for the 246. In August 2022, Researchers from which of
highest large scale solar energy installations in the following IIT's have developed an ultrasound-
India? assisted fermentation method to produce a safe
(1) Tamil Nadu sugar substitute called "Xylitol" from bagasse,
(2) Gujarat the residue left after crushing of sugarcane?
(3) Maharashtra (1) IIT Guwahati
(4) Rajasthan (2) IIT Madras
(5) Karnataka (3) IIT Bombay
(4) IIT Delhi
Answer keys (5) IIT Kanpur
231. 3 232. 1 233. 3 234. 2 235. 1 236. 1 237. 4
238. 3 239. 2 240. 4 247. In August 2022, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi inaugurated the Amrita Hospital managed
241. Recently, tribal-dominated Mandla region of by Mata Amritanandamayi Math in
_______ became the first fully "functionally _____________________.
literate" district in the country. (1) Hyderabad
(1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Faridabad
(2) Uttar Pradesh (3) New Delhi
(3) Maharashtra (4) Nagpur
(4) Karnataka (5) Gandhi Nagar
(5) Gujarat
248. Recently, The Anang Tal lake in South Delhi
242. Which of the following state governments has been declared a monument of national
launched the 'Vidya Rath-School on Wheels', to importance, Tradition ascribes this tank to a
impart elementary education among Anang Pal II, who belonged to _____________
economically-challenged children of the society in dynasty.
August? (1) Mughal Dynasty
(1) Assam (2) Tomar Dynasty
(2) Bihar (3) Lodi Dynasty
(3) Jharkhand (4) Tughlaq dynasty
(4) Rajasthan (5) Gupta Dynasty
(5) Uttar Pradesh
249. The fourth edition of the India Clean Air
243. ICRA has projected India's GDP growth as Summit was held in which city in August 2022?
____________________ for the Q1 (April-June) (1) Chennai
FY23. (2) Bengaluru
(1) 10% (3) Mumbai
(2) 11% (4) Delhi
(3) 12% (5) Hyderabad
(4) 13%
(5) 14% 250. Which of the following bodies released the
Competitiveness Roadmap for India@100?
244. The 2022 Liberty Medal by US Government (1) NITI Aayog
will be awarded to who among the following? (2) Economic Advisory Council of PM
(1) Joe Biden (3) NASSCOM
(2) Emmanuel Macron (4) MyGov
(3) Narendra Modi (5) RBI
(4) Volodymyr Zelenskyy
(5) Kamala Harris Answer keys
241. 1 242. 1 243. 4 244. 4 245. 3 246. 1 247. 2
245. Which of the following is planning to build 248. 2 249. 2 250. 2
India's first education township in the state to
provide high-quality education to the youth and 251. Who among the following won the 28th Abu
equip them with a variety of professional skills in Dhabi Masters in August 2022?
a single place? (1) Arjun Erigaisi
(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Nihal Sarin
(2) Kerala (3) Gukesh D
(3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Raunak Sadhwani
(4) Karnataka (5) R. Praggnanandhaa
(5) Gujarat

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Joint River Commission (JRC) was held between 259. Where will the Temple of Vedic Planetarium,
India and which of the following countries? world's largest religious structure, be
(1) Pakistan inaugurated in 2024?
(2) China (1) Uttar Pradesh
(3) Bangladesh (2) West Bengal
(4) Myanmar (3) Gujarat
(5) Nepal (4) Haryana
(5) Uttarakhand
253. Who among the following released a book
titled New India - a compilation of selected 260. In August 2022, it was announced that all
articles of former Union Minister Arun Jaitley? subsidised fertilisers including urea and DAP will
(1) Narendra Modi be sold under the single brand called ________
(2) Amit Shah (1) Bharat
(3) Rajnath Singh (2) Rashtriya
(4) Venkaiah Naidu (3) Maha Urea
(5) Nirmala Sitharaman (4) Sakthi
(5) Agri Life
254. Which of the following state got its second
Railway station on Dhansari-Shokhuvi railway Answer keys
line after gap of over 100 years? 251. 1 252. 3 253. 4 254. 5 255. 4 256. 4 257. 1
(1) Assam 258. 3 259. 2 260. 1
(2) West Bengal
(3) Chhattisgarh 261. "Free Fall: My Experiments with Living" is a
(4) Jharkhand self-help memoir of________
(5) Nagaland (1) Nambi Narayanan
(2) Subhashini Ali
255. PM recently inaugurated country's first (3) Sonal Mansingh
earthquake memorial named as Smriti van (4) Mallika Sarabhai
situated in: (5) Padma Subrahmanyam
(1) Bihar
(2) Uttarakhand 262. Identify the correct statement(s)
(3) Uttar Pradesh I.Yoddha ,the co-branded RuPay credit card has
(4) Gujarat been introduced by BOB Financial Solutions
(5) Assam Limited (BFSL).
II.It is for Indian Army personnel
256. The 20 th edition of BioAsia, the marquee III.It was introduced in collaboration with NPCI
life sciences and health tech event, hosted by the (1) I and II only
Government of ______ (2) I only
(1) New Delhi (3) II and III only
(2) Tamil Nadu (4) I,II and III
(3) Rajasthan (5) II only
(4) Telangana
(5) Assam 263. Which country recorded the lowest fertility
rate again recently?
257. Recently, Ana Brnabic was appointed for (1) South Korea
another term as Prime Minister of ________ (2) Singapore
(1) Serbia (3) Macau
(2) Austria (4) Japan
(3) Slovakia (5) Poland
(4) Hungary
(5) Czech Republic 264. Switch EiV 22, India's first electric double-
decker bus, is manufactured by_______
258. Recently, Ananth Narayan Gopalakrishnan (1) Tata Motors
was appointed as the fourth whole-time member (2) Ashok Leyland
of ________ (3) Mahindra & Mahindra
(1) RBI (4) Eicher Motors
(2) NABARD (5) BharatBenz
(3) SEBI
(4) NSE
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(1) University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur tech hubs list?
(2) Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi (1) Bengaluru
Vidyapeeth,Parbhani (2) Chennai
(3) Central Agricultural University,Imphal (3) Delhi
(4) College of Agriculture, Pantnagar (4) Ahmedabad
(5) Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, (5) Pune
Guntur
272. On September 2, who unveiled a new
266. Who took over as President of Indian ensign of the Indian Navy at the aircraft carrier
Olympic Association recently? Vikrant Commissioning event?
(1) Aslam Sher Khan (1) Rajnath Singh
(2) Adille Sumariwalla (2) Narendra Modi
(3) Anil Khanna (3) Amit Shah
(4) Narinder Batra (4) Jagdeep Dhankhar
(5) Sudhanshu Mittal (5) Droupadi Murmu

267. National Sports Day is observed every year 273. Athletics Federation of India (AFI)
on August 29th, the day is marked to announced its partnership with _________ to
commemorate the birth anniversary of support women athletes in the country,
(1) Milkha Singh especially youngsters.
(2) Dhyan Chand (1) HSBC India
(3) Shabbir Ali (2) SBI
(4) Ajit Wadekar (3) HDFC Bank
(5) Roop Singh (4) ICICI Bank
(5) Axis Bank
268. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the
foundation stone of the Maruti Suzuki EV Battery 274. Indian Coast Guard conducted the 10th
Plant with an investment of around Rs 7,300 National Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise
crores to manufacture Advance Chemistry Cell (SAREX-2022) in ________
batteries for EV in which state? (1) Kochi
(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Port Blair
(2) Gujarat (3) Chennai
(3) West Bengal (4) Vishakapatnam
(4) Maharashtra (5) Goa
(5) Uttar Pradesh
275. Colin de Grandhomme has announced his
269. Who among the following won India's first retirement from international cricket. Which of
men's doubles medal at World Championships in the following country did he represent?
Tokyo in August 2022? (1) England
(1) Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (2) South Africa
(2) Ajay Jayaram and Kidambi Srikanth (3) Australia
(3) Lakshya Sen and Sourabh Verma. (4) New Zealand
(4) MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila (5) Ireland
(5) Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth
276. Who was the winner of LIVA Miss Diva
270. Who among the following won the F1 Universe 2022 ?
Belgian Grand Prix in August 2022? (1) Pragnya Ayyagari
(1) Max Verstappen (2) Ojasvi Sharma
(2) Lewis Hamilton (3) Divita Rai
(3) Fernando Alonso (4) Eshna Kutty
(4) Sebastian Vettel (5) Bhumika Arora
(5) Charles Leclerc
277. Which of the following government unveiled
Answer keys a scheme called Mahila Nidhi on Women's
261. 4 262. 4 263. 1 264. 2 265. 1 266. 2 267. 2 Equality Day to help them sustain their
268. 2 269. 1 270. 1 livelihoods?
(1) Odisha
271. According to a report by Cushman and (2) Rajasthan
Wakefield released in August 2022, which of the (3) Sikkim
following Indian cities was NOT ranked among (4) Assam

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(5) Haryana 284. Which of the following smart city is the first
in India to get Google's environmental insights
278. As per the latest SBI Ecowrap report, data?
India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate (1) Aurangabad smart city
in the April-June quarter of the ongoing fiscal is (2) Pune smart city
expected at ____ (3) Srinagar smart city
(1) 11.9% (4) Kochi smart city
(2) 16.2% (5) Jabalpur smart city
(3) 15.7%
(4) 14.2% 285. Prime Minister addressed the 1st-ever
(5) 18.3% national level meet of District Legal Services
Authorities (DLSAs) in July 2022, how many
279. Which of the following has topped the list of DLSA's are there in the country?
government departments that did not adhere to (1) 267
Central Vigilance Commission's (CVC) ? (2) 467
(1) Bank of India (3) 676
(2) Delhi Jal Board (4) 867
(3) SIDBI (5) 1065
(4) Railways Ministry
(5) Mahanadi Coalfields Limited 286. The merger of Zee Entertainment and which
of the following companies has been approved by
280. Who won the Best Actor award at the 67th Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National
Filmfare Awards 2022? Stock Exchange (NSE) in July 2022?
(1) Vicky Kaushal (1) Eros International Media.
(2) Ranveer Singh (2) Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited
(3) Irrfan Khan (3) Paytm First Games
(4) Manoj Bajpayee (4) Cinevistas
(5) Sidharth Malhotra (5) TV 18 Private Ltd.

Answer keys 287. The Joint military Exercise AL NAJAH -IV

271. 4 272. 2 273. 1 274. 3 275. 4 276. 3 277. 2 between contingents of the Indian Army & the
278. 3 279. 4 280. 2 Royal Army of Oman took place in which of the
following states in August 2022?
281. Which edition of Vietnam-India Bilateral (1) Andhra Pradesh
Army Exercise "Ex VINBAX 2022" was held at (2) Rajasthan
Chandimandir in August 2022? (3) Tamil Nadu
(1) 1st (4) Maharashtra
(2) 2nd (5) Kerala
(3) 3rd
(4) 4th 288. Which of the following telecom providers
(5) 5th acquired the spectrum in the 700MHz, 800MHz,
1800MHz, 3300MHz and 26GHz bands in the
282. Fidel Valdez Ramos, who passed away auctions conducted by the Department of
recently was the former president of which Telecommunication in August 2022?
country? (1) BSNL
(1) Thailand (2) Jio
(2) Vietnam (3) Vi
(3) Bolivia (4) Airtel
(4) Philippines (5) Aircel
(5) Brazil
289. In July 2022, the then Vice-President M
283. Authorities in India have blocked Venkaiah Naidu presented the prestigious
Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) game in July President's Colours to which state police?
2022, it was blocked under which section of IT (1) Tamil Nadu
Act, 2000? (2) Karnataka
(1) Section 49 (3) Bihar
(2) Section 55 (4) Rajasthan
(3) Section 69 (5) Assam
(4) Section 3
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commemorative Postal Stamp in the honor of 296. The Reserve Bank of India named minority-
Pingali Venkayya during the "TirangaUtsav" to dominated regions for banks' priority lending
celebrate the contribution of PingaliVenkayya to schemes in August 2022, it has listed how many
the nation in August 2022? districts where the minorities are minimum 25
(1) Narendra Modi percent in India?
(2) Droupadi Murmu (1) 25
(3) N. V. Ramana (2) 48
(4) Amit Shah (3) 55
(5) G. Kishan Reddy (4) 121
(5) 200
Answer keys
281. 3 282. 4 283. 3 284. 1 285. 3 286. 2 287. 2 297. In August 2022, which of the following
288. 2 289. 1 290. 4 companies has signed an MoU with the
Bangladesh Roads and Highways department in
291. Which of the following is the first corporate Dhaka for the emergency supply of petroleum
to sign an MoU with National Tiger Conservation goods via Bangladesh territory to India?
Authority (NTCA) for transcontinental relocation (1) Indian Oil Corporation Limited
of the 'Cheetah' in its historical range in India in (2) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
August 2022? (3) Bharat Petroleum
(1) Indian Oil Limited. (4) Gas Authority of India (GAIL)
(2) Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited. (5) Oil India limited
(3) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
(4) Gas Authority of India 298. Indian Navy has signed an MoU with which
(5) Bharat Petroleum of the following to collaborate on aviation
research and development, and to ramp up self-
292. After Asia's richest women Yang Huiyan lost reliance efforts for the Navy?
more than half of her wealth following China's (1) IIT Madras
property crisis, who among the following became (2) IIT Delhi
Asia's richest women in August 2022? (3) IISc Bengaluru
(1) Savitri Jindal (4) JNU Delhi
(2) Roshni Nadar (5) IIT Kanpur
(3) Falguni Nayar
(4) Kiran Mazumdar 299. 106-year-old astronomical observatory at
(5) Nilima Motaparti Langat Singh College has been added to the list
of UNESCO's important heritage observatories in
293. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) the world, the college is located in which state?
on granted its approval for the acquisition of a (1) Bihar
50.1% stake of Sanmina-SCI India (SCIPL) by (2) Assam
which of the following companies? (3) West Bengal
(1) Reliance Industries Limited. (4) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (5) Jharkhand
(3) Infosys Technologies Ltd.
(4) Wipro Limited. 300. Recently, who became India's fastest
(5) Bharti Tele-Ventures Limited. sprinter by running 100 metres in 10.25 seconds
at the All India Inter Railways Athletics
294. Who among the following was sworn in as Championships in Raebareli?
Central Vigilance Commissioner in August 2022? (1) Amlan Borgohain
(1) Suresh N. Patel (2) Amiya Kumar Mallick
(2) K. K. Venugopal (3) Srinivasa Gowda
(3) Rajiv Kumar (4) S. Vidyasagar
(4) Manoj Soni (5) None of the above
(5) Rajiv Gauba
Answer keys
295. Who among the following won the 2022 291. 1 292. 1 293. 1 294. 1 295. 3 296. 4 297. 1
UNESCO Peace Prize? 298. 3 299. 1 300. 1
(1) Narendra Modi
(2) Emmanuel Macron 301. Which of the following state government
(3) Angela Merkel has launched the Global Startup Challenge "
(4) Olaf Scholz "VentuRISE" to recognise, reward, and support
(5) Joe Biden growth stage startups?

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(1) Tamil Nadu (4) Siddha

(2) Karnataka (5) Homeopathy
(3) Maharashtra
(4) Uttar Pradesh 308. According the NITI Aayog report titled
(5) Jharkhand 'Preserving Progress on Nutrition in India:
Poshan Abhiyan in Pandemic Times', which state
302. In September 2022, SEBI has restructured ranked first in larger states category in terms of
its high-level panel on cyber security, who the overall implementation of the Centre's
among the following is the chairperson of SEBI's flagship Poshan Abhiyaan?
Cyber security committee? (1) Jharkhand
(1) Sandeep Shukla (2) Karnataka
(2) Debdeep Mukhopadhyay (3) Tamil Nadu
(3) Navin Kumar Singh (4) Maharashtra
(4) Sanjay Bahl (5) Kerala
(5) Sugata Gangopadhyay
309. Which of the following state government
303. The National Green Tribunal has imposed a has recommended the Chaya Someshwaralayam
penalty of Rs 3,500 crore on the West Bengal site for UNESCO World Heritage tag?
government for the huge gap in solid and liquid (1) Tamil Nadu
waste generation and treatment. The principal (2) Karnataka
seat of NGT is located at (3) Odisha
(1) Mumbai (4) Telangana
(2) Delhi (5) Kerala
(3) Chennai
(4) Bengaluru 310. Who among the following has been
(5) Kolkata appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the
Republic of Korea?
304. Who among the following has been (1) Vikram Misri
announced as the next prime minister of the (2) Amit Kumar
United Kingdom in September 2022? (3) Sanjay Kumar Verma
(1) Rishi Sunak (4) Sanjeeb Kumar Sringla
(2) Mary Elizabeth Truss (5) Taranjit Singh Sandhu
(3) Roman Baber
(4) Patrick Brown Answer keys
(5) Pierre Poilievre 301. 2 302. 3 303. 2 304. 2 305. 1 306. 1 307. 1
3 308. 4 309. 4 310. 2
305. The Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator
(IAD) is developed by which of the following 311. Who among the following has been
organizations? appointed as the CEO of IndiGo Airline in
(1) Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) September 2022?
(2) Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) (1) Sanjiv Kapoor
(3) Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) (2) Pieter Elbers
(4) U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) (3) Rono Dutta
(5) ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) (4) Dough Parker
(5) Campbell Wilson
306. Who among the following has been
appointed as the Chairman and Managing 312. Union ministry recently approved a
Director (CMD) of Shipping Corporation of India __________ scheme for the development of over
in September 2022? 14,000 schools across the country as PM Schools
(1) Binesh Kumar Tyagi for Rising India (PM-SHRI).
(2) Anil Kumar Misra (1) Rs 27,360-crore
(3) Pramod Kumar Panda (2) Rs 54,780-crore
(4) Dipankar Haldar (3) Rs 13,920-crore
(5) J Murugadas (4) Rs 45,170-crore
(5) Rs 10, 340-crore
307. The CCRAS 'SPARK' Program was launched
in September 2022 to Support Innovative 313. Who among the following has recently taken
Research in ___________________. additional charge as Chairman & Managing
(1) Yoga Director (CMD) of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat
(2) Naturopathy Electronics Limited (BEL)?
(3) Ayurveda (1) Pankaj Gupta

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(3) R Subramaniakumar (2) Janki Ballabh
(4) Dinesh Kumar Batra (3) M.B.N Rao
(5) Santosh Iyer (4) Y. M. Deosthalee
(5) Pradeep Kumar
314. Indian javelin star Neeraj Chopra threw a
strong ____________________ to become the Answer keys
first Indian to be the Diamond League Champion. 311. 2 312. 1 313. 4 314. 4 315. 3 316. 2 317. 4
(1) 85.44m 318. 1 319. 3 320. 1
(2) 86.44m
(3) 87.44m 321. Who among the following has been recently
(4) 88.44m appointed as the new UN High Commissioner for
(5) 89.44m Human Rights?
(1) Michelle Bachelet
315. India ranked 132nd among _____________ (2) Antonio Guterres
countries and territories on the 2021 Human (3) Volker Turk
Development Index (HDI) (4) Ban Ki-moon
(1) 176 (5) Kofi Annan
(2) 189
(3) 191 322. Which of the following state has recently
(4) 200 lauched 'Residents Safety & Security' portal?
(5) 168 (1) Rajasthan
(2) Nagaland
316. In September 2022, PM Narendra Modi (3) Odisha
inaugurated a ______________ statue of Netaji (4) Sikkim
Subhas Chandra Bose in India Gate. (5) Meghalaya
(1) 18 ft.
(2) 28 ft. 323. Aaron Finch to retire from one-day
(3) 38 ft. international (ODI) cricket. Aaron Finch is a
(4) 48 ft. white-ball captain of which country?
(5) 58 ft. (1) New Zealand
(2) Australia
317. Recently, Warangal in ______ and Nilambur (3) England
and Thrissur in ______ have joined UNESCO (4) South Africa
Global Network of Learning Cities. (5) Zimbabwe
(1) Tamil Nadu,Kerala
(2) Andhra Pradesh,Karnataka 324. India's largest rubber dam has been
(3) Karnataka,Kerala inaugurated in:
(4) Telangana,Kerala (1) Uttar Pradesh
(5) Odisha,Telangana (2) Uttarakhand
(3) Assam
318. Ni-kshay Mitra portal is associated with (4) Kerala
which of the following? (5) Bihar
(1) TB treatment
(2) School Education 325. President Droupadi Murmu recently
(3) Child Health welfare nominated Gulam Ali from ________ to Rajya
(4) Women Safety and Empowerment Sabha
(5) Double Farmers Income (1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Hyderabad
319. Which of the following became India's first (3) Jammu and Kashmir
Public Sector Bank to go live on new Direct Tax (4) Punjab
Collection System Tin 2.0? (5) Rajasthan
(1) Indian Bank
(2) Canara Bank 326. On September 17, Prime Minister Narendra
(3) Bank of India Modi released cheetahs brought from Namibia in
(4) State Bank of India Africa in ______.
(5) Punjab National Bank (1) Pench National Park
(2) Bandhavgarh National Park
320. Government has set up a committee under (3) Panna National Park
who among the following to moderate gas prices (4) Kuno National Park
in India in September 2022? (5) Kanha Tiger Reserve

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327. Who is the new prince of Wales? (5) Tripura
(1) Prince William
(2) Charles III 334. Which of the following Space tech startup
(3) Prince Harry received patent for single-piece 3D printed rocket
(4) Mark Phillips engine in September 2022?
(5) Prince George (1) Skyroot
(2) Agnikul
328. The Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and (3) Dhruva Space
Waterways (MoPSW) is planning to build a (4) Astrogate Labs
National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) at (5) Bellatrix Aerospace
the site of the Indus Valley civilization in:
(1) Punjab 335. Who among the following has authored the
(2) Rajasthan recently released book "Forging Mettle :
(3) Uttar Pradesh Nrupender Rao and the Pennar Story"?
(4) Gujarat (1) Ravish Kumar
(5) Madhya Pradesh (2) Amitav Gosh
(3) Prannoy Roy
329. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently (4) Pavan C. Lall
inaugurated the 'Centre-State Science Conclave' (5) Ashok Banker
in:
(1) Indore 336. INS Satpura & P8I Maritime Patrol Aircraft
(2) Patna participated in Multinational Naval Ex Kakadu, Ex
(3) Ahemdabad Kakadu was hosed by ________________.
(4) Bangalore (1) NATO
(5) Bhillai (2) Russia
(3) USA
330. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi (4) Australia
Inaugurated the World Dairy Summit 2022 in (5) China
Greater Noida, what is the theme of the summit?
(1) Dairy for nutrition and livelihood 337. In September 2022, which of the following
(2) Dairy for the youth became the first academic institute in the
(3) Importance of Dairy during Pandemic country to join an IBM programme promoting
(4) Dairy and Healthy Lifestyle quantum computing development and research?
(5) Importance of Dairy on Children (1) IIT Delhi
(2) JNU Delhi
Answer keys (3) IISc Bengaluru
321. 3 322. 5 323. 2 324. 5 325. 3 326. 4 327. 1 (4) IIT Madras
328. 4 329. 3 330. 1 (5) IIM Ahmadabad

331. Who among the following won the Women 338. In December 2022, India will assume the
US Open Tennis 2022? Presidency of the G20 for ___________ year(s).
(1) Helen Jacobs (1) 1
(2) Kirsten Flipkens (2) 2
(3) Naomi Osaka (3) 3
(4) Iga Swiatek (4) 4
(5) Ons Jabeu (5) 5

332. Who among the following won the Italian 339. Which of the following has become India's
Grand Prix in September 2022? most-valuable brand according to Kantar BrandZ
(1) George Russell report?
(2) Max Verstappen (1) HDFC Bank
(3) Charles Leclerc (2) TCS
(4) Lewis Hamilton (3) Infosys
(5) Sergio Pérez (4) Tata
(5) L&T
333. Raja Mircha or the 'king chili' of which state
was given the GI tag? 340. JIMEX 2022 is a joint naval drill conducted
(1) Assam in the Bay of Bengal between India and
(2) Manipur _____________.
(3) Meghalaya (1) Australia

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(3) Russia (4) Saudi Arabia
(4) Japan (5) Kuwait
(5) UK
347. Who among the following has been
Answer keys appointed as the new MD and CEO of Kerala
331. 4 332. 2 333. 4 334. 2 335. 4 336. 4 337. 4 based CSB Bank in September 2022?
338. 1 339. 2 340. 4 (1) Pralay Mondal
(2) Shyam Srinivasan
341. Roger Federer on September 15 announced (3) Atanu Chakraborty
his retirement from professional tennis, Federer (4) Girish Chandra Chaturvedi
has won how many grand slams? (5) Sandeep Bakhshi
(1) 20
(2) 25 348. The new digital publication 'BLO e-Patrika' is
(3) 30 associated with which of the following?
(4) 35 (1) NITI Aayog
(5) 40 (2) Election Commission
(3) National Human Rights Commission
342. The Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological (4) Competition Commission of India
Park has been adjudged the best zoo in the (5) Law Commission
country by Central Zoo Authority, the zoo is
located in which state? 349. Which of the following football teams won
(1) Uttarakhand the Durand Cup 2022?
(2) Tamil Nadu (1) Mumbai City FC
(3) Punjab (2) Chennaiyin FC
(4) West Bengal (3) Kerala Blasters FC
(5) Andhra Pradesh (4) Bengaluru FC
(5) FC Goa
343. According to the draft guidelines issued by
finance ministry for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs), 350. Recently, who among the following became
RRB's planning to make an initial public offering the 1st Indian to win 4 medals at world wrestling
to raise capital must have at least championships after winning a bronze medal in
__________________ of net worth for the Wrestling Championship held at Serbia in
previous three years. September 2022?
(1) Rs. 100 crore (1) Bajrang Punia
(2) Rs. 200 crore (2) Ravi Kumar Dahiya
(3) Rs. 300 crore (3) Deepak Punia
(4) Rs. 400 crore (4) Sushil Kumar
(5) Rs. 500 crore (5) Yogeshwar Dutt

344. Which country hosted the SCO summit of Answer keys

2022? 341. 1 342. 4 343. 3 344. 4 345. 4 346. 3 347. 1
(1) India 348. 2 349. 4 350. 1
(2) Tajikistan
(3) China 351. Which of the following international
(4) Uzbekistan agencies has launched a Doordarshan and
(5) Russia YouTube series titled "Door Se Namaste" to
promotes healthy behaviours in a post-pandemic
345. Which of the following places has been world?
nominated as the first-ever SCO Tourism and (1) WHO
Cultural Capital for the year 2022-2023? (2) UNICEF
(1) Kolkata (3) UNESCO
(2) Haridwar (4) ILO
(3) Mahabaleshwar (5) WTO
(4) Varanasi
(5) Kanchipuram 352. Who among the following has been
conferred with highest civilian award of France,
346. Recently, which country has signed an MoU the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (Knight of
to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation? the Legion of Honour) in September 2022?
(1) France (1) Roshni Nadar Malhotra
(2) Britain (2) Swati Piramal

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(4) Kiran Mazumdar (2) Gautam Adani
(5) Savitri Devi Jindal (3) Ratan Tata
(4) Cyrus S. Poonawalla
353. Which of the following has become India's (5) Shiv Nadar
first Swachh Sujal Pradesh in September 2022?
(1) Jharkhand 360. The Competition Commission of India (CCI)
(2) Andaman & Nicobar Islands has approved the merger of Jio Cinema OTT with
(3) Goa which of the following companies?
(4) Maharashtra (1) Viacom 18
(5) Gujarat (2) Disney Hotstar
(3) Sony Entertainment
354. In September 2022, World Bank approved a (4) Zee Television
loan of _______________ for Punjab to improve (5) Sony
state's finances and service delivery.
(1) $50 million Answer keys
(2) $100 million 351. 2 352. 2 353. 3 354. 3 355. 2 356. 3 357. 4
(3) $150 million 358. 3 359. 3 360. 1
(4) $200 million
(5) $250 million 361. India is set to host the maiden MotoGP race
in which year?
355. The Film Federation of India has announced (1) 2022
which of the following movies as India's official (2) 2023
entry to the Oscars 2023? (3) 2024
(1) RRR (4) 2025
(2) The Kashmir Files (5) 2026
(3) Shyam Singha Roy
(4) Chhello Show 362. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has
(5) Sardar Udham recently revised India's gross domestic product
growth for the fiscal year 2022"2023 to
356. Which state government is to rename the _______________.
Daulatabad fort to its old name 'Devgiri'? (1) 6.8%
(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) 7%
(2) Gujarat (3) 7.2%
(3) Maharashtra (4) 7.4%
(4) Rajasthan (5) 6.9%
(5) Bihar
363. Recently, the government of India launched
357. The Indian Navy conducted the ENC the SCALE app for skill development in which of
Yachting Championship in which of the following the following industries?
cities? (1) Iron
(1) Chennai (2) Steel
(2) Mumbai (3) Leather
(3) Cochin (4) Textile
(4) Vishakapatnam (5) Petroleum
(5) Puri
364. Coast Guards from India and America
358. Which of the following companies has conducted joint exercise Abhyas off the coast of
launched the first cohort of its computing which state in India in September 2022?
foundations with Kubernetes course in (1) Kerala
collaboration with FutureSkills Prime, an IT (2) Maharashtra
Ministry and Nasscom digital skilling initiative? (3) Tamil Nadu
(1) Microsoft (4) Karnataka
(2) Infosys (5) Goa
(3) Google
(4) Amazon 365. Who among the following has been
(5) TCS appointed as the Director General of Indian
Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in September
359. Who among the following has been 2022?
appointed as one of the trustees of the PM (1) A M Khan
CARES Fund? (2) Rajiv Bahl

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(4) Prashant Mathur organizations/bodies?
(5) Balram Bhargava (1) DRDO
(2) Indian Army
366. Who among the following has been (3) Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineering
appointed as the Executive Director & Chief (4) ISRO
Executive Officer of Britannia Industries in (5) Indian Railways Institute of Transport
September 2022? Management
(1) N Venkataraman
(2) Ness N Wadia 372. Which of the following has been accorded
(3) Rajneet Kohli with the status of a 'Maharatna' Central Public
(4) Varun Berry Sector Enterprise in September 2022?
(5) Ritesh Rana (1) REC Limited
(2) BHEL Limited
367. Who among the following has been elected (3) NMDC Limited
as the Hockey India (HI) president in September (4) NTPC Limited
2022? (5) NALCO Limited
(1) Rajinder Singh
(2) Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad 373. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has
(3) Gyanendro Ningombam inaugurated the 3rd edition of Lok Manthan
(4) Dilip Tirkey programme in which city?
(5) Rajani Etimarpu (1) Chennai
(2) Guwahati
368. The Agricultural and Processed Food (3) Kolkata
Products Export Authority facilitated the export of (4) Mumbai
the first consignment of Plant based meat (5) Delhi
products to USA from ______________.
(1) Gujarat 374. Who among the following has been
(2) Maharashtra appointed as the Chairman & MD of Railtel in
(3) Tamil Nadu September 2022?
(4) Karnataka (1) Aruna Singh
(5) Goa (2) Sanjai Kumar
(3) Anand Kumar Singh
369. Under the Scheme for Special Assistance to (4) Harish Chandra Batra
States for Capital Investment for 2022-23, an (5) Rakesh Ranjan
amount of _______________ is earmarked and
will be available to States for capital projects on 375. Who among the following released the book
Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) network. "Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay- Jeevan Darshan
(1) Rs. 1000 crore Aur Samsamyikta"?
(2) Rs. 2000 crore (1) Droupadi Murmu
(3) Rs. 3000 crore (2) Jagdeep Dhankhar
(4) Rs. 4000 crore (3) Narendra Modi
(5) Rs. 5000 crore (4) Rajnath Singh
(5) Amit Shah
370. Which of the following countries has
launched the "Innovation Roadmap of the Mission 376. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and
Integrated Biorefineries" in September? Climate Change will launch the 'Swachh Vayu
(1) UK Sarvekshan' programme to rank cities based on
(2) India their actions to improve air quality. It will rank
(3) Brazil how many cities in the country.
(4) Germany (1) 113
(5) USA (2) 123
(3) 131
Answer keys (4) 141
361. 2 362. 2 363. 3 364. 3 365. 2 366. 3 367. 4 (5) 151
368. 1 369. 3 370. 2
377. Who among the following India Author- Poet
371. In September 2022, Indian Railways has has won the Hermann Kesten Award 2022?
installed the Real Time Train Information System (1) Vinita Agrawal
(RTIS) for real-time train tracking. RTIS system (2) Meena Kandaswamy
(3) Varsha Adalja

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(5) Jhumpa Lahiri (3) Three
(4) Four
378. India's first Avalanche Monitoring Radar has (5) Five
been installed in which state of India in
September 2022? 384. Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has
(1) Assam launched Swachh Toycathon in September 2022,
(2) Tripura which of the following IIT's is the knowledge
(3) Arunachal Pradesh partner for the initiative?
(4) Sikkim (1) IIT Madras
(5) Mizoram (2) IIT Bombay
(3) IIT Hyderabad
379. Amazon announced the setting up of its first (4) IIT Gandhinagar
solar farm in India with a capacity of 420 (5) IIT Delhi
megawatt (MW) in which state/UT?
(1) Jammu and Kashmir 385. Which of the following has become the first
(2) Rajasthan Indian life insurer to have 74% foreign
(3) Gujarat shareholding?
(4) Maharashtra (1) Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd.
(5) Goa (2) ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd.
(3) IFFCO-Tokio General Insurance Co. Ltd.
380. Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) (4) Ageas Federal Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
under the Ministry of Finance has given in- (5) Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd
principle approval for an innovative urban
transport ropeway project worth Rs 1,546.4 crore 386. Who among the following has become the
for which of the following city in September richest self-made Indian woman,as per the IIFL
2022? Wealth Hurun India Rich List, released in
(1) Mussorie September 2022?
(2) Chennai (1) Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
(3) Ooty (2) Falguni Nayar
(4) Shimla (3) Neha Narkhede
(5) Srinagar (4) Kaivalya Vohra
(5) Savitri Jindal
Answer keys
371. 4 372. 1 373. 2 374. 2 375. 2 376. 3 377. 2 387. India will get its first flex-fuel car imported
378. 4 379. 2 380. 4 from which country?
(1) USA
381. Who among the following has been (2) UK
appointed as the Director General of the (3) Brazil
Employees' State Insurance Corporation in (4) Germany
September 2022? (5) Norway
(1) R.S.Ravi
(2) Rajendra Kumar 388. Which of the following statement is TRUE
(3) Gokulananda Jena for Operation 'Megha Chakra'?
(4) V. Radhakrishnan (1) Bringing back students from war ridden
(5) Sunil Sirsikar Ukraine
(2) CBI search against child abuse material
382. Who among the following has clocked the (3) Availability of oxygen in government
lowest time to complete a marathon for the world hospitals
record in Berlin Marathon? (4) Sending food and other necessary things to
(1) Kenenisa Bekele Sri Lanka
(2) Mo Farah (5) NIA search against Terrorism
(3) Eliud Kipchoge
(4) Grace Sugutt 389. Who among the following is the first chess
(5) Brigid Kosgei player to hit the historic 2900 Tour Rating mark?
(1) Magnus Carlsen
383. The Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan (2) Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) completed (3) Arjun Erigaisi
______________ years of its implementation on (4) V Pranav
Sept 23, 2022 (5) Nihal Sarin
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as the first female PM of Italy in September (5) Turkey
2022?
(1) Angela Merkel 396. Who among the following has been awarded
(2) Giorgia Meloni the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2020?
(3) Mary Elizabeth Truss (1) Asha Bhosle
(4) Penny Mordaunt (2) Hema Malini
(5) Jacinda Ardern (3) Asha Parekh
(4) Poonam Dhillon
Answer keys (5) T. S. Nagabharana
381. 2 382. 3 383. 4 384. 4 385. 4 386. 2 387. 3
388. 2 389. 1 390. 2 397. The Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) carried out two successful
391. Which of the following app has been test flights of the Very-Short Range Air Defence
developed by Ministry of Rural Development to System (VSHORADS) missile from
capture the water level of selected wells in a (1) Rajasthan
village across the country? (2) Odisha
(1) Know Your Water (3) Andhra Pradesh
(2) Jalam (4) Gujarat
(3) Jaldoot (5) Tamil Nadu
(4) Jal Jeevan
(5) Jal Sanchaya 398. Which of the following countries hosted the
10th BRICS meet of science and technology
392. As of September 2022, which of the ministers in September 2022?
following state governments has emerged as the (1) Brazil
top buyer on the Government e-Marketplace (2) China
portal with a gross merchandise value (GMV) of (3) Russia
more than Rs 24,000 crore? (4) India
(1) Gujarat (5) South Africa
(2) Rajasthan
(3) Tamilnadu 399. The government of India and Small
(4) Uttar Pradesh Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
(5) Kerala along with which of the following financial
institutions are set to launch a $1 billion fund to
393. As per the Sample Registration System provide guarantees against loan default to
(SRS) Statistical Report 2020 released on 22nd lenders financing the purchase of electric two-
September 2022 by Registrar General of India and three-wheelers?
(RGI), what is the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) of (1) World Bank
the country in 2020? (2) IMF
(1) 25 per 1000 live births (3) Asian Development Bank
(2) 28 per 1000 live births (4) New Development Bank
(3) 30 per 1000 live births (5) Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bankl
(4) 33 per 1000 live births
(5) 35 per 1000 live births 400. The Indian Government has launched the
mobile app named _____________ to make
394. President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the Indian Sign Language dictionary more accessible
new Integrated Cryogenic Engine Manufacturing to masses.
Facility (ICMF) set up by Hindustan Aeronautics (1) Sign India
Limited in (2) Sign Books
(1) Delhi (3) Sign Laboratory
(2) Indore (4) Sign Learn
(3) Chennai (5) Sign For Language
(4) Bengaluru
(5) Hyderabad Answer keys
391. 3 392. 4 393. 2 394. 4 395. 3 396. 3 397. 2
395. Mohammed bin Salman has been appointed 398. 2 399. 21 400. 4
as the Prime Minister of which country in
September 2022? 401. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the
(1) UAE foundation stone of the world's first CNG terminal
(2) Iran at __________________
(3) Saudi Arabia (1) Tamil Nadu

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(3) Gujarat 408. Which of the following companies will
(4) Rajasthan develop Tajpur port in India's West Bengal state
(5) Bihar at a planned investment of more than $3 billion?
(1) Adani Ports
402. The Centre has decided to appoint Lt (2) Larsen & Toubro Ports
General Anil Chauhan (retd) as the next Chief of (3) GVK Ports
Defence Staff (CDS). He is the ______________ (4) SKIL Infrastructure Ports
CDS of India. (5) Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ports
(1) 2nd
(2) 3rd 409. Which of the following state/UT has notified
(3) 4th the country's first 'Dugong Conservation
(4) 5th Reserve'?
(5) 6th (1) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(2) Tamil Nadu
403. Senior advocate R Venkataramani has been (3) Lakshwadeep
appointed as the 16th Attorney General of India (4) Kerala
in September 2022, he replaced who among the (5) Odisha
following?
(1) KK Venugopal 410. On the occasion of World Tourism Day,
(2) Ram Jethmalani which of the following states won the award for
(3) Fali Sam Nariman the best adventure tourism destination in India
(4) Harish Salve from the Ministry of Tourism in September 2022?
(5) Gopal Subramaniam (1) Assam
(2) Sikkim
404. Who among the following was the only (3) Arunachal Pradesh
Indian named in the Time's 100 Emerging (4) Uttarakhand
Leaders' List released in September 2022? (5) Himachal Pradesh
(1) Divyank Turakhia
(2) Nakul Aggarwal Answer keys
(3) Akash Ambani 401. 3 402. 1 403. 1 404. 3 405. 3 406. 2 407. 1
(4) Binny Bansal 408. 1 409. 2 410. 4
(5) Ritesh Agarwal
411. Tata Motors recently completed the
405. The theme for World Heart Day 2022 is acquisition of its partner Marcopolo SA's stake in
(1) Heart Health for All their joint venture Tata Motors Marcopolo
(2) End Non- Communicable Disease starting Ltd(TMML) leading to TMML becoming a wholly-
from Heart owned subsidiary of Tata Motors. Marcopolo SA is
(3) Use Heart for Every Heart a manufacturer based out of ________
(4) Use Heart to Connect (1) France
(5) Healthy Heart Healthy Life (2) Germany
(3) Brazil
406. What is the rank of the India in the recently (4) Portugal
released Global Innovation Index 2022 according (5) Italy
to a report by the Geneva-based World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)? 412. Each year, India celebrates National
(1) 36 Nutrition Week (NNW) from September 1 to
(2) 40 September 7. The theme for this year was
(3) 44 _______
(4) 51 (1) Celebrate a World of Flavors
(5) 56 (2) Feeding Smart Right from the Start
(3) Eat Right, Bite by Bite
407. Who among the following has been (4) Healthy Diets
appointed as the chairman of the board of (5) Go Further with Food
governors of Advertising Standards Council of
India (ASCI) in September 2022? 413. Which of the following airline recently joined
(1) N S Rajan the WEF Sustainability Campaign 'Clear Skies for
(2) Saugata Gupta Tomorrow'?
(3) Shashidhar Sinha (1) SpiceJet
(4) K Padmanabhaiah (2) Air India
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(5) Go First in India

414. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted 420. The gross GST revenue collected in the
which edition of the National Maritime Search month of August 2022 stood at
and Rescue Exercise (SAREX -22) in Chennai? ___________________.
(1) Fifth (1) Rs 1,13,258 crore
(2) Tenth (2) Rs 1,23,413 crore
(3) Sixth (3) Rs 1,33,792 crore
(4) Third (4) Rs 1,43,612 crore
(5) Fourth (5) Rs 1,53,458 crore

415. Recently, the Union Cabinet approved the Answer keys

proposal of the Environment, Forest, and Climate 411. 3 412. 1 413. 4 414. 2 415. 1 416. 3 417. 4
Change Ministry for signing an MoU with the 418. 1 419. 2 420. 4
Government of _______on biodiversity
conservation. 421. INS Vikrant, India's first home-built aircraft
(1) Nepal carrier, was formally commissioned at
(2) Sri Lanka __________________.
(3) Maldives (1) Cochin Shipyard Limited
(4) Indonesia (2) Bombay Dockyard
(5) Cambodia (3) Goa Shipyard Limited
(4) Naval Dockyard, Vishakapatnam
416. Kartik Aaryan's character called Rooh Baba (5) Goa Shipyard Limited
from the movie ______is getting a comic book
adaptation. 422. Which of the following companies has
(1) Roohi announced that it is set to build India's first and
(2) Laxmi one of the world's largest Carbon Fibre plants at
(3) Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 Hazira, Gujarat in August 2022?
(4) Stree (1) Tata Group
(5) Bhoot Police (2) Reliance Industries
(3) Vedanta Group
417. At a wealth of _________,(at the time of (4) Adani Group
report),Gautam Adani became the first Asian to (5) L & T Group
reach the top 3 richest in world on Bloomberg
Billionaire's Index. 423. India has surpassed the United Kingdom to
(1) $150 billion become the world's _______ biggest economy.
(2) $143 billion (1) Third
(3) $140 billion (2) Fifth
(4) $137 billion (3) Ninth
(5) $115 billion (4) Seventh
(5) Sixth
418. Who among the following won the 2022
Ramon Magsaysay award in September 2022? 424. Recently a MOU was signed between
(1) Bernadette J. Madrid Wildlife Institute of India and __________ for
(2) Bree Akesson the Conservation of the Great Indian Bustard and
(3) Harini Amarasuriya the Lesser Florican.
(4) Sylvie Bodineau (1) China
(5) Moussa Bougma (2) Japan
(3) South Africa
419. Recently, the Smart Solutions Challenge & (4) UAE
Inclusive Cities Awards 2022 was presented, the (5) Thailand
awards is an initiative of
____________________ and 425. NASA recently captured 1st direct image of
_______________________. ____________ outside our solar system using
(1) NITI Aayog and the United Nations in India James Webb Space Telescope
(2) National Institute of Urban Affairs and the (1) Star
United Nations in India (2) Galaxy
(3) National Institute of Urban Affairs and NITI (3) Constellation
Aayog (4) Exoplanet
(4) NITI Aayog and UNESCO India (5) Satellite

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elected as the President of the All India Football approved _______ crore for installation of
Federation (AIFF) ______ mobile towers in 500 days
(1) Bhaichung Bhutia (1) Rs.27,000 and 26,000
(2) Kalyan Chaubey (2) Rs.28,000 and 25,000
(3) Manvendra Singh (3) Rs.24,000 and 24,000
(4) Gopalakrishna Kosaraju (4) Rs.26,000 and 25,000
(5) N A Haris (5) Rs.25,000 and 25,000

427. India's first-ever "Night Sky Sanctuary" to 433. The 2022 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been
be set up in: shared by Karl Barry Sharpless, Carolyn R.
(1) Sikkim Bertozzi and Morten Meldal, for their work on
(2) Assam (1) Quantum Chemistry
(3) Himachal Pradesh (2) Bio Chemistry
(4) Ladakh (3) Click Chemistry
(5) Daman and Diu (4) Analytical Chemistry
(5) Agro Chemistry
428. The book 'Divorce and Democracy: A
History of Personal Law in Post-Independence 434. Who among the following Indian Origin
India' talks about family law, religion, and gender doctors has been nominated as the US
politics in India is written by: representative on WHO executive board?
(1) Saumya Saxena (1) Vivek Murthy
(2) Mamang Dai (2) Manjit Singh Bains
(3) Geetanjali Shree (3) Sanjay Gupta
(4) Khalid Jawed (4) Siddhartha Mukherjee
(5) Manoranjan Byapari (5) Naresh Trehan

429. Which of the following following 435. Who among the following has been
country,known as the "Land of the Eternal Blue appointed as the Chairman and Managing
Sky" and as the "Land of the Horse",hosted the Director of Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL)
first ever visit by an Indian Defence Minister from in October 2022?
05-07 September, 2022? (1) Rakesh Kumar Jain
(1) Kazakhstan (2) Deepak Gupta
(2) Taiwan (3) Navneet Mohan Kothari
(3) Mongolia (4) Sandeep Kumar Gupta
(4) North Korea (5) Sanjay Kashyap
(5) Japan
436. Which of the following companies has
430. The book, "The India Way: Strategies for an commissioned the world's largest wind-solar
Uncertain World" is written by power plant of 600 MW capacity in Jaisalmer,
(1) Amit Shah Rajasthan?
(2) Nirmala Sitharaman (1) Tata Power
(3) S Jaishankar (2) Adani Green Energy
(4) Rajnath Singh (3) Websol Energy Systems
(5) L K Advani (4) Borosil Renewables
(5) Reliance Industries
Answer keys
421. 1 422. 2 423. 2 424. 4 425. 4 426. 2 427. 4 437. Who among the following has received the
428. 1 429. 3 430. 3 American Geophysical Union's (AGU) 2022
Devendra Lal Memorial Medal in October 2022?
431. With which of the following countries did (1) D.M. Chate
India sign an export order for missiles, rockets, (2) G. Pandithurai
and ammunition and is also exporting indigenous (3) Roxy Mathew Koll
Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launchers for the first (4) G. Pandithurai
time? (5) Kaushar Ali
(1) Armenia
(2) Azerbaijan
(3) Iran
(4) Turkey
(5) Georgia

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438. In October 2022, India has emerged as the 444. The Center for Civil Liberties (CLL) of which
world's largest producer of Sugar. India is the of the following country was awarded the 2022
____________ largest sugar exporter in the Nobel Peace Prize?
world. (1) Russia
(1) Sixth (2) Belarus
(2) Second (3) Ukraine
(3) Third (4) Poland
(4) Fourth (5) Syria
(5) Fifth
445. LIC and Central Government decided to
439. The 2022 Nobel prize in literature has been divest ____ stake in IDBI Bank of their total
awarded to who among the following? stake of ______ (nearly) in the Bank.
(1) Annie Ernaux (1) 60.72%, 94%
(2) Boubacar Boris Diop (2) 62.72%, 94%
(3) Mircea Cartarescu (3) 60.72%, 92%
(4) Cesar Aira (4) 62.72%, 92%
(5) Ismail Kadare (5) 65.72%, 96%

440. Shri Shaktikanta Das, launched a new 446. Who among the following is the chairperson
SupTech initiative named DAKSH for which of the of the three-member panel constituted by the
following purpose for RBI? government to study on SC status for Dalit
(1) Check issuance of Bank notes and Coins converts?
(2) Supervisory Purpose (1) H. L. Dattu
(3) Automation process for checking inflation (2) T. S. Thakur
(4) Automation process for controlling credit flow (3) Dipak Misra
(5) Manage foreign reserves (4) K G Balakrishnan
(5) Ranjan Gogoi
Answer keys
431. 1 432. 4 433. 3 434. 1 435. 4 436. 2 437. 3 447. 'Vida V1' is a sub-brand of electric scooter
438. 2 439. 1 440. 2 launched by ______.
(1) Honda
441. HDFC Life has launched the 'Insure India' (2) TVS
campaign that is aimed at educating Indians on (3) Bajaj
the benefits of life insurance as a product (4) Yamaha
category. HDFC life is a joint venture between (5) Hero
HDFC Bank and which of the following?
(1) Morgan Stanley 448. Which bank has announced the launch of
(2) JPMorgan Chase SmartHub Vyapar Merchant app, a payments and
(3) abrdn mauritius holdings 2006 banking solution for small and medium-sized
(4) BlackRock businesses?
(5) State Street Global Advisors (1) HDFC Bank
(2) YES Bank
442. Alphabet Inc's Google will set up its first (3) Kotak Mahindra Bank
cloud region in which country? (4) Punjab National Bank
(1) Greece (5) Canara Bank
(2) Italy
(3) Finland 449. Which of the following is NOT one of the
(4) Sweden 'Top Achievers' category states/UTs in BRAP
(5) France 2020 in Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP)
2020 assessment report released by DPIIT?
443. In October 2022, the World Bank slashed its (1) Andhra Pradesh
growth estimate for India by one percentage (2) Gujarat
point to ____________ for FY23 (3) Haryana
(1) 6.5% (4) Karnataka
(2) 6.3% (5) Maharashtra
(3) 7.2%
(4) 7.5% 450. The first conference of the Agni campaign
(5) 7% was organised in Leh, on the theme of
(1) Connecting People
(2) Time for Nature
(3) Sustainability and Culture

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(4) Nature and Sustainability

(5) Ecosystem Restoration 456. The Central government has extended the
timeline for disbursement of loans up to March
Answer keys 31, 2023 under the ethanol blending programme
441. 3 442. 1 443. 1 444. 3 445. 1 446. 4 447. 5 interest subsidy scheme, Government is
448. 1 449. 5 450. 3 extending financial assistance in the form of
interest subvention at ____________ per
451. Who among the following is the head of the annum.
expert committee on sustainable finance (1) 4.5%
constituted by the International Financial (2) 6%
Services Centres Authority at the GIFT City? (3) 8%
(1) C K Mishra (4) 7.2%
(2) Injeti Srinivas (5) 3.3%
(3) Sujit Prasad
(4) Ananta Gopal Das 457. The Central Government has appointed who
(5) Saurav Sinha among the following as the Chief Justice of the
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court in
452. Recently, which village in India was October 2022?
declared by PM Narendra Modi as the country's (1) Justice Rajnesh Oswal
first 24x7 solar-powered village? (2) Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey
(1) Modhera (3) Justice Sanjay Dhar
(2) Punsari (4) Justice Rashid Ali Dar
(3) Hodka (5) Justice Sindhu Sharma
(4) Madhapur
(5) Unai 458. World Bank (WB) has extended an
unconditional loan of ________________ to the
453. India has partnered with which of the Supporting Andhra's Learning Transformation
following country to launched a new task force (SALT) project in appreciation of the path-
under the Strategic Clean Energy Partnership, breaking reforms implemented by the State
which focus on the accelerated deployment of government.
energy storage technologies? (1) USD 250 Million
(1) China (2) USD 350 Million
(2) Russia (3) USD 450 Million
(3) Japan (4) USD 550 Million
(4) United States of America (5) USD 650 Million
(5) Australia
459. In October 2022, The International
454. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Monetary Fund (IMF), in its latest World
has awarded the 2022 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Outlook report, cut its forecast for
Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth in
Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip financial year 2022-23 (FY23) by ___________to
H. Dybvig for 6.8 per cent.
(1) Research on banks and financial crises (1) 30 bps
(2) Improvements to auction theory and (2) 40 bps
inventions of new auction formats (3) 50 bps
(3) Research on how minimum wage, (4) 60 bps
immigration and education affect the labour (5) 70 bps
market
(4) Experimental approach to alleviating global 460. India's first antidote and a cure against
poverty SARS-CoV-2 virus named VINCOV-19 has
(5) Integrating climate change into long-run completed its Phase 2 clinical trials, the vaccine
macroeconomic analysis is developed by which of the following
companies?
455. In October 2022, Prime Minister Narendra (1) Serum Institute
Modi laid the foundation stone for Deep Sea (2) Bharat Biotech
Pipeline Project in which state of India? (3) VINS Bioproducts
(1) Andhra Pradesh (4) Dr Reddy's Laboratories
(2) Maharashtra (5) Zydus Cadila
(3) West Bengal
(4) Gujarat
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451. 1 452. 1 453. 4 454. 1 455. 4 456. 2 457. 2 (4) University of Oxford
458. 1 459. 4 460. 3 (5) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

461. Which of the following airports in India has 467. Recently, Education and Skill Development
switched to 100% green energy sources, fulfilling Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated
95 per cent of its requirement from hydro and IInvenTiv - the first-ever all-IITs Research and
wind, while the rest 5 per cent from solar power? Development, R&D Showcase at ______
(1) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International (1) IIT Madras
Airport, Kolkata. (2) IIT Bombay
(2) Chennai International Airport, Chennai. (3) IIT Delhi
(3) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, (4) IIT Kanpur
Mumbai. (5) IIT Hyderabad
(4) Thiruvananthapuram International Airport.
(5) Indira Gandhi International Airport, New 468. Maa Bharati Ke Sapoot is a portal for Indian
Delhi. Citizens to financially contribute to the
(1) underprivileged sportsmen
462. In October 2022, the Tamil Nadu (2) orphan children
government has notified the country's first (3) martyrs' families
sanctuary for which of the following animal (4) local MLAs to aid in welfare schemes
covering 11,806 hectares in Karur and Dindigul (5) none of the above
districts of the State?
(1) Owls. 469. Which is the only country in South Asia that
(2) Moths. performed worse than India on the 2022 Global
(3) Slender Lorises. Hunger Index?
(4) Foxes. (1) Nepal
(5) Hedgehogs (2) Bangladesh
(3) Pakistan
463. Union Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled a (4) Afghanistan
15-feet high statue of who among the following (5) Sri Lanka
in Saran district of Bihar in October 2022?
(1) Ram Manohar Lohia 470. Recently, who was awarded the Sports
(2) Prabhavati Devi Journalists' Federation of India (SJFI) medal for
(3) Jayaprakash Narayan 2019?
(4) Morarji Desai (1) Vijay Amritraj
(5) Vinoba Bhave (2) Prakash Padukone
(3) Mithali Raj
464. In October 2022, President of India, Smt (4) Mary Kom
Droupadi Murmu, inaugurated (5) Abhinav Bindra
__________________ Supercomputer facility at
IIT Guwahati. Answer keys
(1) PARAM Bhrama- AI 461. 3 462. 3 463. 3 464. 4 465. 2 466. 4 467. 3
(2) PARAM Seva 468. 3 469. 4 470. 2
(3) PARAM Yukti
(4) PARAM Kamrupa 471. In October 2022, to ensure that benefits of
(5) PARAM Ganga digital banking reach every nook and corner of
the country, PM inaugurated 75 Digital Banking
465. According to the LEADS 2022 report Units(DBUs) to the nation. Which of the following
released by the commerce and Industry Ministry, bank is permitted to open DBUs in tier 1 to tier 6
what is the highest ranking given to states? centres?
(1) Fast Movers (1) Regional Rural Banks
(2) Achievers (2) Payment Banks
(3) Aspirers (3) Local Area Banks
(4) Smart Movers (4) Commercial Banks
(5) Fast Track (5) NBFC's

466. According the recently released Times
Higher Education Rankings 2023, which of the
following has topped the world ranking list?
(1) University of Cambridge
(2) Harvard University
472. Union Minister for Railways,
Communications and Electronics & Information
Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated
India's First _________ Freight Rake - 61
BOBRNALHSM1 at Bhubaneswar Railway Station.

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(1) Steel 478. Global Handwashing Day is observed every

(2) Iron year on 15th October, the theme for 2022 was
(3) Aluminium (1) Unite for Universal Hand Hygiene
(4) Copper (2) Our Future is at Hand " Let's Move Forward
(5) Bronze Together
(3) SAVE LIVES: Clean your hands
473. Which of the following city in India won the (4) Clean Hands for All
'World Green City Award 2022' at the (5) Our hands, our future!
International Association of Horticulture
Producers 2022 held in Jeju, South Korea? 479. Sri-Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka won
(1) Indore the Booker Prize 2022 for which of the following
(2) Cochin books?
(3) Hyderabad (1) Treacle Walker
(4) Coimbatore (2) Small Things Like These
(5) Mumbai (3) The Trees
(4) The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
474. Who among the following won gold in men's (5) Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew
10m air rifle event at the ISSF World
Championship at Cairo, Egypt , becoming only 480. In October 2022, which of the following
the second Indian to achieve the feat after banks has announced Sourav Ganguly as its
Abhinav Bindra? brand ambassador?
(1) Kiran Ankush Jadhav (1) Axis Bank
(2) Rudranksh Balasaheb Patil (2) Bank of Baroda
(3) Vibhuti Bhatia (3) Bandhan Bank
(4) Rituraj Bundela (4) HDFC Bank
(5) Arjun Babuta (5) ICICI Bank

475. The President of India, Droupadi Murmu has Answer keys

appointed Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant
Chandrachud as the _________________ Chief
Justice of India in October 2022
(1) 50th
(2) 51st
(3) 52nd
(4) 53rd
(5) 54th
476. Who among the following has become the
first Indian woman to clock a legal sub-13 second
time in 100-meter hurdles at the National Open
Athletics Championships in Bengaluru?
(1) Nayana James
(2) Jyothi Yarraji
(3) Ancy Sojan
(4) Treesa Jolly
(5) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
477. Which of the following institutes has
become part of the world's largest and most
diverse genomic study named "A saturated map
of common genetic variants associated with
human height" published in Nature Journal?
(1) National Center for Biological Sciences
(NCBS)
(2) Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB)
(3) Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
(CCMB)
(4) Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
(5) Indian Institute of Science Education &
Research (IISER), Biology, Pune
471. 4 472. 3 473. 3 474. 2 475. 1 476. 2 477. 3
478. 1 479. 4 480. 3
481. As per the latest Multidimensional Poverty
Index (MPI) compiled jointly by the UN
Development Programme (UNDP) and Oxford
Poverty and Human Development Initiative
(OPHI), the incidence of poverty in India is
____________ in 2019-21.
(1) 10.3%
(2) 23.5%
(3) 55.3%
(4) 16.4%
(5) 48.6%
482. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin
Gadkari announced that the National Highways
Infra Trust (NHAI InvIT) bonds will offer an
effective return of ___________ per annum.
(1) 8.05%
(2) 7.25%
(3) 6.80%
(4) 9.2%
(5) 7.50%
483. The Government has approved the increase
in the Minimum Support Prices for all mandated
Rabi Crops for Marketing Season 2023-24 in
October 2022, the absolute highest increase in
MSP has been approved for which of the
following?
(1) Mustard
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(4) Wheat (5) Rahul Kumar Shrawat
(5) Rapeseed
490. Who among the following won the
484. Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas Meltwater Champions Chess Tour title in October
Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated Asia's largest 2022?
Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) plant in _______ (1) Ian Nepomniachtchi
(1) Rajasthan (2) Alireza Firouzja
(2) Haryana (3) Magnus Carlsen
(3) Punjab (4) Adhiban Baskaran
(4) Sikkim (5) Gukesh D
(5) Himachal Pradesh
Answer keys
485. The World Bank has appointed who among 481. 4 482. 1 483. 2 484. 3 485. 4 486. 1 487. 2
the following as the chairman of the Court of 488. 3 489. 1 490. 3
Arbitration regarding the disagreement between
India and Pakistan on Indus Water Treaty on 491. India and France have been re-elected as
Kishenganga and Ratle hydroelectric power President and Co-President of the International
plants? Solar Alliance, who among the following has been
(1) Michel Lino elected as the President of ISA in October 2022?
(2) Axel van Trotsenburg (1) Hardeep S Puri
(3) Rajesh Khullar (2) R K Singh
(4) Sean Murphy (3) Ajay Mathur
(5) Michael Hofmann (4) Bhupender Yadav
(5) Pralhad Joshi
486. Adani Airport Holdings has appointed who
among the following as its CEO in October 2022? 492. Former Infosys president Ravi Kumar who
(1) Arun Bansal resigned in October 2022, joined which of the
(2) Gargi Kaul following Information Technology companies?
(3) Karan Gautam Adani (1) Deloitte
(4) Malay Ramesh Mahadevia (2) Cognizant
(5) eet Gautam Adani (3) TCS
(4) HCL Technologies
487. The Swedish parliament has elected who (5) Wipro
among the following as its next Prime Minister in
October 2022? 493. Prime minister Narendra Modi unveiled an
(1) Magdalena Andersson indigenously built aircraft
(2) Ulf Kristersson ____________________ at the 12th DefExpo in
(3) Stefan Lofven Gujarat's Gandhinagar designed and developed
(4) Andreas Norlen by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
(5) Ebba Busch (1) HTT-40
(2) HPT-32
488. In October 2022, Google has signed a (3) HAL Tejas
Memorandum of Understanding to support and (4) MK 1A
accelerate the mission to promote digital growth (5) Dornier 3AA
and development with which of the following
State governments? 494. India's first 'Migration Monitoring System',
(1) Kerala which provides updated information on migrant
(2) Uttar Pradesh pregnant women, lactating mothers and children
(3) Assam instantly on a single system was launched in
(4) Karnataka which city?
(5) Gujarat (1) Chennai
(2) Hyderabad
489. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (3) Bengaluru
has approved the appointment of who among the (4) Mumbai
following as Chairman & Managing Director of (5) New Delhi
India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) in
October 2022? 495. Russia's Gazprombank opened a special
(1) Pradeep Singh Kharola rupee account with which of the following banks
(2) V.G. Aravindanayagi paving the way for bilateral trades between
(3) Shashank Priya Moscow and New Delhi?

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(1) State Bank of India 501. Who among the following has become the
(2) Indian Overseas Bank first Asian and first Indian to be appointed as an
(3) UCO Bank UN Human Rights Council's Special Rapporteur
(4) Bank of India on contemporary forms of racism, racial
(5) YES Bank discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance?
496. India ranks third in the world's first-ever (1) Ashwini K.P.
global study on the rise of centi-millionaires- (2) Chokila
individuals with assets of more than Rs 830 crore (3) Sujata Singh
($100 million), a new report has revealed. Which (4) Vinay Kwatra
country was ranked first as per the report? (5) Nirupama Rao
(1) China
(2) USA 502. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation
(3) Russia granted aerodrome licence to the Jeypore
(4) Switzerland airport, Jeypore Airport is located in
(5) UK (1) Bihar
(2) West Bengal
497. Interpol launched the first ever metaverse (3) Jharkhand
specifically designed for law enforcement (4) Odisha
agencies worldwide during its 90th General (5) Assam
Assembly in Delhi. The 91st General Assembly of
Interpol will be held in 503. According to the 2022 Forbes list of India's
(1) Rome 100 Richest, Gautam Adani topped the chart with
(2) New York a net worth of $150 billion. Who among the
(3) Vienna following was NOT among the top 10 in the list?
(4) Singapore (1) Radhakrishna Damani
(5) Moscow (2) Kiran Mazumdar- Shah
(3) Cyrus Poonawalla
498. Who among the following has become the (4) Shiv Nadar
first-ever Indian wrestler to win a gold medal at (5) Savitri Jindal
the U-23 World Wrestling Championships?
(1) Aman Sehrawat 504. Who was named the brand ambassador of
(2) Antim Panghal T20 World Cup for the Blind, recently?
(3) Mansi Ahlawat (1) Yuvraj Singh
(4) Vikas Kumar (2) Virender Sehwag
(5) Nitesh Malik (3) MS Dhoni
(4) Dinesh Karthik
499. Ayurveda Day was celebrated worldwide on (5) Rohit Sharma
23rd October. The ____________ edition of
Ayurveda Day was observed in 2022. 505. The 5th edition of Khelo India Youth Games
(1) 5th will be held in ______in 2023.
(2) 7th (1) Bihar
(3) 9th (2) Madhya Pradesh
(4) 11th (3) New Delhi
(5) 10th (4) Uttar Pradesh
(5) Haryana
500. PM Narendra Modi launched the 'Rozgar
Mela' in October 2022, through which various 506. 14th World Spice Congress is to be held in
government departments and ministries will 2023 in ______
undertake the recruitment of _______ people on (1) New Delhi
a mission mode in the next year and a half. (2) Mumbai
(1) 2 Lakh (3) Hyderabad
(2) 5 Lakh (4) Chennai
(3) 10 Lakh (5) Kochi
(4) 15 Lakh
(5) 6 Lakh 507. After Liz Truss resigned as England's Prime
Minister in October 2022, who among the
Answer keys following was appointed as the PM of England?
491. 2 492. 2 493. 1 494. 4 495. 3 496. 2 497. 3 (1) Kristina Moore
498. 1 499. 2 500. 3 (2) Rishi Sunak
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(4) James Cleverly 513. On October 25th, 2022, The Competition

(5) Grant Shapps Commission of India has imposed a penalty of
________________ on Google in yet another
508. In October 2022, Uttar Pradesh government antitrust probe for anti-competitive practices in
bagged a _____________ deal for data centre relation to its Play Store policies.
projects with a plan to set up smaller capacity (1) Rs. 210.44 Crore
data centres in the hinterland across the state. (2) Rs. 451.94 Crore
(1) Rs. 12, 000 crore (3) Rs. 647.20 Crore
(2) Rs. 14, 000 crore (4) Rs. 936.44 Crore
(3) Rs. 16, 000 crore (5) Rs. 103.04 Crore
(4) Rs. 18, 000 crore
(5) Rs. 10, 000 crore 514. Researchers from NASA Jet Propulsion
Laboratory and which of the following Institutes
509. Which of the following has announced the in India have studied the interactions between
opening of the first-ever Women-Only Digital microbes in the International Space Station in
Centre (DC) in India in Bengaluru in October October 2022?
2022? (1) IIT Madras
(1) HDFC securities (2) ICMR- Centre for Ageing & Mental Health
(2) ICICI Direct (3) IISc Bengaluru
(3) Paytm Money Limited (4) Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology
(4) Zerodha (5) Institute of Life science, Pune
(5) SBICAP Securities
515. The book, "From dependence to Self
510. Recently, the Pension Fund Regulatory and Reliance: Mapping India's Rise as a Global
Development Authority (PFRDA) has modified the Superpower" is written by who among the
equity allocation standards for Tier 1 and Tier II following?
National Pension System (NPS) accounts. Users (1) Raghuram Rajan
can allocate up to 75% of their funds to equity (2) Bimal Jalan
(E) under active choice in a Tier-I account (3) Y V Reddy
without any tapering requirements once they (4) C Rangarajan
turn ____________ years of Age. (5) Venkitaramanan
(1) 49
(2) 51 516. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
(3) 55 inaugurated the Indian Urban Housing Conclave
(4) 60 (IUHC) 2022, the 3-day Expo-cum-Conference in
(5) 63 which state in October 2022?
(1) Maharashtra
Answer keys (2) Tamil Nadu
501. 1 502. 4 503. 2 504. 1 505. 2 506. 2 507. 2 (3) Karnataka
508. 3 509. 1 510. 2 (4) Gujarat
(5) Haryana
511. Who among the following is set to become
the first Asian American to appear on US 517. The Embassy of Japan in New Delhi is
currency? seeking a Geographical Indication (GI) tag for
(1) Sally Ride which of the following?
(2) Wilma Mankiller (1) Sushi
(3) Maya Angelou (2) Ramen
(4) Anna May Wong (3) Nihonshu
(5) Nina Otero-Warren (4) Miso soup
(5) Okazu
512. As per recent newspaper report,
Netherlands has emerged as India's third-largest 518. In October 2022, which of the following soft
export destination, ahead of China and drinks has become a $1-billion brand in the
Bangladesh. Which of the following is the second Indian market?
largest Export Destinations of India? (1) Fanta.
(1) USA (2) Sprite.
(2) Indonesia (3) Limca.
(3) UAE (4) Kinley.
(4) Japan (5) Minute Maid.
(5) Brazil

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519. 'Brassica juncea', which was seen in news (4) K.G.F- Chapter 2
recently is a Genetically Modified Variety of (5) Gangubai Kathiawadi
(1) Cotton
(2) Brinjal 525. IRDAI announced to set up a
(3) Rice _____________ member Health Insurance
(4) Mustard Consultative Committee with an aim to achieve
(5) Rubber the goal of universalization of health insurance in
the country under the chairmanship of Rakesh
520. In October 2022, which of the following Joshi.
companies announced the acquisition of a 51 (1) 5
percent stake in Badshah Masala for a cash (2) 10
consideration of Rs 587.5 crore? (3) 12
(1) Nestle India (4) 15
(2) ITC Limited (5) 20
(3) Marico Limited
(4) Dabur India Limited 526. Which of the following States/UT's has
(5) Britannia Industries launched a one-time property tax amnesty
scheme "SAMRIDDHI 2022-23" in October 2022?
Answer keys (1) Maharashtra
511. 4 512. 3 513. 4 514. 1 515. 2 516. 4 517. 3 (2) Delhi
518. 2 519. 4 520. 4 (3) Tamil Nadu
(4) Kerala
521. In October 2022, Gujarat was declared as a (5) Gujarat
'Har Ghar Jal' state, earlier, which of the
following Union Territories had become the first 527. Which of the following has launched the
'Har Ghar Jal' certified Union Territory (UT) in the 'Kunjapp', a mobile application to prevent cyber
country? crimes against children in the state in October
(1) Puducherry 2022?
(2) Delhi (1) Tamil Nadu
(3) Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (2) Karnataka
(4) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (3) Odisha
(5) Lakshwadeep (4) Kerala
(5) Telangana
522. The Government of India has appointed
who among the following as the Chair of Civil 20 528. Shiprocket has become the first inter-city
(C20), an official engagement group of the G20 logistics provider to join Open Network for Digital
in October 2022? Commerce platform in October 2022, who among
(1) Mata Amritanandamayi the following is the CEO of Shiprocket?
(2) Balkrishna (1) Kartik Mandaville
(3) Amit Shah (2) Priyanka Gill
(4) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (3) Sanjeev Barnwal
(5) Yogi Adityanath (4) Saahil Goel
(5) Prukalpa
523. The Minicoy Thundi Beach and Kadmat
beach, both in Lakshadweep, has been added to 529. The Insurance Regulatory and Development
the list of the cleanest beaches in the world and Authority of India has allowed foreign
received the prestigious Blue Flag certification. reinsurance branches to repatriate up to 20% of
As of October 2022, how many beaches in India the excess assigned capital to attract more
has been awarded the Blue Flag Certification? players and allow free movement of capital. How
(1) 12 many Foreign Reinsurance Branches(FRBs) are
(2) 15 operating in India as of October 2022?
(3) 5 (1) 10
(4) 6 (2) 20
(5) 10 (3) 15
(4) 25
524. In October 2022, which of the following (5) 5
movies won the best International Film award at
the 50th Saturn Awards in Los Angeles? 530. Indian scientists at the Indian Institute of
(1) Vikram Geomagnetism (IIG) have developed an
(2) RRR indigenous Overhauser Magnetometer, IIG is
(3) The Kashmir Files located at

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(1) Mysore (1) Brahim Kane

(2) Coimbatore (2) Flora Chin Lee Sa
(3) Pune (3) Shefali Juneja
(4) Navi Mumbai (4) Nari Williams-Singh
(5) Bhopal (5) Katherin S Martinez

Answer keys 536. Which edition of the Singapore-India

521. 3 522. 1 523. 1 524. 2 525. 4 526. 2 527. 4 Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) is being
528. 4 529. 1 530. 4 held from 26 to 30 October, 2022 at
Visakhapatnam?
531. In October 2022, The Union ministry of (1) 11th
forest, environment and climate change (2) 15th
(MoFECC) has given its approval to set which of (3) 35th
the following Elephant Reserve in Uttar Pradesh? (4) 29th
(1) Kameng Elephant Reserve (5) 20th
(2) Terai Elephant Reserve
(3) Sonitpur Elephant Reserve 537. Recently, Malabar Gold and Diamonds has
(4) Dihing-Patkai Elephant Reserve become the first jeweller in India to import 25 kg
(5) Brahmagiri Elephant Reserve gold under the Comprehensive Economic
Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India
532. The Emissions Gap Report 2022 has found and the _______.
that in India and six other top emitters, (1) Canada
emissions have rebounded and increased after (2) Saudi Arabia
the pandemic. The report was released by which (3) UAE
of the following organizations? (4) South Korea
(1) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (5) Qatar
(IPCC)
(2) International Union for Conservation of 538. Which of the following film has been named
Nature (IUCN) the best Indian movie of all time in a poll
(3) World Nature Organization (WNO) conducted by the International Federation of Film
(4) United Nations Environment Programme Critics (FIPRESCI)?
(UNEP) (1) Meghe Dhaka Tara
(5) Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (2) Pather Panchali
(3) Elippathayam
533. In October 2022, Aviation watchdog (4) Sholay
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has (5) Ankur
given the aerodrome licence for the new Mopa
airport at 539. In a first, which of the following country has
(1) Kerala started administering an inhalable COVID-19
(2) Goa vaccine?
(3) Odisha (1) China
(4) Gujarat (2) India
(5) Assam (3) USA
(4) Australia
534. The Indian Space Research Organisation (5) South Korea
(Isro) launched a constellation of 36 broadband
satellites developed by OneWeb to Low Earth 540. Recently, Rajiv Mehrishi has been appointed
Orbit in October 2022, the mission was as independent director of which of the following
completed using which of the following launch country?
vehicles? (1) Tata Motors
(1) Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM 3) (2) Adani Group
(2) Reusable Launch Vehicle " Technology (3) Reliance Power
Demonstrator (RLV-TD) (4) Tata Power
(3) PSLV-XL (5) JSW Energy
(4) SLV-3
(5) ASLV Answer keys
531. 2 532. 4 533. 2 534. 1 535. 3 536. 4 537. 3
535. Recently, who among the following has 538. 2 539. 1 540. 4
been elected as the chairperson of United
Nations' specialized aviation agency's Air
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541. Where will the 12th World Hindi Conference (5) 3.32 million
be hosted in 2023?
(1) Fiji 548. In October 2022, the Prime Minister of India
(2) Maldives laid the foundation stone of C-295MW transport
(3) New Zealand aircraft manufacturing project at Vadodara. C-
(4) Mauritius 295MW transport aircrafts will be manufactured
(5) Vanuatu in India by _____.
(1) Airbus Defence and TATA consortium
542. Mawmluh Cave in ___________has become (2) Reliance Defence and TATA consortium
the first Indian Geoheritage Site to be recognised (3) Airbus Defence and Reliance Defence
by UNESCO. consortium
(1) Manipur (4) L&T Defence and Kalyani Group consortium
(2) Meghalaya (5) Mahindra Defence and Kalyani Group
(3) Mizoram consortium
(4) Assam
(5) Arunachal Pradesh 549. In October 2022, the first edition of a joint
maritime exercise named 'IMT TRILAT' was
543. Recently, Defence minister Rajnath Singh conducted in which of following countries?
dedicated 75 infrastructure projects (1) Tanzania
worth______to the nation. (2) India
(1) Rs.1890 crore (3) Mozambique
(2) Rs.2060 crore (4) Myanmar
(3) Rs.2180 crore (5) Turkey
(4) Rs.2690 crore
(5) Rs.1168 crore 550. According to the WHO's Global TB Report
2022, how many TB cases notified in India in
544. Indian Air Force (IAF) and French Air and 2021?
Space Force(FASF) are participating in a bilateral (1) 11.4 lakh
exercise, named Garuda VIl, from 26 October to (2) 21.4 lakh
12 November 2022 at _______ (3) 31.4 lakh
(1) Kalaikunda (4) 41.4 lakh
(2) Gwalior (5) 51.4 lakh
(3) Jodhpur
(4) Agartala Answer keys
(5) Barapani 541. 1 542. 2 543. 3 544. 3 545. 2 546. 1 547. 3
548. 1 549. 1 550. 2
545. Recently, India defeated Australia to win
its_______Sultan of Johor Cup. 551. The Pegatron, which is set to manufacture
(1) 2nd Apple iPhones in India has set up its plant in
(2) 3rd which city?
(3) 4th (1) Mumbai
(4) 5th (2) Chennai
(5) 6th (3) Kolkata
(4) Bengaluru
546. Lula da Silva has defeated the incumbent (5) Delhi
president of which of the following countries to
become a new president? 552. Who was selected for the 32nd Bihari
(1) Brazil Puraskaar 2022?
(2) Chile (1) Dr Madhav Harda
(3) Peru (2) Kunal Basu
(4) Argentina (3) Rambriksh Benipuri
(5) Colombia (4) Mannu Bhandari
(5) Balakumaran
547. According to a report released by Statista, a
Germany-based private organization, India's 553. Ministry of Jal Shakti commemorated the
Ministry of Defence is the world's biggest birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi as______
employer with employing around _____ people. (1) Swachh Bharat Diwas
(1) 2.52 million (2) Jal Shakti Day
(2) 2.72 million (3) Day of water conservation
(3) 2.92 million (4) Parakram Diwas
(4) 3.12 million (5) Matyrs Day

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(1) Devika Bulchandani

554. As per the recent University Grants (2) Satya Nadella
Commission (UGC) rules, the higher education (3) Vivek Lall
institutions can admit ______ percentage of (4) Shantanu Narayen
foreign students. (5) Parag Agrawal
(1) 10
(2) 15 Answer keys
(3) 21 551. 2 552. 1 553. 1 554. 4 555. 3 556. 2 557. 3
(4) 25 558. 2 559. 1 560. 3
(5) 30
561. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inducted the
555. In the Swachh Survekshan 2022, which first indigenously developed light combat
state emerged as the 'Cleanest State' in the helicopters (LCH) named _____ in Jodhpur,
category of "more than 100 Urban Local Bodies"? Rajasthan.
(1) Maharashtra (1) Prachand
(2) Jharkhand (2) Dhruv
(3) Madhya Pradesh (3) Chetak
(4) Chhattisgarh (4) Rudra
(5) Andhra Pradesh (5) Cheetah

556. Who has been appointed as the new 562. Which of the following state is to get
director general of the CRPF? World's Largest Safari Park covering over 10,000
(1) Opak Gao acres?
(2) Sujoy Lal Thaosen (1) Rajasthan
(3) Jigmi Choden (2) Haryana
(4) A.R. Talwade (3) Madhya Pradesh
(5) Abhyankar A Ajit (4) Chhattisgarh
(5) West Bengal
557. Who among the following has launched the
'Operation Garuda'? 563. Pullampara in ______became the first
(1) Indian Army grama panchayat in the country to attain full
(2) NIA digital literacy among its residents.
(3) CBI (1) Kerala
(4) Indian Railways (2) Karnataka
(5) CRPF (3) Goa
(4) Tamil Nadu
558. Which of the following payments company (5) Maharashtra
is in talks with Indian banks to roll out its Carbon
Calculator feature, which offers consumers an 564. Tulsi Tanti, popularly known as India's 'wind
estimated carbon footprint for each of their man, passed away recently. He was the founder
purchases? of _______
(1) Visa (1) Suzlon Energy
(2) Mastercard (2) Orient Green Power
(3) PayPal (3) Inox Wind
(4) Paytm (4) Siemens
(5) CCAvenue (5) RRB Energy Limited

559. Recently, long jumper Jeswin Aldrin 565. Who won the first prize under the large
qualified for 2023 World Championship with a states category under the Swachh Survekshan
_____ leap in his final attempt at the National Grameen (SSG) 2022?
Game. (1) Haryana
(1) 8.26m (2) Tamil Nadu
(2) 8.28m (3) Telangana
(3) 8.29m (4) Andhra Pradesh
(4) 8.32m (5) Maharashtra
(5) 8.34m
566. Swedish scientist Svante Paabo has been
560. Recently, who among the following was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize for Physiology for
honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award his research in which of the following fields?
by US President Joe Biden with citation of 'With (1) Cancer Research
Grateful Recognition'? (2) Bio Chemistry

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(3) Immunity towards HIV (1) ARCIL

(4) Human Evolution (2) Phoenix ARC
(5) Development in In Vitro Fertilization (3) NARCL
(4) Aditya Birla ARC
567. UNESCO has launched a list documenting (5) ASREC
50 iconic Indian heritage textiles in October
2022, Thigma or wool tie and dye is associated 573. Bank of Baroda has launched BoB World
with Opulence, BoB World Sapphire premium debit
(1) Ladakh cards for its ____.
(2) Uttar Pradesh (1) Corporate customers
(3) Andhra Pradesh (2) Small business customers
(4) Assam (3) Foreign customers
(5) Kerala (4) NRI customers
(5) HNI customers
568. The Nobel Prize for Physics 2022 is being
shared by three scientists, Alain Aspect, John F 574. India Post Payments Bank has conducted
Clauser and Anton Zeilinger, for their work on India's first Floating Financial Literacy Camp in
_______ ____.
(1) chaotic and apparently random phenomena (1) Surat
(2) black hole formation (2) Srinagar
(3) quantum mechanics (3) Pune
(4) physical cosmology (4) Chennai
(5) laser physics (5) Kolkata

569. Recently, National Payments Corporation of 575. In Q4 of FY22, the Gross NPA of the State
India and Central Bank Of which of the following Bank of India stood at what percentage?
country signed an MoU to launch the Rupay debit (1) 10.5%
card in their country? (2) 2.1%
(1) UAE (3) 5%
(2) Kuwait (4) 3.5%
(3) Qatar (5) 12%
(4) Oman
(5) Jordan 576. Which of the following foreign banks has
partnered with M1xchange TReDS (Trade
570. Who among the following recently won Receivables Discounting System) to facilitate
UNHCR's Nansen Refugee Award? digital invoice financing for the bank's clients in
(1) Angela Merkel November 2022?
(2) Ameen Jubran (1) Standard Chartered Bank.
(3) Saleema Rehman (2) MUFG Bank
(4) Rozma Ghafouri (3) Bank of America.
(5) Alberto Cairo (4) Citi Bank.
(5) DBS Bank.
Answer keys
561. 1 562. 2 563. 1 564. 1 565. 3 566. 4 567. 1 577. Which of the following Banks recently
568. 3 569. 4 570. 2 launched the 7th edition of knowledge summit
'Evolve' for MSMEs?
571. The RBI has announced its first pilot project (1) SBI bank
to use central bank digital currency (CBDC) in (2) Paytm Bank
the wholesale market for secondary trade in (3) ICICI bank
government securities. How many banks are (4) Axis bank
identified by RBI for the participation in the pilot? (5) None of the above
(1) 5
(2) 7 578. Department of Telecommunication has
(3) 9 extended PLI Scheme for Telecom and
(4) 12 Networking Products to 42 companies with a
(5) 15 total committed outlay of ______.
(1) Rs. 4115 crore
572. Which of the following emerged as the (2) Rs. 3115 crore
winning bidder for the debt of Jaypee Infratech (3) Rs. 5115 crore
at a Swiss challenge auction conducted in (4) Rs. 2115 crore
October 2022? (5) Rs. 6115 crore

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following countries has emerged as the top oil

579. As per the new guidelines issued by SEBI, supplier to India in October 2022?
credit rating agencies (CRAs) will have to report (1) Iraq
to SEBI their compliance with norms as ratified (2) Russia
by their boards of directors within _____ from (3) Japan
date of applicability. (4) Uzbekistan
(1) One month (5) Argentina
(2) Two months
(3) Three months 586. According to the provisional figures from
(4) Six months Comptroller and Auditor General released in
(5) Nine months November 2022, which state has the highest
state's Own Tax Revenue collections between
580. The total value of UPI transactions in the April-September 2022, the first half of FY23?
month of October 2022 stood at ____. (1) Tamil Nadu
(1) More than Rs. 13 lakh crore (2) Gujarat
(2) More than Rs. 12 lakh crore (3) Maharashtra
(3) Less than Rs. 12 lakh crore (4) Karnataka
(4) Less than Rs. 11 lakh crore (5) Uttar Pradesh
(5) More than Rs. 15 lakh crore
587. Multi-Modal Logistics Park (MMLP) Chennai
Answer keys at Mappedu being developed in 184.27 acres is
571. 3 572. 3 573. 5 574. 2 575. 4 576. 2 577. 4 1st MMLP awarded to ______.
578. 1 579. 3 580. 2 (1) Reliance Industries Limited
(2) Adani Infra (India) Limited
581. Which of the following has become India's (3) GMR Infrastructure Limited
first steel plant to achieve ResponsibleSteel (4) Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited
Certification? (5) L&T IDPL
(1) Vizag Steel Plant
(2) Tata's Jamshedpur Steel Plant 588. Which country is the second largest
(3) Bokaro Steel Plant producer of steel in the world?
(4) Rourkela Steel Plant (1) China
(5) Bhilai Steel Plant (2) India
(3) Russia
582. In November 2022, who among the (4) United states
following launched biggest ever Coal Mine (5) Saudi Arabia
Auction of 141 Mines?
(1) Amit Shah 589. From December 1, 2022, all the GST anti-
(2) G Kishan Reddy profiteering complaints would be dealt with by
(3) Prahlad Joshi ______
(4) Smriti Irani (1) Competition Commission of India
(5) Nirmala Sitharaman (2) Consumer court
(3) National Anti-profiteering Authority
583. Which of the following companies has (4) GST Council
installed India's largest wind turbine in the state (5) Anti-profiteering tribunal
of Gujarat?
(1) ReNew Power Ventures 590. The Union Cabinet has recently approved
(2) Tata Power Systems Ltd the naming of which of the following airports as
(3) Adani New Industries 'Donyi Polo Airport'?
(4) Borosil Renewables (1) Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International
(5) JSW Energy Airport
(2) Jorhat Brownfield Airport
584. The recently launched 'IIPDF Scheme' is (3) Hollongi Greenfield Airport
associated with which of the following sectors? (4) Dibrugarh Greenfield Airport
(1) Agriculture (5) Silchar Brownfield Airport
(2) Health
(3) Infrastructure Answer keys
(4) Insurance 581. 2 582. 5 583. 3 584. 3 585. 2 586. 3 587. 1
(5) Education 588. 2 589. 1 590. 3

585. According to the information provided by

energy cargo tracker Vortexa, which of the

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591. According to a report of Ministry of (1) 3 years

Education on Unified District Information System (2) 5 years
for Education Plus (UDISE ), total students (3) 7 years
enrolled in school education from primary to (4) 15 years
higher secondary stood at _____ in 2021-22. (5) 10 years
(1) 23.36 crore
(2) 24.56 crore 598. Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi
(3) 25.57 crore flagged off south India's first Vande Bharat
(4) 26.65 crore Express train, connecting ____.
(5) 27.53 crore (1) Hyderabad and Bengaluru
(2) Kochi and Chennai
592. The Centre for Policy Research in Maritime (3) Chennai and Hyderabad
Studies (C-PRiMeS) of Indian Maritime University (4) Mysuru and Chennai
is inaugurated in which city? (5) Benagluru and Kochi
(1) Mumbai
(2) Chennai 599. Which of the following states is going to get
(3) Kolkata Northeast's first fish museum under Pradhan
(4) Delhi Mantri Matsya Sampad Yojana?
(5) Bengaluru (1) Assam
(2) Arunachal Pradesh
593. As per recent news, the Ministry of Home (3) Sikkim
Affairs has successfully completed a mother (4) Meghalaya
tongue survey with field videography of ____ (5) Nagaland
languages and dialects across the country.
(1) 876 600. Who among the following has set to become
(2) 376 the new Prime Minister of Israel in November
(3) 676 2022?
(4) 476 (1) Moshe Sharett
(5) 576 (2) Levi Eshkol
(3) Benjamin Netanyahu
594. In November 2022, the government has (4) Barak Olmert
declared certain databases related to which of (5) Sharon Edri
the following as critical information
infrastructure? Answer keys
(1) Census 591. 3 592. 2 593. 5 594. 5 595. 1 596. 5 597. 5
(2) National Population Register 598. 4 599. 2 600. 3
(3) National Register of Citizens
(4) Both B and C 601. The 9th round of India-South Korea CEPA
(5) Both A and B up-gradation negotiation held in which of the
following cities?
595. The Indian Railways has set a target of 100 (1) Kyoto
% electrification of its network by (2) Busan
(1) December 2023 (3) Incheon
(2) March 2023 (4) Seoul
(3) December 2022 (5) Ulsan
(4) August 2023
(5) March 2024 602. Recently, which of the following groups
have called for the extension of 'Black Sea Grain
596. The Transport4All challenge is an initiative Initiative'?
of which of the following ministries? (1) RCEP
(1) Ministry of Rural Development (2) Artic council
(2) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (3) G7
(3) Ministry of Panchayat Raj (4) SAARC
(4) Ministry of Railways (5) BIMSTEC
(5) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
603. Which of the following countries has
597. As per the recently amended Aadhaar recently started the operation of world's longest
Rules, the card holders need to update passenger train?
documents supporting their information at least (1) China
once every ____ from the date of enrolment to (2) USA
ensure the accuracy of the data. (3) Switzerland

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(4) Russia (2) Zimbabwe

(5) France (3) Australia
(4) South Africa
604. Recently, the Association of Southeast Asian (5) England
Nations (ASEAN) has agreed in principle to admit
which of the following countries as the group's Answer keys
11th member? 601. 4 602. 3 603. 3 604. 3 605. 5 606. 1 607. 4
(1) India 608. 2 609. 5 610. 1
(2) China
(3) Timor Leste 611. The trio of Arjun Babuta, Kiran Ankush
(4) North Korea Jadhav, and Rudrank Balasaheb Patil belongs to
(5) South Korea which of the following sports?
(1) Boxing
605. Purple Fest, a first-of-its-kind inclusive (2) Air Rifle
festival that embraces, expresses and celebrates (3) Cricket
persons with disabilities will be celebrated in (4) Hockey
which state? (5) Badminton
(1) Sikkim
(2) Assam 612. Which team won the T-20 Cricket World
(3) Kerala Cup, 2022?
(4) Haryana (1) Pakistan
(5) Goa (2) India
(3) England
606. In November 2022, PM Narendra Modi has (4) Australia
unveiled 108-feet-long bronze statue of Sri (5) New Zealand
Nadaprabhu Kempegowda in _____.
(1) Bengaluru 613. The Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in 2022
(2) Hyderabad was announced for whom among the following?
(3) Kochi (1) Achanta Sharath Kamal
(4) Madhurai (2) Neeraj Chopra
(5) Puri (3) P V Sindhu
(4) Bajrang Punia
607. Who among the following was named as the (5) Ravi Kumar Dahiya
ICC Men's Player of the Month for October?
(1) Sikander Raza 614. The 2025 Kabaddi World Cup is to be
(2) Babur Azam hosted by which of the following regions?
(3) Devon Conway (1) Brisbane
(4) Virat Kohli (2) Berlin
(5) Sam Curran (3) West Midlands
(4) Chamonix
608. Mumbai defeated which of the following (5) Grenoble
teams to win the 2022 edition of the Syed
Mushtaq Ali Trophy? 615. Which of the following is chosen as the
(1) Haryana mascot for 2024 Paris Olympics?
(2) Himachal Pradesh (1) Bely Mishka
(3) Tamil Nadu (2) Phrygian cap
(4) Karnataka (3) Zaika
(5) West Bengal (4) Snow Leopard
(5) Vinicius
609. Which state will host Khelo India National
University Games in 2023-24? 616. In November 2022, which of the following
(1) Karnataka has signed a pact with JBIC to enhance Japanese
(2) Haryana investments into India?
(3) Madhya Pradesh (1) RBI
(4) Rajasthan (2) NIIFL
(5) Uttar Pradesh (3) DPIIT
(4) NABARD
610. Greg Barclay has been re-elected (5) NITI Aayog
unopposed as ICC chairman for another two-year
term. Greg Barclay hails from which country?
(1) New Zealand

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617. State Bank of India signed a 150 million 623. Who among the following has been elected
euro (Rs 1,240 crore) loan agreement with the as the new president of the International Hockey
German development bank KfW for funding: Federation (FIH), succeeding India's Narinder
(1) Girl child education Batra in November 2022?
(2) Wind mills (1) Hiroya Anzai
(3) Nuclear power plants (2) Piotr Wilkonski
(4) Solar projects (3) Deon Morgan
(5) Space satellite (4) Tayyab Ikram
(5) Elizabeth Safoa King
618. Which of the following is organizing Ganga
Utsav- The River Festival 2022 on 4th November, 624. The GSM Association, that represents the
2022 in New Delhi? mobile network operators worldwide has elected
(1) SBM who among the following as the deputy chairman
(2) MoHUA in November 2022?
(3) NRLM (1) Frehiwot Tamru
(4) NMCG (2) Dominique Leroy
(5) SGSY (3) Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete Lopez
(4) Gopal Vittal
619. Who among the following has been (5) Makoto Takahashi
appointed as interim chairman and managing
director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd 625. Justice DY Chandrachud took oath as the
(BPCL)? new Chief Justice of India in November 2022, he
(1) Shrikant Madhav Vaidya replaced who among the following?
(2) Rajesh Kumar Srivastava (1) Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul
(3) Vetsa Ramakrishna Gupta (2) Justice S. Abdul Nazeer
(4) Pushp Kumar Joshi (3) Justice U. U. Lalit
(5) Sandeep Kumar Gupta (4) Justice Mukeshkumar Rasikbhai Shah
(5) Justice K.M. Joseph
620. Who among the following has been
appointed as the first woman director of ICAR- 626. Recently which country has appointed
Sugarcane Breeding Institute in November 2022? Olympic Gold medalist Neeraj Chopra as its
(1) Garima Singh 'Friendship Ambassador' for tourism?
(2) Sneha Latha (1) Switzerland
(3) G Hemaprabha (2) Spain
(4) Surekha Lekhi (3) Finland
(5) Anand Maheshwari (4) Sweden
(5) Denmark
Answer keys
611. 2 612. 3 613. 1 614. 3 615. 2 616. 2 617. 4 627. Who among the following has been
618. 4 619. 3 620. 3 appointed the Chief Executive Officer of public
broadcaster Prasar Bharati?
621. CRPF for the first time appointed two (1) Ajay Kumar Bhalla
women cadre officers as IG of RAF, Bihar sector (2) Suman Bery
in November 2022. Who among the following has (3) Samant Goel
been appointed as IG of Rapid Action Force (4) Gaurav Dwivedi
(RAF)? (5) Dinkar Gupta
(1) Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
(2) Mitali Madhumita 628. Who is set to become the first female head
(3) Nivedita Choudhary of Slovenia?
(4) Punita Arora (1) Golda Meir
(5) Annie Abraham (2) Elisabeth Domitien
(3) Natasa Pirc Musar
622. Who among the following has been (4) Agatha Barbara
appointed as the new FICCI President? (5) Milka Planinc
(1) Sanjiv Bajaj
(2) Sumant Sinha 629. Who among the following is appointed as
(3) Ramendra Kumar the full-Time member of NITI Aayog in November
(4) Subhrakant Panda 2022?
(5) Amarjeet Kaur (1) George Kurian
(2) Arvind Virmani
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(5) Jayashree Ullal 636. According to the Forbes 2022 Asia's Power
Businesswomen list, honoring 20 outstanding
630. Who has become the first player from India women in business across the Asia-Pacific region.
to get elected in the Athletes' Commission of the Who among the following was named from India?
International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)? (1) Soma Mondal
(1) Achanta Sharath Kamal (2) Vani Kola
(2) Manika Batra (3) Falguni Nayar
(3) Ankita Das (4) Savitri Jindal
(4) Sathiyan Gunasekaran (5) Suchi Mukherjee
(5) Kamalesh Mehta
637. As per the QS Asia University Rankings
Answer keys 2023, which of the following is the best
621. 5 622. 4 623. 4 624. 4 625. 3 626. 1 627. 4 Educational Institute in South Asia?
628. 3 629. 2 630. 1 (1) IISc Bangalore
(2) IIT Delhi
631. In November 2022, who among the (3) IIT Bombay
following has been re-elected as the FIFA (4) Punjab National University
president for third term? (5) IIIT Hyderabad
(1) Gianni Infantino
(2) Sepp Blatter 638. What is India's rank as per the Network
(3) Robert Guerin Readiness Index 2022 report released recently?
(4) Daniel Burley (1) 54th
(5) Jules Rimet (2) 49th
(3) 61st
632. Dr CV Ananda Bose has been appointed as (4) 73rd
the Governor of which state? (5) 88th
(1) Mizoram
(2) Rajasthan 639. Who will be the chief guest for the 17th
(3) Odisha Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention, which will
(4) West Bengal held in 2023?
(5) Andhra Pradesh (1) Prime Minister of UK
(2) President of South Africa
633. Who among the following will receive the (3) President of Guyana
Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, 2022? (4) President of Namibia
(1) Tata Steel (5) President of Indonesia
(2) Railway Sports Promotion Board
(3) Gopichand Badminton Academy 640. What is the theme of the World Science Day
(4) TransStadia Enterprises Private Limited for Peace and Development 2022?
(5) ONGC (1) Science for and with Society in dealing with
Covid-19
634. Ministry of Education has recently released (2) Open Science, leaving no one behind
report on Performance Grading Index (PGI) for (3) Science, a Human Right
States/UTs. The index is based on five domains, (4) Science for Global Understanding
and which of the following NOT one among (5) Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
them?
(1) Learning Outcomes Answer keys
(2) Access 631. 1 632. 4 633. 4 634. 5 635. 4 636. 1 637. 3
(3) Infrastructure& Facilities 638. 3 639. 3 640. 5
(4) Equity
(5) Affordability 641. World Fisheries Day is celebrated on :
(1) 21st November
635. According to Forbes' World's Best Employers (2) 20th November
rankings 2022 released in November 2022, which (3) 19th November
of the following companies was ranked first as (4) 18th November
world's best employer? (5) 17th November
(1) Apple
(2) Tesla
(3) Google
(4) Samsung
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642. What is the theme of the 'India Chem (1) RBI

2022'- 12th Biennial International Exhibition & (2) FICCI
Conference? (3) CII
(1) India: Global Manufacturing Hub for (4) EXIM Bank of India
Chemicals and Petrochemicals (5) SIDBI
(2) Innovation & Disruption: Chemical Industry
in Transition 648. Ranipur Tiger Reserve which has become
(3) Exploring Opportunities in Chemical Industry the 53rd tiger reserve of India, is located in
(4) None of these which state?
(5) Vision 2030: Chemicals and Petrochemicals (1) Uttar Pradesh
Build India (2) Kerala
(3) Karnataka
643. India's first private sector rocket Vikram-S, (4) Bihar
was developed by which of the following space (5) Madhya Pradesh
technology companies?
(1) AgniKul Cosmos 649. In November 2022, the Central Government
(2) Bellatrix Aerospace has constituted the 22nd Law Commission of
(3) Skyroot Aerospace India under the chairmanship of who among the
(4) Dhruva Space following?
(5) Pixxel (1) Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi
(2) Justice KT Sankaran
644. The 41st edition of India International Trade (3) Justice K. Murali Shankar
Fair (IITF) will be held at which of the following (4) Justice S. Sathi Kumar
cities? (5) Justice Rajiv Shakdher
(1) Chennai
(2) Bengaluru 650. Which of the following is NOT correct
(3) New Delhi according to the draft 'All India Tourist Vehicles
(4) Lucknow (Permit) Rules, 2022'?
(5) Mumbai (1) It aims to reduce the compliance burden
(2) It includes more categories of tourist vehicles
645. Which of the following is the 'Spotlight' (3) It offers lesser permit fees for lesser capacity
country in the IFFI 53 film festival held in Goa? vehicles
(1) South Korea (4) It bans the deployment of electric vehicles
(2) Lebanon (5) It aims to simplify the procedure for All India
(3) France Permit applicants
(4) Germany
(5) England 651. Which of the following Acts was amended to
provide a statutory basis for the implementation
646. Recently, which of the following of the flexible inflation targeting (FIT)
organisations has changed its name to 'Grid framework?
Controller of India Limited'? (1) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Act, 1934
(1) POSOCO (2) The Industrial Finance Corporation of India
(2) Tangedco Act, 1948
(3) NHPC (3) Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee
(4) CESC Corporation Act, 1961
(5) NLC India (4) Banking Regulation Act, 1949
(5) Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881
647. Which of the following has signed a Master
Risk Participation Agreement for supporting trade Answer keys
transactions with FirstRand Bank (FRB) to boost 641. 1 642. 5 643. 3 644. 3 645. 3 646. 1 647. 4
India-Africa trade? 648. 1 649. 1 650. 4 651. 1

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1. 2
Gujarat and Karnataka have been dubbed as the
'best performers' in Category A, while Meghalaya
was nominated as the 'best performer' in
Category B in the States' Startup Ranking 2021.
The report scores a state on a scale of 100 with
26 action points such as funding, mentorship and
institutional support, among others.
The states and union territories (UTs) were
divided into two categories " Category A and
Category B. The first category consists of states
and UTs with a population of over 1 Cr, while the
second category consists of states and UTs with
a population under 1 Cr.
The States' Startup Ranking is an annual report
presented by the Department for Promotion of
Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) ranking the
country's states and UTs according to their
startup ecosystems. The framework was first
launched in February 2018.
The top performers included four states from
Category A " Telangana, Kerala, Maharashtra and
Odisha. The class also included Jammu and
Kashmir as a representative from Category B.
2. 4
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurate the
Digital India Week 2022 at Gandhinagar in
Gujarat. During the programme, he launched
'Digital India Bhashini', 'Digital India GENESIS',
Chips to Startup (C2S) programme. He also
unveiled 'Indiastack.global', 'MyScheme', 'Meri
Pehchaan - National Single Sign-On'.
The theme for the Digital India Week 2022 is
'Catalyzing New India's Techade'.
3. 4
Odisha, Uttar Pradesh & Andhra Pradesh have
emerged as top 3 states in the 1st State Ranking
Index for National Food Security Act, NFSA.
Among the Special Category Tripura stood first in
the ranking followed by Himachal Pradesh and
Sikkim.
Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal released
this 1st edition of State Ranking Index.
4. 2
Ukrainian Mathematician Maryna Viazovska is
among the 4 winners of the 2022 Fields Medals
which is considered equivalent to the Nobel Prize.
She is the second woman to win this Prestigious
Fields Medal For Mathematics.
She is best known for her solution to the sphere
packing problem.
The others were France's Hugo Duminil-Copin,
US-based June Huh, and Britain's James
Maynard.
Fields Medals is one of the highest honours in
Mathematics awarded to scholars under 40.
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5. 1
Sweden and Finland signed the Accession
Protocols at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels.
The signing was held in the presence of Finnish
Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto and Swedish
Foreign Minister Ann Linde.
The membership bids of the two nations will be
sent to the alliance capitals for legislative
approvals.
NATO alliance Secretary General Jens
Stoltenberg.
6. 1
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for
Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh
inaugurated first-of-its-kind, state-of-the-art
"Autonomous Navigation" facility to develop
unmanned ground and aerial vehicles in the IIT
Hyderabad campus.
TiHAN(Technology Innovation Hub on
Autonomous Navigation) was funded by the
Union Ministry of Science and Technology at a
budget of Rs 130 crore.
7. 3
Representation of south Indian states in the
Rajya Sabha gets a boost with Tamil Nadu's
Illayaraja, Karnataka's Veerendra Heggade,
Andhra Pradesh's V Vijayendra Prasad and
Kerala's P T Usha being nominated.
The Rajya Sabha should consist of no more than
250 members"238 members representing the
States and Union Territories and 12 members
nominated by the President.
8. 4
PM Modi inaugurated the Golden Jubilee
celebrations of the Agradoot group of
newspapers.
Agradoot was started as an Assamese bi-weekly.
It was established by Kanak Sen Deka, a senior
journalist of Assam.
In 1995, Dainik Agradoot, a daily newspaper,
was started and it has developed as a trusted
and influential voice of Assam.
9. 3
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national Convener
Arvind Kejriwal announced that Delhi will host
India's "first and largest" citywide Shopping
Festival from January 28 to February 26, 2023.
The festival will have 200 concerts for
entertainment, food walks and will also offer
huge discounts on products.
10. 4
An indigenous BLDC motor and smart controller
for e-Rickshaws developed by IIT Kharagpur has

been transferred to M/s Brushless Motor India
Pvt Ltd. for commercial production.
Indigenously developed,the brushless DC electric
motor is important for India as 90% of the
components and its technology for Electric
Vehicles imported are not suitable for India's
conditions.
The technology transfer was done as part of
Digital India Week.
11. 1
Bengaluru fared the worst among Indian cities in
the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Global
Livability Index 2022, which was released on
June 24.
Bengaluru was ranked 146 with a total livability
score of 54.4. Delhi and Mumbai were ranked
140 (score 56.5) and 141 (score 56.2)
respectively. Chennai & Ahmedabad were placed
at 142 & 143 respectively, scoring 55.8 and 55.7.
12. 3
SBI General Insurance Company has announced
the appointment of Paritosh Tripathi as its new
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer. He
succeeds P.C. Kandpal, who has been posted as
DMD (P&RE) at the Corporate Center, SBI.
SBI General Insurance was founded in 2009. It
started operations in 2010, as a joint venture
between SBI & Insurance Australia Group (IAG).
13. 2
Former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has been
appointed as the Sherpa for G-20 Summit. Kant
will take over from Union Minister Piyush Goyal.
India has been a member of the G20 since its
inception in 1999. The country will be hosting the
G20 Summit from December 1, 2022, and will
convene the G20 Leaders' Summit in 2023 for
the first time.
India is also part of the G20 Troika " which is
formed by the preceding, current, and incoming
G20 Presidencies " ending November 30, 2024
14. 4
India has been elected as a member of the
Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO's 2003
Convention for the Safeguarding of the
Intangible Cultural Heritage for the 2022-2026
cycle.
The elections for the Intergovernmental
Committee took place during the 9th General
Assembly of the 2003 Convention held at
UNESCO headquarters, Paris, from 5th to 7th
July 2022.
The Intergovernmental Committee of the 2003
Convention consists of 24 members and is
elected in the General Assembly of the
Convention according to the principles of
equitable geographical representation and
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rotation. States Members to the Committee are
elected for a term of four years.
India ratified the 2003 Convention for the
Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
in September 2005. As one of the earliest State
Parties to ratify the Convention, India has shown
great commitment towards matters related to
intangible heritage and has actively encouraged
other State Parties to ratify it. With 14
inscriptions on the Representative List of
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, India
also ranks high in the listing of intangible cultural
heritage. After the inscription of Durga Puja in
2021, India submitted the nomination for Garba
of Gujarat to be discussed in 2023.
15. 2
PNB has signed an MoU with IAF to provide
specially designed products to the defence
personnel under the bank's flagship scheme of
'PNB Rakshak Plus'.
Scheme includes,inter alia, personal accidental
insurance & air accidental insurance to serving,
retired and trainees of the defence forces,central
armed police forces, state police force, metro
police & retired pensioners.
16. 2
Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the
longest-serving leader, died after being shot
while campaigning for a parliamentary election,
public broadcaster NHK said. It was the first
assassination of a sitting or former Japanese
premier since the days of pre-war militarism in
the 1930s.
He belonged to Liberal Democratic Party.
17. 1
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi attended the
first 'Arun Jaitley Memorial Lecture' (AJML) at
Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. Prime Minister also
addressed the gathering during the event.
The keynote address at the first AJML was
delivered by Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam,
Senior Minister, Government of Singapore.
Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam delivered lecture
on "Growth through Inclusivity, Inclusivity
through Growth". The lecture was followed by a
panel discussion by Mr. Mathias Cormann (OECD
Secretary-General) and Shri Arvind Panagariya
(Professor, Columbia University).
Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of
Finance organised the first 'Arun Jaitley Memorial
Lecture' in recognition of Shri Arun Jaitley's
invaluable contribution to the nation.
Arun Jaitley was an Indian politician and
attorney. A member of the Bharatiya Janata
Party, Jaitley served as the Minister of Finance
and Corporate Affairs of the Government of India
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18. 2
In July 2022, PARIMAN, the Geo-Portal for
National Capital Region (NCR) was made public.
For the purpose of effective utilization of Remote
Sensing and GIS technology, a web geo-portal
has been developed through National Informatics
Centre (NIC), initially for use by NCR
Participating states and the Office of NCRPB.
This Geo-Portal will help to improve decentralized
planning and management in NCR region.
Geo-Portal for NCR known as 'PARIMAN' was
launched on 31.08.2021 in the 40th meeting of
the Board by Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Chairman,
NCRPB and Union Minister for Housing & Urban
Affairs.
The Geo-Portal can be accessed though the
NCRPB website https://ncrpb.nic.in/ and also
through the weblink https://ncrpbgis.nic.in/
19. 1
The 8th Edition of the Webinar Series 'Igniting
Young Minds, Rejuvenating Rivers' was organised
by National Mission for Clean Ganga. The theme
of the webinar was 'Afforestation'. The Webinar
series is organised with an aim to connect with
the youth on the important issue of Ganga
Rejuvenation.
Namami Gange Programme', is an Integrated
Conservation Mission, approved as 'Flagship
Programme' by the Union Government in June
2014 with budget outlay of Rs.20,000 Crore to
accomplish the twin objectives of effective
abatement of pollution, conservation and
rejuvenation of National River Ganga.
Main pillars of the Namami Gange Programme
are:-
Sewerage Treatment Infrastructure
River-Front Development
River-Surface Cleaning
Bio-Diversity
Afforestation
Public Awareness
Industrial Effluent Monitoring
Ganga Gram
Director General, National Mission for Clean
Ganga, Shri G. Asok Kumar
20. 2
GMR Group has said its joint venture Angkasa
Pura Aviasi has started operating the Kualanamu
International Airport in Medan, Indonesia.
Angkasa Pura Aviasi (APA) is a joint venture
between GMR Airports Ltd and Indonesia's state-
owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura II.
With the project, GMR Airports, a subsidiary of
GMR Infrastructure, has entered the growing
Indonesian aviation market and the project will
cover a cooperation period of 25 years.
GMR Group MD&CEO: Kiran Kumar Grandhi
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Maharashtra has the maximum number of
government-recognised startups, followed by
states such as Karnataka and Delhi, as per DPIIT
data. As many as 13,541 active Department for
Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
recognised startups were from Maharashtra, out
of the total 73,205 such government-approved
new age companies in the country. This meansm
Maharashtra has a share of 18 per cent with
respect to the total number of startups.
Karnataka has 8,902 startups and Delhi is home
to 8,670 enterprises as of July 5, 2022.
22. 1
Vivek Johri is the current Chairman of Central
Board of Indirect Taxes and Custom (CBIC).
In news:
In July 2022, Vivek Johri said pre packaged and
pre-labelled retail food items would attract GST
rate at par with the branded ones. This means
rate could be 5, 12 or 18 per cent. The new rates
are coming into effect from July 18, 2022.
GST was exempted on specified food items,
grains, etc when not branded, or right on the
brand has been foregone. Now, GST Council, in
its meeting in June 2022, recommended a
revision in the scope of exemption to exclude
from it pre-packaged and pre-labelled retail pack
in terms of Legal Metrology Act, including pre-
packed, pre-labelled curd, lassi and butter milk.
23. 4
Sanjay Jaju, Additional Secretary in the Defence
Ministry, recently said that India's defence
exports for 2021-22 were estimated at Rs.
13,000 crore, the highest ever. The private
sector accounted for 70% of the exports.
24. 2
Bali hosted the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting
(FMM) on 7"8 July 2022. Under the theme
"Building a more peaceful, stable, and
prosperous world together," this meeting will act
as a strategic forum to discuss global recovery
efforts.
The G20 FMM consisted of two sessions. The first
session on strengthening multilateralism
explored joint actions to strengthen global
collaboration and foster mutual trust among
countries, creating an enabling environment that
will support world stability, peace, and
development.
The second session on the Food and Energy crisis
discussed strategic actions to combat food
insecurity, fertilizer shortage, and rising global
commodity prices.
The G20 is a strategic multilateral platform that
links the world's 20 largest economies. The G20
has a critical role to play in ensuring future global
economic growth and prosperity. Indonesia holds

the G20 2022 Presidency and prioritizes
cooperation in the fields of strengthening the
global health architecture, digital transformation,
and energy transition
25. 2
In July 2022, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar-
Minister of State, Electronics and Information
Technology, Skill Development &
Entrepreneurship inaugurated two new Internet
Exchange points (IXP) of NIXI at Durgapur and
Bardhman. It is an initiative under Ministry of
Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
vision 1000 days.
The launch of these new NIXI internet exchanges
in state will contribute to the enhancement and
improvement of Internet and Broadband services
at local level and in neighbouring regions. The
internet service providers connecting at these
points will benefit as their broadband services to
their end users will improve, bringing about a
change in the lives of the people of the region.
The first Internet Exchange of the state in
Kolkata is run by NIXI.
About NIXI
NIXI is a not for profit Organization under section
8 of the Companies Act 2013 and was registered
on 19th June 2003. NIXI was set up for peering
of ISPs among themselves for the purpose of
routing the domestic traffic within the country,
instead of taking it all the way to US/Abroad,
thereby resulting in better quality of service
(reduced latency) and reduced bandwidth
charges for ISPs by saving on International
Bandwidth. NIXI is managed and operated on a
Neutral basis, in line with the best practices for
such initiatives globally.
26. 3
National Fisheries Development Board, Ministry
of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying,
Government of India celebrated the National Fish
Farmers Day on 10th July 2022 virtually at
National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB)
Hyderabad.
About National Fish Farmers Day
National Fish Farmers Day is celebrated on 10th
July 2022 every year to demonstrate solidarity
with all fisher folk, fish farmers and concerned
stakeholders throughout the Country. It is 65th
National Fish Farmers Day being celebrated
across the Country. Every year, this annual event
is celebrated to commemorate Professor Dr.
Hiralal Chaudhury and his colleague Alikunhi for
their contribution in achieving the successful
induced breeding of major carps on 10th July,
1957 at Angul in Odisha for the first time in the
country through administration of carp pituitary
hormone extract in the breeding of major carps.
Major Fisheries Schemes
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The Centrally Sponsored Scheme "Blue
Revolution" - Integrated Development and
Management of Fisheries was launched in 2016.
In 2020, Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana
(PMMSY) was launched with a budget of over Rs.
20,050 crores for a period of five years. PMMSY
aims to achieve fish production of 22 MMT from
the current 13.76 MMT by 2024-25 and create an
additional employment opportunity to about 55
lakh people through this sector.
The Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure
Development Fund (FIDF) scheme was started in
2018-19 with a budget of Rs. 7,522.48 crores,
which is also continuing presently. FIDF will
specifically cater to creation of fisheries
infrastructure facilities both in marine and inland
fisheries sectors to augment the fish production
to achieve the target. Projects under the FIDF
are eligible for loan up to 80% of the
estimated/actual project cost.
27. 3
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit
Shah presided over the 30th meeting of Northern
Zonal Council in Jaipur on July 9, 2022.
In the meeting, stress was laid on preparing an
effective strategy, by all stakeholders, to deal
with cyber crime, Home Minister instructed
constitution of a committee under the
chairmanship of Union Home Secretary to
formulate a strategy to prevent financial frauds
and cyber crimes committed through social
media
Zonal Councils provide an important forum for
discussions regarding cordial relations between
the Center and the States, amicable settlement
of inter-State issues, enhancing regional
cooperation between States and on issues of
common national importance to be implemented
across the country.
The present composition of each of these Zonal
Councils is as under:
The Northern Zonal Council, comprising the
States of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu &
Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, National Capital
Territory of Delhi and Union Territory of
Chandigarh;
The Central Zonal Council, comprising the States
of Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and
Madhya Pradesh;
The Eastern Zonal Council, comprising the States
of Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Sikkim and West
Bengal;
The Western Zonal Council, comprising the
States of Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra and the
Union Territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra &
Nagar Haveli;
The Southern Zonal Council, comprising the
States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala,
Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of
Puducherry.

The North Eastern States i.e. (i) Assam (ii)
Arunachal Pradesh (iii) Manipur (iv) Tripura (v)
Mizoram (vi) Meghalaya and (vii) Nagaland are
not included in the Zonal Councils and their
special problems are looked after by the North
Eastern Council, set up under the North Eastern
Council Act, 1972. The State of Sikkim has also
been included in the North Eastern Council vide
North Eastern Council (Amendment) Act, 2002
notified on 23rd December 2002. Consequently,
action for exclusion of Sikkim as member of
Eastern Zonal Council has been initiated by
Ministry of Home Affairs.
28. 4
The Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party is
an Indian regional political party based in the
state of Andhra Pradesh.
In News:
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Y S Jagan
Mohan Reddy was elected president for lifetime
of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress party
YSRC.
Mr Jagan established the YSRC in March 2011
after quitting Congress. Ever since, he has been
continuing as the party president, with his
mother Vijayamma as honorary president.
Mr Jagan was last elected the YSRC president at
the party plenary in 2017.
29. 3
Water and Power Consultancy Services Limited
(WAPCOS), a PSU under the Ministry of Jal
Shakti, has signed an MoU with the National
Power Training Institute (NPTI), a national apex
body for training in the power sector under the
Ministry of Power, for mutual co-operation in the
field of the power sector.
WAPCOS Chairman & Managing Director (CMD)
RK Agrawal .
30. 3
Rajendra Prasad has been appointed as the
Managing Director of National High Speed Rail
Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) after the
government dismissed Satish Agnihotri over
corruption allegations.
Mr. Prasad has been working as Director
(Project) with NHSRCL since November 2017 and
is overall in charge of civil engineering works of
the Mumbai Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project.
31. 1
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
(ACC) has approved the appointment of Brajesh
Kumar Upadhyay as Chairman & Managing
Director (CMD) of Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL).
His appointment's tenure is 5 years.
Prior to taking over as Director (Operations), BK
Upadhyay was at the helm of forwarding Project
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Group Deptt, responsible for increasing GSL's
outreach into the global defence market.
GSL is a PSU under the Ministry of Defence.
32. 2
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
(ACC) has approved the proposal of the Ministry
of Coal for the appointment of Debasish Nanda
as Director (Business Development) of Coal India
Limited (CIL).
Nanda has been appointed to the post with effect
from the date of his assumption of charge of the
post till the date of his superannuation i.e. May
31, 2025, or until further orders, whichever is
earlier.
Presently, he is serving as Executive Director in
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL).
33. 2
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has set
up a three-member commission for carrying out
a fresh delimitation exercise of the municipal
wards in Delhi, by exercising its powers under
sections 3, 3A and 5 of the Delhi Municipal
Corporation Act, 1957.
The panel will have three members -- Vijay Dev,
State Election Commissioner, Delhi, who will be
its chairman, Pankaj Kumar Singh, Joint
Secretary in the Union Ministry of Housing and
Urban Affairs, and Randhir Sahay, Additional
Commissioner.
34. 1
mRube, the electronic trading platform for
natural rubber, will offer a unique scheme of
certifying the commodity quality certification at
the rate of Rs.1 per tonne for product
manufacturers buying rubber through the portal.
The Rubber Board has launched the electronic
platform to improve the efficacy of the domestic
supply chain for natural rubber.
The quality certification scheme of 'mRube'
covers quality assaying of Ribbed Smoked Sheets
(RSS), Indian Standard Natural Rubber (ISNR)
and Concentrated latex grades for 30 days
starting from July 11, 2022.
Who can avail this
The scheme's benefit can be availed of by users
who buy rubber up to 10 tonnes per invoice per
day. Only two quality certification requests per
week per licensee will be offered under the
scheme.
Users can request any number of quality
certifications without any quantity restrictions on
the normal rates prescribed in the 'mRube'
portal.
About Rubber Board
The Rubber Board is a statutory body constituted
by the Government of India, under the Rubber
Act 1947, for the overall development of the

rubber industry in the country. It is under
Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Head Office: Kottayam, Kerala
35. 3
State-run Coffee Board is planning to focus on
developing new varieties that will be resistant to
the changing climatic patterns. A Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) between the Coffee
Board and ISRO was signed with regard to
breeding climate-resilient varieties and assess
the carbon sequestration potential in coffee
among others.
The Board will be making an outlay for the
investments required in taking up the
collaborative research with ISRO, which will also
focus on assessing carbon sequestration potential
in the coffee growing regions.
KG Jagadeesha, CEO and Secretary, Coffee
Board.
36. 1
Nokia has partnered with Indian Institute of
Science to set up Nokia Center of Excellence in
networked robotics at IISc Bengaluru. The Center
of Excellence (CoE) will promote inter-disciplinary
research involving robotics and advanced
communication technologies in 5G and Artificial
Intelligence (AI).
Nokia will fund the CoE for three consecutive
years to sustain the first phase of the partnership
between Nokia and Indian Institute of Science
(IISc).
37. 4
Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beats Nick Kyrgios
(Australia) for 7th Wimbledon title.
He extended his unbeaten run at the grass-court
Grand Slam tournament to 28 matches and
raised his career haul to 21 major trophies,
breaking a tie with Roger Federer and moving
just one behind Rafael Nadal's 22 for the most in
the history of men's tennis.
38. 2
Elena Rybakina became the first player from
Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam title by beating
Tunisian third seed Ons Jabeur in the ladies'
singles Wimbledon final. The 17th seed fought
back to win 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. Rybakina, 23, thus
became the youngest Wimbledon singles
champion since 2011.
39. 1
World Population Day, was first observed on July
11 1990 in more than 90 countries. It was
established through a United Nations (UN)
resolution 45/216 of December 1990 to continue
observing the day in subsequent years.
The theme for this year is "A world of 8 billion:
Towards a resilient future for all " Harnessing
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opportunities and ensuring rights and choices for
all."
40. 1
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the
newly-constructed airport at Deoghar in
Jharkhand on Tuesday, July 12.
Deoghar Airport will be the 68th destination
which will be connected to Kolkata, Patna and
Ranchi under UDAN. The first UDAN flight
connecting Kolkata and Deoghar will be
inaugurated on July 12, 2022.
The Deoghar airport is spread over 657 acres has
a 2,500-metre-long runway, which can handle
the landing and takeoff of Airbus A320 planes.
41. 1
Brijendra Kumar Syngal, former chairman of
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited,referred to as
father of internet in India, passed away.
An IITian, Syngal left satellite communications
company Inmarsat to take charge of VSNL in
1991.
Under his watch, the company rolled out India's
internet service and launched its then biggest
global depository receipt issue.
42. 1
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will launch the
first-ever 'Artificial Intelligence in Defence'
(AIDef) symposium and exhibition organised by
the Department of Defence Production, Ministry
of Defence on July 11 at Vigyan Bhawan in New
Delhi.
It is a big event where 75 newly-developed AI
products/technologies, having applications in
defence, will be launched,
43. 3
India joined the Interpol's international child
sexual exploitation (ICSE) database which will
allow it to draw links between victims, abusers
and crime scene using audio-visual data.
The CBI, which is India's nodal agency for
Interpol matters, joined the database making
India the 68th country to connect to it.
44. 1
The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in
Mumbai has become the first railway station in
India to be equipped with augmented reality
screens.
The futuristic technology will allow passengers at
the station to get real-time digitised time table
with a dedicated scrolling screen and railway
information for an engaging experience.
45. 1
Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road
Transport and Highways has said that the
Dwarka Expressway, which will be India's first

elevated urban expressway, will be operational
by 2023.
It is a 16-lane access-controlled highway with
the provision of a minimum 3-lane service road
on both sides. It is being developed at a total
cost of Rs 9,000 crore
46. 2
PM Sh. Narendra Modi unveils National Emblem
cast on the roof of the new Parliament Building.
The National Emblem is made of bronze with a
total weight of 9500 Kg and is 6.5 m in height. It
has been cast at the top of the Central Foyer of
New Parliament Building. A supporting structure
of steel weighing around 6500 Kg has been
constructed to support the Emblem.
Also present on the occasion were Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla and Minister of Urban Affairs
Hardeep Puri.
47. 2
AAI's Leh airport is being built as a carbon-
neutral airport, a first in India. A "Geothermal
system" in hybridization with Solar PV Plant will
be provided in the New airport Terminal Building
for heating and cooling purposes.
This system works by exchanging heat between
the air & the ground as its heat pumps are used
for space heating & cooling, as well as water
heating.
48. 4
Eminent archaeologist, historian and former
Director-General of the Bangladesh National
Museum Dr. Enamul Haque passed away in
Dhaka. He was 85. Dr. Enamul Haque was
conferred with Padma Shri for the year 2020 for
his work on Bengal's Iconography and terracotta
art.He was instrumental in setting up the
Bangladesh National Museum.
49. 1
Former drinking water and sanitation secretary
Parameswaran Iyer, who led the Centre's
flagship Swachh Bharat Mission, took charge as
chief executive officer (CEO) of Niti Aayog. His
appointment for the role was cleared by the
Cabinet Appointments Committee on June 24. He
replaced Amitabh Kant, who demitted office on
June 30.He has over 25 years of experience.
50. 3
Uttarakhand in July 2022 became the first state
in the country to initiate process of implementing
the Centre's New Education Policy, with Chief
Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurating Bal
Vatikas' at anganwadi kendras across the state
to strengthen the pre-primary education system.
The Bal Vatikas' will function at 4,457 anganwadi
kendras equivalent to the nursery class
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51. 2
Mohammed Shami became the fastest Indian
bowler to 150 ODI wickets in the first India vs
England ODI at the Kennington Oval.The seamer
needed 80 matches to 150 ODI wickets.
Shami,achieved the feat with his second wicket
of the match. Overall, Shami is third joint-fastest
to reach 150 ODI wickets. He shares the record
with Afghanistan's Rashid Khan.
52. 4
India has been ranked 135 out of 146 countries
in the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap
Report 2022. The country has scored 0.629, on a
scale of 0 to 1, which is its seventh-highest score
in the last 16 years. In 2021, India ranked 140
out of a total 156 countries on the index.
Iceland has been ranked first in the index.
Iceland (90.8%) leading the global ranking.
Iceland was the only economy to have closed
more than 90% of its gender gap.
Other Scandinavian countries such as Finland
(86%, 2nd), Norway (84.5%, 3rd) and Sweden
(82.2%, 5th) are in the top five, with other
European countries such as Ireland (80.4%) and
Germany (80.1%) in ninth and tenth positions,
respectively.Â
Sub-Saharan African countries Rwanda (81.1%,
6th) and Namibia (80.7%, 8th), along with one
Latin American country, Nicaragua (81%, 7th),
and one country from east Asia and the Pacific,
New Zealand (84.1%, 4th), also take positions in
the top 10.
53. 4
India-born Gita Gopinath became the first
woman and second Indian to feature on the 'wall
of former chief economists' of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF). The first Indian to achieve
the honour was Raghuram Rajan who was Chief
Economist and Director of Research of IMF
between 2003 and 2006. Gopinath was
appointed as IMF Chief Economist in October
2018 and was later promoted as the IMF's First
Deputy Managing Director in December 2021.
54. 2
According to the WHO, monkeypox is a viral
zoonosis (a virus transmitted to humans from
animals) with symptoms similar to those seen in
the past in smallpox patients, although it is
clinically less severe. It is usually a self-limited
disease with symptoms lasting two to four
weeks.
55. 2
Samsung has developed a new graphics dynamic
random-access memory (DRAM) chip with a
faster speed and improved power efficiency.The
24-gigabit Graphics Double Data Rate 6 adopts
third-generation,10-nanometer technology and

boasts a data processing speed that is over 30
per cent faster than existing products.It process
graphic images at a rate of up to 1.1 terabytes
per sec.
56. 4
Owing to the concerted efforts of community
members and government officials, a grey water
management system has been successfully
implemented in Pappankuzhi Village Panchayat in
Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu. The initiative
is a part of the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen
(SBM-G) Phase II campaign of which greywater
management is an integral component.
57. 3
Filmmakers Aparna Sen and Nandita Das have
been awarded the Icon Award at this year's
London Indian Film Festival for their contribution
to Indian and global cinema. In the annual
Satayjit Ray short film category 'Jaagran', co-
directed by Ritviq Joshi and Hardik Sadhwani,
won the LIFF Jury Prize.
58. 1
With this MoU, RBI and BI committed to deepen
relations between both central banks and
strengthen the exchange of information and
cooperation in the area of central banking,
including payment systems, digital innovation in
payments services, and regulatory and
supervisory framework for Anti Money
Laundering and Combating the Financing of
Terrorism (AML-CFT).
The MoU will also provide a good basis for
promoting mutual understanding, developing
efficient payment systems and achieving cross-
border payment connectivity. Such initiatives will
be executed through (i) regular interaction on
recent economic and financial developments and
issues; (ii) technical cooperation through training
and joint seminars; and (iii) joint work to explore
the establishment of cross-border retail payment
linkages.
59. 2
Consumer Affairs Dept Sets Up Committee To
Develop Comprehensive Framework On The Right
To Repair
The aim of developing a framework on right to
repair in India is to empower consumers and
product buyers in the local market, harmonize
trade between the original equipment
manufacturers and the third-party buyers and
sellers, and emphasise developing sustainable
consumption of products and reduction in e-
waste.
Smt. Nidhi Khare- Chairperson of the committee.
The committee includes Shri Anupam Mishra,
Joint Secretary DoCA, Justice Paramjeet Singh
Dhaliwal, former Judge of Punjab and Haryana
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High Court, Former President of State Consumer
Dispute Redressal Commission, Punjab, Prof.
(Dr.) G.S. Bajpai Vice-Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi
National University of Law, Patiala, Prof. Shri
Ashok Patil, Chair of Consumer Law and Practice
and representatives from various stakeholders
like ICEA, SIAM, Consumer Activists & Consumer
Organizations as members.
60. 1
Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research
Center, New Delhi (RGCI) have installed the first-
ever Made-in-India Surgical Robotic System,
SSI-Mantra, devised by the new-age Indian med-
tech start-up SS Innovations. The ingenious SSI
Mantra, is a brainchild of World-renowned robotic
cardiac surgeon Dr. Sudhir P Srivastava. Sudhir P
Srivastava is popularly known as The Robo
Doctor.
61. 3
The 296 kilometres-long four-lane Bundelkhand
Expressway has been constructed at a cost of
around ₹14,850 crore. The foundation stone of
the expressway was laid by the prime minister in
February 2020 and the construction was
completed in 28 months.The expressway
originates in Bharatkoop in Chitrakoot and
merges with Agra Lucknow expressway in
Etawah.
62. 4
The G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank
Governors, met in Bali on 15-16 July 2022, for
the third time under the Indonesian G20
Presidency. The meeting was attended by G20
members,invited countries (including Ukraine),
and international and regional organizations. The
pledged to address global food insecurity and
rising debt. FM Nirmala Sitharaman participated.
63. 1
​Kerala has now become the first and only
state in the country to have its own internet.The
announcement came in the wake of the Kerala
Fiber Optic Network Ltd, an ambitious IT
infrastructure project of the government to make
the internet accessible to everyone in the state,
receiving the Internet Service Provider (ISP)
license from the Department of
Telecommunications.
64. 2
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai announced
the government's plan to develop India's first e-
waste eco park in Holambi Kalan in Delhi. Delhi
environment department stated that every year
the capital city produces over two lakh tonnes of
e-waste, or about 9.5 percent of the total
amount produced in India.Delhi is now the fifth-
largest producer of e-waste in India

65. 4
SEBI Approves Ashishkumar Chauhan As NSE's
Next CEO. Sh. Chauhan is MD & CEO at BSE Ltd.,
India's oldest stock exchange, and his tenure
ends in November. He was part of the core team
that started NSE in 1993. Chauhan succeeds
Vikram Limaye whose term ended on July 16.
Limaye was appointed as the NSE chief in July
2017.
Mr. Girish Chandra Chaturvedi is the Chairman of
NSE.
R.H. Patil, founded the National Stock Exchange
(NSE) in 1992.
66. 1
Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu lifted the
Singapore Open Super 500 trophy after
outwitting China's Wang Zhi Yi in an intense
women's singles final.
This was her third title of the season -- having
won two Super 300 crowns in Syed Modi
International and Swiss Open.
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Indonesia) won the
men's singles titlewith victory over Naraoka
Kodai(Japan).
67. 1
The Navy's Kilo-class submarine, INS
Sindhudhvaj, was decommissioned from service
at Visakhapatnam after 35 years in service. With
this, the Navy now has 15 conventional
submarines in service.
INS Sindhudhvaj was the only submarine to be
awarded the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) rolling
trophy for Innovation by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi.
he Navy's sub-surface fleet now includes seven
Russian Kilo-class submarines, four German HDW
submarines, four French Scorpene submarines,
and the indigenous nuclear ballistic missile
submarine INS Arihant. The last two of the
Scorpene class submarines are in various stages
of trials and outfitting.
Vice Adm- Biswajit Dasgupta, Flag Officer
Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command
was the Chief Guest for the ceremony.
68. 1
Remittances from advanced nations beat flows
from Gulf region in FY21.
The share of remittances from the Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) region in India's
inward remittances is estimated to have declined
from more than 50 per cent in 2016- 17 to about
30 per cent in 2020-21, according to the Reserve
Bank of India's fifth round of Survey on
Remittances. The US surpassed the UAE as the
top source country, accounting for 23 % of total
remittance.
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The share of the traditional remittance recipient
states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka,
which had strong dominance in the GCC region,
has almost halved in 2020-21, accounting for
only 25 per cent of total remittances since 2016-
17, while Maharashtra has emerged as the top
recipient state surpassing Kerala.
India is the second cheapest remittance receiving
market in the G20 group after Mexico, the cost
for certain remittance corridors has been
consistently higher than others
The article also concludes that the majority of
the remittances continue to be routed through
private sector banks, followed by public sector
banks although foreign banks have witnessed a
marginal increase in remittances transactions,
particularly from Singapore.
The decline in remittances from the Gulf
countries during 2020-21 reflects a slower pace
of migration and a larger presence of Indian
diaspora in informal sectors which was hit the
most during the pandemic period. As a result,
the proportion of small size transactions in total
remittances increased in 2020-21.
69. 3
National Legal Services Authority Chairman Uday
Umesh Lalit launched the country's first AI-
powered digital Lok Adalat in Rajasthan during
the 18th All India Legal Services Authorities'
meet. The digital Lok Adalat by Rajasthan State
Legal Services Authority (RSLSA) was designed
and developed by its technology partner Jupitice
Justice Technologies.
The two-day event was inaugurated by N V
Ramana, the Chief Justice of India, in the
presence of Union Minister of Law & Justice Kiren
Rijiju and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
Recently, a district court in Bihar gave a verdict
in a land dispute case after 108 years, making it
one of the oldest pending cases in the country
A NITI Aayog report also suggested it would take
approximately 324 years to dispose all cases
pending in India.The report said that 75-97 per
cent of legal problems never reach the courts "
that means about 5 million to 40 million legal
tangles arising in a month never reach the Court.
The Digital Lok Adalat will be used to dispose of
pending disputes or disputes that are at the pre-
litigation stage.
70. 4
In line with the partnership announced at the
beginning of this year, Bharti Airtel approved
allotment of 71 million shares to tech major
Google at an issue price of Rs 734 per
share.Google will hold 1.2% of total post-issue
equity shares of the company, Bharti said in a
regulatory filing.The company's special
committee of directors for preferential allotment
approved it. In January, Google had said that it

will invest $1 billion in Bharti Airtel. Of this, $700
million (Rs 734 per share) will be for picking up
1.28% stake in the country's second-largest
telecom service provider, while the rest will be
for multi-year plans related to devices and other
programmes around digital inclusion.
This is Google's second strategic investment in a
telecom access firm. In July 2020, it had picked
up a 7.73% stake in Jio Platforms for $4.5 billion.
While Jio was valued at Rs 4.36 trillion, the $700
million investment values Bharti Airtel at Rs 4.1
trillion.
The deal with Bharti and earlier with Jio is part of
Google's India Digitisation Fund through which it
has committed to invest $10 billion over 5 to 7
years.
71. 4
L&T Tech first to obtain captive 5G spectrum
directly, deploy solutions globally for parent
group. To build use cases on the technology, it
will obtain spectrum to set up a 5G non-public
network.
To deliver 5G automation services and speedy
integration of open radio access network
products, the company has entered into a
partnership with network software provider
Mavenir, with which they will go to market
together. L&T Tech CEO and MD : Amit Chadha.
72. 3
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi unveiled
'SPRINT Challenges', aimed at giving a boost to
the usage of indigenous technology in Indian
Navy, during Naval Innovation and Indigenisation
Organisation (NIIO) seminar 'Swavlamban' in
New Delhi.
In a bid to achieve 'Aatmanirbharta' in defence
and as part of 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav', NIIO,
in conjunction with the Defence Innovation
Organisation (DIO), aims to induct at least 75
new indigenous technologies/products into the
Indian Navy. This collaborative project is named
SPRINT {Supporting Pole-Vaulting in R&D
through Innovations for Defence Excellence
(iDEX), NIIO and Technology Development
Acceleration Cell (TDAC)}.
The Raksha Mantri appreciated the Indian Navy
for playing a pioneer role in this endeavour by
making remarkable progress in surface, sub-
surface and air domains; setting up an 'in-house-
ship-design-organisation' and transforming
itself from a 'Buyer's Navy' to a 'Builder's Navy'.
He described the ever-increasing indigenous
content in warships as a testament to Indian
Navy's unwavering commitment towards
'Aatmanirbhar Bharat', saying that it is a matter
of great pride for the Nation that the shipyards
and the industries are together developing the
capacity and capability of the Armed Forces.
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Chief of the Naval Staff (India)- Admiral R. Hari
Kumar
Shri Rajnath Singh informed the Prime Minister
that in line with the 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat'
campaign, the Indian Navy spent over 64% of its
capital budget in domestic procurement in the
last financial year and it is expected to increase
to 70% in the current financial year. With active
participation of the private sector, MSMEs and
start-ups, innovation in the defence sector is
being promoted through several projects under
the iDEX initiative and 'Technology Development
Fund'. The Raksha Mantri highlighted that due to
these efforts, Indian Navy has developed
necessary capabilities to not only safeguard
India's maritime interests, but also of its friendly
countries in line with the Prime Minister's vision
of 'Security and Growth for all in the Region'
(SAGAR).
73. 2
NITI Aayog and the World Food Programme
(WFP), India, will launch the 'Mapping and
Exchange of Good Practices' initiative for
mainstreaming millets in Asia and Africa. NITI
and WFP will prepare a compendium of good
practices for scaling up the production and
consumption of millets in India and abroad.The
event will be inaugurated by NITI Aayog Vice
Chairman Suman Bery. NITI Aayog's CEO-
Parameswaran Iyer
74. 1
JNP has become the first major port of the
country to become a 100% Landlord port having
all berths being operated on the PPP model.
Currently, five container terminals are operated
at JNP, of which only one is port owned. With its
state-of-the-art facilities JNP meets all the
international standards, user-friendly
atmosphere, and excellent connectivity by rail
and road.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) at
Navi Mumbai is a premier port in India.
JNP is one of the leading container ports of the
country and is ranked 26th among the top 100
global ports (as per Lloyds List Top 100 Ports
2021 Report).Â
The PPP mode of investment in Indian ports has
made remarkable progress in the last 25 years,
beginning from the Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP),
resulting in capacity addition and productivity
improvement. The sustainability of the first
agreement between the concessioning authority
and concessionaire on PPP mode, which has
completed its 25th year of success.
Currently JNPA operates five container
terminals: The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container
Terminal (JNPCT), the Nhava Sheva International
Container Terminal (NSICT), the Gateway
Terminals India Pvt. Ltd. (GTIPL), Nhava Sheva

International Gateway Terminal (NSIGT), and the
newly commissioned Bharat Mumbai Container
Terminals Private Limited (BMCT).
75. 3
Tamil Nadu tops the list of states so far as
utilisation of funds under the government's
flagship Smart City Mission is concerned. While
Tamil Nadu has spent over Rs 3932 crore out of
the Rs 4333 crore released by the Centre, Uttar
Pradesh is at second position with utilisation of
Rs 2699 cr out of the Central share release of Rs
3142 crore.
76. 3
RBI has stipulated a minimum net worth of Rs 2
crore for Tier 1 UCBs operating in single district
and Rs 5 crore for all other UCBs (of all tiers).
The minimum CRAR requirement for Tier 1 banks
is retained at the present prescription of 9%
under current capital adequacy framework based
on Basel-1 rules.
The RBI decision is based on the report
submitted by NS Viswanathan Committee on
UCBs.
• For Tier 2, Tier 3 and Tier 4 UCBs, while
retaining the current capital adequacy
framework, it has been decided to revise the
minimum CRAR to 12% so as to strengthen
their capital structure, the RBI said.
• The increase in CRAR requirement is reasonable
as these UCBs do not have full capital charge for
market risk and currently maintain no capital
charge for operational risk," it said. As per the
data reported by the banks as on March 31,
2021, most of UCBs have CRAR more than 12%
(1274 banks out of 1534).
• Further, the banks that do not meet the revised
CRAR will be provided with a glide path of three
years for achieving the same in a phased
manner. Accordingly, these banks will have to
achieve a CRAR of 10% by the financial year
ended March 31, 2024, 11% by March 31, 2025
and 12% by March 31, 2026.
• In order to boost growth opportunities in the
sector, the RBI has decided to introduce
automatic route for branch expansion to UCBs
which meet the revised Financially Sound and
Well Managed (FSWM) criteria and permit
them to open new branches up to 10% of the
number of branches as at the end of the previous
financial year. While the branch expansion
proposals under the prior approval route will also
continue to be examined as hitherto, the process
will be simplified to reduce the time taken for
granting approvals for opening new branches.
• In respect of housing loans, it has decided to
assign the risk weights on the basis of loan-to-
value (LTV) ratio alone which would result in
capital savings. This will be applicable to all Tiers
of UCBs. Revaluation Reserves will be considered
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for inclusion in Tier-I capital subject to applicable
discount on the lines of scheduled commercial
banks.
• In order to examine the issues concerning
recommendation for capital augmentation under
the provisions of Section 12 of the Banking
Regulation Act, 1949 (as amended) "
applicable to co-operative societies " a Working
Group comprising the representatives from the
RBI, SEBI and Ministry of Co-operation,
Government of India has been constituted.
77. 3
Official Currency of Kuwait is Kuwait Dinar.
Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber
Al-Sabah issued a decree to appoint Sheikh
Mohammed Sabah Al Salem as a new Prime
Minister.
The appointment of a new PM comes three
months after former Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah
Al-Khaled Hamad Al-Sabah submitted his
resignation.
78. 2
India's largest public sector lender, State Bank of
India has launched its WhatsApp Banking
services to make banking easier for its
customers. SBI customers can avail certain
banking services using WhatsApp. SBI customers
can get their Account Balance and view Mini
Statement can check their account summary,
reward points, outstanding balance and make
card payments.
Chairperson: Dinesh Kumar Khara
Headquarters: Mumbai
State Bank of India was incorporated on 01 July
1955. The Government of India nationalized the
Imperial Bank of India in the year 1955 with the
Reserve Bank of India taking a 60% stake and
name was changed to State Bank of India. SBI is
the largest state-owned banking and financial
services company in India.
79. 4
Tech giant Microsoft has announced that it is
introducing Viva Engage, a new app in Teams
that helps build community and connection,
along with providing tools for personal
expression. Microsoft Viva is designed to give
employees across multiple roles and functions
what they need to feel connected -- no matter
when or where they work.
80. 4
Kerala was ranked 8 in the overall index.
Karnataka, Telangana and Haryana have been
ranked as the top three states among 17 major
states in Niti Aayog's third innovation index.
States and Union Territories were divided into '17
Major States', '10 North-East and Hill States',

and '9 Union Territories and City States', for
effectively comparing their performance.
Niti Aayog CEO - Parameswaran Iyer.
• Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Bihar have been
ranked at the bottom of the index among major
states. Karnataka topped the index for the third
year in a row.
• According to the index, Karnataka's high score
can be attributed to its peak performance in
attracting FDI and a large number of venture
capital deals.
• Uttar Pradesh and Haryana have registered
significant gains in promoting an innovative
business environment with a large base of
internet subscribers and a safe ecosystem for
further investment in the region.
• Among Union Territories, Chandigarh topped
the chart, while in the North-East and Hill States
category, Manipur occupied the top spot.
• The average score of North-East and Hill States'
category was 14.41, the index said, adding
that Manipur with a score of 19.37 was at the
top and Nagaland with a score of 11 was at the
bottom.
• The first and second editions of India
Innovation Index were launched in October
2019 and January 2021, respectively.
• According to an official statement, the third
edition strengthens the scope of innovation
analysis in the country by drawing on the
framework of the Global Innovation Index (GII).
• "Among the 17 major states, Karnataka, with a
score of 18.01, is the top performer, followed by
Telangana and Haryana. Chhattisgarh has scored
the least, 10.97. And the average score for the
major states' category is 14.02," the index
showed.The overall index score is 14.56.
81. 2
The NITI Aayog unveiled two important projects:
the E-AMRIT (Accelerated e-Mobility Revolution
for India's Transportation) mobile application to
promote electric mobility and the Report on
Advanced Chemistry Cell Battery Reuse and
Recycling Market in India.
82. 3
Droupadi Murmu became India's 15th President.
She succeeded Ram Nath Kovind and will be the
first Adivasi woman to occupy the country's top
constitutional post.
She is also the country's second female President
after Sh. Pratibha Patil.
She was the first woman Governor of the
Jharkhand state and the first female tribal leader
to serve as a Governor in any Indian state.
83. 1
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced
the exit of its Second Cohort under the
Regulatory Sandbox with cross-border payments
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as the theme. Four entities out of the eight that
were part of the 'Test Phase' were selected by
the reserve bank.All of 4 entities completed the
'Test Phase' of the second cohort.
• According to the RBI, these entities can now
provide their cross-border payment solutions to
regulated entities such as banks and NBFCs.
• Cashfree Payments' product looks to allow
Indian fintech companies to offer the purchase of
shares, exchange-traded funds (ETF) units and
other assets listed on foreign exchanges via
UPI/Net Banking as a feature to Indian investors.
• Fairexpay provides an aggregation platform of
cross-border payment providers for outward
remittance.Â
• NearbyPay allows routing the inward cross-
border remittance to the beneficiary's Aadhaar
number as a virtual bank account by using the
existing Rupee Drawing Arrangement (RDA)
mechanism.
• Lastly, Open, one of India's 22 fintech
unicorns, is a neobank that offers B2B services
such as payment solutions, APIs and payment
gateways that allow for cross-border payments.
• RBI's Cohorts For Fintech Solutions
• RBI has introduced three cohorts to develop
fintech solutions since November 2019.
• RBI's first cohort under the Regulatory Sandbox
was around the theme of retail payments and
was first launched in November 2019. The cohort
received applications from 32 entities of
which six were selected for the 'Test Phase'.
• Some of the entities that were approved in the
first cohort include ToneTag, PaySe, Citycash and
BHIM Voice, among others.
• The latest RBI cohort to close was launched
in December 2020. The second cohort under
the Regulatory Sandbox for cross-border
payments received 27 applications from 26
entities. The central bank only selected eight for
the 'Test Phase', of which four were approved for
cross-border payments.
• The third cohort for MSME Lending is already
underway from the central bank. The cohort,
announced in September 2021, received 22
applications. The 'Test Phase' for the same
started in June 2022 and includes eight
entities.
84. 3
Dinesh Gunawardena was appointed as the new
prime minister of Sri Lanka in July 2022.
Gunawardena has served as a cabinet minister in
previous governments. He has served as the
foreign minister, transport minister and minister
for urban developments and has held several
other roles during his political career which spans
over five decades. Rt. Hon. D. S. Senanayake
was the first PM of Sri Lanka.

85. 3
2022 edition of the Asia Cup , which was
scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka, has been
shifted to the UAE, BCCI president Sourav
Ganguly.
Asia Cup is slated to be held from August 27 to
September 11 and will be played in the T20
format.
86. 4
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on
Friday 22 July conducted the 68th National Film
Awards 2022 and declared actors Suriya and
Ajay Devgn as best actors for their films Soorarai
Pottru and Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
respectively. Aparna Balamurali was named the
best actor in the female category for her work in
'Soorarai Pottru.'
87. 1
Managing director Ravinder Takkar will be
replaced by Akshaya Moondra, Vodafone Idea's
current CFO, as CEO for a period of three years.
Following Balesh Sharma's resignation on August
19, 2019, Sh. Takkar was named MD and CEO
for a term of three years.
88. 3
C.A. Bhavani Devi to be part of 1st Khelo India
Fencing Women's League.The 1st Khelo India
Fencing Women's League is scheduled to start on
July 25 at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium, New
Delhi. To be held over three phases, the first of
its kind national fencing competition for women
will take place until July 29.
It will be held across three phases. While Phase 1
and 2 is scheduled in New Delhi, the final phase
will take place in Patiala.
89. 4
The UITP Executive Board confirmed the
reappointment of Mohamed Mezghani as UITP
Secretary General for a new five-year term.
Mohamed has been the Secretary General of
UITP since 2018, when he began his first term in
January of that year.
UITP (Union Internationale des Transports
Publics) is the International Association of Public
Transport.
90. 1
The record for making the first steel slag road
was set by CSIR " Central Road Research
Institute and ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India.
The 1.2 km road, opened for traffic in May last
year, is the country's first road built using 100%
processed steel slag aggregates.
Surat has become the first city in the country to
get a processed steel slag (industrial waste).
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91. 2
Burhanpur is the only district in the country
where all people from each of 254 villages have
access to safe drinking water through taps.
Only 36.54% of over one lakh households in
Burhanpur had potable drinking water through
tap connections at the time of the launch of Jal
Jeevan Mission on 15th August 2019.
Now 1 lakh 1 thousand 905 rural households
have connections.
92. 1
India's gross expenditure on research and
development (R&D) is one of the lowest in the
world, with just $43 per capita, according to NITI
Aayog's India Innovation Index 2021.
India's gross expenditure on R&D (GERD) as a
percentage of GDP has been consistent and
hovered around 0.7% for about a decade.
This is even lower than Brazil (1.16%), South
Africa (0.83%) and others.
93. 2
Canara Bank launched Canara ai1, its mobile
banking app. The banking app would be a one-
stop solution with more than 250 features to
cater to the banking needs of its customers.
The app is available in 11 languages to cater to
multiple sections of society in their preferred
language.
94. 3
RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹57.75
lakh on Suryoday Small Finance Bank Ltd.
(SSFB) for non-compliance with its directions on
"frauds classification and reporting by
commercial banks and select FIs".
The examination of the Inspection Report (IR)
and all related correspondence pertaining to the
Statutory Inspection of the bank revealed non-
compliance.
95. 3
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) brought
down its FY23 growth forecast for India to 7.2
percent, from 7.5 percent in April this year.
The Bank attributed the revised forecast to
surging food and fuel prices in India. This can
further be linked to ongoing geo-political tensions
and supply-chain disruptions worsening the
economic conditions.
96. 1
India will have a battery storage potential of 600
gigawatt hour (GWh) by 2030 & demand for
electric vehicles, stationary storage & consumer
electronics will mainly drive adoption of battery
storage,a Niti Aayog report said.
It said current deployment of lithium-ion
batteries in India is dominated by consumer

electronics comprising smartphones,laptops,
notebooks & tablets.
97. 3
Olympic Champion Neeraj Chopra clinched Silver
Medal in men's javelin throw final at World
Athletics Championships with a throw of 88.13m.
Anderson Peters becomes only the 2nd man in
history to retain the javelin World Athletics
Championships gold medal.
This is India's only second medal at the World
Championships, the first being a bronze won by
Anju Bobby George in 2003.
98. 1
Eldhose Paul, who had become the first Indian to
qualify for the triple jump final at the World
Championships, was placed 9th. He only had
three jumps, with his highest being 16.79m.
He had to better his personal best of 16.99m in
order to win today.
99. 2
A Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) was
conducted between Japan Maritime Self Defense
Force and Indian Navy in the Andaman Sea.
INS Sukanya, an offshore patrol vessel and JS
Samidare, a Murasame class destroyer,
undertook various exercises including
seamanship activities, aircraft operations and
tactical manoeuvres as part of the operational
interaction.
100. 1
The nation marks Income Tax Day on 24 July
every year. This year marks the 162nd
anniversary of the occasion, also called Aaykar
Diwas.
It was on 24 July 1860 that Income Tax was
introduced in India by Sir James Wilson. In 2010,
the Finance Ministry decided to mark the
existence of this levy by establishing Income Tax
Day on 24 July.
101. 1
World Drowning Prevention Day, declared in April
2021 by General Assembly resolution is held
annually on 25 July. This global advocacy event
serves as an opportunity to highlight the tragic
and profound impact of drowning on families and
communities and to offer life-saving solutions to
prevent it. The UNGA invited WHO for
coordinating actions on drowning prevention
within UN.
According to a World Health Organization report,
an estimated 236,000 people lose their lives
each year by drowning. It is one of the top ten
causes of death for children and adults between
ages 1 and 24. WHO further states that more
than 90% of drowning deaths in low- and
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middle-income countries occur in rivers, lakes,
wells, and domestic water storage vessels.
102. 2
Bill aims at having India's own national measures
for protecting the Antarctic environment as also
the dependent and associated ecosystem. The
main aim is to ensure de-militarization of the
region along with getting it rid of mining or illegal
activities. It also aims that there should not be
any nuclear test / explosion in the region.
The bill is in pursuant to India's accession to
Antarctic Treaty, the Protocol on Environment
Protection (Madrid Protocol) to the Antarctic
Treaty and to the Convention on the
Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living
Resources.
The Bill also proposed to set-up Indian Antarctic
Authority (IAA) under the Ministry of Earth
Sciences, which shall be the apex decision
making authority and shall facilitate programmes
and activities permitted under the Bill. It shall
provide a stable, transparent and accountable
process for the sponsorship and supervision of
Antarctic research and expeditions; ensure the
protection and preservation of the Antarctic
environment; and shall ensure compliance by
Indian citizens engaged in the Antarctic
programs and activities with relevant rules and
internationally agreed standards. Secretary,
Ministry of Earth Sciences will be the Chairperson
of the IAA and the IAA will have official members
from the concerned India Ministries and decisions
will be by consensus.
India today has two operational research stations
in Antarctica named Maitri (Commissioned in
1989) and Bharati (Commissioned in 2012).Â
The Antarctic Treaty was signed at Washington
D.C. on the 1st December, 1959
India signed the Antarctic Treaty on the 19th
August, 1983 and received the consultative
status on the 12th September, 1983.
103. 4
With the Centre launching the "Har Ghar Tiranga"
(hoisting of the flag at every home in the
country) campaign, it has also made changes in
the Flag Code of India 2002 allowing the tricolour
to be flown by the public both day and night.'Har
Ghar Tiranga' will be celebrated from August 13
to 15 as part of the 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' to
commemorate 75 years Independence.
• In a letter to secretaries of all central ministries
and departments, Union home secretary Ajay
Bhalla said the display, hoisting and use of the
Indian national flag is governed by the Flag Code
of India, 2002 and the Prevention of Insults to
National Honour Act, 1971.
• The Flag Code of India, 2002 has been further
amended through an order on July, 20, 2022 and
clause (xi) of paragraph 2.2 of Part-II of the Flag

Code of India, 2002 shall now be read as under:
- (xi) "where the Flag is displayed in open or
displayed on the house of a member of public, it
may be flown day and night"
• Similarly, the government had amended the
provision for material used for producing the
Indian flag by adding machine made and
polyester flags as well. The amendment in
December 2021 said, "The National Flag shall be
made of handspun and hand woven or machine
made, cotton/ polyester/ wool/ silk khadi
bunting."
104. 3
Odisha government has signed an MoU with
International Finance Corporation (IFC) "a
member of the World Bank Group, to support the
implementation of the Asset Monetization &
Recycling Program (AMRP) for the State.
• This programme is a part of a wider World Bank
Group technical assistance to support the State
in monetising existing public sector assets.
• IFC will support the state in screening and
developing a prioritised list of monetisable
brownfield stateÂ-owned assets for select sectors
that can be further screened to identify and
define bankable pilot projects which may be
taken to the market to attract private sector
investments.
105. 1
Grammy and Oscar-winning music composer AR
Rahman has come up with the 'Vanakkam
Chennai' (Welcome Anthem) for the upcoming
International Chess Olympiad, 2022.
This year, the Fédération Internationale des
Échecs will organise the 44th International
Chess Olympiad in Chennai, the capital of Tamil
Nadu.
106. 1
Gross non performing assets(GNPAs) of
scheduled commercial banks(SCBs) fell to a six-
year low of 5.9% in March 2022 and could fall
further to 5.3% by March 2023, according to the
Financial Stability Report of the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) for June.
Further,the Capital to Risk-weighted Assets
Ratio(CRAR) rose to a new high of 16.7% in
March 2022.
107. 3
World Bank has appointed Indian national
Indermit Gill as its Chief Economist and Senior
Vice President for Development Economics. Gill
will succeed American economist Carmen
Reinhart in the role and his appointment will be
effective September 1, 2022.
Gill is currently Vice President for Equitable
Growth, Finance, and Institutions.
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Indermit Gill will be the second Indian, after
Kaushik Basu, to become the chief economist of
World Bank, the international financial institution
that grants loan to middle and lower-income
countries.
World Bank President David Malpass.
108. 2
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the
lending arm of the European Union (EU), has
joined the India-led Coalition for Disaster
Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) as part of efforts
to limit damage caused by climate change.
EIB has also announced plans to double its
annual investments in India from the current
level of about €500 million in the next two
years.
CDRI was launched at the UN Climate Action
Summit in 2019.
109. 1
Sweden's Armand Duplantis added a new world
record to his pole vault world title, clearing
6.21m in a virtuoso performance at the World
Athletics Championships 2022 in Oregon
The 22-year-old Olympic champion had gold
secured with a first-time clearance of 6m. None
of his rivals managed higher than 5.94m.
Duplantis then beat his own world record of
6.20m - set in Belgrade in March - at the second
attempt.
110. 3
"The Life and Times of George Fernandes",
written by Rahul Ramagundam, was released
under Penguin's 'Allen Lane' imprint on July 25.
This "first comprehensive biography" on the
veteran socialist leader, widely considered an
anti-Emergency hero, marks the 47th
anniversary of the Emergency.
111. 3
ONGC signed an MoU with Greenko Pvt Ltd to
jointly pursue opportunities in renewables, green
hydrogen, green ammonia, and other derivatives
of green hydrogen. This will contribute toward
India's target of producing 5 million tonnes of
Green hydrogen per annum by 2030. This MoU is
in line with the National Hydrogen Mission of
India.
112. 2
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut
its gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast
for India for the current financial year by 80
basis points to 7.4%. Similarly, for FY24, the
growth forecast now stands at 6.1 percent as
against 6.9% earlier. IMF's latest growth forecast
for India is only marginally higher than that of
the RBI's projection of 7.2%.

113. 3
Competition Commission of India (CCI)cleared
Axis Bank-Citi deal, one of India's largest
financial agreements.
Axis Bank will acquire Citi's credit cards, personal
loans, and wealth management businesses in a
Rs 12,325 crore deal, set to be the biggest yet in
India's financial sector. Deals beyond a certain
threshold require approval of the Competition
Commission of India (CCI), which keeps a tab on
unfair business practices across sectors.
114. 2
Tata Advanced Systems successfully delivered
indigenously developed Quick Reaction Fighting
Vehicle to Indian Army
Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) said that
the induction of the Quick Reaction Fighting
Vehicle-Medium (QRFV) will enhance the
operational capabilities of the Indian Army in
future conflicts.
The induction of these vehicles will enhance the
operational capabilities of the Army. This 'fire &
fury' vehicle has been developed by Tata
Advanced Systems.
115. 3
Airports Authority of India (AAI) has awarded 14
water aerodromes under the UDAN scheme
across the country. This information was given
by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil
Aviation, V. K. Singh.
A water aerodrome is an area of open water that
can be used by seaplanes as well as amphibious
aircraft to land and take off.
116. 2
India's Ramsar Sites Tally Rises To 54 As Five
More Indian Wetlands Get Recognition.
The new sites are Karikili Bird Sanctuary,
Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest, and
Pichavaram Mangrove in Tamil Nadu; Sakhya
Sagar in Madhya Pradesh, and Pala Wetland in
Mizoram.
Sh. Bhupender Yadav made the announcement
on 26 July, which happens to mark the
International Day for the Conservation of the
Mangrove Ecosystem.
117. 3
RBI Under Section 45 IA of the Reserve Bank of
India Act, 1934, has granted Certificate of
Registration to the Ajay Piramal-led Piramal
Enterprises Ltd (PEL) to commence the business
of non-banking financial institution without
accepting public deposits.
Back in 2021, the company made an application
to the RBI for an NBFC license.
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118. 2
The fifth largest Public Sector Bank in India , the
Union Bank has set "RACE" " grow RAM (retail,
agriculture and MSME) loans, improve Asset
quality, increase CASA (current account, savings
account deposits) and increase Earnings " as its
goal for the year.
A Manimekhalai - MD & CEO of Union Bank of
India (UBI)
119. 3
Sebestian Vettel won all four of his
championships with Red Bull between 2010 and
2013 and is third on the all-time list of Grand
Prix winners with 53 victories.
Only Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher
have more titles than him.
He is set to retire at the end of the 2022 F1
season with Aston Martin.
Sebastian Vettel is a German racing driver who
competes in Formula One for Aston Martin.
120. 2
Maritime history was created with the Indian
Navy taking delivery of the prestigious
Indigenous Aircraft Carrier Vikrant, built by the
Cochin Shipyard. The Commanding Officer
Designate of Vikrant, Commodore Vidyadhar
Harke and the Chairman and Managing Director
of Cochin Shipyard Madhu S Nair signed the
documents relating to the delivery of the vessel.
• The name of India's first Aircraft Carrier was
also INS Vikrant which played a vital role in the
1971 war. It was decommissioned in  1997
after 36 years of glorious service to the Navy.Â
• Built at an overall cost of close to Rs 20,000
crores, the project has been progressed in three
Phases of contract between MoD and CSL,
concluded in May 2007, Dec 2014 and Oct 2019.
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121. 3
The Govt. of India had launched "Project Tiger"
on 1st April 1973 to promote conservation of the
tiger. Project Tiger has been the largest species
conservation initiative of its kind in the world.
International Tiger Day is observed every year all
over the world on July 29. The objective of the
day is to raise awareness among individuals,
organisations, and governments about the
importance of the conservation of tigers. As per
World Wildlife Fund, approximately 95 percent of
the population of tigers has declined in the last
150 years.
• Since tigers were on the verge of extinction, a
number of countries signed an agreement at the
Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit in Russia to
prevent the situation from worsening.
• It was in 2010, at the Tiger Conference in St.
Petersburg, Russia, that the idea of 'International

Tiger Day' came p and it was decided that it
would be celebrated every year on 29 July.
 • With this, Gujarat has become the first state in
122. 4
In April 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi
launched a project named iDEX (Innovations for
Defence Excellence), billed as the Ministry of
Defence's (MoD's) flagship for technological
innovation. iDEX was to encourage start-ups and
provide them a platform for co-creation and co-
development in defence and aerospace
technology. In July i DEX signed its 100th
project.
iDEX is funded and managed by the "Defence
Innovation Organization" (DIO), which is a 'not
for profit' company as per Section 8 of
the Companies Act 2013. Its founder members
are the two biggest defence public sector
undertakings (DPSUs):Â Hindustan
Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and Bharat Electronics
Ltd (BEL).
 Cell) Battery Storage.
123. 4
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel
to the Uzbek capital Tashkent on a two-day (July
28-29) visit to attend a foreign ministerial
conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO).
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Russian
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and their
Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto are also
expected to attend the SCO meet.
• The SCO is an influential economic and security
bloc and has emerged as one of the largest
transregional international
organisations. India and Pakistan became
its permanent members in 2017.
• The SCO was founded at a summit in Shanghai
in 2001 by the presidents of Russia, China, the
Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and
Uzbekistan. India has shown a keen interest in
deepening its security-related cooperation with
the SCO and its Regional Anti-Terrorism
Structure (RATS), which specifically deals with
issues relating to security and defence.
• India was made an observer at the SCO
in 2005 and has generally participated in the
ministerial-level meetings of the grouping, which
focus mainly on security and economic
cooperation in the Eurasian region.
124. 4
The Bhupendra Patel-led Gujarat government has
announced a dedicated 'Gujarat Semiconductor
Policy 2022-27' with a view to generate at least
2,00,000 new employment opportunities during a
period of five years. In addition, the state
proposes to develop a special "Semicon City"
which would be part of the Dholera Special
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Acharya Devvrat.
the country to have dedicated semiconductor
policy.Â
• In the new policy the state government has
decided to give heavy subsidies on power, land
and water tariffs for entrepreneurs interested in
investing in semiconductors or display fabrication
manufacturing in the state.
• According to a state government, the main
objective of the policy is to make Gujarat a
pioneer in developing the Electronics System
Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) ecosystem.
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125. 5
The government has signed a programme
agreement with Reliance New Energy Limited,
Ola Electric Mobility Private Limited and Rajesh
Exports Limited under the PLI (Production Linked
Incentive) Scheme for ACC (Advanced Chemistry
126. 3
Parle Topped Rankings for Most Chosen FMGG
Brands in India for the 10th year in a row:
Kantar India Report
127. 1
Mirabai Chanu clinches India's 1st gold medal of
Commonwealth Games 2022, shatters Games
record in women's weightlifting
128. 4
The fourth Edition of India Oman Joint Military
Exercise AL NAJAH-IV between contingents of
Indian Army and the Royal Army of Oman is
scheduled to take place at the Foreign Training
Node of Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan
129. 4
Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated two of
NTPC's green projects to the nation NTPC
Ramagundam Floating Solar Project (100 MW) in
Telangana and NTPC Kayamkulam Floating Solar
Project (92 MW) in Kerala.
130. 3
Astronomers have for the first time discovered
the heaviest known neutron star named as black
widow, an object that forms when the core of a
massive star undergoes gravitational collapse at
the end of its life. The star is spinning so fast
that it has shredded and consumed nearly the
entire mass of its companion star to emerge as
the heaviest known.
Neutron stars are unique formations in space
that have about 1.3 to 2.5 solar masses (mass of
the sun) into a city-sized sphere perhaps 20
kilometers. According to Nasa, Matter is packed

so tightly that a sugar-cube-sized amount of
material would weigh more than 1 billion tons,
about the same as Mount Everest.
131. 3
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Rs
6,062.45-crore World Bank assisted central
government programme Raising and Accelerating
MSME Performance (RAMP) scheme for MSMEs,
three months after it was approved by the
Cabinet chaired by PM Modi. The five-year RAMP
scheme will begin in the current financial year
2022-23 even as it was announced back in 2020
by the government and the World Bank to
support Covid-hit MSMEs in their business
recovery.
PM Modi launched the scheme at the 'Udyami
Bharat' programme at Vigyan Bhawan in New
Delhi.
PM Modi also launched the 'Capacity Building of
First-Time MSME Exporters' (CBFTE) scheme to
boost the quality of MSME products and services
to match international standards for the global
market. The move is intended to help MSMEs
improve their participation in the global value
chain and realise export potential.
132. 2
NITI Aayog & World Food Program launch 'Take
Home Ration-Good Practices across the
State/Union Territories' report.
Report presents a set of good and innovative
practices adopted in the implementation of the
Take Home Ration value chain by the States and
UTs.
Government of India provides Take Home Ration
under the Supplementary Nutrition component of
the Integrated Child Development Services
(ICDS) to fill the gap in nutrition among children
as well as pregnant and lactating women (PLW).
World Food Programme is the food-assistance
branch of the UN based in Italy.
133. 4
PM Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the new
smart 'Spark.NXT' campus of Bosch India, a
leading supplier of technology and services in
Bengaluru.
The Spark.NXT campus will provide inspiring
working conditions for associates to focus on the
development of user-centric innovations for a
better quality of life in India.
134. 4
Seven states - Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat,
Haryana, Karnataka, Punjab, Telangana and
Tamil Nadu - were categorised as 'top achievers'
in the Ease of Doing Business ranking of states
and union territories, according to the Business
Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) 2020 report released
by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
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135. 4
Postponed several times due to different reasons,
the National Games will be held in multiple cities
in Gujarat in September 27- October 10 this
year, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA)
Secretary General Rajiv Mehta announced.
The Games will be held in five or six cities in
Gujarat, including Ahmedabad.
136. 4
Government has transformed the Banks Board
Bureau (BBB), the headhunter for directors of
state-owned banks and financial institutions, into
the Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB)
by making some amendments.
Sources said the Appointments Committee of the
Cabinet (ACC) has also approved the
appointment of Bhanu Pratap Sharma, former
Chairman, BBB as initial chairperson of FSlB for a
term of two years. Other members of the
headhunter are Animesh Chauhan, former
Chairman and Managing Director of erstwhile
Oriental Bank of Commerce, RBI's ex-executive
director Deepak Singhal and Shailendra
Bhandari, former MD of erstwhile ING Vysya
Bank.
137. 2
Iran and Argentina have applied to join the
BRICS grouping, that account for more than 40
per cent of the world's population and about 26
per cent of the global economy.
BRIC was coined by Goldman Sachs economist
Jim O'Neill in 2001 to describe the startling rise
of Brazil, Russia, India, and China. The BRIC
powers had their first summit in 2009 in Russia.
South Africa joined BRIC in 2010.
138. 1
In a major breakthrough, DRDO successfully
carried out the maiden flight of the Autonomous
Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator from the
Aeronautical Test Range, Chitradurga, Karnataka.
Powered by a small turbofan engine, the
unmanned aerial vehicle is designed and
developed by Aeronautical Development
Establishment (ADE), Bengaluru, a premier
research laboratory of DRDO.
139. 4
The gross GST revenue collected in the month of
June 2022 is Rs.144,616 crore of which CGST is
Rs.25,306 crore, SGST is Rs.32,406 crore, IGST
is Rs.75887 crore and cess is Rs.11,018 crore.
The gross GST collection in June 2022 is the
second highest collection next to the April 2022
collection of Rs.1,67,540 crore.

140. 4
World Bank has approved loans totalling $1.75
billion to fund India's PM Ayushman Bharat
scheme and private investment to boost
economic growth.
Of the total loan, $1 billion will go towards the
health sector, while the rest $750 million will be
in the form of development policy loan (DPL) to
fill the financing gaps through private sector
investment in the economy.
141. 1
In a crackdown on narcotic substances, Railway
Protection Force(RPF) recovered various narcotic
products, including designer drugs, valued at
over Rs 7.40 crore last month and arrested 165
people with Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances(NDPS).
RPF started a month-long pan-India drive against
smuggling of narcotics through rail, named
Operation 'NARCOS' in the month of June.
The RPF has been empowered to conduct search,
seizure and arrest under the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act since April
2019 and has been actively participating in the
efforts of the government to restrict this illegal
trade.
142. 1
'Mitigation and Management of COVID-19:
Compendium of Ayush-Based Practices from
Indian States and Union Territories' released by
NITI Aayog is a compendium about Ayush-based
practices from States and Union territories
detailing information about various Ayush-based
initiatives and practices adopted by the States
and Union territories in India for containing and
managing the COVID-19 outbreak.
143. 3
Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah bludgeoned a
hapless Stuart Broad for 29 runs to create a
world record for maximum runs off a single over
in Test cricket, beating the legendary Brian
Lara's feat by one run.
Broad, who had also been hit for six sixes in an
over by Yuvraj Singh in the inaugural World T20
in 2007, gave away 35 runs in the 84th over of
the Indian first innings in the fifth rescheduled
Test. There were six extra runs " five wides and a
no-ball.
The world record stayed with Brian Lara for 18
years -- he had hit South African left-arm spinner
Robin Peterson for 28 runs in a Test match in
2003-04.
Former Australian batter George Bailey had hit
England pacer James Anderson for 28 in 2013
and South African spinner Keshav Maharaj
scored 28 runs off Joe Root in 2020.
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144. 1
Union Home Ministry has amended the Foreign
Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) giving certain
relaxations such as allowing relatives to send
more money to India freely.
The amended rule now allows relatives to send
10 lakh rupees without informing the
government. If the amount exceeds, the
individuals will now have 3 months to inform the
government against 30-days earlier.
145. 3
Karnataka-based Sini Shetty became the Femina
Miss India World 2022 winner at the grand finale
of VLCC Femina Miss India at JIO World
Convention Center in Mumbai.
Rubal Shekhawat of Rajasthan emerged as
Femina Miss India 2022 first runner-up, and
Uttar Pradesh's Shinata Chauhan was named
Femina Miss India 2022 second runner-up.
146. 4
The 2022 NATO Madrid Summit was held in
Madrid, Spain, from June 28 to 30, 2022. This
was the 32nd edition of the summit, since the
first summit held in Paris in 1957.
Twenty-two NATO members agreed to launch the
NATO Innovation Fund, a multi-sovereign
venture capital fund that will invest 1 billion
euros ($1.05 billion) in startups and other
venture capital funds developing emerging
technologies for both civilian and military use.
147. 4
Veteran Bengali filmmaker Tarun Majumdar
passed away in Kolkata at 91.
Notable among his works are 'Kancher Swarga'
(1962), 'Palatak' (1963), 'Kuheli' (1971),
Shriman Prithviraj (1972), 'Balika Badhu' (1976),
'Thagini' (1974), 'Ganadevata' (1978), Dadar
Kirti (1980), 'Bhalobasa Bhalobasa' (1986).
Majumdar, who received Padma Shri in 1990,
has five Filmfare awards to his credit.
148. 2
India's merchandise trade deficit surged to a new
high of $25.6 billion in June amid slowing
demand for Indian exports and rising imports of
gold, coal and crude oil.
Exports grew 16.8 per cent year-on-year to $38
billion in June while imports jumped 51 per cent
to $63.6 billion, according to the preliminary data
released by the commerce ministry.
149. 2
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a 30-foot-
tall bronze statue of Alluri Sitarama Raju at
Bhimavaram in Andhra Pradesh as the year-long
celebrations of the freedom fighter's 125th birth
anniversary.

Raju is believed to have been born in present-
day Andhra Pradesh in 1897 or 1898. He is said
to have become a sanyasi at the age of 18, and
gained a mystical aura among the hill and tribal
peoples with his austerity, knowledge of
astrology and medicine, and his ability to tame
wild animals.
The Rampa or Manyam Rebellion of 1922
continued in the form of a guerrilla war until May
1924, when Raju, the charismatic 'Manyam
Veerudu' or Hero of Jungle, was finally captured
and executed.
150. 1
RBI said it has launched the next round of its
order books, inventories and capacity utilisation
survey (OBICUS) of manufacturing companies,
results of which provide valuable inputs for
monetary policy formulation.
The 58th round of the OBICUS is for April - June
2022 period.
RBI has also launched the 2021-22 round of its
Survey on International Trade in Banking
Services.
151. 3
Justice Uday Umesh Lalit sworn-in as Chief
Justice of India. President Draupadi Murmu
administered him oath as the 49th Chief Justice
of India at Rashtrapati Bhawan. He succeeds
Justice NV Ramana. Justice UU Lalit will be in
office for 74 days, a tenure shorter than average.
Justice Lalit was involved in some landmark
judgements in past and will also handle some
major cases in his tenure as Chief Justice. In
past, he was involved in the landmark judgement
in the Triple Talaq case.
152. 2
Indian Navy's women officers have created
history after they completed the first-ever all-
women independent maritime reconnaissance
and surveillance mission in the North Arabian
Sea onboard a Dornier 228 aircraft. The mission
was carried out by five officers of the Indian
Navy Air Squadron (INAS) 314 based at Naval Air
Enclave at Gujarat's Porbandar.
• The INAS 314 is a frontline Naval Air Squadron
based at Porbandar, Gujarat. This "first-of-its-
kind military flying mission" is expected to pave
the way for women officers in the aviation cadre
to assume greater responsibility and aspire for
more challenging roles.
153. 2
External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar
participated in the ASEAN-India Foreign
Ministers' Meeting at Phnom Penh in
Cambodia.He said, there was strong convergence
on Indo-Pacific, United Nations Convention on
the Law of the Sea connectivity, COVID-19,
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terrorism, cyber security, Ukraine and Myanmar.
He added that digital, health, agriculture
education and green growth.
• The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or
ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in
Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the
ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the
Founding Fathers of ASEAN, namely Indonesia,
Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
Brunei Darussalam then joined on 7 January
1984, Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and
Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30
April 1999, making up what is today the ten
Member States of ASEAN.
• The year 2022 marks 30 years of ASEAN-India
relations and it has been designated as ASEAN-
India Friendship Year by the leaders in October
2021
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154. 4
Increase the policy repo rate under the liquidity
adjustment facility (LAF) by 50 basis points to
5.40 per cent with immediate effect.
Consequently, the standing deposit facility (SDF)
rate stands adjusted to 5.15 per cent and the
marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the
Bank Rate to 5.65 per cent.
GDP growth forecast retained at 7.2%.
The next meeting of the MPC is scheduled during
September 28-30, 2022.
• All members of the MPC " Dr. Shashanka Bhide,
Dr. Ashima Goyal, Prof. Jayanth R. Varma, Dr.
Rajiv Ranjan, Dr. Michael Debabrata Patra and
Shri Shaktikanta Das " unanimously voted to
increase the policy repo rate by 50 basis
points to 5.40 per cent.
• RBI retains CPI inflation forecast at 6.7% for
FY23; July-September seen at 7.1%
155. 4
Russia became India's third-largest coal supplier
in July, with imports rising by over a fifth
compared with June to a record 2.06 million
tonnes, data from Indian consultancy CoalÂmint
showed. Russia has historically been the sixth-
largest supplier of coal to India, behind
Indonesia, South Africa, Australia, and the United
States, with Mozambique and ColoÂmbia. India's
imports from Russia have jumped nearly five
times to over $15 billion ever since Russia
invaded Ukraine. India, the world's second-
largest producer, importer and consumer of coal,
has historically imported more coking coal used
mainly in steelmaking from Russia, with Australia
being the other key supplier.
China is the largest coal-producing country in the
world, with production reaching 3,942 million
tonnes, a 2.5% growth.

156. 1
LinkedIn, the world's largest professional
network, has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Kerala Development and
Innovation Strategic Council (K-DISC) and the
ICT Academy of Kerala (ICTAK) as part of the
Connect Career to Campus (CCC) campaign
under the Kerala Knowledge Economy Mission
(KKEM) initiative.
• Kerala government said this partnership aims to
boost the employability skill among the youth of
Kerala and aggravate relevant jobs for them
using LinkedIn talent insights and learning tools.
• K-DISC is a strategic think-tank and advisory
body constituted by the Government of Kerala.
ICTAK is a Social Enterprise created in a Public
Private Partnership model (PPP) for imparting ICT
skills to the youths of Kerala and is supported by
the government of India, partnered by the
government of Kerala and the IT industry.
157. 2
ISRO will send a small satellite launch vehicle
from Sriharikota. It is a three-stage vehicle with
all solid propulsion stages. The mission is to
launch Earth Observation Satellite, EOS-02, and
a co-passenger satellite, 'Azaadi SAT', into low
earth orbit. The 'Azaadi SAT' is designed by 750
girl students of government schools in rural
areas from Kashmir to Kanyakumari.
158. 1
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for his
victory in the presidential election. He will be the
17th President of the Philippines. Both the
leaders reviewed various areas of bilateral
engagement, and expressed satisfaction at the
rapid growth of co-operation between the two
countries in recent years.
159. 2
The Uttar Pradesh government has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding with Deloitte
India, appointing it as a consultant for achieving
the target of lifting the state's economy to USD 1
trillion. within the next 90 days, Deloitte India is
likely to present a future action plan with a
thorough deliberation after conducting a sector-
wise study.
160. 2
India bagged its second medal in Lawn Bowls
competition at the Commonwealth Games 2022
after the men's fours team, comprising Sunil
Bahadur (lead), Navneet Singh (second),
Chandan Kumar Singh (third) and Dinesh Kumar
(skip), clinched the silver medal in Birmingham.
The Indian team lost to Northern Ireland in the
finals and bagged the second place.
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161. 3
The six of the seven new districts that were
announced are -- Sunderban, Ichhemati,
Ranaghat, Bishnupur, Jangipur, and Behrampur.
One district will be named in Basirhat.
As per Census 2011 figures, almost 4 million
people lived in each of West Bengal's 23 districts
on average " among the highest in the country.
Total number of districts will be now 30.
162. 2
Nallathamby Kalaiselvi was appointed as the
Director General of the Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research (CSIR).
After resuming the chair as director of CSIR, Sh.
Kalaiselvi will now lead the consortium of 38
research institutes in the country.
Kalaiselvi is the successor of former CSIR
director Shekhar Mande, whose tenure ended in
April this year.
163. 2
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro)
said the satellites EOS-02 and Azaadi SAT on
board its maiden Small Satellite Launch Vehicle
"are no longer usable" after the SSLV-D1 placed
them on an elliptical orbit instead of a circular
one.
• The rocket carrying EOS-2 and Azaadisat
satellites lifted off from the first launch pad of
Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at
9.18am, after the countdown for the mission
began at 2:26am.
Features of SSLV
• The SSLV is 34m tall, about 10m less than the
PSLV and it has a vehicle diameter of two metres
as compared to 2.8 metres of PSLV. SSLV has a
lift off mass of 120 tonne while PSLV has 320
tonnes, which can carry payloads upto 1,800
kgs.
• Â SSLV carried Earth Observation Satellite -02
and a co-passenger satellite AzaadiSAT "
developed by the student team of 'Space Kidz
India'.
Significance of SSLV
• The significance of SSLV is that it has the fourth
stage which carries liquid propulsion based
Velocity Trimming Module to place the satellites
into the intended orbit. The rocket comprises
solid fuel to fire the first three stages.
• The Earth Observation Satellite designed by
ISRO, offers advanced optical remote sensing
operating in infra-red band with high spatial
resolution. It belongs to the micro-satellite series
of spacecraft.
• After travelling for about 13 minutes, SSLV is
expected to first place the EOS-02 into the
intended orbit followed by AzaadiSAT which is an
eight kg Cubesat designed by the girl students
from government schools across the country to
mark the 75th Anniversary of Independence.

• The Indian Space Research Organisation has
developed the SSLV to put in low earth orbit
satellites weighing less than 500 kg, which are
much in demand for applications such as earth
observation and providing internet connectivity in
remote areas.
• The primary payload of the first demonstration
flight of SSLV is an earth observation satellite
MicroSat 2A.
• According to ISRO, an SSLV rocket can be
manufactured within a week to meet the
demands of the burgeoning space sector.
• The AzaadiSAT carries 75 different payloads
each weighing around 50 gms. Girl students from
rural regions across the country were provided
guidance by ISRO scientists to build these
payloads which are integrated by the student
team of 'Space Kidz India'.
• The ground system developed by Space Kidz
India would be utilised for receiving the data
from this satellite. ISRO began launching
sounding rockets in 1965 to probe the upper
atmospheric regions and for space research. The
first sounding rocket was launched near
Thiruvananthapuram in November 1963. The
space agency later in 1980 launched the
country's first Satellite Launch Vehicle -3 which
can carry payloads of upto 40kgs. In 1987, ISRO
conducted the first developmental flight of
Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV) with
a payload capacity of upto 150kgs. Later, ISRO
made its first Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle in
September 1993, which was unsuccessful.
However in 1994, ISRO tasted success on the
first successful launch as it emerged to be a
reliable and versatile trusted workhorse. ISRO
conducted the first flight of the Geosynchronous
Satellite Launch Vehicle in 2001 which is the
largest launch vehicle developed by India,
currently under operation. The GSLV has a lift-off
mass of 414.75 tonne.
SSLV-D1 placed the satellites into 356 km x 76
km elliptical orbit, instead of 356 km circular
orbit. Isro cited the failure of the mission to
'failure of a logic to identify a sensor failure and
go for a salvage action caused the deviation'
164. 2
National Handloom Day is observed every year
on August 7 to mark the importance of the
handloom weaving community in India.Prime
Minister Narendra Modi initiated the day in the
year 2015. National Handloom Day has its origin
in the Swadeshi movement of India during British
rule in the year 1905. This was to boost the idea
of self-help and self-reliance on Indian goods.
165. 2
South Korea launched its first lunar orbiter,
which is expected to reach the Moon by mid-
December. Nicknamed Danuri, meaning "enjoy
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the Moon", the Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter was
launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape
Canaveral in Florida by Elon Musk's aerospace
company SpaceX.
166. 2
The exercise named "Skylight" was conducted
from July 25 to July 29. In a five-day-long
satellite communication exercise, the Indian
Army has tested all of its space-based assets to
ensure their operational readiness. The Army is
utilising the services of a number of satellites
belonging to the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO).
167. 2
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama was honoured
with the 'dPal rNgam Duston' award the highest
civilian honour of Ladakh"for his immense
contribution to humanity especially to UT. The
sixth award was conferred by Ladakh
Autonomous Hill Development Council Leh which
celebrated the 'dPal rNgam Duston' with great
fervour on the occasion of its foundation day of
Sindhu Ghat.
168. 1
Sri Lankan spin sensation Prabath Jayasuriya and
England's emerging all-rounder Emma Lamb
were voted ICC player of the month for July
2022.
Jayasuriya made his debut in the Test series
against Australia and has picked up 29 wickets
from three games with one four-wicket haul and
as many as four five-wicket hauls.
169. 3
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the
seventh Governing Council meeting of Niti Aayog
at Rashtrapati Bhawan Cultural Centre in New
Delhi. The agenda of the Niti Aayog meeting
includes achieving self-sufficiency in oilseeds and
pulses and agri-communities, National Education
Policy and crop diversification, including other
things.
• NITI Aayog was formed via a resolution of the
Union Cabinet on 1 January 2015.
• The Governing Council of NITI Aayog,
comprising Chief Ministers of all the States and
Union Territories with legislatures and Lt
Governors of other Union Territories, came into
effect on 16 February 2015 via a notification by
the Cabinet Secretariat.Â
• Governing Council have been held under the
chairmanship of the Hon'ble Prime MinisterÂ
170. 3
ONDC (OPEN Network of digital commerce),
which is developing a first-of-its-kind open
network for digital commerce, said US tech giant
Microsoft has onboarded its platform. Microsoft

intends to introduce social e-commerce " group
buying experience " in the Indian market.
Microsoft, among the three largest tech
companies, is the first in its league to announce
onboarding. ONDC was launched earlier this year
by the Department for Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade (DPIIT), with an aim to create an
inclusive e-commerce market and enable all
kinds of sellers and buyers to leverage
digitisation of commerce through its network.
171. 2
The Lok Sabha passed the New Delhi
International Arbitration Centre (Amendment)
Bill, in 2022. The Bill amended the New Delhi
International Arbitration Centre Act, 2019. It also
renamed the New Delhi International Arbitration
Centre the India International Arbitration Centre.
172. 2
American legend Serena Williams, winner of 23
Grand Slam titles, has announced her retirement
from professional tennis.
She has been ranked singles world number one
by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for
319 weeks.
Serena has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the
most by any player in the open era, and the
second-most of all time, only behind Margaret
Court's 24.
173. 3
In 2019, Delhi recorded an annual average
PM2.5 concentration of 110 microgram per cubic
metre, the highest among the most-populous
cities in the world, followed by Kolkata (84
microgram per cubic metre), said the report "Air
Quality and Health in Cities" by the State of
Global Air Initiative.
Beijing in China had the highest PM2.5-
attributable death rate of 124 in 2019.
• The report summarizes data on air pollution
exposures and associated health impacts in
7,239 cities (with minimum population of
50,000) from 2010 to 2019. It combines ground-
based air quality data with satellites and models
to produce air quality estimates for cities around
the world.
• PM2.5 refers to fine particles (measuring
2.5 m or less in diameter) that penetrate deep
into the body and fuel inflammation in the lungs
and respiratory tract, leading to the risk of
having cardiovascular and respiratory problems,
including a weak immune system.
174. 2
Bhavani Devi, who became the first Indian fencer
to qualify for the Olympics, won a gold medal at
the Commonwealth Fencing Championship 2022.
She defeated Australia's Veronika Vasileva 15-10
in the finals of senior women's sabre individual
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category. She had also won a gold at the same
event back in 2018, when the tournament took
place in Canberra, Australia.
175. 1
On the occasion of World Biofuel Day, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the 2nd
generation (2G), Ethanol Plant, in Panipat,
Haryana. The 2G biofuel plant has been set up to
strengthen the efforts to boost the production
and usage of biofuels in the country. The ethanol
plant has been developed by Indian Oil
Corporation Ltd. (IOCL), at an estimated cost of
over ₹900 cr.
• Based on state-of-the-art indigenous
technology, the project will turn a new chapter in
India's waste-to-wealth endeavours by utilising
about 2 lakh tonnes of rice straw (parali)
annually to generate around 3 crore litres of
Ethanol annually.
• The project will have zero liquid discharge.
• Through the reduction in the burning of rice
straw (parali), the project will contribute to a
reduction of Greenhouse Gases equivalent to
about 3 lakh tonnes of Carbon Dioxide equivalent
emissions per annum, which can be understood
as equivalent to replacing nearly 63,000 cars
annually on the country's roads.
176. 2
Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar was
sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for a
record eighth time. Mr Kumar was administered
the oath of office by Governor Phagu Chauhan at
a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan in Patna.
RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav was also
sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister for the
second time.
177. 1
Manisha Kalyan and Sunil Chhetri have been
named as the 2021-22 AIFF Women's Footballer
of the Year and the 2021-22 Men's Footballer of
the Year, respectively. While Manisha had won
the Women's Emerging Footballer of the Year for
last season, while this is the 7th time that Sunil
won the award, having last won it in 2018-19.
178. 2
Mr. Jagdeep Dhankar was sworn in as the 14th
Vice President of India. President Droupadi
Murmu administered the oath of office to Mr.
Dhankar at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Mr. Dhankhar
was elected as the Vice President on August the
6th. He secured 74.36 percent, the highest ever
votes received in the last six vice presidential
elections held since 1997.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan is the first Vice-
President of India.

179. 3
Star Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant
was appointed as the brand ambassador of
Uttarakhand by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh
Dhami in a programme organised at Uttarakhand
Sadan in New Delhi.
CM Dhami said that honouring cricketer Rishabh
Pant as Uttarakhand brand ambassador would
inspire youth in the field of sports in the state.
180. 4
Every year, International Youth Day is observed
on August 12 around the globe. The purpose of
the day is to draw attention to a given set of
cultural and legal issues surrounding youngsters.
It also aims to raise awareness about the
challenges and hardships faced by the youth all
across the world.
The theme for 2022's edition of International
Youth Day is "Intergenerational solidarity:
creating a world for all ages."
The focus of International Youth Day for 2022 is
on ageism, an age-based discriminatory
behaviour. Young and older people all face this
issue and often suffer lasting financial and
psychological harm, which impacts society at
large, as well.
181. 2
Over 7% of Indians owned digital currency in the
form of cryptocurrency in 2021, the United
Nations trade and development body UNCTAD
revealed.
UNCTAD highlighted that the use of
cryptocurrencies globally, including the
developing countries, has increased exponentially
during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ukraine topped the list with 12.7% its population
holding such currencies.
UNCTAD: The United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development was established in 1964
as an intergovernmental organization intended to
promote the interests of developing states in
world trade. UNCTAD is the part of the United
Nations Secretariat dealing with trade,
investment, and development issues. Its
headquarters are located in Geneva, Switzerland.
182. 3
Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)
for continuation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-
Urban (PMAY-U) up to 31st December 2024
wherein financial assistance is to be provided for
the completion of already sanctioned 122.69 lakh
houses till 31stMarch 2022.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana " Urban (PMAY-U)
was launched on 25th June 2015.
The scheme is being implemented through four
verticals: Beneficiary Led Construction/
Enhancement (BLC), Affordable Housing in
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Partnership (AHP), In-situ Slum Redevelopment
(ISSR) and Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme
(CLSS). While Govt of India provides financial
assistance, State Govt/UTs implement the
scheme including selection of beneficiaries.
The scheme covers the entire urban area of the
country, i.e., all statutory towns as per Census
2011 and towns notified subsequently, including
Notified Planning/ Development Areas.
183. 4
In the spirit ofAzadikaAmritMahotsav, the
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment,
Government of India, has identified 75 Municipal
Corporations to implement comprehensive
rehabilitation of persons engaged in the act of
begging under "SMILE: Support for Marginalised
Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise"named
as "SMILE-75 Initiative".
Under the SMILE-75 initiative, seventy five (75)
Municipal Corporations in collaboration with
NGOs and other stakeholders willcover several
comprehensive welfare measures for persons
who are engaged in the act of begging with focus
extensively on rehabilitation, provision of medical
facilities, counselling, awareness, education, skill
development, economic linkages and
convergence with other Government welfare
programmes etc.
184. 5
India Meteorological Department (IMD), the
Government of Japan, and United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) announced a
new initiative to accelerate climate action in 10
states and Union Territories across the country.
The initiative will support Nationally Determined
Contribution (NDCs) to achieve net-zero
emissions and ensure climate-resilient
development.
Japan has extended USD 5.16 million in climate
grant to UNDP India for the project.
185. 2
Amazon India has joined hands with the Council
of Handicrafts Development Corporations
(COHANDS) to encourage digital inclusion of over
50,000 artisans and weavers associated with
over 100 craft clusters and specific interventions
across India under the Amazon Karigar program.
The collaboration will impact 55 artisanal clusters
which are funded by MoMSME's SFURTI.
COHANDS is an apex body of 30 Central &State
Govt. Handicrafts Development Corporations.
186. 1
In a major breakthrough, two institutes of Agri
research body ICAR have developed an
indigenous vaccine for Lumpy Skin Disease in
cattle which has spread across many States in
the last few months.

The Centre plans to commercialise this vaccine,
developed by the two institutes of the ICAR, at
the earliest in order to control the Lumpy Skin
Disease (LSD).
ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines
(ICAR-NRCE), Hisar (Haryana), in collaboration
with ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute
(IVRI), Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh has developed a
homologous live-attenuated LSD vaccine "Lumpi-
ProVacInd".
187. 4
Indian Air Force and Royal Malaysian Air Force
(RMAF) are set to participate in a bilateral
exercise named 'Udarashakti.' This is the first
bilateral exercise being conducted between the
two countries. Notably, the Indian Air Force is
participating in the air exercise with Su-30 MKI
and C-17 aircraft while the RMAF will be flying
Su-30 MKM aircraft.
The 4-day-long exercise will give an opportunity
to IAF contingent members to 'share and learn
best practices with some of the best
professionals from RMAF' and also discuss mutual
combat capabilities.
188. 1
Dr Jitendra Singh has launched India's first
Saline Water Lantern which uses the sea water
as the electrolyte between specially designed
electrodes to power the LED lamps.
He unveiled the first-of-its kind lantern named
"Roshni" during a visit to SAGAR ANVESHIKA, a
Coastal Research Vessel, operated and used by
the NIOT, Chennai for coastal research.
Roshini Lamps along with Power Ministry's
schemes like Solar Study Lamps will be driving a
vibrant renewable energy programme aimed at
achieving energy security, energy access and
reducing the carbon footprints of the national
economy.
189. 3
NMDC, Country's largest Iron Ore producer, a
CPSE under Ministry of Steel and FICCI organized
a conference on the Indian minerals and metals
industry on the theme 'Transition Towards 2030
& Vision 2047' on 23rd and 24th August at New
Delhi. The key objective of the event was to have
deliberations on roadmap for minerals & metals
sector to achieve the 'Vision 2047'.
The two-day event was organised in
commemoration of the 75 glorious years of
India's Independence and the ongoing "Azadi Ka
Amrit Mahotsav" in collaboration with the Union
Ministries of Steel and Mines.
190. 2
Tamil Nadu has maximum number of Ramsar
sites which is 14, followed by Uttar Pradesh
which has 10 numbers of Ramsar sites.
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Recently, India has added 11 more wetlands to
the list of Ramsar sites to make total 75 Ramsar
sites covering an area of 13 lakh 26 thousand
677 Hectare in the country in the 75th year of
Independence. Ministry of Environment, Forests
and Climate Change said, the 11 new sites
include, four in Tamil Nadu, three in Odisha, two
in Jammu and Kashmir and one each in Madhya
Pradesh and Maharashtra. Designation of these
sites would help in conservation and
management of wetlands and wise use of their
resources.
During this year itself, a total of 28 sites have
been declared as Ramsar sites. Based on the
date of designation mentioned on Ramsar
Certificate, the number is 19 for 2022 and 14 for
2021.
191. 2
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, one of India's richest
stock market investors, died at the age of 62 on
Sunday in Mumbai, following a cardiac arrest. A
doctor at Breach Candy Hospital, where he was
brought dead at 6.45 am, said the ace investor
had uncontrolled diabetes and kidney problems
Jhunjhunwala's bold bets, investment track
record and passion for investing made him a
revered figure on Dalal Street, where he started
his investment journey in 1985 with just Rs
5,000.
192. 1
Bharti Airtel's shareholders have approved the
re-appointment of Gopal Vittal as managing
director of the company for a period of five years
with effect from February 1, 2023. Over 97 per
cent of total votes polled were in favour of the
resolution, and the same "has been passed with
requisite majority", the telco said in a regulatory
filing on the outcome of its Annual General
Meeting (AGM). The shareholders also approved
a special resolution related to payment of
remuneration to Vittal as managing director and
CEO of the company, with 89.57 per cent votes
in favour and 10.42 per cent against the
proposal.
193. 3
While the country is celebrating Azadi Ka Amrit
Mahotsav " the 75th year of Independence, ISRO
has come up with an innovative idea of
showcasing digital content pertaining to various
ISRO missions in an interactive manner. The
Virtual Space Museum "SPARK" was launched by
Secretary, DOS / Chairman, ISRO on 10.08.2022
for the public use.
194. 3
The "Donyi Polo Airport" airport in Itanagar
would be Arunachal Pradesh's third airport after

Pasighat and Tezu airports, and northeast India's
16th airport.
195. 3
To improve the security of passengers, the
Indian Railway along with the Railway Protection
Force (RPF), have launched a pan-India
operation known as Operation Yatri Suraksha.
Under this initiative, several steps are taken to
provide round-the-clock security to passengers.
196. 3
The Chenab Rail Bridge is an Indian railway steel
and concrete arch bridge between Bakkal and
Kauri in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir,
India. The bridge spans the Chenab River at a
height of 359 m above the river, making it the
world's highest rail bridge.
197. 4
Singapore declared its iconic green site Padang,
from where Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose gave
the slogan of 'Delhi Chalo' in July 1943, as its
75th national monument as the city-state
celebrates its 57th National Day. Indian sepoys
first established their camp sites in Padang when
the British established their outpost on the
island.
198. 2
The Ministry of Tourism, Institute of Hotel
Management Srinagar and Himalayan
Mountaineering Institute (HMI), Darjeeling in a
joint effort displayed a 7500 Sq. Ft Indian
Tricolour at the bank of Dal Lake, Srinagar. This
was as part of celebrating 75 years of
Independence and Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Lt
Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Shri Manoj
Sinha was the Chief Guest.
• The Flag itself was weighing 80-85 kg with
supporting elements. It is pertinent to mention
that Team HMI had displayed the same Flag first
time in Sikkim Himalayas in April 2021 and
subsequently, at Victoria Memorial, Kolkata on
15th Aug 21 and at Statue of Unity, Gujarat on
31 Oct 2021.
• Thereafter, the Flag was displayed at
Antarctica, setting the World Record of Largest
National Flag of any country displayed for the
first time in Antarctica. Now, in line with Govt. of
India's Har Ghar Tiranga campaign and also
Azadi Ka Amrit Mohotsav, the Flag is being
displayed in Srinagar.
199. 2
India gifted a Dornier reconnaissance aircraft to
Sri Lanka to bolster the island nation's capability
to tackle drug trafficking and maritime security
challenges, with the move coming a day ahead of
a controversial visit by a Chinese research
vessel.The aircraft was handed over during a
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special event held at the Sri Lankan Air Force
base at Katunayake.
• Strengthening Sri Lanka's maritime security
came a day ahead of the scheduled arrival of the
Yuan Wang 5, used by China's People's Liberation
Army (PLA) to track satellites and ballistic
missiles, at Hambantota Port.
• This cooperation is envisaged to add further
capability and capacity to Sri Lanka and is in line
with India's vision of Security and Growth for All
in the Region (SAGAR).
200. 1
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor set to be
conferred with France's highest civilian award
Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur. The French
government is honouring him for his writings and
speeches and French Ambassador here
Emmanuel Lenain has written to Tharoor
informing him about the award.
201. 2
Kieron Pollard became the first cricketer to play
600 T20 matches. The former West Indies all-
rounder achieved this feat when his side, London
Spirit, faced off against Manchester Originals
during The Hundred Tournament at Lord's.
Behind him are players Dwayne Bravo (543
matches), Shoaib Malik (472), Chris Gayle (463)
and Ravi Bopara (426).
202. 4
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has
announced new names for variants of the
monkeypox virus that are currently in circulation.
Experts will now refer to the former Congo Basin
clade (group of variants) in Central Africa as
Clade I, and the former West African clade as
Clade II. The latter consists of two sub-clades,
Clade IIa and Clade IIb.
• The monkeypox virus was named when it
was first discovered in 1958. Major variants were
identified by the geographic regions where they
were known to circulate.
• WHO officially declared late July that the
current multi-country monkeypox outbreak
had turned into a public health emergency
of international concern.
203. 2
Researchers from L V Prasad Eye Institute
(LVPEI), Indian Institute of Technology-
Hyderabad (IITH), and the Centre for Cellular
and Molecular Biology (CCMB), have collaborated
to develop a 3D-printed cornea from the human
donor corneal tissue.
They have successfully 3D-printed an artificial
cornea and transplanted it into a rabbit eye.
• With recent advancements in regenerative
medicine and tissue engineering, the researchers
from LVPEI, IITH and CCMB used decellularised

corneal tissue matrix and stem cells derived from
the human eye to develop a unique biomimetic
hydrogel (patent pending) that was used as the
background material for the 3D-printed cornea.
204. 4
State Bank of India announced the launch of its
first "state-of-the-art" dedicated branch for
startups in the country in Bengaluru, to facilitate
and support them. The branch was launched by
SBI Chairman Dinesh Khara. The branch would
also be catering to all the requirements of the
private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC)
funds and the Alternative Investment Fund (AIF).
The branch has also entered into MOUs with the
government of Karnataka initiatives like
Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society
(KITS) and Karnataka Digital Economy Mission
(KDEM) to support the entire start-up ecosystem
in the state of Karnataka.
205. 4
Defence forces, RBI and Prime Minister of India
are the three most trusted institutions in the
country, according to a survey by Ipsos India.
The Supreme Court of India came fourth and it
was followed by CBI. Defence Forces with at
least 2 in 3 (65 per cent of respondents)
reposing faith in them was ranked first, followed
by Reserve Bank of India with 1 in 2 (50 per
cent).
Prime Minister of India as an institution was at
the third spot with 49 per cent citizens
206. 3
Insurance regulator IRDAI has invited entities to
develop technology-driven innovative solutions
for automated death claim settlement, curtail
miss-selling, and other areas of the insurance
ecosystem, with an aim to protect the interest of
policyholders, As part of its first hackathon --
Bima Manthan 2022 -- with the theme
'Innovation in Insurance'.
207. 4
India's booming seafood sector will soon be on
display in all its glory as the 23rd edition of the
India International Seafood Show (IISS) will be
held in Kolkata from February 15-17 next
year.The Marine Products Export Development
Authority (MPEDA) has collaborated with the
Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI) to
organise the show.
208. 4
HDFC Bank has announced the launch of a new
campaign titled 'Vigil Aunty'. It aims to
encourage people across the country to practise
safe banking habits.
Anuradha (Anu) Menon will be the protagonist of
this campaign. Through a series of videos, reels,
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chat shows, Menon, as Vigil Aunty, will be
creating awareness on safe banking do's and
don'ts.
This will complement the bank's 'Mooh Band
Rakho' campaign.
209. 4
Ministry of Civil Aviation's flagship program
Regional Connectivity Scheme UDAN (Ude Desh
ka Aam Nagrik) has completed 5 years of
success since the launch of its first flight by the
Prime Minister on 27th April 2017. The scheme
was initiated on 21st October 2016.
With 425 new routes initiated under the scheme,
UDAN has provided air connectivity to more than
29 States/ UTs.
• In the last five years, UDAN has significantly
increased the regional air connectivity in the
country. There were 74 operational airports in
2014. Because of the UDAN scheme this number
has increased to 141 by now.
• Â More than one crore passengers have availed
the benefits of this scheme as on 4th August
2022.
• The scheme has also provided a much-needed
platform to the regional carriers to scale up their
operations.
210. 3
The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has
published a field guide dealing with 1,331 avian
species found in the country.
It highlights quality photographs of birds unlike
other books that mainly used drawings.
Though a wide variety of bird species are found
in the country, the number of bird enthusiasts in
the country is well below many European
countries.
ZSI Director Dhriti Banerjee;
HQ:Kolkata
211. 2
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on August
12th interacted with the sportspersons from
three Armed Forces who participated in the
recently-concluded Commonwealth Games 2022
in Birmingham.
India finished 4th in the medal tally with 22 Gold,
16 Silver and 23 Bronze medals and with a total
of 61 medals at the Commonwealth Games.
212. 4
Capital markets regulator Sebi has restructured
its advisory committee on Investor Protection
and Education Fund (IPEF). The panel is
mandated to recommend investor education and
protection activities that may be undertaken
directly by the markets regulator, or through any
other agency, for utilisation of the Sebi Investor
Protection and Education Fund.

The eight-member committee will now be chaired
by Monika Halan
213. 1
ICICIdirect, one of India's leading equity houses,
has acquired a web and app-based networking
platform for the investor community" Multipie.
The platform enables investors to discuss,
exchange ideas and share views on stocks and
other investment assets.
The transaction involves acquisition of Multipie
app, technology,brand,domain name, user base
and other related matters.
214. 4
'Dahi-Handi' will now be recognized as an official
sport in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Eknath
Shinde announced.
Maharashtra CM also announced that "Pro-Dahi-
Handi" competitions will also be organised in the
state.
Insurance cover will be Rs 10 lakh if any Govinda
loses his life, and Rs 5 lakh if they get partially
handicapped.
The 'Govindas' will get jobs under the sports
category,".
215. 3
Goa has become the first 'Har Ghar Jal' certified
State and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman
and Diu the first Union Territory in the country.
In this State and UT, people from all the villages
have declared their village as Har Ghar Jal
through a resolution passed by the Gram Sabha.
Jal Jeevan Mission was launched in August 2019.
All two lakh 63 thousand rural households of Goa
and over 85 thousand of Dadra and Nagar Haveli
and Daman and Diu have access to safe drinking
water through tap connection.
Jal Jeevan Mission is a flagship programme of the
Central Government which aims at making
provision of potable tap water supply to every
rural household of the country by 2024.
216. 4
National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission
(NIPAM) has achieved target of imparting
Intellectual Property (IP) awareness and basic
training to 1 million students on 31st July 2022,
ahead of the deadline which was 15 August
2022.
NIPAM, a flagship program to impart IP
awareness and basic training, was launched on 8
Dec 2021 as a part of "Azadi Ka Amrit
Mahotsav''.
3662 Educational Institutions in 28 States and 7
UTs covered
The program is being implemented by
Intellectual Property Office, the Office of
Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade
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Marks (CGPDTM), Ministry of Commerce and
Industry.Â
217. 3
Dr. G.R. Chintala is the Chairman of National
Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
(NABARD) with effect from 27 May 2020.
The Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB)
recommended Mohammad Mustafa as the
Chairman of NABARD.
Mustafa, a 1995 batch IAS officer of the Uttar
Pradesh cadre, served as the Chairman and
Managing Director (CMD) of SIDBI.
The final decision on the recommendation of
FSIB would be taken by the Appointments
Committee of the Cabinet, headed by PM Modi.
218. 3
Arunachal Pradesh successfully launched the first
flight of drone service " 'medicine from the sky'
from Seppa to Chayang Tajo in East Kameng
district.
The pilot project has been funded by the United
States Agency for International Development
(USAID) and executed by Bengaluru-based
startup Redwing Labs.
219. 3
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh unveiled the
statue of renowned Marwari warrior Veer
Durgadas Rathorein Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
On the occasion, Raksha Mantri paid glowing
tributes to veer Durgadas Rathore and described
him as a symbol of social harmony, honesty,
bravery and devotion.
220. 1
The Blue Plaque scheme was established in 1866,
now run by English Heritage, and is attached to a
building in honour of "notable men and women
who have lived or worked" in London.
One of the founding members of the Congress,
Naoroji lived in the Anerley Park house from
1895 to 1904.
In 1886, 1893, & 1906, he presided over the
annual sessions of the Indian National Congress.
In 1867, he established the 'East India
Association'.
• Dadabhai Naoroji was one of the founding
members of Indian National Congress and
notably the first Asian to be in the British
Parliament from 1892-1895 as a Liberal Party
candidate. At a time when the British ruled India,
Naoroji laid the foundation of India's freedom
movement by establishing India's first political
association, the Bombay Association, in 1852.
221. 3
The Cabinet has approved interest subvention of
1.5 per cent on Short Term Agriculture Loan upto
three lakh rupees. The decision has been taken

to ensure adequate credit flow in the agriculture
sector. The interest subvention of 1.5 per cent
will be provided to lending institutions by the
Government.
222. 2
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has signed an
MoU for establishing an office in Kuala Lumpur
(Malaysia). The office in Malaysia will help HAL in
tapping the new business opportunities for
Fighter Lead-in Trainer (FLIT) LCA and other
requirements of Royal Malaysian Air Force
(RMAF) like Su-30 MKM and Hawk upgrades.
223. 3
An Indian Air Force contingent has reached
Australia to participate in Exercise Pitch Black
2022. The exercise is being held in Darwin till the
8th of next month. This is a biennial, multi-
national exercise hosted by the Royal Australian
Air Force.The Indian Air Force contingent
comprises over 100 air warriors, deployed with
four Su-30 MKI fighters and two C-17 aircraft.
224. 3
Industry leader Ratan Tata, on Tuesday launched
Goodfellows, a senior companionship startup that
provides companionship services to senior
citizens.The startup is designed to pair senior
citizens with young graduates to form meaningful
friendships. It provides all the services that a
grandkid would do. Goodfellows will help address
the issue of loneliness or lack of company
225. 3
Shri Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister for
Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and
Dairying,launched the Online Market Place
feature "Aqua Bazar" in the "MatsyaSetu" mobile
app during the 9th general body meeting of the
National Fisheries Development Board. The app
was developed by the ICAR-Central Institute of
Freshwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA). Funded by
Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana
(PMMSY)
226. 1
Maharashtra government will take a loan of
4,000 crore rupees from the Asian Development
Bank (ADB) for setting up medical colleges in 12
districts of the state. There are 12 districts in the
state without a single medical college.
These districts include Jalgaon, Satara, Alibaug,
Sindhudurg, Usmanabad, Parbhani, Amravati,
Ratnagiri, Gadhchiroli, Bhandara and Ambernath.
227. 2
17-year-old Haryana wrestler Antim Panghal has
become the first Indian woman wrestler to win
Gold medal at Under-20 World Wrestling
Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria. She scored an
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8-0 win over Atlyn Shagayeva of Kazakhstan in
53kg category to achieve this feat.
This gold medal is historic is India has never won
any gold medal in women's wrestling at U20
World Championships
Antim Panghal belongs to Haryana's Bhagana
village in the Hisar district.
Sonam Malik and Priyanka won silver medals in
62 kg and 65 kg respectively
228. 3
Union government has awarded Geographical
Indication tag to Mithila Makhana. With this
growers will get the maximum price for their
premium produce. Over five lakh farmers of
Mithila region of Bihar will be benefitted from this
decision. Once a product gets this tag, any
person or company cannot sell a similar item
under that name. This tag is valid for a period of
10 year
229. 3
Full service Vistara emerged as the second
biggest airline by domestic market share in July
with a 10.4% pie of the sky, distantly second to
the market leader IndiGo at 58.8%, according to
DGCA data.SpiceJet had the highest occupancy
on domestic flights at 84.7% last month,
followed by Vistara at 84.3%.
Vistara is a 51:49 joint venture between the Tata
Group and SIA. Vinod Kannan - CEO Vistara
230. 1
Manisha Kalyan became the first Indian footballer
to play at the UEFA Women's Champions League
when she made her debut for Apollon Ladies FC
in the European Club competition in Engomi,
Cyprus. In November 2021, the 20-year-old had
become the first ever Indian footballer to score a
goal in the AFC Women's Club Championship.
231. 3
India's third largest private sector bank, Axis
Bank have signed an MoU with Food Corporation
of India (FCI) to provide "Ultima Salary
Package", a best-in-class salary account with
exclusive benefits & features for all its
employees. With this MoU, the Bank has
reinstated its commitment to offering holistic
banking services to the employees of the Public
Sector Undertakings Axis Bank MD & CEO:
Amitabh Chaudhary
232. 1
The Finance Ministry said, the issue price of the
Sovereign Gold Bonds 2022-23 (Series -2).
during the subscription period will be 5,197
rupees per gram. The government in consultation
with the Reserve Bank of India has decided to
allow discount of 50 rupees per gram from the

issue price to those investors who apply online
and the payment is made through digital mode.
233. 3
Dr Jitendra Singh launched India's first truly
indigenously developed Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus
developed by KPIT-CSIR in Pune. Later, Dr
Jitendra Singh inaugurated the Bisphenol-A pilot
plant in CSIR-NCL and said these pilot plants
have successfully demonstrated novel process
technologies developed by NCL under CSIR's
Covid-19 mission program and Bulk Chemicals
mission
• The fuel cell utilizes Hydrogen and Air to
generate electricity to power the bus and the
only effluent from  the bus is water, therefore
making it possibly the most environmentally
friendly mode of transportation. For comparison,
a single diesel bus plying on long distance routes
typically emits 100 tons of CO2 annually and
there are over a million such buses in India.
• the high efficiency of fuel cell vehicles and the
high energy density of hydrogen ensures that the
operational costs in rupees per kilometre for fuel
cell trucks and buses are lower than diesel
powered vehicles and this can bring freight
revolution in India. Moreover, Fuel Cell vehicles
also give zero green-house gas emissions. The
Minister lauded the joint development efforts of
KPIT and CSIR-NCL and pointed out that the
technology prowess of Indian scientists and
engineers is no less than the best in the world
and also at much lower costs.
• Dr Jitendra Singh pointed out that about 12-
14% CO2 emissions and particulate emissions
come from diesel powered heavy commercial
vehicles and these are decentralised emissions
and hence difficult to capture. The Minister said,
Hydrogen fuelled vehicles provide an excellent
means to eliminate the on-road emissions from
this sector. He said, India is also aiming to
increase inland waterways for freight and
passenger transport.
• Dr Jitendra Singh said, Bisphenol-A (BPA) is an
important feedstock for the production of epoxy
resins, polycarbonate and other engineering
plastics. He said, the global market for
Bisphenol-A is projected to reach 7.1 Million Tons
by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 2% over the
analysis period 2020-2027. The entire estimated
annual demand of 1, 35,000 tons in India is
imported today. The Minister hoped that CSIR-
NCL's technology will enable import substitution
of this important raw material and help in India's
Atmanirbhar initiative.
• The uniqueness of the process developed by
CSIR-NCL is a novel downstream process
technology, which makes this indigenous
technology competitive with global benchmarks.
The process is ready for technology transfer and
further co-development to commercial scale.
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234. 2
The governments of Punjab and Haryana took a
decision to name the Chandigarh International
Airport after Shaheed Bhagat Singh.
The decision was taken during a meeting held
between Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann
and Haryana Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala.The
₹ 485-crore airport project is a joint venture of
the AAI and the governments of Punjab and
Haryana.
235. 1
In a significant development which would
revolutionize agriculture in the country,
Directorate of Agriculture, Jharkhand and global
blockchain technology company, SettleMint, India
jointly announced the successful launch of seed
distribution to farmers based on blockchain
technology.Jharkhand is 1st to implement
blockchain in the country which is being used to
track seed
• The blockchain platform tracks seed supply
distribution-from issuing of supply orders from
the Directorate of Agriculture, placing of seed
demand by District Agriculture Officer, tracking
seed distribution from empanelled government
seed producing agency to distributors, retailers,
LAMPS/PACS, FPOs and finally to the farmers.
The move to implement blockchain is aimed at
bringing transparency and authenticity of seeds
which the farmers receive under the seed
exchange scheme and other schemes
• It is envisioned to implement blockchain
technology for tracking distribution of seeds,
inputs, implements etc under all the schemes
being implemented by Directorate of Agriculture
like State Seed Distribution Scheme, NFSM,
PMKSY, NHM. This will play a crucial role in the
transparent execution of schemes while doing
away with middlemen as it enables traceability,
real time monitoring and efficient management
of the schemes.
236. 1
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu will publish his
new autobiography on November 22.
The former prime minister's book "Bibi: My
Story" is available for pre-order from Amazon in
Hebrew and in English.
Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is an Israeli politician
who served as the ninth prime minister of Israel
from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021.
237. 4
The Scheme has been approved with an outlay of
Rs. 360 crore for four years from 2022-23 to
2025-26. Namaste is a Central Sector Scheme of
the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
(MoSJE) as a joint initiative of the MoSJE and the
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).

• NAMASTE envisages safety and dignity of
sanitation workers in urban India by creating an
enabling ecosystem that recognizes sanitation
workers as one of the key contributors in
operations and maintenance of sanitation
infrastructure thereby providing sustainable
livelihood and enhancing their occupational
safety through capacity building and improved
access to safety gear and machines.
• Five hundred cities (converging with AMRUT
cities) will be taken up under this phase of
NAMASTE.Â
238. 3
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the
Government of India signed a USD 96.3-million
loan agreement to provide safe drinking water
and improve water supply and sanitation services
in the state of Himachal Pradesh.
ADB's involvement in the project will provide
water management best practices, strengthen
institutional capacity, and guide tariff reform,
said Takeo Konishi.
Takeo Konishi, Country Director for ADB in India.
239. 2
India has nominated the dance form Garba to be
inscribed on UNESCO's intangible cultural
heritage list. UNESCO( United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
Director Eric Falt said that after the inclusion of
'Durga Puja' on the UNESCO intangible cultural
heritage representative last year, India has now
nominated 'Garba' for 2022.
UNESCO Headquarters: Paris, France
Director General- Audrey Azoulay
 India was elected by UNESCO to serve on the
distinguished Intergovernmental Committee of
the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the
Intangible Cultural Heritage in July.Â
240. 4
Solar capacity installations in the country rose by
59 per cent to record 7.2 GW during first half of
2022, according to Mercom India Research.In
January-June or H1 of 2021, the country had
added 4.5 GW solar capacity, the research firm's
'Q2 2022 India Solar Market Update'. In the first
half of 2022, Rajasthan and Gujarat were the top
states for large-scale solar, accounting for 53 per
cent and 14 per cent of installations,
respectively, followed by Maharashtra with 9 per
cent.
241. 1
Madhya Pradesh's tribal-dominated Mandla
region has become the first fully "functionally
literate" district in the country. A person can be
called functionally literate when he or she is able
to write his or her own name, to count and read
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and write in Hindi. The literacy rate in the district
was 68 per cent as per a survey in 2011.
242. 1
The Assam Chief Minister " Himanta Biswa Sarma
launched a project 'Vidya Rath-School on
Wheels', in an endeavour to impart elementary
education among economically-challenged
children of the society.
Its worthy to note that the 'Vidya Rath-School on
Wheels' project will reportedly provide
underprivileged children access to elementary
education for 10 months.
Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court " Justice RM
Chhaya.
243. 4
India's GDP growth is projected to spike to a
four-quarter high 13 per cent in Q1 (April-June)
FY23 due to low base of Covid 2.0 and robust
recovery in contact-intensive services, according
to ICRA.The Q1 FY23 GDP projection is a sharp
jump from 4.1 per cent in Q4 FY22. Overall, ICRA
expects GDP growth in Q1 FY23 to trail the 16.2
per cent projected by the MPC.
244. 4
The 2022 Liberty Medal will be awarded this fall
to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The
National Constitution Center announced that
Zelenskyy will be honored in a ceremony in
October for what it called "his heroic defense of
liberty in the face of Russian tyranny."
Zelenskyy, has served as the nation's president
since May 2019.
The Liberty Medal, established in 1988 to mark
the U.S. Constitution's bicentennial, is presented
to individuals who strive to secure the blessings
of liberty for people around the globe. Recent
recipients have included Supreme Court justices
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony Kennedy, Sen.
John McCain, Rep. John Lewis and Malala
Yousafzai.
245. 3
In a first, the Uttar Pradesh government is
planning to build an education township in the
state. As per the Yogi Adityanath government,
the education township will be developed on the
idea of 'Single Entry, Multiple Exit'. The
government said the move will provide high-
quality education to the youth and equip them
with a variety of professional skills in a single
place.
UP Governor- Anandiben Mafatbhai Patel
246. 1
Researchers at the IIT Guwahati have developed
an ultrasound-assisted fermentation method to
produce a safe sugar substitute called "Xylitol"
from bagasse, the residue left after crushing of

sugarcane. The xylitol production from sugarcane
bagasse using ultrasonic fermentation is a
potential opportunity for forward integration of
sugarcane industries in India.
• Xylitol is industrially produced by a chemical
reaction in which wood-derived D-xylose, a costly
chemical, is treated with nickel catalyst at very
high temperatures and pressures that makes the
process highly energy consuming. Only 8-15 per
cent of the xylose is converted to Xylitol and the
method requires extensive separation and
purification steps, all of which translate to high
price for the consumer.
247. 2
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the
Amrita hospital in Faridabad.
The state-of-the-art facility has 2,600 beds and
will be managed by Mata Amritanandamayi Math
" a charitable organization spearheaded by its
namesake Mata Amritanandamayi.
The Kochi Amrita Hospital was inaugurated on
17th May 1998, by then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
It is touted to be Asia's biggest private super-
speciality hospital.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi also dedicated
'Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research
Centre' to the Nation in Punjab's Mohali district,
in an endeavour to provide world-class Cancer
care to the residents of Punjab and neighbouring
States and UTs.
• Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research
Centre is a 300-bed facility and equipped with
state-of-the-art facilities such as MRI,
mammography, digital radiography and
brachytherapy to treat all types of cancer using
every available treatment modalities like surgery,
chemotherapy, immunotherapy and bone marrow
transplant. The hospital has been built at a cost
of over Rs 660 crore by Tata Memorial Centre,
an aided institute under the Union Department of
Atomic Energy.
248. 2
The Anang Tal lake in South Delhi, believed to
have been built a thousand years ago, has been
declared a monument of national importance
through a gazette notification by the Ministry of
Culture earlier this week. As per the website of
National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities,
Tradition ascribes this tank to a Tomar King,
Anang Pal II, the builder of Lal Kot. The Anangtal
lake is situated in Mehrauli, Delhi
249. 2
The fourth edition of the India Clean Air Summit
was held in Bengaluru with global experts set to
discuss an integrated approach to resolving air
pollution and climate change. The summit has
been organised by think-tanks Centre for Air
Pollution Studies (CAPS) and the Centre for
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Study of Science, Technology and Policy
(CSTEP).
250. 2
Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister
released the Competitiveness Roadmap for
India@100 on 30th August 2022. The
Competitiveness Roadmap is a collaborative
endeavor between EAC-PM, The Institute for
Competitiveness headed by Dr Amit Kapoor, and
Professor Michael E. Porter and Dr Christian
Ketels from Harvard Business School.
251. 1
Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi defeated
Spain's David Anton Guijarro in the ninth and
final round with 7.5 points to win the 28th Abu
Dhabi Masters chess tournament.
Uzbekistan's Javokhir Sindarov claimed the
second spot after he defeated Iran's M Amin
Tabatabaei. He is the 54th grandmaster from
India.
252. 3
India and Bangladesh discussed a wide range of
issues related to the major common rivers such
as the Ganga, Teesta and several smaller rivers
during the 38th meeting of the Joint River
Commission (JRC).
Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh
Shekhawat addressed the 38th meeting of the
Joint River Commission.
• "The JRC meeting, held in a cordial and friendly
atmosphere, discussed the whole gamut of the
issues related to the common rivers between the
two countries, especially the Ganga, Teesta,
Manu, Muhuri, Khowai, Gumti, Dharla,
Dudkhkumar and Kushiyara.
• The JRC meeting which took place after a gap
of 12 years agreed to undertake a few more
additional common rivers for exchange of data
and information for the "preparation of the draft
framework of interim water sharing agreement".
253. 4
Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu released
a book titled New India - a compilation of
selected articles of former Union Minister and
Padma Vibhushan Arun Jaitley on his death
anniversary in New Delhi. He said, Mr Jaitley also
dreamt of a progressive nation, where there is no
poverty, no urban-rural divide and no gender and
social discrimination.
254. 5
Nagaland got its second Railway station on
Dhansari-Shokhuvi railway line after a gap of
more than 100 years. Dimapur station was
opened in 1903. Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu
Rio officially flagged off the first passenger train
service- the Donyi Polo Express from Shokhuvi

Railway station in Choumukedima District on
August 26
255. 4
In the devastating Gujarat Earthquake of 26th
January, 2001, 13805 people lost their lives. The
Earthquake also caused unprecedented damage
to property, both public and private. In this
respect, it was decided to build a memorial for
those who lost their lives during this devastating
earthquake. After careful consideration Bhujio
Dungar was selected site for establishment of
Smriti Van.
The concept of the memorial is to plant one tree
for each of the 13805 earthquake victims in the
Smriti Van. GSDMA had hired consultants for
preparation of vision plan for the memorial site,
activity structure and variations, a Master Plan
showing broad allocation of activities, zoning,
plantation plan, circulation & pedestrian network
and schematic landscape design, preliminary
costing on pro-rata basis and phasing of the
development of Smriti Van.
GSDMA will develop the Smriti Van memorial and
hand over the same to a Society for operation &
maintenance purpose. After development, Smriti
Van will become the property of the State
Government.
256. 4
The 20 th edition of BioAsia, the marquee life
sciences and health tech event, hosted by the
Government of Telangana, will be conducted
from February 24-26, 2023.
Minister for Industries and Commerce, KT Rama
Rao, has launched the logo and the theme
"Advancing for ONE: Shaping the next generation
of humanized healthcare" of BioAsia 2023.
257. 1
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has
appointed Ana Brnabic for the next term the
Prime Minister. She has been heading the
Serbian government since 2017.
In the April elections, Brnabic's party was
supported by 44 per cent of voters.
Serbia Capital: Belgrade; Currency: Serbian
dinar.
258. 3
Ananth Narayan Gopalakrishnan, an associate
professor at SP Jain Institute of Management and
Research (SPJIMR), was on August 27, appointed
a whole-time member of the Securities and
Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
With this appointment, Ananth Narayan becomes
the fourth whole-time member of SEBI, which
had been operating with a vacancy for the
position since November 2021.
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259. 2
Set to be inaugurated in 2024, Temple of Vedic
Planetarium in West Bengal's Mayapur will
replace Cambodia's 12th-century built Angkor
Wat complex as the world's largest religious
structure.
It is bigger than the Taj Mahal and St Paul's
Cathedral in Vatican.
Alfred Ford,great grandson of legendary
businessman Henry Ford & heir to Ford Motors, is
the chairman of this project.
260. 1
All subsidised fertilisers including urea and DAP
will be sold under the single brand 'Bharat' from
October, a move aimed at ensuring timely
availability of soil nutrients to farmers & reducing
the freight subsidy.
Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Mansukh
Mandaviya announced this 'One Nation One
Fertiliser' under the fertiliser subsidy scheme
'Pradhanmantri Bhartiya Janurvarak Pariyojna
(PMBJP)'.
261. 4
From her obsession of 30 years with 'being thin'
to her battles with grief and depression,
acclaimed classical dancer and activist Mallika
Sarabhai bares it all in her self-help memoir,
"Free Fall: My Experiments with Living".
The book hit the stands on August 30 and it is
published by Speaking Tiger.
262. 4
A co-branded RuPay credit card for Indian Army
personnel has been introduced by BOB Financial
Solutions Limited (BFSL), a fully owned
subsidiary of Bank of Baroda (BoB), in
collaboration with National Payments Corporation
of India (NPCI).
The Yoddha co-branded credit card will be
available on the RuPay platform and have
contactless features.
263. 1
South Korea has once again shattered its own
record for the world's lowest fertility rate as it
faces the prospect of its population of 51 million
people more than halving by the end of this
century.
According to a Bloomberg report, Korean women
were estimated, based on 2021 data, to have an
average of just 0.81 children over their lifetimes,
down from 0.84 a year earlier.
264. 2
Union transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on August
18th launched India's first electric double-decker
bus at YB Centre in south Mumbai.

Named Switch EiV 22, the double-decker bus will
be run by the Mumbai civic transport body from
September.
It was built by Ashok Leyland.
265. 1
Millet conclave 2022 was held at University of
Agricultural Sciences(UAS) in Raichur of
Karnataka.UAS, Raichur & NABARD organized a
two-day Millets Conclave in collaboration with the
Agriculture and allied departments.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced
providing Rs 25 crore under the NABARD's rural
infrastructure development fund to UAS for
establishment of incubation centre for processing
and value addition for promotion of millets.
266. 2
The Indian Olympic Association has co-opted
Adille Sumariwalla as the President of the
association till fresh elections are held.
The erstwhile President of the IOA, Dr Narinder
Dhruv Batra, resigned from the post of President,
IOA on July 18 due to personal reasons.
267. 2
India celebrates National Sports Day on 29th
August to commemorate the birth anniversary of
hockey legend, Major Dhyan Chand. The day is
also dedicated to the nations' sports heroes and
champions, honoring their contribution and
dedication towards bringing laurels to the
country. The day was first observed in 2012.
268. 2
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation
stone of the Maruti Suzuki Vehicle Manufacturing
Facility for Haryana and Suzuki EV Battery Plant
for Hansalpur in Gujarat.The Suzuki Motor
Gujarat Electric Vehicle Battery Manufacturing
Facility at Hansalpur, will be set-up with an
investment of around Rs 7,300 crores to
manufacture Advance Chemistry Cell batteries
for EV
He laid the foundation stone in Gandhinagar to
mark 40 years of Suzuki Company in India
• India has announced in COP-26 (climate
summit) that it will achieve 50 per cent of its
installed electrical capacity from non-fossil
sources by 2030.
269. 1
India finished with one medal at the badminton
championships. The Indian men's doubles pair of
Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy won
the bronze medal after going down in the semi-
finals of the BWF World Championships 2022
against Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik
in Tokyo. This was India's 13th world badminton
championships medal but the first in men's
doubles.
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270. 1
F1 Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the Belgian
Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, overcoming a
grid penalty for a power unit change that meant
he started from the midfield. From 14th on the
grid, Verstappen surged through the field to take
the lead after just 12 of the 44 laps. Verstappen
became just the second driver in F1 history to
win consecutive races from 10th or lower
271. 4
Bengaluru ranks second in the Asia Pacific region
in the top tech hubs list and is only behind
China's Beijing, according to a report by
Cushman and Wakefield. The report, called 'Tech
Cities: The Global Intersection of Talent and Real
Estate', studied as many as 115 different 'tech
cities' across the globe.
• Chennai, Delhi and Hyderabad. Mumbai and
Pune also made it to the top-10 list with eighth
and ninth position in a list of 14 cities from the
APAC.
• The tech sector has accounted for an average
38-40% share in annual leasing activity (2017-
2021) in the Bengaluru office market, which is
higher than the national average of 35%, the
report added.
272. 2
The Indian Navy’s new ensign was unveiled by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kochi on
September 2nd, on the sidelines of the
commissioning of INS Vikrant, the country’s first
Indigenously Aircraft Carrier (IAC-1).
In a bid to do away with the “colonial past”, the
Saint George’s Cross has been removed from the
Indian Navy’s new flag. Instead, it now features
the national emblem with the Tricolour on the
upper canton (top left corner of flag). The
national emblem is encompassed by an octagonal
shield and sits atop an anchor. Beneath it is the
Navy’s motto ‘Sam No Varunah’.
273. 1
Athletics Federation of India (AFI) announced its
partnership with HSBC India to support women
athletes in the country, especially youngsters.
Under the partnership, promising girls will be
picked from the National Inter District
Championships for Under-14 and Under-16
categories and would be nurtured to perform on
the global stage.
274. 3
Indian Coast Guard conducted the 10th National
Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX-
2022) in Chennai on August 28. 24 observers
from 16 foreign countries attended the exercise.

Exercise "SAREX-2022" was reviewed by Indian
Coast Guard chief VS Pathania along with other
agencies and foreign participants.
ICG Dornier planes demonstrated ways of
rescuing passengers from ships and aircraft
during emergencies.
275. 4
New Zealand allrounder Colin de Grandhomme
has announced his retirement from international
cricket.
De Grandhomme's international career lasted
over 10 years and he represented New Zealand
in 115 games across formats.
He also represented Zimbabwe in the 2003-04
Under-19 World Cup before leaving for Auckland
in 2006.
276. 3
Model Divita Rai from Karnataka was named the
winner of LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2022
According to a press release, Rai will represent
India at the global pageant of Miss Universe.
Telangana's Pragnya Ayyagari was crowned LIVA
Miss Diva Supranational 2022 and she will be
India's face at the international Miss
Supranational pageant. Ojasvi Sharma was
adjudged the LIVA Miss Popular Choice 2022.
277. 2
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot unveiled a
scheme called Mahila Nidhi on Women's Equality
Day to help them sustain their livelihoods as well
as start some small business ventures for their
economic betterment.
This initiative by the state government will help
women set up businesses through easy
availability of finance under 'Mahila Nidhi'
programme.
278. 3
India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate
in the April-June quarter of the ongoing fiscal is
expected at 15.7 percent due to the low base
effect and consumption boost post easing of
Covid restrictions, says the latest SBI Ecowrap
report.
The progress in the economy is seen despite
global spillovers, elevated inflation and some
slackening of external demand.
279. 4
Railways Ministry has topped the list of
government departments that did not adhere to
Central Vigilance Commission's (CVC) advice
against corrupt officials and concluded cases as
per its own disciplinary procedures, according to
the CVC's latest annual report.
Annual report for 2021 found 55 such instances
across government departments, 11 of them in
Railways.
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280. 2
Ranveer Singh bagged the Best Actor award for
'83', Kriti Sanon was adjudged the Best Actress
for her performance in 'Mimi' at the 67th Filmfare
Awards 2022.
Vicky Kaushal won the Best Actor - Critics'
Choice for 'Sardar Uddham' and Vidya Balan
bagged the Best Actress-Critics' Choice for
'Sherni'.
'Shershaah' bagged as many as seven awards at
the 67th Filmfare Awards 2022.
281. 3
The 3rd Edition of Vietnam-India Bilateral Army
Exercise "Ex VINBAX 2022" was held at
Chandimandir. The exercise is a sequel to
previously conducted bilateral exercise in
Vietnam in 2019.
The theme of Ex VINBAX - 2022 is employment
and deployment of an Engineer Company and a
Medical Team as part of United Nations
Contingent for Peace Keeping Operations. It
continued till 20th August.
282. 4
Former Philippine President Fidel Valdez Ramos
died aged 94.
Known as "Steady Eddie" for his unflappable
demeanour during the country's regular
moments of upheaval, he was frequently pictured
chewing unlit cigars as he led the Philippines
between 1992 and 1998.
283. 3
Authorities in India have blocked Battlegrounds
Mobile India (BGMI), a popular battle-royale
format game from South Korean company
Krafton Inc using a law it invoked in 2020 to
block Chinese apps in the country citing national
security concerns.
BGMI, which had over 100 million users in India,
was removed from Alphabet Inc's Google Play
Store and Apple Inc's app store.
the government has banned BGMI under Section
69A of the IT Act, the same provision used to
ban PUBG Mobile
284. 1
The Aurangabad Smart City Development
Corporation Limited (ASCDCL) Aurangabad has
become the first in the country to witness the
official release of the Environmental Insights
Explorer (EIE) data from Google.
Google has a feature called EIE, which helps
cities measure the carbon emission sources,
conduct analysis and identify strategies to reduce
emissions.
• While the EIE feature in India is only available
for Aurangabad, Bengaluru, Chennai and Pune,
Aurangabad city has been chosen as the first city

in the country to to make the transportation
emissions data public.Â
285. 3
The 1st-ever national level meet of District Legal
Services Authorities (DLSAs) is being organised
from 30-31 July 2022 at Vigyan Bhawan by
National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). The
meeting will deliberate on the creation of an
integrated procedure in order to bring
homogeneity & synchronisation across DLSAs.
There are a total of 676 District Legal Services
Authority.
286. 2
The proposed merger with Culver Max
Entertainment Private Limited (formerly Sony
Pictures Networks India) has been approved by
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National
Stock Exchange (NSE), said a statement from
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL).
Punit Goenka will lead the combined company as
its Managing Director & CEO.
287. 2
Joint military Exercise AL NAJAH -IV between
contingents of the Indian Army & the Royal Army
of Oman took place at the Foreign Training Node
of Mahajan Field Firing Range in Bikaner,
Rajasthan.
The Royal Army of Oman contingent comprises
60 personnel from the Sultan of Oman Parachute
Regiment, The Indian Army is represented by
troops from the 18 Mechanised Infantry
Battalion.
The previous edition of Ex AL NAJAH IV was
organized at Muscat from 12 to 25 March 2019.
288. 2
Jio, India's largest digital services provider, today
acquired spectrum in the 700MHz, 800MHz,
1800MHz, 3300MHz and 26GHz bands in the
auctions conducted by the Department of
Telecommunications, Government of India.
Total cost of acquiring the right to use the above
technology agnostic spectrum for a period of 20
years is Rs. 88,078 crore.
Akash M Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Jio
Infocomm.
• As per terms of the spectrum auction, the
spectrum payments have to be made over 20
equated annual instalments, with interest
computed at 7.2% per annum.
289. 1
Then Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu presented
the prestigious President's Colours to the Tamil
Nadu police and said it is a recognition of the
State police's commendable service and many
achievements.
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The President's Colours is the highest honour
bestowed upon any Military/ State police in
recognition of its exceptional service of at least
25 years to the nation.
It is popularly called "Rashtrapati ka Nishan".
President's Colour, a special flag, is the highest
honour to be given to any military or police unit
in recognition of exceptional service rendered to
the nation, both in peace and war.
290. 4
Ministry of Culture organised "TirangaUtsav" to
celebrate the contribution of PingaliVenkayya to
the nation
The event was graced by the presence of the
Minister of Home Affairs & Co-operation, Shri
Amit Shah as the chiefguest.
The commemorative Postal Stamp in the honor
of Pingali Venkayya was released by Shri Amit
Shah.
The Tiranga Utsav also witnessed the release of
'Amar Chitra Katha' in the memory of
revolutionary Tribal fighters of Indian freedom
struggle.
291. 1
Indian Oil signed an MoU with National Tiger
Conservation Authority (NTCA) for
transcontinental relocation of the 'Cheetah' in its
historical range in India.
Indian Oil is the first corporate which has come
forward to support "Project Cheetah" under CSR,
as the project has not only national importance
but is also essential for balancing the
ecosystem.The Minister for Environment &
Forests is the current Chairperson of the NTCA.
• This is in continuation with the MoU signed on
20th July 2022 between Government of India
and Government of the Republic of Namibia on
wildlife conservation and sustainable biodiversity
utilization, for establishing the cheetah into the
historical range in India. Indian Oil will be
contributing Rs.50.22 crore in 4 years for the
project components viz. Cheetah Introduction, its
Habitat Management & Protection, Eco
Development, Staff Training and Veterinary
Healthcare.
292. 1
Asia's wealthiest woman Yang Huiyan lost more
than half of her wealth following China's property
crisis. With a dramatic fall in Yang Huiyan's
wealth, Savitri Jindal now became Asia's richest
woman. Jindal, 72, is India's richest woman and
the 10th-richest person in the country of about
1.4 billion.
293. 1
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on
granted its approval for the acquisition of a
50.1% stake of Sanmina-SCI India (SCIPL) by

Reliance Strategic Business Ventures (RSBVL).
RIL is a subsidiary of Reliance Industries.
RSBVL's principal activities are trading goods,
holding strategic investment interests in
businesses, and providing business support
services. The Competition Commission of India is
the chief national competition regulator in India.
It is a statutory body within the Ministry of
Corporate Affairs
Headquarters: New Delhi
The Competition Act, 2002, as amended by the
Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007, follows the
philosophy of modern competition laws.
294. 1
Suresh N. Patel was sworn in as the Central
Vigilance Commissioner. He made and subscribed
the oath of his office before President Droupadi
Murmu at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati
Bhavan. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju,
Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha
Mallikarjun Kharge and other dignitaries were
present.
• Mr. Patel, former managing director and chief
executive officer of Andhra Bank, was in April
2020 appointed as the vigilance commissioner.
• Former Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
officer Sanjay Kothari had completed his term as
the CVC on June 24 last year.
295. 3
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel
received the 2022 Peace Prize "in recognition of
her efforts to welcome refugees," according to
UNESCO.
In accordance with the United Nations Charter
and the UNESCO Constitution, the prize was
established in 1989.
After 16 years in office, Merkel left her position
as head of state of Germany in 2021.
Olaf Scholz is the current chancellor of Germany.
296. 4
The RBI list of 121 districts where the minorities
are minimum 25 percent is led by Uttar Pradesh
with 21 districts, Kerala (14), Assam (13), West
Bengal (12), Maharashtra (9), Arunachal Pradesh
and Bihar (7 each), Manipur (6), Jharkhand and
Sikkim (4 each), Karnataka (3), Delhi, Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Uttarakhand, UT of
Andaman & Nicobar Isles (2 each).
• Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Tamil Nadu,
Odisha, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Meghalaya and
UT of Ladakh (1 each).
297. 1
The Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) signed
an MoU with the Bangladesh Roads and
Highways department in Dhaka for the
emergency supply of petroleum goods via
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Bangladesh territory to India. This is an interim
set up to facilitate urgent supply of petroleum
products due to damage caused by the flood in
Assam this year
298. 3
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the
Indian Navy have signed an MoU to collaborate
on aviation research and development, and to
ramp up self-reliance efforts for the Navy in line
with the goals of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'. The MoU,
signed, provides a formal basis for the Navy to
interact with relevant faculty members at IISc
and will promote joint research.
299. 1
Unesco has added a 106-year-old astronomical
observatory at Langat Singh College in Bihar's
Muzaffarpur on its list of important endangered
heritage observatories of the world"raising hopes
of reviving the neglected edifice that has little to
show of its glorious past. Built in 1916, the 123-
year old college is now affiliated to Bhim Rao
Ambedkar Bihar University.
• The United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was born on 16
November 1945.Â
• The Organization has more th 50 field offices
around the world and its headquarters are
located in Paris.
• There are 40 UNESCO World Heritage sites in
India
300. 1
Amlan Borgohain became India's fastest sprinter
by running 100 metres in 10.25 seconds at the
All India Inter Railways Athletics Championships
in Raebareli on August 29. The 24-year-old
surpassed the timing of Amiya Mallick, who had
set the 100-metre race national record in 2016
by clocking 10.26 seconds.
Borgohain, who hails from Assam, also holds the
national record in 200m as he clocked 20.52
seconds at the Federation Cup, which took place
earlier this year.
301. 2
The Karnataka government launched the Global
Startup Challenge " "VentuRISE" to recognise,
reward, and support growth stage startups in
manufacturing and sustainability-related sectors.
"VentuRISE" " is a part of the flagship event
Global Investors Meet - "Invest Karnataka 2022"
from November 2 to 4 at the Bangalore Palace.
CM of Karnataka-S. R. Bommai
Governor of Karnataka- Thawar Chand Gehlot
302. 3
Sebi has restructured its high-level panel on
cyber security that suggests measures to
safeguard the capital markets from such attacks.

The committee, which has now six members, will
be chaired by Navin Kumar Singh, DG at National
Critical Information Infrastructure Protection
Centre (NCIIPC). Madhabi Puri Buch chairperson
of Sebi was first chair of this committee.
The other members of the panel include Sanjay
Bahl Director General at Indian Computer
Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and H
Krishnamurthy, who was a chief research
scientist at IISC Bangalore.
Sandeep Shukla and Debdeep Mukhopadhyay "
who are professors at the Department of
Computer Science and Engineering in IIT Kanpur
and IIT Kharagpur, respectively, and Sugata
Gangopadhyay " head of the department of
Computer Science and Engineering at IIT
Roorkee, are the other members of the
committee.
303. 2
The National Green Tribunal has imposed a
penalty of Rs 3,500 crore on the West Bengal
government for the huge gap in solid and liquid
waste generation and treatment. NGT
Chairperson Justice AK Goel said it is the
constitutional responsibility of the state and the
local bodies to provide a pollution free
environment.New Delhi is the Principal seat of
Sitting of the Tribunal
304. 2
Mary Elizabeth Truss, prominently referred to as
Liz Truss was announced as the next prime
minister of the United Kingdom, after she
defeated rival Rishi Sunak in the Conservative
Party leadership race.
Truss, 47, had emerged as a contender for the
prime ministerial role after her predecessor Boris
Johnson agreed to step down.
305. 1
ISRO successfully demonstrates new technology
with Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (IAD)
An IAD developed by VSSC, has been
successfully test flown in a Rohini sounding
rocket from TERLS,Thumba.
The IAD has systematically reduced the velocity
of the payload through aerodynamic drag and
followed the predicted trajectory.
The IAD has huge potential in variety of space
applications like recovery of spent stages of
rocket, for landing payloads on to Mars or Venus.
Dr. S. Unnikrishnan Nair: Director, Vikram
Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Trivandrum.
306. 1
Shipping Corporation of India said Binesh Kumar
Tyagi has taken over as its Chairman and
Managing Director (CMD). Tyagi was heading the
Liner and Passenger Services Division as Director
(L&PS) since January 7, 2021 in the company,
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the PSU said in a regulatory filing.Under Ministry
of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, SCI is the
largest shipping company in India.
On October 2 1961, The Shipping Corporation of
India Ltd. was incorporated by amalgamation of
Eastern Shipping Corporation and Western
Shipping Corporation as India's first public sector
company in shipping
307. 3
The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic
Sciences (CCRAS), has taken a unique initiative
to support the research efforts of bright young
minds of the Country by developing the
Studentship Program for Ayurveda Research Ken
(SPARK) for Ayurveda (BAMS) students studying
in recognised Ayurveda colleges. Prof.
Rabinarayan Acharya - Director General, CCRAS
308. 4
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat have
been ranked as the top three states among
larger states in terms of the overall
implementation of the Centre's flagship Poshan
Abhiyaan, according to a Niti Aayog report.
Sikkim was the best performer among the small
states. The report was titled 'Preserving Progress
on Nutrition in India: Poshan Abhiyan in
Pandemic Times'
• While Dadar and Nagar Haveli and Daman and
Diu topped among Union Territories (UTs),
Punjab and Bihar were the lowest performers
among larger states in terms of the overall
implementation of Poshan Abhiyaan, as per the
government think tank report.
• It pointed out that only 17 states and UTs had
more than 75 per cent of children 12-23 months
of age who were fully immunised, while 11 states
and UTs had less than 25 per cent fully
immunised children.
• In terms of WCD programme coverage, many
states and UTs have distributed take-home
rations (THR) to all beneficiaries, according to
the report.
• However, it said, coverage remained low in
Bihar (65 per cent pregnant women, 62 per cent
lactating women, and 52 per cent children),
Punjab (78 per cent pregnant women, 76 per
cent lactating women, and 65 per cent children),
Sikkim (84 per cent pregnant women, 84 per
cent lactating women, and 77 per cent children)
and Jammu and Kashmir (49 per cent pregnant
women, 51 per cent lactating women, and 54 per
cent children).
• According to the report, 16 states and UTs had
more than 75 per cent of children (0-59 months)
diarrhoea cases treated with ORS, while there
were 5 states and UTs that treated less than 25
per cent of child diarrhoea cases with ORS.
• In 2018, the Centre launched its flagship
programme, the Poshan (Prime Minister's

Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment)
Abhiyaan to draw national attention to and take
action against malnutrition in a mission mode. It
is a scheme under the ICDS umbrella which
converge with other programs and service
delivering nutrition interventions during the first
1,000-day period.
309. 4
After achieving the UNESCO World Heritage tag
for the Kakatiya Rudreshwara temple (Ramappa
temple), Telangana has proposed two
monuments with architectural and astronomical
magnificence for coveted recognition this year.
Heritage Telangana has listed Niluvurallu in
Mudumal village of Narayanpet district and
Chaya Someshwaralayam as the sites that
deserve due recognition.
310. 2
Amit Kumar has been appointed as the next
Ambassador of India to the Republic of Korea,
the Ministry of External Affairs informed.
He is presently the Consul General of India in
Chicago.
311. 2
Budget Indian carrier IndiGo has announced that
Petrus Johannes Theodorus Elbers (Pieter Elbers)
has joined as Chief Executive Officer of the
company with effect September 6.
He is replacing Ronojoy Dutta, who decided to
retire on September 30.
Prior to this, Elbers was associated with KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines as the CEO.
Bruce Ashby was the first CEO of IndiGo from
2005 to 2008.
312. 1
Union ministry approved a Rs 27,360-crore
scheme for the development of over 14,000
schools across the country as PM Schools for
Rising India (PM-SHRI)
313. 4
Mr Dinesh Kumar Batra, Director (Finance) &
CFO, has taken additional charge as Chairman &
Managing Director (CMD) of Navratna Defence
PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).
He is a member of the Board of BEL subsidiaries,
BEL-Thales Systems Limited (BTSL) and BEL
Optronic Devices Limited (BELOP).
314. 4
Indian javelin star Neeraj Chopra threw a strong
88.44m to become the first Indian to be the
Diamond League Champion.He achieved the feat
at the annual league's grand final in Zurich.
Chopra defeated Czech Republic's Jakub Vadljech
(86.94m) and Julian Weber (83.73m)
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He was also the first Indian to qualify for the
Diamond Race when he topped the Lausanne
Diamond League 2022.
315. 3
India ranked 132nd among 191 countries and
territories on the 2021 Human Development
Index (HDI), showed a report by the United
Nations Development Program (UNDP). In the
2020 report, India had ranked 131st among 189
countries and territories. India's latest HDI value
of 0.633 places the country in the medium
human development category
• Among India's neighbours, Sri Lanka (73rd),
China (79th), Bangladesh (129th), and Bhutan
(127th) are ranked above India, while Pakistan
(161st), Nepal (143rd), and Myanmar (149th)
are worse off. The report said around 90 per cent
of countries registered a decline in their HDI
value in 2020 or in 2021.
• The report attributes the drop in HDI from
0.645 in 2019 to 0.633 in 2021 to India's
falling life expectancy " from 69.7 years to
67.2 years during the survey period.
• India's expected years of schooling stands at
11.9 years, down from 12.2 years in the 2020
report, although the mean years of schooling is
up at 6.7 years from 6.5 years in the 2020
report.
• Although India retained its 132nd position in
the Gender Development Index, the female life
expectancy dropped from 71 years in the 2020
report to 68.8 years in the 2021 report.
• The mean years of schooling for females
declined from 12.6 to 11.9 years in the
corresponding period.
• India scored 0.123 in the Multi-Dimensional
Poverty Index (MPI) with a headcount ratio of
27.9 per cent, with 8.8 per cent population
reeling under severe multidimensional poverty.
Over the last decade, India has lifted a
staggering 271 million out of multidimensional
poverty, the report noted.
• Pakistani economist Mahbub -ul-Haq developed
Human DeveloÂpment Index (HDI) as a measure
to track progress on three key dimenÂsions of
human development " a long and healthy life,
access to education, and a decent standard of
living in 1990 with the objective " "people are the
real wealth of nations". It is calculated using the
following four indicators " life expectancy at
birth, mean years of schooling, expected years of
schooling, and the per capita
Gross National Income.
316. 2
The jet-black granite statue of Netaji Subhas
Chandra Bose, measures a total of 28 ft. and is
placed under the Canopy near India Gate.
The grand statue of Netaji, has been carved from
a monolithic block of granite weighing 280 MT.

After 26,000 man hours of intense artistic
endeavor, the granite monolith was chiseled to
produce a statue weighing 65 MT.
317. 4
Warangal in Telangana, Nilambur, and Thrissur in
Kerala have joined UNESCO Global Network of
Learning Cities.An international policy-oriented
network, the UNESCO Global Network of Learning
Cities is a network of inspiration, know-how and
best practices. It is coordinated by the UNESCO
Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL).As per
UNESCO, 77 cities from 44 countries across the
globe have joined. Thrissur is also known as the
Cultural Capital of Kerala
318. 1
Hon'ble President Smt. Droupadi Murmu will
virtually launch the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt
Bharat Abhiyaan on September 9th to
reinvigorate the mission of TB elimination from
the country by 2025. Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi gave the clarion call to end TB in
the country five years ahead of SDG target of
2030 at the Delhi End TB Summit in March 2018.
• The Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan
has been envisioned to bring together all
community stakeholders to support those on TB
treatment and accelerate the country's progress
towards TB elimination. Hon'ble President will
also launch the Ni-kshay Mitra initiative which
forms a vital component of the Abhiyaan.
• The Ni-kshay Mitra portal provides a platform
for donors to provide various forms of support to
those undergoing TB treatment.
• The three pronged support includes nutritional,
additional diagnostic, and vocational support.
The donors, called Ni-kshay Mitras, could be a
wide range of stakeholders from elected
representatives, political parties, to corporates,
NGOs, and individuals.
319. 3
Bank of India has become the first public sector
bank to go live on Income Tax Department's new
Direct Tax Collection System Tin 2.0. With this
technological integration of BOI on TIN 2.0
platform, taxpayers will now get a single
platform for their tax payment as well as e-filing
of tax returns. Tax Information Network, TIN 2.0
is the official portal of Income tax.
320. 1
The government has set up a panel to review the
formula that dictates the pricing of gas produced
by companies like ONGC and Reliance as it looks
to moderate the steep increase that producers
would have otherwise got. The committee under
former planning commission member Kirit S
Parikh will suggest a "fair price to the end
consumer"
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321. 3
The United Nations General Assembly has
approved the appointment of Austrian diplomat
and veteran UN staffer Volker Turk as the new
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to
replace former commissioner Michelle Bachelet.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had
proposed that Turk succeed Bachelet, whose
term ended on August 31, and the UN's 193-
member assembly quickly approved the
appointment by consensus.
322. 5
Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma
launched the online portal of the Meghalaya
Residents Safety and Security Act (MRSSA) in
presence of home minister Lahkmen Rymbui and
other officials in state capital Shillong.
The web-based system is first being rolled out in
seven localities of Shillong- Nongrim Hills,
Lapalang, Nongmynsong, Nongrah, Pohkseh, Riat
Laban and Wahdienglieng.
323. 2
Australia white-ball captain Aaron Finch will retire
from one-day international (ODI) cricket.
Finch has led Australia's ODI and Twenty20
teams since 2018.
The 35-year-old opening batter has played 145
ODIs and scored 5,401 runs at an average of
39.13.
He led Australia to their first T20 World Cup title
in 2021 and will still lead the side at the
upcoming T20 World Cup on home soil in
October.
324. 5
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated
India's longest rubber dam on Falgu river in
Gaya, where lakhs of pilgrims from across the
country and abroad arrive every year during the
Pitripaksha Mela to pay homage to their
ancestors, and a steel foot over bridge for the
convenience of the visitors.
325. 3
President Droupadi Murmu has nominated Gulam
Ali, a Gurjar Muslim from Jammu and Kashmir, to
Rajya Sabha. Mr Ali has been nominated to the
Upper House on the recommendation of the
Central government. This is perhaps for the first
time a Gurjar Muslim from the region has been
sent to the Rajya Sabha as a nominated
member.
326. 4
Prime Minister Narendra Modi released cheetahs
brought from Namibia in Africa in Kuno National
Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh.

Eight cheetahs —five females and three males—
were brought from Namibia to Gwalior airport in
a customised Boeing 747-400 aircraft. From
there, cheetahs were shifted to KNP helipad in an
Indian Air Force (IAF) Chinook helicopter.
Cheetah was officially declared extinct in India in
1952. The last cheetah was killed in 1947.
The introduction of Cheetah in India is being
done under Project Cheetah, which is world’s first
inter-continental large wild carnivore
translocation project, according to the Prime
Minister's Office.
327. 1
The throne had passed to the 73-year-old former
Prince of Wales following the death of his
mother, Queen Elizabeth II, ceremony marked
his formal declaration and oath taking at St.
James's Palace in London.
King Charles was joined by his wife, Queen
Consort Camilla, and his son and heir Prince
William, the new Prince of Wales.
328. 4
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways
(MoPSW) is planning to build a National Maritime
Heritage Complex (NMHC) at the site of the
Indus Valley civilization in Lothal, Gujarat. A first
of its kind complex in India, this centre will
showcase India's rich and diverse maritime
heritage.Total cost of the National Maritime
Heritage Complex project is ₹3,500 crore.
329. 3
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the
'Centre-State Science Conclave' in Ahmedabad
via video conferencing.
According to Prime Minister's Office (PMO), the
first of its kind Conclave will strengthen Centre-
State coordination and collaboration mechanisms
" in the spirit of cooperative federalism " to build
a robust science, technology and innovation
(STI) ecosystem.
330. 1
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates World
Dairy Summit 2022 in Greater Noida. According
to union minister for fisheries, animal husbandry
and dairying Parshottam Rupala, India is hosting
the International Dairy Federation (IDF) global
dairy summit after 48 years, where more than
1,500 experts, farmers and processors of dairy
products from 50 countries will be participating.
Last time, India hosted the International Dairy
Congress in 1974. Scheduled from September
12-15 on the theme of 'dairy for nutrition and
livelihood'.
• India is the biggest milk producer in the world
and accounts for 23% of the global output.
• India ranks first among the world's milk
producing nations since 1998 after surpassing
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the United States as biggest producer of milk.
Milk is the single largest agricultural commodity
in the country, valued at Rs 9.32 trillion at
present.
• According to the Economic Survey (2021-22),
India's milk production has grown at a compound
annual growth rate of about 6.2% to reach 209.9
million tonne (MT) in 2020-21 from 146.3 MT in
2014-15. Milk production in 2021-22 is estimated
around 2020 MT.
• Key sponsors for the summit include Gujarat
Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation also
referred as Amul and Nandini (Karnataka Milk
Federation).
331. 4
The 19-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz
defeated fifth-seeded Norwegian Casper Ruud, 6-
4, 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-3, to earn his first major title
and, with it, a debut as world No. 1.
The Spaniard is the youngest Grand Slam
champion since a 19-year-old Rafael Nadal won
Roland Garros in 2005, and the youngest US
Open champ since a 19-year-old Sampras in
1990.
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• World No. 1 Iga Swiatek (Poland) won the
women's title at the 2022 US Open tennis grand
slam defeating Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) 6-2, 7-6
[7-5].
• Mixed doubles final: Storm Sanders and John
Peers (AUS) defeated Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) and
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 4-6, 6-4, [10-7]
• Men's wheelchair doubles final: Martin De la
Puente (ESP) and Nicolas Peifer (FRA) defeated
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid (GBR) 4-6, 7-5
[10-6]
• Women's wheelchair doubles final: Diede De
Groot and Annie Van Koot (NED) defeated Rui
Kamiji (JPN ) and Kgothatso Montjane (RSA) 6-2,
6-2
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• Quad wheelchair doubles final: Sam Schroder
and Niels Vink (NED) defeated Robert Shaw
(CAN) and David Wagner (USA) 6-1, 6-2
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• Boys' junior wheelchair singles final: Ben
Bartram (GBR) defeated Dahnon Ward (GBR) 6-
4, 6-1
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• Girls' junior wheelchair singles final: Jade
Moreira Lanai (BRA) defeated Yuma Takamuro
(JPN) 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (10-5)
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• Boys' junior wheelchair doubles final: Ben
Bartram and Dahnon Ward (GBR) defeated
Saalim Naser (AUS) and Ivar van Rijt (NED) 6-4,
6-3
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• Girls' junior wheelchair doubles final: Jade
Moreira Lanai (BRA) and Maylee Phelps (USA)

defeated Ruby Bishop (GBR) and Lily
Lautenschlager (USA) 6-
 participated in Multinational Naval Ex Kakadu
• Girls' junior singles final: Alexandra Eala (PHI)
defeated Lucie Havlickova (CZE) 6-2, 6-4
 sea,involved ships and maritime aircraft from 14
• Boys' junior singles final: Martin Landaluce
(ESP) defeated Gilles Arnaud Bailly (BEL) 7-6 [7-
3], 5-7, 6-2
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• Girls' junior doubles final: Lucie Havlickova
(CZE) and Diana Shnaider defeated Carolina Kuhl
and Ella Seidel (GER) 6-3, 6-2
 country to join an IBM programme promoting
• Boys' junior doubles final: Nishesh Basavareddy
and Ozan Baris (USA) defeated Dylan Dietrich
(SUI) and Juan Carlos Prado Angelo (BOL) 6-1,
6-1
• Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova
made history at the 2022 US Open on Sunday,
and they pulled off a comeback in the women's
doubles final on Arthur Ashe Stadium to do it.
332. 2
Verstappen now has a 116-point lead over
Charles Leclerc, who finished second after
another questionable strategy decision from
Ferrari on its home track. With just six races
remaining, the Dutch driver could mathematically
clinch the title in Singapore next month.
333. 4
In a first of its kind in Nagaland, Naga Mircha
(Naga King Chilli) Festival 2022 was organised at
Seiyhama Village under Kohima district. The
festival was sponsored by the Department of
Horticulture. Naga Mircha was the first product to
receive a GI tag from Nagaland. Naga Mircha is
popularly known as Raja Mircha or the 'king chili'.
334. 2
Chennai-based space tech startup Agnikul said it
has been awarded an Indian patent for the
design and manufacturing of its single-piece
rocket engine Agnilet. Agnilet is a single-piece
3D-printed rocket engine designed and
manufactured in India after being test-fired in
early 2021.Agnikul was the first IIT-M incubated
startup to sign a deal with ISRO to utilise the
space organisation's facilities as a test bed.
335. 4
Pavan C. Lall has authored the book "Forging
Mettle : Nrupender Rao and the Pennar Story".
Forging Mettle: Nrupender Rao and the Pennar
Story by Pavan C. Lall is a unique story of how a
business built with ethics, social and
environmental concern at the core of its values
can indeed be profitable and sustainable. Pavan
C. Lall is a Mumbai-based author and journalist
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336. 4
INS Satpura and P8I Maritime Patrol Aircraft
hosted by the Royal Australian Navy. The two-
week-long Exercise,both in harbour and
Navies.The ship's crew engaged in operational
planning interactions and sports activities with
participating Navies
337. 4
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-
Madras) is the first academic institute in the
quantum computing development and research.
As a member of the IBM Quantum Network, IIT
Madras will get cloud-based access to the
American company's advanced quantum
computing systems and expertise to explore
applications.
Sandip Patel - Managing Director, IBM India.
IIT Madras' Centre for Quantum Information,
Communication and Computing (CQuICC) will
focus on advancing core algorithms in research
areas like quantum machine learning, quantum
optimisation, and applications research in
finance.
338. 1
India will host the G-20 leaders' summit in New
Delhi on September 9 and 10 in 2023 under its
Presidency.
India will assume the Presidency of the G20 for
one year from December 1, 2022, to November
30, 2023, and is expected to host over 200
meetings across the country, beginning in
December this year.
Collectively, the G20 accounts for 85 per cent of
global GDP.
• The G20, or Group of Twenty, is an
intergovernmental forum of the world's major
developed and developing economies. It
comprises 19 countries"Argentina, Australia,
Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India,
Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea,
Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa,
Turkey, the UK, and the US"and the European
Union (EU).
• Collectively, the G20 accounts for 75 per cent of
international trade and two-thirds of the world
population, making it the premier forum for
international economic cooperation. India is
currently part of the G20 Troika (current,
previous and incoming G20 Presidencies)
comprising Indonesia, Italy and India.
• India, as G20 Presidency, will be inviting
Bangladesh, Egypt, Mauritius, Netherlands,
Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, Spain and UAE as
Guest countries, said the MEA.
• The G20 currently comprises:

• # Finance Track, with 8 work streams (Global
Macroeconomic Policies, Infrastructure Financing,
International Financial Architecture, Sustainable
Finance, Financial Inclusion, Health Finance,
International Taxation, Financial Sector
Reforms).
# Sherpa Track, with 12 work streams (Anti-
corruption, Agriculture, Culture, Development,
Digital Economy, Employment, Environment and
Climate, Education, Energy Transition, Health,
Trade and Investment, Tourism)
# 10 Engagement Groups of private sector/civil
society/independent bodies (Business 20, Civil
20, Labour 20, Parliament 20, Science 20,
Supreme Audit Institutions 20, Think 20, Urban
20, Women 20 and Youth 20).
339. 2
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is India's most-
valuable brand in 2022 replacing HDFC Bank,
which held the number one spot since 2014,
according to Kantar BrandZ report on India's
most-valuable brands.India's top-75 brands are
worth $393 billion, Kantar said in its
report.Telecom providers " led by Airtel at
number 4 and Jio at number 10
 Tajikistan on September 17, 2021.
340. 4
The sixth edition of Japan-India Maritime
Exercise 2022 (JIMEX 22), hosted by the Indian
Navy, began in the Bay of Bengal. The Indian
Navy is being represented by three indigenously
designed and built warships; Sahyadri, a multi-
purpose stealth frigate and Anti-Submarine
Warfare Corvettes Kadmatt and Kavaratti. This
edition marks the 10th anniversary of JIMEX,
which began in Japan in 2012.
341. 1
Roger Federer on September 15 announced that
he is set to retire from professional tennis after
next week's Laver Cup.
The Swiss tennis legend (41) has won 20 Grand
Slam titles. Following knee injuries, Federer has
not competed since Wimbledon in July 2021.
He has won 103 ATP singles titles, the second
most of all time after Jimmy Connors.
342. 4
The Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in
West Bengal's Darjeeling has been adjudged the
best zoo in the country, while Kolkata's Alipore
Zoological Garden has secured the fourth
position. Central Zoo Authority released the
ranking list. rignar Anna Zoological Park in
Chennai has secured the second position, Sri
Chamarajendra Zoological Garden in Karnataka
came third
The Red Panda is one of the top attractions of
PNHZP
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343. 3
The Finance Ministry has issued draft guidelines
for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) to raise
resources from capital market, paving the way
for raising funds via rights issue, private
placement with select investors such as large
banks and insurance companies, and initial public
offerings (IPO). Currently,there are 43 RRBs
sponsored by 12 Scheduled Commercial Banks
with 21,892 branch
• RRBs shall issue the Perpetual Debt
Instruments in Indian currency only.Â
• RRB's planning to make an initial public offering
to raise capital must have at least Rs 300 crore
of net worth for the previous three years,
according to the draft guidelines
• They should also have their capital adequacy
above the regulatory minimum level of 9%.
344. 4
The 2022 annual summit of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of State
Council was held on September 15-16 in
Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan took over
the chairmanship of the organization from
345. 4
Varanasi has been nominated as the first-ever
SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital for the year
2022-2023 at the 22nd Meeting of Shanghai
Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at
Uzbekistan's Samarkand.
Notably, the regulations for the nomination of the
SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital were adopted
at the Dushanbe SCO Summit in 2021.
346. 3
Iran has signed a memorandum of commitments
to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
(SCO), giving boost to India's focus on an
inclusive connectivity agenda in the Eurasian
region that would function parallel to China's Belt
and Road Initiative. The value of Iran's exports
to India increased by 35% in the first seven
months of 2022, compared with a year earlier.
347. 1
Kerala-based CSB Bank announced the
appointment of Pralay Mondal as new Managing
Director and CEO of the bank.
Mondal's appointment is for a period of three
years from September 15, 2022 up to September
14, 2025 in line with the approval of RBI.
Mondal held the position of interim Managing
Director & CEO of the Bank with effect from April
1, 2022 till date.

348. 2
The Election Commission of India released a new
digital publication 'BLO e-Patrika' at an
interactive session held with BLOs spread across
the States in India.
The magazine will be available in English, Hindi
and regional languages.
The themes of the bimonthly e-Patrika will
include subjects like EVM-VVPAT training, IT
applications, Special Summary Revision, etc.
349. 4
A goal each from young N. Sivasakthi and
seasoned Alan Costa in the first and second half
respectively set up the victory for Bengaluru FC,
which beat its Indian Super League (ISL) rival
Mumbai City FC 2-1 in the final of the 131st
Durand Cup to claim its maiden crown in the
historic competition.
The final match took place at the Salt Lake
Stadium in Kolkata.
350. 1
Ace grappler Bajrang Punia became the only
Indian to claim four medals at the World
Wrestling Championships by clinching a bronze in
the current edition, in Belgrade, Serbia.
It is Bajrang's third bronze at the worlds. The
celebrated Indian wrestler had earlier won a
bronze at in 2013, silver in 2018 and bronze in
2019.
351. 2
The US Agency for International Development
and UNICEF launched the Doordarshan and
YouTube series titled Door Se Namaste at
function held in New Delhi. Door Se Namaste is a
new television series which promotes healthy
behaviours in a post-pandemic world.
Prasar Bharti CEO - Mayank Agrawal
352. 2
Swati Piramal, Vice Chairperson, Piramal Group
has been conferred the Chevalier de la Légion
d'Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour). The
highest French civilian award comes in
recognition of Piramal's outstanding
achievements and contribution in the fields of
business and industry, science, medicine, art and
culture, both nationally and internationally. She
was earlier honoured with Padma Shri by the
government of India in 2012.
353. 2
Union Jal Shakti Minister declared Andaman and
Nicobar Islands as India's first Swachh Sujal
Pradesh. Speaking at a function in Port Blair, he
handed over the certificate to Lieutenant
Governor Admiral DK Joshi.
On World Water Day, 22 March 2021, Andaman
and Nicobar Islands was declared to have
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achieved 100% coverage of rural households
with tap water connection. Union Jal Shakti
Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
354. 3
World Bank approves $150 million loan for
Punjab to improve state's finances, service
delivery
The new projects will support the state's
development goals by strengthening the
planning, budgeting and monitoring functions,
and leveraging digital technology, besides
increasing accountability in the public
procurement systems by supporting the state-
wide implementation of new legal and policy
reforms.
The USD 150 million loans have a maturity of 15
years.
Auguste Tano Kouame, the World Bank's Country
Director in India.
355. 4
The Film Federation of India has announced
India's official entry to the Oscars 2023. The
Gujarati film, Chhello Show, which is titled Last
Film Show in English, has been selected as
India's official entry to the 95th Academy
Awards. It has been selected in the Best
International Feature Film category.
The film is directed by Pan Nalin.
356. 3
The Maharashtra government will rename the
Daulatabad fort located near Aurangabad city to
its old name 'Devgiri', state Tourism Minister
Mangal Prabhat Lodha has said.
The fort was renamed Daulatabad by Mohammed
Tughlaq in the 14th Century who understood its
importance as a base for military operations in
southern India.
357. 4
ENC Yachting Championship was conducted at
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh by the Indian
Navy Watermanship Training Centre, INS Circars
under the aegis of Headquarters Eastern Naval
Command (HQENC). Cmde Sumantra Hazarika,
Director MWC (V), was the Chief Guest for the
Prize Distribution and Closing ceremony.
• A total of 38 races were conducted in Enterprise
Dinghy, ILCA 6, ILCA 7 classes and BicNova Wind
Surfer.
358. 3
Google Cloud announced it has launched the first
cohort of the its computing foundations with
Kubernetes course in collaboration with
FutureSkills Prime, an IT Ministry and Nasscom
digital skilling initiative.
The beginner-level course aims to provide
participants an opportunity to experience cloud

computing, cloud basics, big data and machine
learning (ML).
359. 3
Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata, former Supreme
Court judge KT Thomas, and former deputy Lok
Sabha speaker Kariya Munda have been
nominated as trustees of the PM CARES Fund.
Prime Minister is the ex-officio Chairman of the
PM CARES Fund and the Minister of Defence,
Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Finance,
Government of India are ex-officio Trustees of
the Fund.
• As per the PMO, the Trust further decided to
nominate other eminent persons for the
constitution of Advisory Board to the PM CARES
Fund. These eminent personalities included:
Rajiv Mehrishi, Former Comptroller and Auditor
General of India; Sudha Murthy, Former
Chairperson, Infosys Foundation, and Anand
Shah, Co-founder of Teach for India and Former
CEO of Indicorps and Piramal Foundation.
360. 1
CCI Approves Jio Cinema OTT Merger With
Viacom18 Media
The approval of the The Competition Commission
of India (CCI) is required for deals that entail
acquisition of shares, assets, control or voting
rights if the involved parties have assets in
excess of INR 2,000 Cr in India or a turnover in
excess of INR 6,000 Cr. This is strictly to ensure
the prevention of unfair trade practices in the
business.
361. 2
India to host maiden MotoGP race in 2023; to be
labelled as 'Grand Prix of Bharat'. MotoGP
commercial rights owner Dorna and Noida-based
race promoters Fairstreet Sports signed a MoU to
host the premier two-wheel racing event in India
for the next seven years.
The Buddh International Circuit, which will be
hosting the MotoGP race, was once home to the
Formula 1 Indian Grand Prix, held for three
consecutive years from 2011 till 2013.
362. 2
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) reduced its
forecast for India's gross domestic product
growth for the fiscal year 2022"2023 (FY23) to
7% from 7.2%, citing weak global demand and
tightening monetary policy to combat inflationary
pressures brought on by high prices for oil and
other commodities.
Takeo Konishi, the ADB's country director for
India.
363. 3
Union Minister for education and skill
development Dharmendra Pradhan has launched
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the Skill Certification Assessment for Leather
Employees (SCALE) app which aims to provide a
one-stop solution for the skilling, learning,
assessment, and employment needs of the
leather industry. The app was launched at the
Central Leather Research Institute (CSIR),
Chennai.
364. 3
Coast Guards from India and America conducted
joint exercise Abhyas off the coast of the
southern Indian city of Chennai.Joint exercise
'Abhyas-01/22' marked the culmination of the
four-day goodwill visit of the US Coast Guard
ship Midgett to Chennai.The focus of the exercise
was to familiarise the personnel of Coast Guards
of both the nations with each other's capabilities
365. 2
The Central government appointed Dr Rajiv Bahl
currently posted in WHO as a Director General of
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) cum-
Secretary Department of Health Research (DHR)
for a period of 3 years.
ICMR, New Delhi, the apex body in India for the
formulation, coordination and promotion of
biomedical research.
ICMR has 27 institutes located in different parts
of India.
366. 3
Britannia Industries, maker of the popular Good
Day and Tiger biscuits, has appointed Rajneet
Kohli as its Executive Director & Chief Executive
Officer. The company also announced that it has
elevated Varun Berry to Executive Vice-Chairman
and Managing Director.
Kohli will takeover as the position w.e.f 26th
September, 2022 and will report to Varun Berry.
367. 4
Dilip Tirkey, a former India hockey captain and
member of the gold medal-winning team at the
1998 Asian Games, was unanimously elected as
Hockey India (HI) president. First time in history,
a former sportsperson and an Olympian has gone
on to head the national body.He represented
India at the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996,
Sydney in 2000, and Athens in 2004.
368. 1
India has exported the first consignment of
plant-based meat products from Nadiad in the
Kheda district of Gujarat to California in the
United States. In a move to boost exports of
unique agricultural processed food products, the
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export
Authority facilitated the export of the first
consignment under the Vegan Food category.

369. 3
The Government of India has launched a Scheme
Special Assistance to States for Capital
Investment for 2022-23. Under this Scheme,
financial assistance is provided to the States
Governments in the form of 50-year interest free
loan for capital investment projects.
• Under Part V (Optical Fibre Cable) of the
Scheme, an amount of Rs 3000 Crore is
earmarked and will be available to States for
capital projects on Optical Fibre Cable (OFC)
network.Â
• On the recommendation of Department of
Telecommunications, Department of Expenditure
has recently approved proposals of four States
namely Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Haryana and
Karnataka with allocation as 50 Cr, 84 Cr, 65 Cr
and 156 Cr respectively.Â
370. 2
India has announced the launch of the
"Innovation Roadmap of the Mission Integrated
Biorefineries" developed by co-leads and active
inputs from Brazil, Canada, EC and the UK.The
Mission aims at greater international
collaboration and the need for increased
financing for Energy Research, Development, and
Demonstration during the next five years to
kickstart this object
• Â "Innovation Roadmap of the Mission
Integrated Biorefineries" aims to fill the void by
identifying gaps and challenges in current
biorefining value chains, prioritising Eight key
actions to support the Mission, and guiding the
Mission's overall path in achieving its goal.Â
• India is continually working towards
transforming the energy landscape of country
with significant clean energy share and added
that by 2030, India agreed to reach 500-
Gigawatt non-fossil energy capacity, shift 50% of
energy requirements to renewable energy, lower
overall anticipated carbon emissions by one
billion tons, reduce carbon intensity of the
economy by 45% over 2005 levels, and achieve
net zero emissions by 2070.
371. 4
Real Time Train Information System (RTIS),
developed in collaboration with ISRO, is being
installed on the locomotives for automatic
acquisition of train movement timing at the
stations, including that of arrival & departure or
run-through. They get automatically plotted on
the control chart of those trains in the Control
Office Application (COA) system.
372. 1
REC has been accorded with the status of a
'Maharatna' Central Public Sector Enterprise, thus
giving REC greater operational and financial
autonomy. An order to this effect was issued
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yesterday by the Department of Public
Enterprises, under the Ministry of Finance.
Incorporated in 1969, REC is an NBFC focusing
on Power Sector Financing and Development
across India. Vivek Kumar Dewangan- CMD, REC
• The Board of a 'Maharatna' CPSE can make
equity investments to undertake financial joint
ventures and wholly-owned subsidiaries and
undertake mergers and acquisitions in India and
abroad, subject to a ceiling of 15% of the Net
Worth of the concerned CPSE, limited to ₹5,000
crores in one project.
• The Board can also structure and implement
schemes relating to personnel and Human
Resource Management and Training. With this,
REC can also enter into technology Joint
Ventures or other strategic alliances among
others.
• In FY22, REC made its highest ever net profit of
₹10,046 crores and reached a net worth of
₹50,986 crores, owing to its cost-effective
resource management and strong financial
policies. REC has played a key role in the success
of the flagship schemes of the Government of
India such as DDUGJY and SAUBHAGYA and has
contributed towards achieving village and
household electrification in the country. REC is
currently playing the role of nodal agency for
Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS),
for revamping the distribution sector to alleviate
the financial & operational issues.Â
373. 2
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurated
the third edition of the Lok Manthan programme
in Guwahati. Lokmanthan is an august occasion
where artists, intellectuals, and academicians are
drawn from different parts of the country
converge and brainstorm on the questions that
haunt the society.The theme of this year's
biennale is Lokparampara (Lok traditions)
374. 2
Sanjai Kumar has taken charge as the Chairman
& Managing Director of RailTel Corporation of
India Limited, a PSU which provided broadband,
VPN and other communication services for Indian
Railways.
RailTel is a "Mini Ratna (Category-I)" Central
Public Sector Enterprise incorporated on
September 26, 2000.
375. 2
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar released a
book titled "Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay - Jeevan
Darshan Aur Samsamyikta" in a programme in
New Delhi. He also highlighted the relevance of
Pandit Deendayal's thoughts in contemporary
times.

376. 3
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change will launch the 'Swachh Vayu
Sarvekshan' programme under National Clean Air
Programme 2019 (NCAP) to rank cities based on
their actions to improve air quality. It will rank
131 cities in the country for implementing City
Action Plans prepared as part of NCAP for
reducing air pollution up to 40 per cent by 2025-
26.
• According to the World Air Quality Report of
2021, India ranked fifth among the 117 mostÂ
• In India, only the Delhi-National Capital Region
(NCR) has a dedicated agency to tackle the
menace of air pollution.Â
• At least 131 cities are categorised into three
groups based on population. The first group has
47 cities with a population of over one million,
and 44 cities in the second group have people
between 300,000 to one million. The third group
consists of 40 towns with less than 300,000
population.
• According to the NCAP, these 131 cities are
non-attainment cities as they did not meet the
nation's ambient air quality standards (NAAQS)
for 2011-15 under the National Air Quality
Monitoring Programme (NAMP).
377. 2
Indian activist-author-poet Meena Kandasamy
has been announced as the recipient of the
Hermann Kesten Award 2022, which is given by
the PEN Centre in Darmstadt, Germany. The
award is given to Kandasamy in honour and
recognition of her support for the rights of
victimized writers. Meena Kandaswamy's work:
"The Gypsy Goddess," (2014) and "When I Hit
You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife"
(2017). She has also published anthologies of
her poems, most notably "Ms Militancy" (2010)
and "#ThisPoemWillProvokeYou and Other
Poems" (2015).
378. 4
The Indian Army and the Defence Geoinformatics
and Research Establishment (DGRE) have jointly
installed the Avalanche Monitoring Radar, first of
its kind in India, in north Sikkim. This radar has
the capability to detect avalanches within three
seconds of their triggering and will assist in
saving valuable life of troops and civilians as also
vehicles in super high altitude
379. 2
Amazon announced the setting up of its first
solar farm in India. The e-commerce major will
be setting up three solar power projects with a
capacity of 420 megawatt (MW) in Rajasthan.
These would include a 210 MW project to be
developed by ReNew Power, a 100 MW project to
be developed by Amp Energy India, and a 110
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Renewable Partners
380. 4
Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) under the
Ministry of Finance has given in-principle
approval for an innovative urban transport
ropeway project worth Rs 1,546.4 crore for
Shimla city.
The ropeway network will have a length of 14.9
km, with several boarding and disembarking
points.
Eco-friendly mode of transportation as the
project will be carbon neutral.
381. 2
Senior bureaucrat Rajendra Kumar has been
appointed the director general of the Employees'
State Insurance Corporation.
He is currently an additional secretary in the
Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology.
ESIC, Chairman: Minister of State for Labour &
Employment (Independent Charge).
Shri Rameswar Teli : Minister of State for Labour
& Employment (Independent Charge).
382. 3
Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge shattered his own world
record on Sunday (25 September), with a time of
2:01:09 to win the Berlin marathon.
Kipchoge's previous best in an official 42.2km
race was 2:01:39 set on the same course in
2018.
Ethiopia's Tigist Assefa won the women's race in
a course record of 2:15:37, the third fastest time
in history.
383. 4
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
inaugurated "Arogya Manthan 2022" to celebrate
four years of the implementation of Ayushman
Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB
PM-JAY) and one year of the Ayushman Bharat
Digital Mission (ABDM) on September 25. AB-
PMJAY completed four years of its
implementation on Sept 23, 2022, and
Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission on 27 Sept.
India has achieved another milestone in its
digital health journey as Ayushman Bharat Digital
Mission (ABDM) crossed the landmark of one
crore digitally linked health records with over 27
lakh records linked in a single day. Union Health
Minister
384. 4
Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry launched
Swachh Toycathon, a unique competition to
make toys from waste.The competition will be
open to individuals and groups to bring forth
innovation in toy designs using dry waste. It will

focus on efficient designs that can be replicated
at a larger scale, and toys that comply with
minimum safety standards.
The competition will be hosted on MyGov's
innovate India portal.
• Center for Creative Learning, IIT Gandhinagar
is the knowledge partner for the initiative.
• The demand for toys in the country is
increasing due to strong economic growth, rising
disposable incomes, and several innovations for
the junior population. National Action Plan for
Toys 2020 was introduced to promote the Indian
toy industry including traditional handicrafts and
handmade toys with the objective of establishing
India as a global Toy hub.
• The Department for Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade along with 14 Ministries of Central
Government is currently implementing various
aspects of the National Action Plan for Toys.
385. 4
Ageas Federal Life Insurance has become the
first Indian life insurer to have 74% foreign
shareholding following the exit of IDBI Bank
which sold its entire 25% stake to Ageas
Insurance International NV. Belgium-based
Ageas Insurance International's stake in the life
insurance company is now 74% from the earlier
49%.Federal Bank continues to hold the
remaining 26% stake.
As a part of the Union Budget for FY22, the
government had increased the permissible limit
for foreign direct investment (FDI) in insurance
companies to 74% from 49%, thereby accepting
a long-standing demand of the industry.
386. 2
Gautam Adani and family, with an estimated
wealth of ₹10,94,400 crore, has topped the IIFL
Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2022, which was
released. With 116% growth as compared with
the 2021 list, his daily wealth creation velocity is
estimated at ₹1,612 crore. Mukesh Ambani and
family has been named as the second richest in
India with wealth of ₹7,94,700 crore
• Founder of Nykaa - Falguni Nayar,  59, has
overtaken Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, 69, to become
the richest self-made Indian woman.  Co-
founder of Confluent, a streaming data
technology company, Neha Narkhede, 37, is the
youngest self-made woman entrepreneur in
India.
• As per the list, there are 1,103 individuals
with ₹1,000 crore wealth, up by 96 from last
year. Thirteen people born in 90s made to the
list, all self-made. Bengaluru -based Kaivalya
Vohra, 19, of grocery delivery app Zepto is the
youngest self-made and the youngest rich
individual.Â
• With 283 individuals, Mumbai tops the India
Rich list followed by New Delhi (185) and
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Bengaluru (89). Mumbai added 28. As many
as 14 professional managers made it to the list.
387. 3
India will get its first flex-fuel vehicle, which can
run on ethanol blended petrol and battery next
month. The Flex Fuel Strong Hybrid Electric
Vehicles (FFV-SHEV) imported from Brazil will be
used as a pilot to assess its performance in terms
of reduced carbon emissions.
The vehicle will be flagged off by Union road
transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari.
388. 2
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) carried
out searches in 21 states/Union Territory in
relation to the circulation and sharing of Child
Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM).
CBI launched the operation - code-named 'Megha
Chakra' - following inputs from Interpol
headquarters, Crime against Children unit in
Singapore.Subodh Kumar Jaiswal current CBI
director.
389. 1
GM Magnus Carlsen (Norway) won the Julius
Baer Generation Cup, needing just two games
vs. GM Arjun Erigaisi (India)
Carlsen's performance makes him the first player
to hit the historic 2900 Tour Rating mark and he
has also reached $180,000 in earnings on the
Tour. Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa stands
second with $106,500.
390. 2
Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy
party won the Italian election, defeating Mario
Draghi by a huge margin. By doing so, Giorgia
has become Italy's first female prime minister,
and that too, of a right-wing
government.According to media reports, the
alliance claimed over 43% votes, which would
translate to 114 seats in the Senate.
391. 3
Rural Development Ministry has developed
JALDOOT App to capture the water level of
selected wells in a village across the country. The
Jaldoot app will enable Gram Rojgar Sahayak to
measure the water level of selected wells twice a
year (pre-monsoon and post-monsoon). In every
village, adequate number of measurement
locations (2-3) shall need to be selected.
392. 4
The Uttar Pradesh government has emerged as
the top buyer on the Government e-Marketplace
portal with a gross merchandise value (GMV) of
more than Rs 24,000 crore. The central
government's GeM portal, launched by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi in August 2016, is an

end-to-end e-marketplace, where commonly
used goods and services are procured by the
government agencies.
393. 2
As per the Sample Registration System (SRS)
Statistical Report 2020 released on 22nd
September 2022 by Registrar General of India
(RGI), the country has been witnessing a
progressive reduction in IMR, U5MR and NMR
since 2014 towards achieving the SDG's.
• Under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) for the country
has shown significant decline of 3 points (Annual
Decline Rate: 8.6 per cent) from 2019 (32 per
1,000 live births in 2020 against 35 per 1,000
live births in 2019). It varies from 36 in rural
areas to 21 in urban areas.
• U5MR for Female is higher (33) than male (31).
There has been a decline of 4 points in male
U5MR and 3 points in female U5MR during the
corresponding period. The highest decline of
U5MR has been observed in the state of Uttar
Pradesh (5 points) and Karnataka (5 points).
• The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) has also
registered 2-point decline to 28 per 1,000 live
births in 2020 from 30 per 1,000 live births in
2019 (Annual Decline Rate: 6.7 per cent). The
Rural-Urban difference has narrowed to 12 points
(Urban 19, Rural 31).
• The Neonatal Mortality Rate has also declined
by 2 points from 22 per 1,000 live births in 2019
to 20 per 1,000 live births in 2020 (Annual
Decline Rate: 9.1 per cent). It ranges from 12 in
urban areas to 23 in rural areas.
394. 4
An Integrated Cryogenic Engine Manufacturing
Facility (ICMF) set up by Hindustan Aeronautics
Limited that would cater to the entire rocket
engine production under one roof for Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was
inaugurated by President Droupadi Murmu.
On that occasion, the President also laid the
foundation stone for the Zonal Institute of
Virology (South Zone).
• The state-of-the-art ICMF, set up over an area
of 4,500 square metres houses over 70 hi-tech
equipment and testing facilities for
manufacturing cryogenic (CE20) and semi-
cryogenic (SE2000) engines of Indian rockets.
• In 2013, an MOU was signed with ISRO for
establishing the facility for manufacturing
cryogenic engine modules at HAL, Aerospace
Division, and it was subsequently amended in
2016 for setting up of ICMF with an investment
of Rs 208 crore.
• Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot,
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, ISRO
Chairman S Somanath, HAL Chairman and
Managing Director C B Ananthakrishnan,
among others were present at the event.
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• HAL Aerospace Division manufactures liquid
propellant tanks and launch vehicle structures of
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV),
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV
MK-II), GSLV Mk-III and also stage integration
for GSLV MK-II.
• Cryogenic engines are the most widely used
engines world over in launch vehicles, the
statement said. Due to the complex nature of the
cryogenic engine, till date only a few countries "
the USA, France, Japan, China and Russia "
have mastered the cryogenic technology.
• On January 5, 2014, India successfully flew
GSLV-D5 with a cryogenic engine and became
the sixth country in developing cryogenic engines
(made by ISRO through private industries) and
became the sixth country in developing cryogenic
engines.
395. 3
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has
replaced his father King Salman as prime
minister.
The decree promoted Prince Mohammed's
brother Prince Khalid from deputy defence
minister to defence minister.
Prince Mohammed has previously served as
deputy prime minister.
396. 3
The Information & Broadcasting Ministry
announced that Dadasaheb Phalke Award for
2020 will be presented to Asha Parekh. The
award will be presented at the National Film
Award ceremony in New Delhi.
The Minister also announced that the 68 th
National Film Awards will be held on September
30, 2022 and will be presided over by the
President Droupadi Murmu.
• The jury for the selection of 52nd Dadasaheb
Phalke award included Asha Bhosle, Hema Malini,
Poonam Dhillon, T. S. Nagabharana and Udit
Narayan.
397. 2
The Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) carried out two successful
test flights of the Very-Short Range Air Defence
System (VSHORADS) missile.
The missiles were test-fired from a ground-based
portable launcher. The tests were carried out
from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur,
located off the coast of Odisha.
• VSHORADS is a Man Portable Air Defence
System (MANPAD) designed and developed
indigenously by DRDO's Research Centre Imarat
(RCI), Hyderabad in collaboration with other
DRDO laboratories and Indian Industry Partners,
the ministry said.
• VSHORADS missile incorporates many novel
technologies including miniaturized Reaction

Control System (RCS) and integrated avionics,
which have been successfully proven during the
tests.
398. 2
Addressing the 10th BRICS meet of science and
technology ministers, Sh. Jitendra Singh said
there were several areas where the people in the
BRICS nations directly benefited from "our
mutual cooperation such as establishment of a
vaccine R&D centre, BRICS Network University,
establishment of shared satellite constellation ,
and mutual recognition of pharma products".
Sh. Jitenadra Singh: Union Science and
Technology Minister. Dr Jitendra Singh thanked
China for hosting 2022 BRICS Summit
successfully and organising a series of high-level
sectoral meetings including the 10th Meeting of
BRICS S&T Ministers and 12th Meeting of Senior
officials.
399. 1
The government, World Bank and Small
Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
are set to launch a $1 billion fund to provide
guarantees against loan default to lenders
financing the purchase of electric two- and three-
wheelers.
The Niti Aayog is the facilitating agency for the
project, aimed at facilitating faster and easier
financing of electric vehicles.
400. 4
The government has launched a new mobile app
called 'Sign Learn' with an aim to make the
Indian Sign Language dictionary more accessible
to the masses. The app, which is available for
both Android and iPhone, was launched by
Minister of State for Social Justice and
Empowerment, Pratima Bhoumik.
• The Sign Learn app is based on the Indian Sign
Language Research and Training Centre's
(ISLRTC) Indian sign language dictionary and
includes 10,000 words.
• The Indian Sign Language Research and
Training Centre (ISLRTC) recently signed an
MoU with the National Council of Educational
Research and Training (NCERT). This move
was to convert NCERT textbooks from classes 1
to 12 into the Indian Sign Language (digital
format). The digital copy will be available to
students with hearing disabilities.
 world's rising stars. Significantly, he is the only
401. 3
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation
stone of the world's first CNG terminal at
Bhavnagar. The Foresight Group had signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the
Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) for the
development of the CNG Terminal in Gujarat
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during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Business
Summit 2019.
• The port will be developed at a cost of
₹4024 crores and will have state-of-the-art
infrastructure for the world's first CNG terminal
along with a state-of-the-art world's fourth
largest lock gate system.
• The construction of the port is expected to
commence in the first half of 2023 and the port
will be operational in 2026.
• The Prime Minister also inaugurated the
Regional Science Centre in Bhavnagar which is
spread in 20 acres and built at a cost of ₹100
crore. The Regional Science Centre (RSC)
Bhavnagar is situated near Das Nala, Nari Gam,
Ahmedabad highway, Bhavnagar.
• Sh. Prime Minister also inaugurated the APPL
Container (AAWADKRUPA PLASTOMECH
PVT. LTD). After the announcement of Prime
Minister's 'Make In India', the Government of
India had established a container's
manufacturing hub at Bhavnagar.
• The first prototype container was manufactured
in 2019.
402. 1
The Centre has decided to appoint Lt General Anil
Chauhan (retd) as the next Chief of Defence
Staff (CDS). He is only the second person to hold
the post after General Bipin Rawat.
Lt General Anil Chauhan (retd) shall also function
as the Secretary to the Government of India,
Department of Military Affairs.
He was commissioned into the 11 Gorkha Rifles
of the Indian Army in 1981.
403. 1
Senior advocate R Venkataramani has been
appointed as the new Attorney General of India
for a period of three years, by Honarable
President of India. He will succeed KK Venugopal
after the latter's term ends on September 30.
The Attorney General is the Government of
India's first law officer, and has the right of
audience in all courts of the country.
R Venkataramani is the 16th Attorney General of
India (AG).
404. 3
Reliance Jio Chairman Akash Ambani, son of
billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has been named in
the Time100 Next " the magazine's list of the
Indian on the list. However, there is another
Indian-born American business leader, Amrapali
Gan, also on the list.
405. 3
Cardiovascular diseases are the biggest cause of
death in the world and India. It is for that reason
that September 29 is marked as World Heart

Day. The day hopes to promote awareness about
the risks of heart diseases and how to prevent
them.
The theme for World Heart Day 2022 is 'Use
Heart For Every Heart'.
• In 1999, the World Heart Federation (WHF) in
association with the World Health Organization
(WHO) decided to mark World Heart Day on the
last Sunday of September. The first World Heart
Day was observed in 2000.
• In 2012, world leaders committed to reducing
the global burden of deaths from non-
communicable diseases, like heart conditions,
diabetes, asthma, cancer and stroke, by 25
percent. As part of this drive, global stakeholders
pushed for the greater importance of World Heart
Day as cardiovascular diseases account for nearly
half of all deaths from non-communicable
diseases in a year. Since then, World Heart Day
has been observed on September 29 with more
than 90 countries participating in the event.
406. 2
India climbed six notches to 40th position in the
Global Innovation Index 2022 on account of
improvement in several parameters, according to
a report by the Geneva-based World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO).
Switzerland, the United States, Sweden, the
United Kingdom and the Netherlands are the
world's most-innovative economies.
India was at 46th position in 2021.
WIPO, Director General : Daren Tang.
407. 1
N S Rajan, Director of August One Partners LLP
was unanimously elected as Advertising
Standards Council of India (ASCI)'s Chairman of
the Board of Governors.
Saugata Gupta, Managing Director & CEO, Marico
Limited, was elected Vice-Chairman.
Established in 1985, ASCI is registered as a non-
profit company under section 25 of the Company
Act.
408. 1
The Adani Group will develop a port in India's
West Bengal state at a planned investment of
more than $3 billion, as the port-to-power
conglomerate continues to bolster its grip over
the local infrastructure and logistics sectors.The
greenfield project will entail a total investment of
₹25,000 crore ($3.1 billion), of which ₹15,000
crore will go toward port development.
409. 2
Tamil Nadu notified the country's first 'Dugong
Conservation Reserve' in Palk Bay covering the
coastal waters of Thanjavur and Pudukottai
districts with an area of 448 square kilometers.
Dugongs are the largest herbivorous marine
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mammals in the world thriving primarily on
seagrass beds, a major carbon sink of the
oceans. Dugongs are protected under Schedule 1
of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.
410. 4
On the occasion of World Tourism Day,
Uttarakhand received the first prize in two
categories, for the best adventure tourism
destination and all-around development of
tourism from the Ministry of Tourism. The State's
Tourism and Culture minister Satpal Maharaj
received the awards from Vice President Jagdeep
Dhankar during the presentation of National
Tourism Awards 2018-19
411. 3
Tata Motors and Brazil's Marcopolo SA came
together in 2006 to form a JV to manufacture
low-floor air-conditioned and non air-conditioned
buses in India. This JV was well known as Tata
Motors Marcopolo Ltd. (TMML), in which Tata
Motors had a 51 percent holding of the company
and Marcopolo SA had 49 percent holding in the
JV.
From August 29th 2022 TMML has become a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Motors.
412. 1
Each year, India celebrates National Nutrition
Week (NNW) from September 1 to September 7.
Since 1982, the Indian government has been
conducting National Nutrition Week to educate
citizens about nutrition and urge them to lead
healthy and sustainable lifestyles.
NNW first observed in March 1975 by the
American Dietetic Association.
The theme for this year is 'Celebrate a World of
Flavors'.
413. 4
The country's largest carrier IndiGo has joined a
sustainable initiative spearheaded by the World
Economic Forum (WEF). The airline has become
a signatory to the Clear Skies for Tomorrow,
India Coalition campaign spearheaded by WEF.
It will help in achieving a significant scale for SAF
(Sustainable Aviation Fuel).
Clean Skies for Tomorrow was launched in
January 2019.
414. 2
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted the
10th National Maritime Search and Rescue
Exercise (SAREX -22) in Chennai.
Exercise "SAREX-2022" was reviewed by Indian
Coast Guard chief VS Pathania along with other
agencies and foreign participants.
The theme of this edition of the biennial exercise
is "Capacity Building Towards Marine Passenger
Safety".

415. 1
The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of
the Environment, Forest, and Climate Change
Ministry for signing an MoU with the Government
of Nepal on biodiversity conservation.
It is aimed at strengthening and enhancing
coordination and cooperation in the field of
forests, wildlife, environment, biodiversity
conservation, and climate change.
416. 3
Kartik Aaryan-starrer 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2' is
getting a comic book adaptation. Publisher
Diamond Comics has partnered with the
production houses T-Series and Cine1Studios to
create this comic book for all young audiences.
India's iconic comic book distributor is known for
creating famous characters such as Chacha
Chaudhary, Motu Patlu, Billoo, and Pinki, among
others.
The epic comic book will be based on Aaryan's
character in the movie - Rooh Baba.
417. 4
418. . 1
2022 Winners: Bernadette J. Madrid, a children's
rights advocate from the Philippines, Sotheara
Chhim, a mental health advocate
from Cambodia; Gary Bencheghib, an anti-
plastic pollution warrior from Indonesia; and
Tadashi Hattori, a sight-saving humanitarian
from Japan.
Incepted in 1958, the Ramon Magsaysay Award
is named after the late Philippine president.
419. 2
Union Minister Shri Hardeep Singh Puri presented
Smart Solutions Challenge & Inclusive Cities
Awards 2022. These awards are an initiative of
the National Institute of Urban Affairs and the
United Nations in India to address city-level
accessibility and inclusion challenges faced by
persons with disability women and girls, and the
elderly.
• Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri
awarded the winners of the Smart Solutions
Challenge and Inclusive Cities Awards 2022,
which included a literacy tool by Belagavi Smart
City.
• The challenge, which was launched in April,
received over 100 entries, of which the top 10
were identified as winners, the statement said. In
the category of early-stage innovations, the
winner was a wearable technology product, Fifth
Sense by Glovatrix Pvt. Ltd., that translates sign
language gestures to speech and text using
sensors and AI. In the second category of
market-ready solutions, Mouseware by
Dextroware Devices Pvt. Ltd. was the winner.
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Mouseware is a head-wearable device that
enables hands-free control of computers and
smart gadgets.
420. 4
The gross GST revenue collected in the month of
August 2022 stood at Rs 1,43,612 crore, up 28%
on a year-on-year basis, the Finance Ministry
said in a statement With this, the monthly GST
revenues have exceeded Rs 1.4 lakh crore for six
months in a row.In July, the GST collection was
Rs 1.49 lakh crore, the second-highest level
since its introduction in July 2017.
421. 1
INS Vikrant, India's first home-built aircraft
carrier, was formally commissioned after
completing almost a year of sea trials in Cochin
Shipyard Limited. The 45,000-tonne warship has
been built at a cost of ₹ 20,000 crore. PM Modi
also unveiled the new Naval Ensign. The Navy
had earlier said the new insignia will be befitting
the rich Indian maritime heritage.
• 262 metres long and 62 metres wide, INS
Vikrant is the largest warship to be built in India.
It can have 30 aircraft on board, including MiG-
29K fighter jets and helicopters. The warship can
accommodate a crew of nearly 1,600.
• INS Vikrant, in the beginning, will have MiG
fighters and some choppers. The Navy is in the
process of procuring 26 deck-based aircraft,
having narrowed down to some Boeing and
Dassault aircraft.
• At present, India has only one aircraft carrier,
INS Vikramaditya, which is built on a Russian
platform. Defence forces have been seeking
three carriers in all - one in spare besides one
each for the two main naval fronts, in the Indian
Ocean and Bay of Bengal.
• India's existing fleet includes one aircraft
carrier, 10 destroyers, 12 frigates and 20
corvettes.
422. 2
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, in
the 45th AGM , announced to build India's first
and one of the world's largest Carbon Fibre
plants at Hazira, Gujarat. The plants will have a
capacity of 20,000 MTPA based on Acrylonitrile
feedstock. Overall, in the Oil to Chemical
segment (O2C), Ambani announced an
investment of ₹75,000 crore
423. 2
India has surpassed the United Kingdom to
become the world's 5th biggest economy. the
International Monetary Fund's own forecasts
show India overtaking the UK in terms on an
annual basis this year. This has put India, the
Asian powerhouse, just behind the US, China,
Japan and Germany. Mrs Sitharaman said, a

decade ago, India ranked 11th among the largest
economies, while the UK was 5th.
424. 4
The 14th India-UAE Joint Commission Meeting
(JCM) was co-chaired by External Affairs Minister
Dr. S. Jaishankar and Foreign Minister of UAE
H.H. Sheikh Abdulla bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu
Dhabi on 01 September 2022. The two Ministers
were joined by H.E. Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al
Zeyoudi - UAE MOS for Foreign Trade, Shri Vinay
Kwatra - Foreign Secretary of India and
Ambassadors and senior officials from both sides.
Two MOUs were signed between both sides in the
presence of the Ministers. These are: MOU
between Wildlife Institute of India and
International Fund for Houbara Conservation for
the Conservation of the Great Indian Bustard and
the Lesser Florican and MOU between Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of
UAE and Indian Council for Cultural Relations
(ICCR) on the Establishment of the India-UAE
Cultural Council Forum.
425. 4
For the first time, astronomers have used NASA's
James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct
image of a planet outside our solar system.
The exoplanet called 'HIP 65426 b' is a gas giant,
meaning it has no rocky surface and could not be
habitable.
The exoplanet is about six to 12 times the mass
of Jupiter, and these observations could help
narrow that down even further.
It is young, about 15 to 20 million years old,
compared to our 4.5-billion-year-old Earth.
426. 2
Former footballer Kalyan Chaubey has been
elected as the President of the All India Football
Federation (AIFF). Kalyan defeated the legendary
Bhaichung Bhutia in the election for the top post.
The 45-year-old Chaubey, a former goalkeeper
with Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, won 33-1.
Chaubey, a BJP politician who lost the last
parliamentary election for the Krishnanagar seat
in West Bengal, never played for the India senior
team though he was in the squad on a few
occasions.
Bhutia and Chaubey were one-time teammates
at East Bengal.
Karnataka Football Association president N A
Haris, a sitting Congress MLA, won the election
for the lone post of vice president, beating
Manvendra Singh of Rajasthan.
Arunachal Pradesh's Kipa Ajay beat
Gopalakrishna Kosaraju of Andhra Pradesh for
the treasurer's post. All the 14 candidates who
had filed nominations for as many executive
committee members' posts were elected
unopposed.
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427. 4
In a unique and first-of-its-kind initiative, the
Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt
of India, has undertaken to set up India's first-
ever "Night Sky Sanctuary" in Ladakh which will
be completed within next three months.
The proposed Dark Sky Reserve will be located at
Hanle in Ladakh as a part of Changthang Wildlife
Sanctuary. It will boost Astro tourism in India
and will be one of the world's highest-located
sites for optical, infra-red, and gamma-ray
telescopes.
428. 1
The book 'Divorce and Democracy: A History of
Personal Law in Post-Independence India' talks
about family law, religion, and gender politics in
India.
Written by Saumya Saxena, British Academy
Fellow at the faculty of History, University of
Cambridge, the book talks about the Indian
state's difficult dialogue with divorce, which
reconciles largely through religion.
429. 3
Mongolia is a landlocked country in eastern Asia
south of Russia and north of China, east of
Kazakhstan. The country is known as the "Land
of the Eternal Blue Sky" and as the "Land of the
Horse".
Giving push to strategic partnership with East
Asian countries, Raksha Shri Rajnath Singh paid
an official visit to Mongolia from 05-07
September, 2022. This visit by Raksha Mantri
was the first ever visit by an Indian Defence
Minister to Mongolia.
430. 3
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar launched
the Gujarati translation of his book, "The India
Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World" in
Gujarat.
Prior to this, he visited the Bhaskaracharya
National Institute for Space Applications and
Geo-informatics (BISAG-N) in Gandhinagar.
431. 1
In a significant move to boost India's defence
export, the country has signed an export order
for missiles, rockets, and ammunition to Armenia
because of its conflict with Azerbaijan.
In a first, India will also export indigenous Pinaka
multi-barrel rocket launchers.
Armenia is also set to get anti-tank rockets as
well as a range of ammunition from India under
the deal.
432. 4
The government has approved ₹26,000 crore
for installation of 25,000 mobile towers in 500

days. The financial support for the project will be
provided by Universal Services Obligation Fund
and will be implemented by Bharat Broadband
Network.
It was announced at the recently concluded
'Digital India Conference of State IT Ministers' in
New Delhi.
433. 3
American chemist Karl Barry Sharpless, who
shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 with
Carolyn R. Bertozzi, also from the US, and
Denmark's Morten Meldal, is a two-time winner.
They won this year's Nobel for laying the basis of
"click chemistry" - a functional form of chemistry
used in mapping DNA and developing
pharmaceuticals.
• Sharpless was first awarded the chemistry
Nobel in 2001 for working on "chirally catalysed
oxidation reactions". The word chiral refers toÂ
molecules that appear in two mirroring forms.
• Karl Barry Sharpless joined the ranks of Polish-
French physicist Marie Curie, American chemist
Linus Carl Pauling and physicist John Bardeen
and English biochemist Frederick Sanger.
434. 1
President Joe Biden has nominated US Surgeon
General Dr. Vivek Murthy to serve as the
country's representative on the executive board
of the World Health Organization.
He was confirmed by the US Senate in March
2021 to serve as the 21st Surgeon General of the
country. He previously served as the 19th
Surgeon General under President Barack Obama.
435. 4
State-run GAIL said that Sandeep Kumar Gupta
has assumed the charge of Chairman and
Managing Director of the country's largest gas
utility. Before joining GAIL, he held the position
of Director (Finance), from August 2019, on the
Board of Indian Oil Corporation.Gail owns and
operates a diversified business portfolio including
over 14,500 km of natural gas pipeline network,
436. 2
Adani Green Energy Ltd said it has commissioned
the world's largest wind-solar power plant of 600
MW capacity in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.The plant
has a power purchase agreement with Solar
Energy Corporation of India (SECI) at Rs
2.69/kwh for 25 years, a company statement
said.The project consists of 600 MW solar and
150 MW wind plants
437. 3
Roxy Mathew Koll, a scientist at the Pune-based
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
(IITM),received the American Geophysical
Union's (AGU) 2022 Devendra Lal Memorial
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Medal. Koll was selected for his outstanding
research in Earth and space sciences. He will also
be conferred as a Fellow of the AGU. The medal
is named in honour of professor Devendra Lal, a
distinguished geophysicist
438. 2
India has emerged as the world's largest
producer and second largest exporter of sugar.
In Sugar Season 2021-22, a record of more than
five thousand lakh metric tons of sugarcane was
produced in the country. Out of this, 35 lakh
metric ton sugar was diverted to ethanol
production and 359 lakh metric ton of sugar was
produced by sugar mills. October to September is
generally considered as the sugar season in
India.
439. 1
The Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to
French author Annie Ernaux, for the courage and
clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots,
estrangements and collective restraints of
personal memory.
Last year's Nobel literature prize went to the
Tanzanian-born, UK-based writer Abdulrazak
Gurnah.
The prize is awarded by the Swedish Academy
and is worth 10 million Swedish crowns.
440. 2
Shri Shaktikanta Das, Governor, launched a new
SupTech initiative named DAKSH - Reserve
Bank's Advanced Supervisory Monitoring
System", which is expected to make the
Supervisory processes more robust. DAKSH
means 'efficient' & 'competent', reflecting the
underlying capabilities of the application.
• Daksh is a web-based end-to-end workflow
application through which RBI shall monitor
compliance requirements in a more focused
manner with the objective of further improving
the compliance culture in Supervised Entities
(SEs) like Banks, NBFCs, etc. The application will
also enable seamles communication, inspection
planning and execution, cyber incident reporting
and analysis, provision of various MIS reports
etc., through a Platform which enables anytime-
anywhere secure access.
441. 3
HDFC Life, one of India's leading life insurers has
launched the 'Insure India' campaign that is
aimed at educating Indians on the benefits of life
insurance as a product category.The objective of
this campaign is to educate Indians about life
insurance thereby motivating them to secure
their future with this unique financial product
that offers benefits.
• HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited ('HDFC
Life' / 'Company') is a joint venture between

HDFC Ltd., India's leading housing finance
institution and abrdn (Mauritius Holdings) 2006
Limited, a global investment company.
• It was Established in 2000
442. 1
Alphabet Inc's Google will set up its first cloud
region in Greece, giving a boost to the country's
efforts to become a world cloud computing hub.A
cloud region usually is based around a cluster of
data centres. Google's investment comes two
years after Microsoft Corp. decided to build a
data centre hub in the country.
Prime Minister of Greece- Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Alphabet Inc's Google will set up its first cloud
region in Greece, giving a boost to the country's
efforts to become a world cloud computing hub.A
cloud region usually is based around a cluster of
data centres. Google's investment comes two
years after Microsoft Corp. decided to build a
data centre hub in the country.
Prime Minister of Greece- Kyriakos Mitsotakis
443. 1
The World Bank slashed its growth estimate for
India by one percentage point to 6.5 per cent for
FY23, citing the blowback of the Russia-Ukraine
war and ongoing global monetary policy
tightening.This is the lowest growth estimate by
any multilateral agency for FY23. Reserve Bank
of India pared its growth estimate for FY23 to 7
per cent from 7.2 per cent estimated earlier.
444. 3
The Norwegian Nobel Committee declared
Belarusian activist Ales Bialiatski, Russian human
rights organisation Memorial, and the Ukrainian
NGO Center for Civil Liberties (CLL) as the
winners of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. The three
of them have been awarded for "outstanding
effort to document war crimes, human rights
abuses, and abuse of power".
445. 1
LIC and Central Central Government decided to
divest 60.72% stake in IDBI Bank.
LIC and Central Govt own close to 94% in IDBI
Bank, of which the Centre has 45.48% stake and
LIC has 49.24%, as of June 30. As per the plan,
the Centre will divest a 30.48% stake while LIC
will sell off 30.24%.
This would be the first attempt to privatise a
public sector bank in India.
CCEA agreed to its strategic disinvestment and
transfer management control in May 2021.
The IDBI Bank sale will contribute to the FY23
divestment target of the Centre of Rs 65,000
crore. It has already raised Rs 24,544 crore,
most of it by listing the country's biggest insurer
LIC in May.
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The Centre has been targeting to divest several
companies, like BEML, Shipping Corp, Concor,
Vizag Steel, IDBI Bank, Nagarnar Steel Plant of
NMDC, and HLL Lifecare.
Expression of Interest is invited for Strategic
Disinvestment of specified GoI and LIC stakes in
IDBI Bank along with transfer of management
control.
IDBI was constituted as a Development Financial
Institute (DFI) in 1964 and later transformed as
a Bank in 2004.
446. 4
The Centre has appointed a three-member
commission, headed by former Chief Justice of
India K G Balakrishnan, to consider the
possibility of granting SC status to 'new persons
who have historically belonged to the Scheduled
Castes'' but have converted to religions other
than Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism.
The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order,
1950, stipulates that no person professing a
religion different from Hinduism, Sikhism or
Buddhism can be deemed to be a member of a
Scheduled Caste. The original order under which
only Hindus were classified was later amended to
include Sikhs and Buddhists.
447. 5
Hero MotoCorp has taken the wraps off their new
electric scooter under the sub-brand, Vida.
The automaker launched the V1 as the first
electric scooter of the brand, as it looks to catch
up with newer firms who have taken the lead in
the country's clean mobility push.
The Hero Vida V1 would be first launched in New
Delhi, Jaipur and Bangalore.
448. 1
HDFC Bank announced the launch of SmartHub
Vyapar Merchant app, a payments and banking
solution for small and medium-sized businesses.
The app has been developed in partnership with
a merchant Saas platform, Mintoak Innovations
India.
It enables merchants to accept interoperable
payments across multiple payment modes which
include Cards, UPI and QR code.
The app also comes with a marketing tool
helping merchants to broadcast their offers via
social media to existing and potential customers
and improve sales.
Besides that, business expenses like payments to
distributors and vendors, payment of utility bills
and GST can also be made through the newly
launched app.
CMD of HDFC Bank: Sashidhar Jagdishan.
449. 5
• BRAP 2020 includes 301 reform points that
cover 15 business regulatory areas such as

Access to Information, Single Window System,
Labour, Environment, Sectoral Reforms and
other reforms spanning across the lifecycle of a
typical business.
• Department for Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade (DPIIT), since 2014, has been
releasing Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) for
steering business reforms to create an investor-
friendly ecosystem across the country. So far 4
editions of the assessment of States/UTs have
been released, and the latest edition is for 2020
assessment.
• The States/UTs under the Top Achievers
category in BRAP 2020 are: Andhra Pradesh,
Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Punjab, Tamil
Nadu and Telangana.
450. 3
• The first conference of the Agni campaign
was organised in Leh, on the theme of
'Sustainability and Culture'. Power Foundation of
India in association with Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA)
is currently running a campaign to create
awareness on Agni Tattva under LiFE - Lifestyle
for environment.
• The campaign aims to create awareness of
the core concept of Agni Tattva, an element that
is synonymous with energy and is amongst the
five elements of Panchmahabhoot.
• The Agni Tattva campaign - Energy for LiFE,
an initiative under the umbrella campaign of
Sumangalam, was launched by Shri R K Singh,
Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable
Energy, in New Delhi on 21st September 2022. A
series of seminars spanning the length and
breadth of the country have been planned as a
part of the campaign.
• Power Foundation of India is a Society
formed under the aegis of the Ministry of Power,
Government of India, and supported by leading
CPSEs. The Foundation is involved in areas of
advocacy and research, positively impacting the
evolving energy landscape.
451. 1
A committee of experts headed by CK Mishra on
sustainable finance,constituted by the
International Financial Services Centres Authority
at the GIFT City,has recommended developing a
voluntary carbon market, framework for
transition bonds,enabling de-risking mechanisms,
promoting regulatory sandbox for green fintech &
facilitating the creation of a global climate
alliance.
Mr. Tapan Ray, MD & Group CEO of Gujarat
International Finance Tec-City (GIFT).
452. 1
PM Narendra Modi declared Modhera village in
Gujarat as the country's first 24x7 solar-powered
village. Modhera, which is famous for a
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centuries-old Sun temple built during the
Chalukya, will also be known as a "solar-powered
village", Modi said. The Modhera village is located
25 km from the Mehsana district of Gurajat, and
about 100 km from Gandhinagar.
453. 4
The US and India have launched a new task force
under the Strategic Clean Energy Partnership,
which focus on the accelerated deployment of
energy storage technologies. The US Department
of Energy and India's Ministry of Power launched
the Energy Storage Task Force to help scale up
and accelerate deployment of energy storage
technologies to facilitate clean energy transition
USA and India second and third largest energy
consumers respectively. China is First.
454. 1
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has
decided to award the 2022 Sveriges Riksbank
Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred
Nobel to Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond
and Philip H. Dybvig (all 3 from US) "for research
on banks and financial crises."
Notably, Bernake has served as the 14th
chairman of the US Federal Reserve from 2006 to
2014.
The prize in economic sciences is not a Nobel
Prize.
• The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic
Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2021 was
divided, one half awarded to David Card "for his
empirical contributions to labour economics", the
other half jointly to Joshua D. Angrist and Guido
W. Imbens "for their methodological
contributions to the analysis of causal
relationships."
• In 2019, Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, his
wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer jointly won
the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize "for their
experimental approach to alleviating global
poverty.
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455. 4
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Phase
1 of Modi Shaikshanik Sankul, an educational
complex for needy students in Ahmedabad. The
project will help provide facilities to students for
holistic development. Addressing the occasion,
the Prime Minister underlined the importance of
skill development in order to ensure employment
for youths.
The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for
Gujarat's first Bulk Drug Park at Jambusar which
will be built at the cost of 2500 crore rupees.
Apart from this, he laid the foundation stone for
Deep Sea Pipeline Project at Dahej, along with
multiple industrial parks. It include four Tribal
Industrial Parks to be set up at Valia in Bharuch,

Amirgadh in Banaskantha, Chakaliya in Dahod
and Vanar in Chhota Udaipur.
456. 2
The Centre has extended the timeline for
disbursement of loans up to March 31 under the
ethanol blending programme interest subsidy
scheme, notified first in 2018, to facilitate
entrepreneurs to complete their projects while
availing of government support. In April, the
deadline for submitting applications under the
scheme was extended six months. The deadline
was September
Central Government with a view to increase
production of ethanol and its supply under
Ethanol Blended with Petrol (EBP) Programme,
especially in the surplus season and thereby to
improve the liquidity position of the sugar mills
enabling them to clear cane price arrears of the
farmers, notified different interest subvention
schemes for sugar mills and distilleries during
2018-2021. Government is extending financial
assistance in the form of interest subvention @
6% per annum or 50% of rate of interest
charged by banks, whichever is lower, on the
loans to be extended by banks for five years
including one-year moratorium.
457. 2
The Central Government notified the elevation of
Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey as Chief Justice of
the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court.
Meanwhile, Justice Pankaj Mittal has been
transferred to Rajasthan as Chief Justice of
Rajasthan HC and Justice PB Varale is appointed
as Chief Justice of Karnataka HC.
Section 75 in The Jammu and Kashmir
Reorganisation Act 2019
1. High Court of Jammu and Kashmir to be
common High Court
458. 1
World Bank (WB) has extended an unconditional
loan of $250 million to the Supporting Andhra's
Learning Transformation (SALT) project in
appreciation of the path-breaking reforms
implemented by the State government.
The SALT is the first project in the school
education sector to be funded by the World Bank
without any precondition.
• The number of children studying in government
schools in 2022-23 academic year was
40,31,239. The total number of children in
government, private and aided schools was less
by 86,119 when compared to last year.Â
459. 4
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its
latest World Economic Outlook report, cut its
forecast for India's gross domestic product (GDP)
growth in financial year 2022-23 (FY23) by 60
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basis points (bps) to 6.8 per cent, warning of a
long and tough economic winter.The outlook for
India is for growth of 6.8 per cent in 2022, a 0.6
percentage point downgrade since the July
The agency kept its global growth forecast for
2022 unchanged at 3.2 per cent, but cut it by 20
bps to 2.7 per cent in 2023, with a 25 per cent
chance that it may slip below 2 per cent.
IMF Economic Counsellor Pierre-Olivier
Gourinchas
The IMF maintained a forecast of 6.1 per cent for
FY24.
460. 3
VINS Bioproducts, based in Hyderabad, in
collaboration with the Centre for Cellular and
Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the University of
Hyderabad, has announced the successful
completion of Phase 2 clinical trials of VINCOV-
19, India's first antidote and a cure against
SARS-CoV-2 virus.The product basically contains
equine polyclonal antibodies (EpAbs) against the
Covid
461. 3
The Adani group-AAI operated Mumbai airport on
10 October said it has switched to green energy
sources, fulfilling 95 per cent of its requirement
from hydro and wind, while the rest 5 per cent
from solar power.The Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj International Airport was the first in
India to launch hybrid technology which has been
solely running on green energy since April.
462. 3
Tamil Nadu government has notified the
country's first Kadavur slender loris sanctuary
covering 11,806 hectares in Karur and Dindigul
districts of the State.
Slender lorises are small nocturnal mammals and
are arboreal in nature, as they spend most of
their life on trees.
The species has a wide range of ecological role
and importance to play in the terrestrial eco
system.
463. 3
Union Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled a 15-
feet high statue of socialist icon Jayaprakash
Narayan at his ancestral village of Sitab Diara in
Saran district of Bihar. UP Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath was also present at the programme to
mark the 120th birth anniversary of the veteran
leader.Shah unveiled the statute on the premises
of JP's ancestral house in Lala Ka Tola.
464. 4
President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu,
inaugurated 'PARAM KAMRUPA' Supercomputer
facility and a high-power active and passive
component laboratory of SAMEER at Indian

Institute of Technology, Guwahati. The Param
Kamrupa, one of its kind supercomputers in the
North East region, installed under the National
Supercomputing Mission.
• Government of India launched National
Supercomputing Mission (NSM) in 2015. Under
NSM, the plan was to connect R&D institutions
and academic institutions in the country using a
supercomputing grid with more than 70 high
performance computing facilities. Spread over
the period of seven years the estimated cost of
this mission is Rs. 4,500 crores (US$ 593
million).
• Department of Science and Technology (DST)
and Department of Electronics and Information
Technology (DeitY) jointly guides the mission.
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
(C-DAC) is entrusted with overall design,
development, deployment, and commissioning of
computers build under this mission. Atos a
French based IT services firm won the contract to
build parts for the supercomputers for C-DAC.
• PARAM Siddhi-AI is the fastest supercomputer
in India built under NSM with a capacity of 5.26
PF and according to Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology, PARAM Siddhi-AI will
play a key role in the nation's plan to become an
AI powerhouse.
465. 2
Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Gujarat are among
the 15 states and UTs categorised as achievers in
the logistics index chart 2022, according to a
report released by the commerce and Industry
Ministry.The index is an indicator of the efficiency
of logistical services necessary for promoting
exports and economic growth.
• According to the LEADS report, the other states
and Union territories that are in the "achievers"
category are Assam, Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Punjab,
Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and
Uttarakhand.
• Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan,
Puducherry, Sikkim and Tripura are the
other states categorised as fast movers in the
ranking.
• The 15 states and UTs ranked in the aspirers
category include Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa and
Mizoram.
• The report ranks the states on the basis of
their logistics ecosystem, highlights the key
logistics-related challenges faced by the
stakeholders and includes suggestive
recommendations, according to the fourth LEADS
(Logistics Ease Across Different States) 2022
report unveiled by the Commerce and Industry
Minister Piyush Goyal.
• The index aims at enhancing the focus on
improving logistics performance across states
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which is essential for improving the country's
trade and reducing transaction cost.
• The first logistics report was released in 2018.
No ranking was released last year due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. Gujarat was at the first
position in both 2018 and 2019 ranking lists.
466. 4
In Times Higher Education Rankings 2023, Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore has secured the
top place among the Indian universities.Five
Indian universities made it into the world's top
500 varsities. IISc has been placed under 251-
300 bracket.University of Oxford has once again
topped the world ranking list- for 7th time in a
row.
• As per THE World University Rankings, the
University of Oxford (UK) is followed by the
University of Harvard (US) and the University of
Cambridge (UK).Â
• Meanwhile, Asia is the most represented
continent with 669 universities participating,
jointly with Europe (639, up 50 from 589 last
year).Â
Top 10 Indian Universities
• IISc
• JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research
• Shoolini University of Biotechnology and
Management SciencesÂ
• Alagappa UniversityÂ
• Mahatma Gandhi UniversityÂ
• Â IIT RoparÂ
• Â International Institute of Information
Technology HyderabadÂ
• Jamia Millia IslamiaÂ
• Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical
SciencesÂ
• 0BHU
467. 3
Education and Skill Development Minister
Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated IInvenTiv - the
first-ever all-IITs Research and Development,
R&D Showcase at IIT Delhi.
The two day event which will conclude on
October 15, brings academia and industry under
one roof to showcase India's global R&D
strength.
468. 3
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched a
website that will enable citizens to contribute to
the Armed Forces Battle Casualties Welfare Fund
(AFBCWF),which is a tri-service fund.
The portal -- 'Maa Bharati Ke Sapoot' (MBKS) "
was launched during a function at the National
War Memorial complex in New Delhi.
469. 4
India ranked 107th out of 121 assessed countries
on the 2022 Global Hunger Index (GHI). With an

overall score of 29.1, the level of hunger in India
has been categorised as "serious".
India also ranks below Sri Lanka (64), Nepal
(81), Bangladesh (84), and Pakistan (99).
Afghanistan (109) is the only country in South
Asia that performs worse than India on the
index.
India's child wasting rate of 19.3% is worst in
the world; shows improvement in child stunting,
child mortality indicators
GHI is jointly released by Concern Worldwide and
Welthungerhilfe every October.
470. 2
Badminton legend Prakash Padukone was
awarded the Sports Journalists' Federation of
India (SJFI) medal for 2019 at a warm ceremony
at the Karnataka State Cricket Association.
The medal was instituted in 2018, with Vijay
Amritraj the first winner. The award function for
2019 was delayed due to the COVID-19
pandemic.
He was ranked World No. 1 in 1980
471. 4
PM dedicated 75 Digital Banking Units to the
nation through video conferencing. The DBUs
have been set up with the objective to ensure
that benefits of digital banking reach every nook
and corner of the country. It will provide digital
banking facilities to people. The DBUs will enable
those who do not have ICT infrastructure to
access banking services digitally.
• It was proposed to set up 75 Digital Banking
Units (DBUs) in 75 districts of the country by
Scheduled Commercial Banks.
• In April 2022, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
announced the guidelines for DBUs, following the
report of a working group of the Indian Banks
Association (IBA). A digital banking unit is a
specialised fixed point business unit or hub,
housing a certain minimum digital infrastructure
for delivering digital banking products and
services as well as servicing existing financial
products and services digitally in self-service
mode at any time.
• Commercial banks (other than regional rural
banks, payment banks and local area banks) with
past digital banking experience are permitted to
open DBUs in tier 1 to tier 6 centres, unless
otherwise specifically restricted, without having
the need to take permission from the RBI in each
case.
• As per the RBI, each DBU must offer certain
minimum digital banking products and services.
Such products should be on both liabilities and
assets side of the balance sheet of the digital
banking segment.Â
• Services being offered through DBU include
banking facilities like opening of savings account,
balance-check, print passbook, transfer of funds,
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investment in fixed deposits, loan applications,
stop-payment instructions for cheques issued,
application for credit / debit cards, view
statement of account, pay taxes, pay bills, make
nominations, etc. The DBUs will also facilitate
onboarding to Government credit link schemes
through the Jan Samarth portal and end-to-end
digital processing of a small ticket MSME/retail
loans.Â
472. 3
Union Minister for Railways, Communications and
Electronics & Information Technology, Shri
Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated India's First
Aluminum Freight Rake - 61 BOBRNALHSM1 at
Bhubaneswar Railway Station.This is a dedicated
effort for Make in India program as it has been
fully designed and developed indigenously in
collaboration with RDSO HINDALCO and Besco
Wagon.
• The reduced tare will reduce carbon footprint as
lower consumption of fuel in empty direction
and more transport of freight in loaded condition.
AÂ single rake can save over 14,500 tonnes of
CO2Â over its lifetime.
473. 3
The city of Hyderabad has bagged the prestigious
'World Green City Award 2022' beating Paris,
Bogota, Mexico City, Montreal, and Fortaleza in
Brazil.Additionally, the city has also won 'Living
Green for Economic Recovery and Inclusive
Growth' at the International Association of
Horticulture Producers 2022 held in Jeju, South
Korea. Hyderabad is the only Indian city selected
474. 2
Young Rudrankksh Patil won gold in men's 10m
air rifle event at the ISSF World Championship at
Cairo, Egypt , becoming only the second Indian
to achieve the feat after Abhinav Bindra. Patil is
the sixth Indian shooter to win gold in World
Championship.The Indian trio of Rudranksh
Balasaheb Patil, Kiran Ankush Jadhav, and Arjun
Babuta won the gold medal in 10m
475. 1
The President of India, Droupadi Murmu has
appointed Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant
Chandrachud as the Chief Justice of India with
effect from November 9, 2022. Justice
Chandrachud will take over as the 50th Chief
Justice of India after the retirement of the
incumbent CJI UU Lalit.
As the CJI, Justice Chandrachud will have a term
of over two years, till November 10, 2024.
• Justice Chandrachud is son of former Supreme
Court judge Y.V. Chandrachud who was the
longest serving CJI for being in office for about
seven years.

476. 2
Jyothi Yarraji has created history by becoming
the first Indian woman to clock a legal sub-13
second time in 100-meter hurdles while
smashing her own record at the National Open
Athletics Championships in Bengaluru. She had
won the same event in the National Games in
Gandhinagar in a time of 12.79 seconds. The 23-
year-old Yarraji is representing Railways.
477. 3
The Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and
Molecular Biology has become part of the world's
largest and most diverse genomic study covering
54 lakh individuals. It identified 12 thousand 222
places in the human genome that are associated
with human height.The study 'A saturated map of
common genetic variants associated with human
height' was published in Nature Journal.
• Â Researchers from across the world, including
chief scientist Dr G R Chandak from CCMB, came
together to form a consortium to study genetic
links to human height.
• They analysed existing genetic data of over 53
individuals drawn from various parts of the
world. In the course of the genomic study, the
researchers identified over 1,200 spots in the
human genome that literally dictate the height of
humans.
478. 1
The day was first established in Stockholm,
Sweden in the year 2008. Later, the United
Nations General Assembly marked it as Global
Handwashing Day.
The theme for this year's Global Handwashing
Day is 'Unite for Universal Hand Hygiene.'
479. 4
'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida', which came
ten years after Karunatilaka's prize-winning novel
'Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew', was
praised by judges for the "ambition of its scope
and the hilarious audacity of its narrative
techniques."
Damon Glut, last year's Booker Prize winner
presented the author with 50,000 pounds in prize
money.
• Karunatilaka, who is also a noted journalist and
advertising professional, is the second Booker
winner of Sri-Lankan descent, after Michael
Ondaatje, who took the trophy in 1992 for The
English Patient.
480. 3
Bandhan Bank has brought Sourav Ganguly as its
brand ambassador. Bandhan Bank is a pan India
bank that provides banking services through its
5,644 banking outlets spread across 34 of the 36
states and union territories in the country. As per
the company, Ganguly will help amplify the
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brand message of the bank and endorse the
products and services of the bank.
Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, MD and CEO, Bandhan
Bank.
481. 4
The UNDP report noted that the effects of the
Covid-19 pandemic on poverty in India cannot be
fully assessed because 71% of the data from the
2019-2021 'Demographic and Health Survey' for
the country were collected before the pandemic.
The incidence of poverty fell from 36.6% in
2015-2016 to 21.2% in 2019-2021 in rural areas
and from 9.0% to 5.5% in urban areas.
• The incidence of poverty in the country dropped
from 55.1% in 2005-06 to 16.4% in 2019-21, as
per the latest Multidimensional Poverty Index
(MPI) compiled jointly by the UN Development
Programme (UNDP) and Oxford Poverty and
Human Development Initiative (OPHI).
482. 1
Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin
Gadkari announced that the National Highways
Infra Trust (NHAI InvIT) bonds, which he said
will offer an effective return of 8.05% per
annum. These InvIT bonds will be listed on BSE
and NSE, providing an opportunity for investors
to invest and trade, he added. These are of Non-
Convertible Debenture.
• NHAI InvIT is the infrastructure investment
trust sponsored by the National Highways
Authority of India (NHAI) to support the
government's National Monetisation Pipeline
(NMP). NHAI's InvIT is a Trust established by
NHAI under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 and SEBI
(Security and Exchange Board of India)
regulations.
• The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi had approved the
NHAI's Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) in
December 2019, and the company had started to
meet investor groups the following year.
• Infrastructure investment trusts are institutions
similar to mutual funds, which pool investments
from various categories of investors and invest
them into completed and revenue-generating
infrastructure projects, thereby creating returns
for the investor.
• The capital market regulator notified the SEBI
(Infrastructure Investment Trusts) Regulations,
2014 on September 26, 2014, and these trusts
are likely to help facilitate investment in the
infrastructure sector.
• Structured like mutual funds, they have a
trustee, sponsor(s), investment manager and
project manager. While the trustee (certified by
Sebi) has the responsibility of inspecting the
performance of an InvIT, sponsor(s) are
promoters of the company that set up the InvIT.

483. 2
The Government has approved the increase in
the Minimum Support Prices for all mandated
Rabi Crops for Marketing Season 2023-
24.Government has increased the MSP to ensure
remunerative prices to the growers for their
produce. The absolute highest increase in MSP
has been approved for lentil (Masur) at Rs.500
per quintal followed by rapeseed and mustard at
Rs.400 per quintal
The MSP is fixed on the recommendations of
Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices
• Â For safflower, an increase of Rs.209/- per
quintal has been approved. For wheat, gram
and barley an increase of Rs.110/- per quintal,
Rs.100 per quintal respectively has been
approved.
• The increase in MSP for Rabi Crops for
Marketing Season 2023-24 is in line with the
Union Budget 2018-19 announcement of fixing
the MSP at a level of at lease 1.5 times of the
All-India weighted average Cost of Production,
aiming at reasonably fair remuneration for the
farmers. The maximum rate of return is 104
percent for rapeseed & mustard, followed by 100
percent for wheat, 85 per cent for lentil; 66 per
cent for gram; 60 per cent for barley; and 50 per
cent for safflower.
• In Indian farming, The rabi crops include
wheat, barley, oats (cereals), chickpea/gram
(pulses), linseed, garlic, cumin, coriander,
mustard (oilseeds) etc
• Rabi cropping season runs from October to
MarchÂ
• The estimation of MSP is usually done based on
three types of calculation methods. These
are A2 method, A2 FL method and C2
method.
• The method employed by the ministry to
calculate the MSP, i.e. the A2 FL system.
• As per the A2 method, MSP is set 50% higher
than the amount farmer spends on farming
including spending on seeds, fertilisers,
pesticides, and labour.
• C2 method, on the other hand, makes the
calculation by including a wider range of inputs.
This includes besides factors used to calculate
A2, the economic value of the efforts of family
members working on the farm and the value of
other spending including rent and other assets.
After calculating these, MSP is set at 50% above
the derived amount.
• While the National Commission on Farmers
(NCF) headed by MS Swaminathan opted for this
method to calculate MSP, it was not the one that
was finally chosen.
• The present MSP has been calculated based on
the A2 FL method. The method is a middle
ground between the other methods were the MSP
is set 50% higher than the amount that derives
from adding the amount farmer spend on
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farming including spending on seeds, fertilisers,
pesticides, and labour and the value of labour
provided by the family members for agriculture.
484. 3
Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated Asia's largest
Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) plant in Lehragaga,
Sangrur, Punjab on 18th October.
The plant set up in 20 acres has been
commissioned with an Foreign Direct Investment
of 220 crore rupees by Verbio AG one of the
Germany's leading bioenergy company.
• The Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) plant
inaugurated by Shri Hardeep S. Puri in Sangrur is
a step in achieving objectives of the Sustainable
Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation
(SATAT) scheme, which was launched by
Government of India in October 2018 to establish
an ecosystem for production of Compressed Bio
Gas (CBG) from various waste/ biomass sources
in the country.
• The scheme aims to empower and unleash the
rural economy by supporting farmers, increase
India's domestic energy production and self-
sufficiency and also reduce the air pollution, and
help India lead the world toward a clean energy
transition. Apart from this plant, 38 CBG / Biogas
Plants have been commissioned under the SATAT
initiative.
485. 4
The World Bank has appointed a neutral expert
and a chairman of the Court of Arbitration
regarding the Kishenganga and Ratle
hydroelectric power plants, in view of
disagreements between India and Pakistan over
the 1960 Indus Water Treaty.Michel Lino has
been appointed as the Neutral Expert and Sean
Murphy has been appointed as Chairman of the
Court of Arbitration.
• India and Pakistan signed the treaty in 1960
after nine years of negotiations, with the
Washington-based World Bank being a
signatory.Â
• Under the Indus Water Treaty (IWT), all the
waters of the eastern rivers Sutlej, Beas, and
Ravi amounting to around 33 million acre feet
(MAF) annually is allocated to India for
unrestricted use. The waters of western rivers
Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab amounting to around
135 MAF annually have been assigned largely to
Pakistan.
• India is permitted to construct the run of the
river plants on western rivers with limited
storage as per criteria specified in the treaty.
486. 1
Adani Airport Holdings has again rejigged its top
management, naming Ericsson veteran Arun
Bansal its chief executive, said several people

close to the matter. Bansal, who spent 25 years
at the Swedish telecom network company, was
most recently its president for Europe and Latin
America.
 Adani Airports won the mandate to modernize
and operate six airports " Ahmedabad,
Lucknow, Mangaluru, Jaipur, Guwahati and
Thiruvananthapuram " through the Airports
Authority of India's globally competitive
tendering process.Adani Airports will operate,
manage & develop all these six airports for a
period of 50 years.
487. 2
The Swedish parliament elected Ulf Kristersson "
the conservative Moderate Party leader " as the
Prime Minister at the head of a coalition that is
being supported by a once radical far-right party.
Mr. Kristersson, 59, was elected by 176-173
votes.Mr. Kristersson will be replacing Magdalena
Andersson, who heads Sweden's largest party,
the Social Democrats.
Sweden Capital: Stockholm
488. 3
Google signed a Memorandum of Understanding
to support and accelerate the Government of
Assam's mission to promote digital growth and
development in the State. Under this new
initiative, Google will collaborate with the Assam
Government's Skill,Employment &
Entrepreneurship Department to strengthen their
school digitization efforts with digital learning
tools.
Google will also extend scholarships for Google
Career Certificates to Assam's youth in
collaboration with the Assam Skill Development
Mission (ASDM).
489. 1
Pradeep Singh Kharola appointed CMD, India
Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO)
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has
approved the appointment of Kharola as
Chairman & Managing Director, ITPO in the rank
and pay of Secretary to the Government of India
on a contract basis for a period of two years.
Kharola will continue to hold the charge of the
post of Chairman, National Recruitment Agency
till appointment of a regular incumbent in his
place.
490. 3
World champion from Norway Magnus Carlsen
sealed the overall Meltwater Champions Chess
Tour title for the second year running " this time
with an event to spare " after storming into the
semifinals of the Aimchess Rapid.
Norway's world No. 1, going for a hat-trick of
tournament wins in the Tour's penultimate event,
took a USD50,000 prize.
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491. 2
India and France have been re-elected as
President and Co-President of the ISA. ISA
Director General Ajay Mathur said, Union Power
and New and Renewable Energy Minister R K
Singh has been re-elected as the President of
International Solar Alliance. He said, France
Minister of State for Development Chrysoula
Zacharopoulou has been re-elected as Co-
President.
492. 2
Former Infosys president Ravi Kumar is joining
Cognizant as President Americas, said the
company in a regulatory filing. He will take on
the position from January 16, 2023. Kumar will
be reporting directly to Brian Humphries, CEO
Cognizant.Cognizant also announced the
appointment of Prasad Sankaran who will be
heading the software and platform engineering
(SPE) services.
493. 1
Prime minister Narendra Modi unveiled an
indigenously built aircraft - the Hindustan Turbo
Trainer (HTT-40) - at the 12th DefExpo in
Gujarat's Gandhinagar. The HTT-40 is a basic
trainer plane designed and developed for the
Indian Air Force - as another example of the
government's 'aatmanirbhar Bharat' scheme - by
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
-The HTT-40 was developed by HAL and will
replace the IAF's ageing fleet of HPT-32 Deepak
trainers. Its first flight was in 2016.
-In addition to basic flight training, aerobatics,
instrument flying, and close formation flights, the
tandem-seat, fully aerobatic turbo-
trainer aircraft will also be used for navigation
and night flying.
-The aircraft is outfitted with the latest avionics
and an air-conditioned cabin. It is powered by a
turbo-prop engine that has undergone extensive
testing and boasts distinctive attributes like
running pilot changes, hot refuelling, and quick
turnaround times.
-The Centre for Military Airworthiness and
Certification (CEMILAC) issued a provisional
clearance for the aircraft's airworthiness after all
system tests, PSQR performances, hot weather,
sea level, cross-wind, and user-assisted technical
trials were completed.
-The HTT-40 has a steerable nose wheel, a
retractable tricycle landing gear system, a bubble
canopy, and a T-tail configuration. It is a fixed-
wing aircraft incorporating an all-metal airframe
design and has state-of-the-art systems
designed with pilot-friendly features.

494. 4
Country's first 'Migration Monitoring System',
which provides updated information on migrant
pregnant women, lactating mothers and children
instantly on a single system, was inaugurated in
Mumbai. The system developed by Department
of Women and Child Development.The
information of seasonal migrant women and
children will be available immediately.
495. 3
Russia's Gazprombank opened a special rupee
account with state-owned UCO Bank, paving the
way for bilateral trades between Moscow and
New Delhi. The move would help increase
imports of cheaper oil from Russia.
Earlier, the Reserve Bank of India came out with
a bespoke special rupee account for bilateral
trades between rupee and any other currencies
besides the US dollar.
• The RBI, on July 11, allowed invoicing and
payments for international trade in rupees,
potentially facilitating greater bilateral business
with Russia that is facing a wide range of
Western sanctions and is virtually cut off from
standard cross-border payment platforms.
• The move paved the way for settlement of
payments in rupees for trades between Indian
and Russia by giving greater flexibility in the
operation of vostro accounts that Russian banks
open with Indian banks for the purpose.
• A vostro account is one a foreign bank
opens with an Indian bank in domestic
currency i.e. rupees.
• A 'special' tag to the rupee vostro account
permits usage of surplus balance in Indian
government securities.Â
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496. 2
India ranks third in the world's first-ever global
study on the rise of centi-millionaires-individuals
with assets of more than Rs 830 crore ($100
million), a new report has revealed. Out of the
world's 25,490 centi-millionaires, India has
1,132, beating countries like the UK, Russia and
Switzerland, in a swift growing and powerful
class of super-rich tech titans,CEOs.
Report released by international investment
migration advisory firm Henley & Partners
• Of the world's 25,490 centi-millionaires, the US,
which ranks at number 1, is home to 38 per cent
(9,730) of global centi-millionaires, despite
constituting only 4 per cent of the world's total
population.
• It is closely followed by big emerging markets
of China and India in second and third place,
with 2,021 and 1,132 centi-millionaires,
respectively.
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• The UK is in fourth place (with 968 centi-
millionaires) followed closely by Germany in fifth
place (with 966).
• Switzerland (808), Japan (765), Canada (541),
Australia (463), and finally Russia (435) make up
the rest of the top 10 countries for centi-
millionaires.
497. 3
Interpol launched the first ever metaverse
specifically designed for law enforcement
agencies worldwide during its 90th General
Assembly in Delhi. This "fully operational"
Interpol Metaverse allows registered users to
tour a virtual facsimile of the Interpol General
Secretariat headquarters in Lyon, France without
any geographical or physical boundaries
Interpol Secretary General - Jurgen Stock
• The 91st Interpol General Assembly to be held
in Austria's Vienna.
• In the metaverse, users traverse a virtual
world that mimics aspects of the physical world
using such technologies such as virtual reality
(VR), augmented reality (AR), AI, social media
and digital currency. The internet is something
that people "browse." But, to a degree, people
can "live" in the metaverse.
498. 1
18-year-old Aman Sehrawat created history as
he became the first-ever Indian wrestler to win a
gold medal at the U-23 World Wrestling
Championships.
Aman defeated Ahmet Duman of Turkey by 12-4
in the 57 Kg category final.
Earlier in the tournament, Indian Greco-Roman
wrestlers created history by bagging three
medals at the championships.
499. 2
The 7th Ayurveda Day is celebrated worldwide on
23rd October. Dhanawantari Jayanti is being
celebrated as Ayurveda Day since 2016 to
promote the country's most ancient and well-
documented system of medicine. This year's
Ayurveda Day is being celebrated with the theme
- 'Har Din Har Ghar Ayurveda', to propagate
benefits of Ayurveda to larger and grass root
community.
The National Ayurveda Day is celebrated every
year on the occasion of Dhanwantari Jayanti
(Dhanteras) since 2016.Â
500. 3
PM Modi launched the 'Rozgar Mela',a
recruitment drive for 10 lakh personnel.Earlier in
June, the prime minister had asked various
government departments and ministries to
undertake the recruitment of 10 lakh people on
a"mission mode" in the next year and a half.
Recruiting either by themselves or through

recruiting agencies such as UPSC, SSC, and
Railway Recruitment Board.
The appointed individuals will join the
government at various levels viz Group - A,
Group - B (Gazetted), Group - B (Non-Gazetted)
and Group - C. The posts on which appointments
are being made include Central Armed Force
Personnel, Sub Inspector, Constable, LDC, Steno,
PA, Income Tax Inspectors, MTS, among others.
501. 1
UN Human Rights Council appointed the first
Asian and first Indian as an independent expert
on racism and related intolerance. The 47-
member UN human rights body, based in
Geneva,endorsed the appointment of activist and
professor of political science, Ashwini K.P as
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance
• Special Rapporteurs are independent experts
appointed by the UNHRC who serve personally
and report on human rights from a thematic or
country-specific perspective.
• Ashwini's name was part of a three-member
shortlist recommended by the Consultative
Group for the selection of the mandate holders
to the President of the Council. Besides Ashwini,
the shortlist included Joshua Castellino, also from
India, and Botswana's Unity Dow.
• Created in 1994, the mandate of the SR on
contemporary forms of racism is to "address
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and
related intolerance against Africans and persons
of African descent, Arabs and Muslims, Asians
and persons of Asian descent, migrants and non-
nationals, persons belonging to indigenous
peoples and minorities, as well as all other
victims mentioned in the Durban Declaration and
Programme of Action".Â
• Ashwini will be the sixth SR to hold this
mandate. All her predecessors have been from
Africa.
• Ashwini, who has worked as an assistant
professor of political science at Bengaluru's St
Joseph's College, is co-founder of a non-
governmental organisation, Zariya: Women's
Alliance for Dignity and Equality.
• She received her doctorate from Jawaharlal
Nehru University and has previously worked as a
senior campaigner in business and human rights
with Amnesty International India.
502. 4
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation granted
aerodrome licence to Odisha's Jeypore airport.
The airport will now be able to handle scheduled
commercial flights under the government's
regional connectivity scheme UDAN, or Ude Desh
ka Aam Naagrik.The airstrip at Jeypore had
became functional in 1962 at the time of
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inception of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited at
Sunabeda,
• RCS-UDAN was formulated based on the review
of The National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP),
2016, and it was planned to remain in force for a
period of 10 years. It has a self-financing
mechanism with the development of Regional
Connectivity Fund (RCF).
• Under UDAN, 68 underserved/unserved
destinations which include 58 Airports, eight
heliports and two water aerodromes have been
connected.
503. 2
According to the 2022 Forbes list of India's 100
Richest, Gautam Adani topped the chart with a
net worth of $150 billion. Adani overtook Mukesh
Ambani, whose net worth is reportedly $88
billion. Radhakrishna Damani, Cyrus Poonawalla,
Shiv Nadar, Savitri Jindal, Dilip Shangavi, the
Hinduja brothers, Kumar Mangalam Birla and the
Bajaj family fills the top 10.
As per reports, Adani and Ambani together
account for 30 per cent of the total wealth of
India's 100 richest, and the top 10 put together
had a net worth of $800 billion.
504. 1
The Cricket Association for the Blind in India
(CABI) announced former India cricketer Yuvraj
Singh as their brand ambassador for the 3rd T20
World Cup for the Blind to be held in India in
December.
The participating countries for the 3rd T20 World
Cup for the Blind are India, Nepal, Bangladesh,
Australia, South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
505. 2
Union minister for Youth Affairs and Sports
Anurag Thakur said that the 5th edition of Khelo
India Youth Games will be held in Madhya
Pradesh from 31 January to 11 February, 2023.
The upcoming edition of the Khelo India Youth
Games will feature a total of 27 disciplines; with
water sports being included for the first time in
the history of the games.
506. 2
The 14th World Spice Congress will be held from
February 16 to 18, 2023 at CIDCO Exhibition and
Convention Centre, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra.
The World Spice Congress, which is organized by
Spices Board India along with various trade and
export forums, will be conducted on the sidelines
of India's G20 presidency.
507. 2
Conservative party leader Rishi Sunak will
become UK's 1st Indian-origin prime minister
after meeting King Charles at Buckingham
Palace.

He defeated centrist politician Penny Mordaunt,
who failed to get enough backing from
lawmakers to enter the ballot, while his rival, the
former PM Boris Johnson, withdrew from the
contest saying he could no longer unite the
party.
• The former Goldman Sachs analyst will be the
United Kingdom's first prime minister of Indian
origin.
• Sir Robert Walpole is generally considered to
have been Britain's first prime minister.
508. 3
Under this proposed policy, the state is planning
to set up smaller capacity data centres in the
hinterland across the state. The policy will aim to
attract private sector investment to attain Rs
30,000 crore in the next five years. Data centre
projects in UP include those of Hiranandani
Group, Adani Group, NTT Japan, and Web Werks,
among others.
• Uttar Pradesh, which is looking to become a
major data centre player in the South Asian
region, has bagged projects worth Rs 16,000
crore in the new-age sector.
• A data centre is a facility that houses shared
information technology (IT) activities and
equipment to store, process, and disseminate
information and applications.
• The government is in the process of amending
its existing data centre policy to sweeten the
deal for private sector investors.
• Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will inaugurate
the state's first data centre park in Greater
Noida, on October 31. The Rs 5,000 crore mega
data centre park has been developed by Yotta
Infrastructure, Hiranandani Group's data centre
arm.
509. 1
HDFC Securities, has announced the opening of
India's first Women-Only Digital Center (DC).
This cutting-edge, all-female centre will assist
both male and female investors.The company
plans to hire more than 100 relationship
managers for the women only DC. With the DCs,
customers will be able to access support as and
when they need it.
510. 2
For Tier 1 and Tier II National Pension System
(NPS) accounts, the Pension Fund Regulatory
and Development Authority (PFRDA) has
modified the equity allocation standards.
According to the new regulation, subscribers can
allocate up to 75% of their funds to equity (E)
under active choice in a Tier-I account without
any tapering requirements once they turn 51
years of age.
• The option to allocate 100% of the subscriber's
contribution to Asset Class E (Equity) in Tier-II
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accounts under active choice is permitted by the
statutory regulatory body without any
restrictions beginning at age 51 years of age.
• NPS subscribers currently have the option,
under the NPS-All Citizen Model, to choose any
one of the registered Pension Funds and actively
allocate their contributions across four asset
classes: equity (E), corporate bonds (C),
government securities (G), and alternate assets
(A) with "Active Choice" option. The following are
the maximum allocations to different asset
classes:
• However, when a subscriber reaches the age of
51, the 75% cap on asset class E is lowered by
2.5% annually and reallocated to government
securities.Â
• In partial modification to the above-mentioned
circular, it has been decided by the Authority to
allow option to allocate 75% of subscriber's
contribution in Asset Class E (Equity) in Tier-I
under active choice without any conditions of
tapering from the age of 51 years.
• Further, it has been decided to allow option to
allocate 100% of subscriber's contribution in
Asset Class E (Equity) in Tier-II (optional
account) under active choice without any
conditions of tapering
511. 4
Anna May Wong is set to become the first Asian
American to appear on US currency. This year,
four other quarters were into production
featuring poet and activist Maya Angelou; the
first American woman in space, Sally Ride;
Cherokee Nation leader Wilma Mankiller; and
suffragist Nina Otero-Warren. Anna May Wong
died aged 56 in 1961.
512. 3
The Netherlands has emerged as India's third-
largest export destination, ahead of China and
Bangladesh. It has moved up two spots in the list
of India's top ten export destinations since FY22,
thanks to a 106% surge in despatches until
August this fiscal from a year before to $7.5
billion. Brazil, which occupied the 21st spot in
FY22 is now India's 8th biggest export market
• Similarly, Indonesia has moved up seven
notches to grab the 7th position. However, amid
a demand slowdown, only two European
nations"the Netherlands and the UK"are among
India's top ten markets, against 4 in FY22.
Germany and Belgium, which featured in the list
last fiscal, are out of it now.
• Meanwhile, the US and the UAE continue to be
the largest and second-largest export
destinations, respectively, for India. The exports
to the US climbed 18.3% until August to $35.2
billion, while those to the UAE shot up 27.3% to
$13.8 billion.

• India's exports to the Netherlands were driven
mostly by a 238% jump in despatches of oil
products until August this fiscal to $3.67 billion.
Even supplies of chemicals ($513 million) and
pharmaceuticals ($219 million) remained
substantial.
513. 4
The Competition Commission of India has
imposed more than nine hundred 36 crore rupees
penalty on Google in yet another antitrust probe
for anti-competitive practices in relation to its
Play Store policies. The Commission also directed
Google to modify its conduct within a defined
timeline.The CCI had imposed a penalty of 1337
crore rupees on Google on 20th October 2022.
The CCI has given 30 days to implement the
corrective measures and modify its conduct
• The CCI has found the US tech giant guilty of
abusing its market position to promote its
payments app and in-app payment system. It
said, Google forced app developers to use its in-
app payment system. It further said Google
should not restrict app developers from using
any third-party billing or payment processing
services, either for inapp purchases or for
purchasing apps. The Commission has directed
Google to cease and desist from indulging in
anti-competitive practices.
• The policy in question in latest order requires
app developers to exclusively use Google Play
Billing System (GPBS) for all customer billings.
• App developers that do not use GPBS are not
allowed to list their products on Google Play
Store.
• The CCI further highlighted that Google was
found to be following discriminatory practices by
not using GPBS for its own applications such as
YouTube.
514. 1
Indian Institute of Technology Madras and NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory researchers have
studied the interactions between microbes in the
International Space Station. This will help devise
strategies for the disinfection of space stations to
minimise any potential impact of microbes on the
health of astronauts.
• A key finding is that a microbe that resides on
the ISS, was found to be beneficial to various
other microorganisms but hampered the growth
of a fungus.
• The present study was inspired by the earlier
observations of the dominance of Klebsiella
pneumoniae, a bacteria, on the surfaces of the
ISS.
• This pathogen has been known to cause
pneumonia and other nosocomial (hospital-
acquired) infections. The researchers were
broadly interested in understanding how this
bacteria affects the growth of other microbes in
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the vicinity and the possible implications it could
have.
• The researchers analysed the microbial sample
data taken across three space flights at seven
locations on the ISS. The study found that
Klebsiella pneumoniae, a major microbe that
resides on the ISS, is beneficial to various other
microbes also present on the ISS, especially the
bacteria from the Pantoea genus.
515. 2
From Dependence to Self-Reliance sheds light on
some of the priorities that the government can
implement at present, as well as in the future, in
light of past experience. Written by former
governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), this
book is based on extensive research and data,
and provides a way forward to developing India
as an economic stronghold.
From Dependence to Self-Reliance divided into
three sections:Economy,Governance &Politics
Dr Bimal Jalan is the former governor of the
RBI. He has previously held several positions in
the government, including those of finance
secretary and chairman of the Economic Advisory
Council to the Prime Minister. A nominated
Member of Parliament from 2003 to 2009 and
the chairman of the Expenditure Management
Commission from 2014 to 2016, he also
represented India on the boards of the
International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
In 2019, he was the chairman of the Economic
Capital Framework, set up by the RBI in
association with the government.
516. 4
Indian Urban Housing Conclave (IUHC) 2022, the
3-day Expo-cum-Conference at Rajkot, Gujarat,
ended. The conclave was inaugurated by Hon'ble
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 19th
October 2022 at a mega event, wherein he also
inaugurated Light House Project (LHP) Rajkot
under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban
(PMAY-U) and handed over the house keys to the
beneficiaries.
517. 3
The Embassy of Japan in New Delhi is seeking a
Geographical Indication (GI) tag for nihonshu. It
is also the first time a product from Japan has
filed for a GI tag at the Geographical Indication
Registry. Nihonshu is an alcoholic beverage also
known as Japanese sake. Nihonshu is an integral
part of the lifestyle and culture in Japan.
The Geographical Indications of Goods
(Registration and Protection) Act, 1999-Â This
Act seeks to provide for the registration and
protection of Geographical Indications relating to
goods in India.
Out of the GI tags registered in India, some are
foreign products like French Champagne and

cognac, wine from Napa Valley, Scotch whisky,
Italian Prosciutto di Parma, Portuguese Porto and
Douro wines, Peruvian Pisco and Mexican
Tequila.
518. 2
Global soft drinks major Coca-Cola Company said
its lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink Sprite has
become a $1-billion brand in the Indian market.
The company attributed the success of the brand
to locally-adapted occasion-based global
marketing campaigns.In February, the company
informed investors that its brand Thums Up
became a $1-billion brand in India.
James Quincey, chairman and chief executive
officer of Coca-Cola
India is the fifth-largest market for Coca-Cola
globally.
519. 4
Even as India awaits clearance of genetically
modified mustard, the regulatory authority in
Australia approved the commercial cultivation of
the genetically modified Indian mustard species
called 'Brassica juncea' for herbicide tolerance
Scientists said this is the first time genetically
modified variety of Indian mustard received
commercial approval anywhere in the world.
• So far, the canola (Brassica napus) is perhaps
the only genetically modified mustard variety
that has been cleared for commercial application.
• GM canola has been in cultivation since 1996 in
several countries across the world including
Canada, the USA, and even in Australia. Canola
is a temperate species of mustard.
• At present, Indian mustard varieties are
commercially cultivated in a very small part of
Australia, mainly in Central New South Wales and
western Victoria.
• The indigenous GM mustard variety has been
developed by Deepak Pental and a team of
scientists at University of Delhi and funded
entirely by National Dairy Development Board
and Department of Biotechnology, India
520. 4
Dabur announced the acquisition of a 51 percent
stake in Badshah Masala for a cash consideration
of Rs 587.5 crore. The acquisition is expected to
be completed before March 31, 2023.
This will mark Dabur's entry into the over Rs
25,000 crore branded spices and seasoning
market in India.
Hemant Jhaveri - Managing Director at Badshah
Masala.
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Gujarat was declared as a 'Har Ghar Jal' state,
meaning all households in rural areas have
access to safe drinking water through taps. As
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per the government data, all 91,73,378 houses
in the state now have water connections.
Jal Jeevan Mission is a flagship programme of
Government of India which was announced from
the ramparts of Red Fort by PM Modi on August
15, 2019.
• Goa became the first 'Har Ghar Jal' certified
state in the country where all households now
have access to clean water through. Also, Dadra
& Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu has become
the first Union Territory (UT) in the country.
• Burhanpur district of Madhya Pradesh became
the first 'Har Ghar Jal' certified district in the
country.
522. 1
The Government of India has appointed Mata
Amritanandamayi as the Chair of Civil 20 (C20),
an official engagement group of the G20.
The G20 members consist of 19 countries plus
the European Union and C20 is its platform for
civil-society organisations (CSOs) to bring forth
non-government and non-business voices to the
G20 leaders.
• India will assume the Presidency of the G20 for
one year from December 1, 2022 to November
30, 2023 and the G20 Leaders' Summit will take
place in New Delhi.
• The members of the G20 are Argentina,
Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France,
Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic
of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South
Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United
States and the European Union.
523. 1
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav
said that two more Indian beaches were added to
the list of the cleanest beaches in the world and
received the prestigious Blue Flag certification.
The Minicoy Thundi Beach and Kadmat beach,
both in Lakshadweep, have received the Blue
Flag certification. This has taken India's tally of
Blue Beaches to 12.
• The other beaches that have been awarded the
prestigious certification are -- Golden Beach
(Odisha), Shivrajpur Beach (Gujarat), Kappad
Beach (Kerala), Ghoghla Beach (Diu),
Radhanagar Beach (Andaman and Nicobar),
Kasarkod Beach (Karnataka), Padubidri Beach
(Karnataka), Rushikonda Beach (Andhra
Pradesh), Kovalam Beach (Tamil Nadu) and Eden
Beach (Puducherry).
• Puri's Golden Beach is also Asia's first Blue Flag
certified beach. Last year, the certification was
given to Kovalam beach in Tamil Nadu and Eden
beach in Puducherry.
• The Blue Flag Certification is awarded by a non-
profit organisation called the Foundation for
Environmental Education (FEE). It is an eco-label
given to the cleanest beaches in the world.

• To qualify for the Blue Flag certificate, about 33
stringent requirements or criteria should be
satisfied. The criteria are environmental,
educational, access and safety-related. The FEE
is headquartered in Copenhagen,
Denmark. Currently, it has 77 member
countries.
524. 2
SS Rajamouli directed blockbuster RRR won the
Best International Film award at the 50th Saturn
Awards in Los Angeles.
This is the 2nd time Rajamouli won the Saturn
Award. He had won the award for 'Baahubali:
The Conclusion'.
RRR won the Best International Film against
other movies, including Downton Abbey: A New
Era, Eiffel, Riders of Justice, Silent Night, & I'm
Your Man.
525. 4
IRDAI announced to set up a 15-member Health
Insurance Consultative Committee with an aim to
achieve the goal of universalization of health
insurance in the country.
Committee, headed by IRDAI member Rakesh
Joshi, has been tasked to identify the challenges
in carrying out the health insurance business
smoothly & make recommendations to facilitate
ease of doing business.
Debasish Panda: IRDAI Chairperson.
526. 2
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena
launched a one-time property tax amnesty
scheme "SAMRIDDHI 2022-23", saying it will
provide a major relief to lakhs of residential and
commercial property owners in the city.
SAMRIDDHI, is an acronym for Strengthening
and Augmentation of Municipal Revenue for
Infrastructure Development in Delhi
Under the scheme, residential property owners
can pay just the principal property tax amount of
the current and of the past five years. For
commercial properties, owners can pay the
principal amount case of the last six years and
get a waiver on past pending dues, including
penalty and interest, according to an official
statement.
The L-G said SAMRIDDHI 2022-23 is a people-
friendly initiative of the Municipal Corporation of
Delhi which will provide a big relief to the
residents and encourage property owners to get
rid of long-pending disputes and related
harassment.
527. 4
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched
the 'Kunjapp', a mobile application to prevent
cyber crimes against children in the state.
Vijayan also inaugurated the training for the
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newly appointed Child Welfare Committee (CWC)
and Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) members at
Kovalam. Child exploitation can be reported
through the application.
528. 4
Shiprocket, a shipping and logistics solutions
provider, has gone live on the government's
Open Network for Digital Commerce and made
its first successful transaction. Shiprocket said it
is the first inter-city logistics provider to plug into
the ONDC network, enabling sellers from all
segments to ship products to cities and towns
across India.
Saahil Goel, CEO and co-founder, Shiprocket
• Shiprocket, a logistics technology platform
supported by Zomato
• Shiprocket is India's 106th Unicorn
• Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) is
an initiative aiming at promoting open networks
for all aspects of exchange of goods and services
over digital or electronic networks
• Open Network for Digital Commerce,
abbreviated ONDC, is a private non-profit Section
8 company established by the Department for
Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade of
Government of India to develop open e-
commerce.
• A company is referred a to as Section 8
Company when registered as a Non-Profit
Organization (NPO) i.e. when it the has motive of
promoting arts, commerce, education, charity,
protectithe on of environment, sports, science,
research, social welfare, religion and intends to
use its profits (if any) or other income for
promoting these objectives.
529. 1
Insurance sector regulator Irdai has allowed
foreign reinsurance branches, including Lloyd's
India, to repatriate up to 20% of the excess
assigned capital to attract more players and
allow free movement of capital.As per Irdai
norms, the registration of branch offices of
foreign reinsurers other than Lloyd's have
'assigned capital' and net owned funds (NOFs) as
the capital.
• The applicant's NOF should not be less than the
prescribed amount of ₹500 crore at any time
and should infuse a minimum assigned capital
of ₹100 crore into the branch office.
• As part of the ease of doing business in India,
various committees deliberated on the
repatriation of excess assigned capital by Foreign
Reinsurance Branches (FRB) and Lloyd's India.
• However, the relaxation comes with certain
riders such as a minimum assigned capital
of ₹100 crore or a higher sum specified by
Irdai at the time of grant of certificate of
registration; submission of a request justifying
the reasons for repatriation and a certificate

stating foreign reinsurers' net owned funds
of ₹5,000 crore or as prescribed under the
Insurance Act.
• Among others, they should have a solvency
ratio after the repatriation of at least 50 basis
points higher than the control level of solvency
i.e. 200 per cent and a certificate from certifying
actuary about sufficient reserves to meet
reinsurance liabilities.
• "Such withdrawal shall not exceed 20 per cent
of assigned capital of such FRB/ Lloyd's India as
at the end of last financial year; and one request
in a financial year can be made by the foreign
reinsurer," Irdai said.
• There are 10 Foreign Reinsurance
Branches(FRBs) operating in India. This excludes
Lloyd's India Reinsurance Branch, which also has
a services company Markel Services India Pvt
Ltd.
• GIC Re is the national reinsurer, providing
reinsurance to direct general and life insurance
companies in India.
530. 4
Indian scientists at the Indian Institute of
Geomagnetism (IIG) have developed an
indigenous Overhauser Magnetometer, one of the
most accurate magnetometers extensively used
by all magnetic observatories around the world,
making way for reducing the cost of sampling
and sensing experiments essential for
geomagnetic sampling,
Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), location:
Navi Mumbai.
• OVH magnetometers are known for their higher
accuracy, higher sensitivity, and efficient power
consumption and hence find applications in all
magnetic observatories worldwide as well as in
international space programs. It has so far been
imported for such purposes in India.
531. 2
Uttar Pradesh is all set to get a new elephant
reserve soon, as the Union ministry of forest,
environment and climate change (MoFECC) has
given its nod to the Terai Elephant Reserve
(TER), which will be spread in a 3,049 sq km
area, including Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) and
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR). It will be the second
elephant reserve in UP and India's 33rd.
532. 4
The UNEP report, titled 'Emissions Gap Report
2022: The Closing Window " Climate Crisis Calls
For Rapid Transformation of Societies', has found
that in India and six other top emitters,
emissions have rebounded and increased after
the pandemic. The top seven emitters are China,
the EU27, India, Indonesia, Brazil, the Russian
Federation and USA
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• The top seven emitters (China, the EU27, India,
Indonesia, Brazil, the Russian Federation and the
United States of America) plus international
transport accounted for 55 per cent of global
GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions in 2020.
Collectively, G20 members are responsible for 75
per cent of global GHG emissions
• The global average per capita GHG emissions
was 6.3 tonnes of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e) in
2020. The US remains far above this level at 14
tCO2e, followed by Russia at 13 tCO2e, China at
9.7 tCO2e, Brazil and Indonesia at about 7.5
tCO2e, and the European Union at 7.2 tCO2e.
• For most major emitters, including China, India,
the Russian Federation, Brazil and Indonesia,
GHG emissions (excluding land use and forestry
sectors) rebounded in 2021, exceeding pre-
pandemic 2019 levels
• Ahead of the 2022 United Nations Climate
Change Conference, also known as COP27,
scheduled to take place in the Egyptian city of
Sharm El Sheikh next month, the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP) said that the
world is falling short of the goals set forth in the
Paris Climate Agreement adopted in 2015, and
that no credible pathway is currently in place to
restrict global warming to under 1.5 degrees
Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
533. 2
Aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil
Aviation (DGCA) has given the aerodrome licence
for the new airport at Mopa in Goa, paving the
way for starting commercial flights operations
from there soon.The Mopa airport, will be
operated by GMR group. This will be the second
airport in Goa, where already there is an
operational airport at Dabolim in Mormugao city.
Currently, there are 131 operational airports in
the country.
534. 1
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro)
launched a constellation of 36 broadband
satellites developed by OneWeb to Low Earth
Orbit. The ISRO confirmed that LVM3-
M2/OneWeb India-1 Mission successfully placed
36 satellites into intended orbits. This is the first
commercial launch for LVM-3 and the mission is
being conducted under an agreement.
Agreement was between OneWeb and New
Space India Limited (NSIL).
The satellites were launched onboard the Launch
Vehicle Mark-III, which is a redesignated version
of the Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle (GSLV
Mk-III), from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in
Sriharikota. The launch took place at 12.07 am.
Though GSLV LVM 3 has the payload capacity of
10 tonne, the rocket lifted off with 6 tonne.

535. 3
Shefali Juneja, India's representative to the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO),
has been elected as the chairperson of United
Nations' specialized aviation agency's Air
Transport Committee (ATC).
India secured this position in ICAO after 28 years
when Juneja was unanimously elected to the
post.She is the first woman to represent India in
the ICAO.
536. 4
The Indian Navy is hosting the 29th edition of
the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise
(SIMBEX) from 26 to 30 October, 2022 at
Visakhapatnam.
SIMBEX-2022 is being conducted in two phases "
Harbour Phase at Visakhapatnam from 26 to 27
October 2022 followed by the Sea Phase in Bay
of Bengal from 28 to 30 October 2022.
SIMBEX series of exercises began in 1994 and
were initially known as Exercise Lion King.
537. 3
Retail jewellery major Malabar Gold and
Diamonds has become the first jeweller in India
to import 25 kg gold under the Comprehensive
Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)
between India and the UAE. The gold has been
imported through ICICI Bank with one percent
duty rebate under the agreement.
The CEPA between India and the UAE came into
effect on May 1, 2022.
538. 2
The feature film Pather Panchali(1955) by
renowned director Satyajit Ray has been named
the best Indian movie of all time in a poll
conducted by the International Federation of Film
Critics (FIPRESCI).
The list by FIPRESCI consists of top 10 films in
Indian cinematic history.
Others on the list include: Meghe Dhaka Tara,
Bhuvan Shome, Elippathayam, Ghatashraddha,
Garm Hava, Charulata, Ankur, Pyaasa and
Sholay.
539. 1
The vaccine, a mist that is sucked in through the
mouth, is being offered for free as a booster dose
for previously vaccinated individuals.
The Chinese city of Shanghai has started
administering this inhalable COVID-19 vaccine in
what appears to be a world first.
It was developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical
company Cansino Biologics Inc.
540. 4
Tata Power board has approved appointment of
ex-home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi as independent
director. The board "unanimously approved"
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Mehrishi's appointment as an "additional director
(non-executive, independent), not liable to retire
by rotation, for a term of five years with effect
from October 28, 2022.
The ex-bureaucrat "fulfils the criteria of
independence" as required under the provisions
of the Companies Act, 2013.
541. 1
Fiji is the first country in the Pacific to hold the
12th World Hindi Conference. The conference
would be taking place under the aegis of the
Ministry of External Affairs and the Government
of Fiji from February 15-17, 2023 & external
affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar will lead the
Indian delegation for the Conference.
The 11th World Hindi Conference was held in
Mauritius.
542. 2
Mawmluh Caves located in the East Khasi Hills
district in Meghalaya has made it to the first 100
geological heritage sites listed under
International Union of Geological Sciences
(IUGS) by UNESCO. The first 100 sites were
chosen from 56 countries.
With 7.2 km, it is the fourth longest cave in the
Indian subcontinent and is referred to locally as
Krem Mawmluh.Â
It is the fourth longest cave in the Indian
subcontinent and is referred to locally as Krem
Mawmluh. The word "krem" in the local Khasi
language means cave. Therria sandstone, thick
dolomite, Sylhet limestone are among the layers
that make up this intricate sub-horizontal
network of passages. The cave, which is 7.2
kilometres long, has numerous entrances. It is
known for stunning stalactite and stalagmite
formations.
According to the Bengal Gazette, the earliest
English-language newspaper published in India,
Lt. Yule, a Britishman, discovered the cave in
1844. It is a part of the system of caves in
Meghalaya, which includes caves in the districts
of Jaintia, Khasi Hills, and Garo Hills.
543. 3
Mr.Rajnath Singh dedicated to the nation 75
infrastructure projects at a total cost of Rs.2180
crore built by the Border Roads Organisation at a
function organised at D-S-DBO road in Ladakh on
October 28.
The 75 projects - 45 bridges, 27 roads, 2
Helipads & one Carbon Neutral Habitat" are
spread across 6 states & 2 UTs.
Two helipads are in Hanle and Thakung in
Ladakh.
544. 3
Indian Air Force (IAF) and FASF are participating
in a bilateral exercise, named Garuda VIl, from

26 October to 12 November 2022 at Air Force
Station Jodhpur.
1st, 3rd and 5th editions were conducted in India
in 2003, 2006 and 2014 at Air Force Stations
Gwalior, Kalaikunda and Jodhpur. The second,
fourth and sixth editions were conducted in
France in 2005, 2010 and 2019.
545. 2
India defeated Australia to win Sultan of Johor
Cup 2022 in shootout 5-4 after a 1-1 draw.
This is the third time India has won the Sultan of
Johor Cup.
The Indians have won the age group tournament
twice -- 2013 and 2014 -- and finished second
best four times in 2012, 2015, 2018 and the last
edition of the event in 2019.
546. 1
• Twenty years after first winning the Brazilian
presidency, the leftist Luiz In cio Lula da Silva
defeated incumbent president- Jair Bolsonaro to
become the new president of Brazil.
• Da Silva's inauguration is scheduled to take
place on January 1, 2023. He last served as
president from 2003-2010.
About Brazil:
• Capital city: Brasilia.
• The Brazilian real is the official currency of
Brazil.
• Brazil is the fifth largest country in the
world, exceeded in size only by Russia, Canada,
China, and the United States.
547. 3
• India's Ministry of Defence is the world's
biggest employer with 2.92 million people, which
includes combined active service personnel,
reservists and civilian staff, according to a report
in 'Statista'.
• A close second to the Indian Defence
Ministry is the US Department of Defense which
employs 2.91 million people.
• In China, the People's Liberation Army,
which doesn't include civilian positions, employs
around 2.5 million people.
Other information:
• According to Stockholm International Peace
Research Institute (SIPRI), the five largest
spenders in 2021 were the United States, China,
India, the United Kingdom and Russia, together
accounting for 62 per cent of expenditure.
• US military spending amounted to USD 801
billion in 2021 while China, the world's second-
largest spender, allocated an estimated USD 293
billion to its military.
• The SIPRI report says India's military
spending of USD 76.6 billion ranked third highest
in the world.
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• The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone
of C-295MW transport aircraft manufacturing
project at Vadodara, Gujarat.
• It will be India's first transport aircraft
manufacturing project worth around 22,000 crore
rupees.
• C-295MW transport aircrafts will be
manufactured in India by private companies,
Airbus Defence and TATA consortium.
• The C-295MW transport aircraft
manufacturing project will strengthen the India
Air Force and create an entire new ecosystem for
the domestic aviation sector.
• The project will strengthen the logistic
capabilities of the Indian Air Force. 40 aircrafts
will be manufactured in the country.
• This state-of-the-art transport aircraft, with
the capacity of 5 to 10 ton, will strengthen the
Indian Air Force.
• The aircraft can also be used for civilian
purposes. The new aircrafts will replace the
ageing Avro aircrafts.
549. 1
• The first edition of India-Mozambique-
Tanzania Trilateral Exercise (IMT TRILAT), a joint
maritime exercise among the Indian,
Mozambique and Tanzanian navies commenced
at Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania on 27 Oct 22.
• Indian Navy is represented by the guided
missile frigate, INS Tarkash, a Chetak helicopter
and MARCOS (Special Forces).
• The exercise has three broad objectives:
capability development to address common
threats through training and sharing of best
practices, enhancing interoperability, and
strengthening maritime cooperation. The
exercise is scheduled over a three-day period
from 27 to 29 Oct 22 and includes harbour and
sea phases.
• This exercise came soon after the
Gandhinagar Declaration which was adopted in
the recently concluded India-Africa Defence
Dialogue in Gandhinagar.
550. 2
• According to the report, 21.4 Lakh TB cases
notified in India in 2021, 18% higher than 2020.
Over 22 crore people screened for TB in 2021
across the country for early detection and
treatment of TB.
• Under the new initiative Pradhan Mantri TB
Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, more than 40,000 Nikshay
Mitra supporting over 10.45 Lakh TB patients all
over the country.
• India's TB incidence for the year 2021 is 210
per 100,000 population " compared to the
baseline year of 2015 (incidence was 256 per
lakh of population in India); there has been an

18% decline which is 7 percentage points better
than the global average of 11%.
• These figures also place India at the 36th
position in terms of incidence rates (from largest
to smallest incidence numbers).
• India aims to eliminate TB by 2025 - five
years ahead of the global target.
551. 2
The Pegatron plant has been set up by the
Taiwanese electronics major under Centre's
popular Production Linked Incentive scheme
(PLI), in an industrial park (Mahindra city) in
Chengalpattu near Chennai. It is the third Apple
vendor to manufacture iPhones in India after
Foxconn and Wistron.
552. 1
Writer Dr. Madhav Hada will be awarded the
32nd Bihari Puraskar for his 2015 literary
criticism book 'Pachrang Chola Pahar Sakhi Ri',
the KK Birla Foundation announced.
Named after famous Hindi poet Bihari, the award
is given every year for an outstanding work
published in the last 10 years by a Rajasthani
author in Hindi or Rajasthani. It carries a cash
prize of ₹2.5 lakh.
553. 1
Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation
(DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti commemorated
the birth anniversary of Father of the Nation,
Mahatma Gandhi as Swachh Bharat Diwas (SBD)
on 2nd Oct 2022. DDWS implements two flagship
programs of the central government viz; Swachh
Bharat Mission (Grameen) and Jal Jeevan Mission
(JJM).
554. 4
The University Grants Commission (UGC) said
that Higher Educational Institutions can now
create up to 25 percent supernumerary seats for
foreign students while adopting a transparent
admission process for them.
A seat remained unfilled in the supernumerary
category, shall not be allocated to anyone other
than an international student.
555. 3
President Murmu presents awards to cleanest
States and cities in Swachh Survekshan 2022.
Madhya Pradesh got the first position among
States, followed by Chhattisgarh and
Maharashtra. Indore was adjudged the cleanest
city for the sixth time in a row followed by Surat
and Navi Mumbai with populations of above one
lakh.
556. 2
Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers Sujoy
Lal Thaosen and Anish Dayal Singh have been
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appointed as the new directors general of the
CRPF and ITBP respectively. Sujoy Lal Thaosen is
currently working as the director general (DG) of
the border guarding force Sashastra Seema Bal
(SSB) and holding the additional charge of the
Indo-Tibetan Border Police. The Central Reserve
Police Force (CRPF) DG post fell vacant on Friday
after IPS officer Kuldiep Singh (1986-batch)
retired.
557. 3
The Central Bureau of Investigation has launched
a multi-phase 'Operation Garuda' against illicit
drug trafficking network, registering 127 new
cases, arresting 175 people and seizing huge
quantities of narcotic drugs.
The operation seeks to target drug networks with
international footprints for action against
handlers, operatives, production zones and
support elements.
558. 2
Global payments and technology company
Mastercard is in talks with Indian banks to roll
out its Carbon Calculator feature, which offers
consumers an estimated carbon footprint for
each of their purchases.
Mastercard Carbon Calculator, developed in
collaboration with Swedish fintech Doconomy, is
currently used in over 25 countries.
Michael Miebach is the chief executive officer of
Mastercard.
559. 1
Long jumper Jeswin Aldrin qualified for 2023
World Championship with a 8.26m (8.25m
qualification mark)leap in his final attempt at the
National Game.
Amlan Borgohain of Assam & Jyothi Yarraji of
Andhra Pradesh emerged as the fastest man and
woman in 100m dash events. Jyothi won with a
time of 11.51 seconds and Amlan clocked 10.38s
in the final.
560. 3
Vivek Lall, an Indian-origin General Atomics
Global Corporation chief executive, is honoured
with the Lifetime Achievement Award by US
President Joe Biden with the citation of 'With
Grateful Recognition'.
He is serving as a US Technical Team Member to
the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
Science and Technology (STO) with the
Pentagon.
561. 1
The Indian Air Force formally inducted the first
indigenously developed multirole light combat
helicopters (LCH), named Prachand, into its fleet
at its Jodhpur base in Rajasthan in the presence
of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. These

helicopters are capable of destruction of enemy
air defence, performing counter-insurgency
operations, combat search and rescue tasks.
The Light Combat Helicopter has been developed
by state-run aerospace major Hindustan
Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).
According to the Ministry of Defence, 10
helicopters would be for the IAF and five will be
for the Indian Army.
562. 2
Haryana will develop the world's largest jungle
safari park in the Aravalli range.
The 10,000-acre safari park will cover Gurugram
and Nuh districts.
At present, Sharjah is home to the largest
curated safari park outside Africa. Opened in
February 2022, the Sharjah Safari covers an area
of about 2,000 acres.
563. 1
Pullampara in Kerala became the first grama
panchayat in the country to attain full digital
literacy among its residents.
The 'Digi Pullampara' project was launched on
August 15, 2021 to impart digital education to
the most underprivileged sections of society in
the panchayat.
564. 1
Suzlon Energy founder Tulsi Tanti, popularly
known as India's 'wind man', died of cardiac
arrest at 64.
One of the pioneers of the wind energy business
in India and a globally renowned expert on clean
energy, Tanti envisioned the opportunity in the
renewable energy industry back in 1995 when
the global wind energy market was dominated by
international players.
565. 3
Telangana won the first prize under the large
states category under the Swachh Survekshan
Grameen (SSG) 2022 which looks into the
sanitation status of rural areas.
Haryana secured the second position while Tamil
Nadu was third.
The awards were presented by President
Droupadi Murmu.
The Swachh Survekshan Gramin-2022 award is
given by the Jal Shakti ministry
566. 4
Swedish scientist Svante Paabo has been
awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize for Physiology "for
his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct
hominins and human evolution."
The prizes carry a cash award of 10 mn. Swedish
kronor.
Last year's recipients were David Julius and
Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries into how
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the human body perceives temperature and
touch.
Svante Paabo's father Karl Sune Detlof
Bergstrom won the same prize in 1982.
• 2022 NobelPrize laureate Svante Paabo found
that gene transfer had occurred from these now
extinct hominins to Homo sapiens. This ancient
flow of genes to present-day humans has
physiological relevance today, for example
affecting how our immune system reacts to
infections.
567. 1
UNESCO launches list documenting 50 iconic
Indian heritage textiles
Handmade for the 21st Century: Safeguarding
Traditional Indian Textile lists the histories and
legends behind the textiles, describes the
complicated and secret processes behind their
making, mentions the causes for their dwindling
popularity, and provides strategies for their
preservation.
Director-General, Audrey Azoulay | UNESCO.
UNESCO New Delhi Director, Eric Falt.
• Some of the iconic handcrafted textiles
documented from north India are Khes from
Panipat, Chamba rumals from Himachal
Pradesh, Thigma or wool tie and dye from
Ladakh and Awadh Jamdani from Varanasi.
• From the south, Ilkal and Lambadi or
Banjara embroidery from
Karnataka, Sikalnayakanpet Kalamkari from
Thanjavur have been included.
• Kunbi weaves from Goa, Mashru weaves and
Patola from Gujarat, Himroo from
Maharashtra and Garad-Koirial from West
Bengal also find a place among the 50 iconic
textiles.
• Some of the textiles that made the cut include
Toda embroidery and Sungadi from Tamil Nadu,
Himroo weaves from Hyderabad and Bandha tie
and dye weaving from Sambalpur in Odisha.
568. 3
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 was awarded to
->Alain Aspect (France)
->John F. Clauser (USA)
->Anton Zeilinger (Australia)
"for experiments with entangled photons,
establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and
pioneering quantum information science".
Their results have cleared the way for new
technology based upon quantum information.
569. 4
National Payments Corporation of India and
Central Bank Of Oman signed a historic MoU to
launch the Rupay debit card in Oman, paving the
way for a new era of financial connectivity.

UAE was the first country in the gulf where
RuPay was launched during PM Modi's August
2019 visit.
RuPay was launched in Singapore in May 2018,
followed by Bhutan and the Maldives.
570. 1
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel won
the United Nations refugee agency's prestigious
Nansen award for her "leadership, courage and
compassion" in ensuring the protection of
hundreds of thousands of desperate people at
the height of the Syria crisis.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees : Filippo
Grandi.
571. 3
' The RBI has announced its first pilot project to
use central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the
wholesale market for secondary trade in
government securities from November 1. ' A
second pilot project on retail use of the digital
rupee will start within a month in closed user
groups. ' The regulator has identified nine banks
including State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda,
Union Bank of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank,
Kotak Mahindra Bank, YES Bank, IDFC First Bank
and HSBC for the participation in the pilot. ' Use
of e'-W is expected to make the inter-bank
market more efficient.
572. 3
' The National Asset Reconstruction Co (NARCL)
emerged as the winning bidder for the debt of
Jaypee Infratech at a Swiss challenge auction
after lenders failed to draw counterbids. '
Phoenix ARC, Aditya Birla ARC and ARCIL were
among some of the stressed-asset buyers that
submitted expressions of interest for Jaypee
Infratech. About NARCL: ' NARCL has been set
up by banks to aggregate and consolidate
stressed assets for their subsequent resolution. '
PSBs will maintain 51% ownership in NARCL. '
The government had announced sovereign
guarantees of Rs 30,600 crore for Security
Receipts (SRs) to be issued by NARCL, which will
be buying Rs 2 lakh crore non-performing loans
from banks.
573. 5
' Bank of Baroda announced the launch of two
new premium Debit Cards for its customers ' bob
World Opulence ' a super-premium Visa Infinite
Debit Card and bob World Sapphire ' a Visa
Signature Debit Card. The two debit card variants
come packed with a best-in-class and powerful
rewards proposition exclusively designed for the
Bank's High Networth Individual (HNI) customer
segment. ' The bob World Sapphire card will
come in two sub variants ' bob World Sapphire
(Male) and bob World Sapphire (Female),
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offering customised privileges to customers. ' Ms
PV Sindhu, India's badminton icon and Bank of
Baroda's brand endorser, unveiled the cards at
the launch event.
574. 2
' India Post Payments Bank (IPPB), stablished
under the Department of Posts, Ministry of
Communication with 100% equity owned by the
Government of India, conducted India's First
Floating Financial Literacy Camp with an initiative
called 'Niveshak Didi' to promote Financial
Literacy 'By the women, for the women', in
Srinagar, J&K. ' To take the Financial Literacy
drive ahead, IPPB, in collaboration with Investor
Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA)
under the aegis of Ministry of Corporate Affairs
(MCA), launched the initiative called 'Niveshak
Didi' to promote Financial Literacy 'By the
women, for the women' concept. ' 'Niveshak Didi'
initiative is based on the ideology of women for
women as rural area women feel more
comfortable to share their queries with a female
itself.
575. 4
The State Bank of India (SBI) has reported its
highest-ever quarterly profit of 13,265 crore
rupees for the second quarter ended on the 30th
of September. The Bank's quarterly profit is 74
per cent higher than the 7,627 crore rupees
reported in the year-ago period. The asset
quality of the bank also improved with Gross
NPAs declining to 3.5 per cent this quarter.
576. 2
MUFG Bank has partnered with M1xchange to
facilitate digital invoice financing for the bank's
clients. Under M1xchange's TReDS (Trade
Receivables Discounting System), MSME
suppliers get early funding for their receivables
under a bidding mechanism, and this is funded
by MUFG Bank, which takes on the credit risk of
the corporate buyers. Sundeep Mohindru,
Managing Director & CEO of M1xchange
• This collaboration allows MUFG Bank to
leverage the digital ecosystem established by
M1xchange, thereby enhancing the efficiency of
its client services.
• M1xchange TReDS is a digital marketplace to
sell the receivables to banks/NBFC set up under
the approval of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to
facilitate the discounting of invoices and bills of
exchange on a PAN India basis.
• Key participants in TReDS are Micro, Small &
Medium Enterprises 'MSME' (Suppliers), large
Corporates including PSUs and Govt.
Departments (Buyers) and Banks/NBFCs
(Financiers).

577. 4
Axis Bank launches 7th edition of knowledge
summit 'Evolve' for MSMEs The current edition is
focused on the broader theme of 'Indian SMEs:
Shifting Gears for Next Level Growth' with sub-
themes such as 'Digitalisation to Building Indian
SMEs' and 'Export Opportunities for SMEs in the
New World Order'. During the launch, Sangram
Singh, President, Commercial Banking Coverage
Group, Axis Bank said, "The bank strongly
believes that MSMEs are the engines of growth
for the nation and as partners in progress, we at
Axis Bank endeavour to offer both financial and
non-financial services to help MSMEs expand
their businesses holistically."
578. 1
' Department of Telecommunication, the ministry
of communications has expanded the production-
linked incentive (PLI) scheme for telecom and
networking products with a total of 42
companies, including 28 medium and small
enterprises (MSMEs), cleared for receiving sops
for a total investment of Rs 4,115 crore. ' A total
of 31 companies were given approval on October
14, 2021 for the scheme.
579. 3
' The Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) issued a pertaining to the standardization
of rating scales used by credit rating agencies
(CRAs). ' The circular will come into effect on 1
January 2023. CRAs will then have to report to
SEBI their compliance with norms as ratified by
their boards of directors within one quarter from
date of applicability. ' Credit rating agencies
(CRAs) in India are regulated by SEBI. ' Issuers
with a rating of AAA are considered to have the
highest degree of safety pertaining to timely
servicing of debt obligations.
580. 2
' UPI transactions in India surged 7.7 per cent to
730 crore and the total value stood at more than
Rs 12.11 lakh crore in October from 678 crore
worth Rs 11.16 lakh crore in September. ' The
number of instant interbank fund transfer
through IMPS (Immediate Payment Service) in
October stood at 48.25 crore and the value was
at Rs 4.66 lakh crore. ' NPCI is an umbrella
organisation for all retail payments system in
India. ' While the Aadhaar card-enabled AePS,
which facilitates easy, quick and safe banking
transactions, increased to 11.77 crore in October
compared to 10.27 crore in previous month. '
The value of AePS transactions rose to Rs
31,112.63 crore from Rs 26,665.58 crore.
581. 2
' Tata's Jamshedpur Steel Plant received
ResponsibleSteel Certification for three facilities
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in Jamshedpur. ' The Company's Steel Works,
Tubes Division and Cold Rolling Mill (Bara) in
Jamshedpur have joined an exclusive group of
steel producing sites around the world to receive
the ResponsibleSteel Certification, which also
includes some of the other renowned steel
manufacturers in the world. ' ResponsibleSteel is
the steel industry's first global multi-stakeholder
standard and certification initiative that works
with steel producers, consumers, and
intermediaries towards building a sustainable
steel industry by addressing pressing challenges
including climate change, diversity, human rights
and more. ' Tata Steel has been a member of
ResponsibleSteel since October 2020.
582. 5
' Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala
Sitharaman has Launched the 6th round of coal
mine auction of the Ministry of Coal. ' She
pointed out that coal imports for power sector
has come down by 41%. ' Finance Ministry has
extended Rs. 6000 crore incentive for coal
gasification and Rs. 250 crore for exploration
process. ' India is the second-largest coal-
producing country, with production of 767 MTs in
2021.
583. 3
' A wind turbine taller than the world's tallest
Statue of Unity with blades spanning wider than
the wingspan of a jumbo jet has been installed at
Mundra in Gujarat by Adani New Industries Ltd
as part of its renewable energy expansion plans.
' The turbine has been installed by Mundra
Windtech Ltd (MWL), a wholly-owned subsidiary
incorporated by Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL). '
Standing 200 metres tall, the wind turbine has
the capacity to produce 5.2 MW of electricity and
can power approximately 4,000 homes. ' Wind
turbines have had a growth spurt over the last
couple of years. Turbines of the capacity above 4
MW are typically associated with offshore
installation -- where the machines have gone as
big as 14 MW. ' India has the fourth highest wind
installed capacity in the world.
584. 3
The Infrastructure Finance Secretariat (IFS),
DEA, has come out with Scheme for Financial
Support for Project Development Expenses of
PPP Projects ' 'IIPDF Scheme' (India
Infrastructure Project Development Fund
Scheme) for providing necessary support to the
PSAs, both in the Central and State
Governments. It will extend financial assistance
to meet the cost of transaction advisors and
consultants engaged in the development of PPP
projects.

585. 2
Surpassing traditional suppliers Saudi Arabia and
Iraq, Russia has emerged as the top oil supplier
to India in October. The information provided by
energy cargo tracker Vortexa shows that Russia,
which made up for just 0.2 per cent of all oil
imported by India in the year to March 31, 2022,
supplied 935,556 barrels per day of crude oil to
India in October-the highest ever. Russia'now
supplies almost 22% of India's total crude
imports, ahead of Iraq's 20.5 per cent and Saudi
Arabia's 16 per cent.
586. 3
Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh take the first two
positions. According to the provisional figures
from Comptroller and Auditor General of India,
Tamil Nadu has mopped up '68,638 crore in
State's Own Tax Revenue collections between
April-September against Karnataka's '66,158
crore tax collection. Maharashtra and Uttar
Pradesh mopped up '1,15,211cr and '1,02,687cr
respectively
587. 1
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
(MoRTH) is developing 35 Multi-Modal Logistics
Parks (MMLPs), out of which 15 MMLPs are
prioritized in the next three years. MMLP Chennai
at Mappedu being developed in 184.27 acres is
1st MMLP awarded to M/s Reliance Industries
Limited for which Prime Minister laid the
Foundation Stone on 26.05.2022. MMLP is
defined as a freight-handling facility with a
minimum area of 100 acres (40.5 Ha).
588. 2
Union Minister of Steel Jyotiraditya Scindia has
said that the country which was earlier a net
importer of the steel has now become a net
exporter. He informed that India has also moved
from 4th largest producer of steel to the second
largest producer of steel at global scale.
589. 1
All GST anti-profiteering complaints would be
dealt with by the Competition Commission of
India (CCI) from December 1 as the extended
tenure of National Anti-profiteering Authority
(NAA) ends this month. The NAA was set up in
November 2017 under Section 171A of Goods
and Services Tax (GST) law to check unfair
profiteering activities by registered suppliers.
590. 3
' The Union Cabinet, chaired by Narendra Modi,
has approved the naming of Greenfield Airport at
Hollongi, Itanagar as 'Donyi Polo Airport,
Itanagar'. ' The resolution was passed by the
State Government of Arunachal Pradesh to name
the airport as 'Donyi Polo Airport, Itanagar',
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which reflect the people's reverence of the Sun
(Donyi) and the Moon (Polo). ' Government of
India granted 'In-principle' approval for
development of Hollongi Greenfield Airport in
January, 2019. ' The project is being developed
by Airports Authority of India (AAI) with the help
of Central Government and the State
Government of Arunachal Pradesh at a cost of
Rs. 646 crores,
591. 3
' Ministry of Education released a detailed report
on Unified District Information System for
Education Plus (UDISE ) 2021-22 on school
education of India. ' In 2021-22 total students
enrolled in school education from primary to
higher secondary stood at 25.57 crore as
compare to 25.38 crore enrolment in 2020-21,
registering an increase of 19.36 lakh enrolments.
' The UDISE system of online data collection from
the schools was developed by Department of
School Education & Literacy in the year 2018-19
to overcome the issues related to erstwhile
practice of manual data filling in paper format. '
In UDISE system, improvements have been
made particularly in the areas related to data
capture, data mapping and data verification. ' In
UDISE 2021-22, additional data on important
indicators viz., digital library, peer learning, hard
spot identification, number of books available in
school library, etc have been collected for the
first time to align with the NEP 2020 initiatives. '
Total number of schools in 2021-22 stood at
14.89 lakhs as compared to 15.09 lakhs in 2020-
21. ' The decline in total schools is mainly due to
closure of private and other management schools
and grouping/ clustering of schools by various
States.
592. 2
A Centre for Policy Research in Maritime Studies
(C-PRiMeS) of Indian Maritime University (IMU)
in Chennai was inaugurated by the Union
Minister Shri Sarbananda Sonowal. The C-PRiMeS
centre will undertake maritime studies and act as
a think tank for the development of the marine
economy.
593. 5
The Ministry of Home Affairs has successfully
completed a mother tongue survey with field
videography of 576 languages and dialects
across the country. The home ministry said the
Linguistic Survey of India (LSI) is a regular
research activity in the country since the 6th Five
Year Plan. ' According to the report, the Mother
Tongue Survey of India is a project that 'surveys
the mother tongues, which are returned
consistently across two and more Census
decades'. ' As per an analysis of 2011 linguistic
census data in 2018, more than 19,500

languages or dialects are spoken in India as
mother tongues. ' According to the 2011
linguistic census, Hindi is the most widely spoken
mother tongue, with 52.8 crore people or 43.6
per cent of the population declaring it as the
mother tongue.
594. 5
The government has declared as critical
information infrastructure certain databases
related to the Census and the National Population
Register (NPR). In a notification, the Union home
ministry said the decision has been taken after
exercising the powers conferred to it under the
Information Technology Act, 2000, (Amended
2008). ' The central government declares the
computer resources relating to Census
Monitoring and Management System, Self
Enumeration and Civil Registration System (CRS)
web portals, mobile applications for House
Listing, Population Enumeration and NPR
updation being critical information infrastructure
(CII) of the Office of the Registrar General and
Census Commissioner, India. ' The Information
Technology Act of 2000 defines Critical
Information Infrastructure as a computer
resource, the incapacitation or destruction of
which shall have debilitating impact on national
security, economy, public health or safety.
595. 1
The Indian Railways has set a target of 100 %
electrification of its network by December 2023.
Recent News: Indian Railways has accomplished
electrification of 82% of the total BG network
Indian Railways has embarked upon an ambitious
plan of electrification of its complete Broad
Gauge network which would not only result in a
better fuel energy usage resulting in increased
throughput, reduced fuel expenditure but also
savings in precious foreign exchange. ' During
the FY 2022-23, till October 2022, Indian
Railways has achieved 1223 Route Kilometers
(RKMs) of electrification as compared to 895
RKMs during the corresponding period of FY
2021-22. It is 36.64% more than the previous
year figures of the corresponding period.
596. 5
The Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs
Hardeep S Puri launched the Transport4All
challenge stage-2 and Citizen Perception Survey
2022 at an event in New Delhi. The Transport4All
challenge is an initiative of the MoHUA that aims
at enhancing the mobility experience of citizens.
The Transport4All through Digital Innovation
Challenge comprises three stages: ' Stage I
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION: Cities, with the
support of NGOs, identify key recurring problems
that citizens and public transport operators face '
Stage II SOLUTION GENERATION: Startups
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develop prototypes of solutions to improve public
transport with inputs from cities and NGOs '
Stage III PILOT TESTING: Cities engage Startups
for large-scale pilots and refine the solutions
based on citizen feedback
597. 5
The Centre amended Aadhaar regulations,
advising card holders to update documents
supporting their information at least once every
10 years from the date of enrolment to ensure
the accuracy of the data. The amendment said
users may update their documents to ensure the
continued accuracy of their information in the
Central Identities Data Repository. ' Around 1000
government schemes ' 650 from state
governments and 315 from central government '
use Aadhaar authentication services to avoid
deduplication and removal of ghost beneficiaries.
' UIDAI has developed a new feature of 'update
document' on the myAadhaar portal and mobile
app to facilitate updating of documents. ' The
residents can also visit any Aadhaar enrolment
centre to update their documents. More than 133
crore Aadhaar cards have been issued as of June
2022.
598. 4
Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged
off south India's first Vande Bharat Express train,
connecting Mysuru and Chennai. This is the fifth
Vande Bharat Express started in the country and
the first such train of south India. The Prime
Minister also flagged off Bharat Gaurav Kashi
Darshan Train at KSR Railway Station,
Bengaluru. ' The Indian Railways had launched
India's first indigenous Semi-High Speed train-
Vande Bharat Express which was flagged off by
Hon'ble Prime Minister on February 15, 2019 on
the New Delhi ' Kanpur- Allahabad 'Varanasi
route. ' Further, Vande Bharat Express trains
have been commenced on New Delhi- Mata
Vaishno Devi Katra, Gandhinagar Capital '
Ahmedabad ' Mumbai Central, and Amb Andaura
' New Delhi routes. ' This new train will enhance
connectivity between the industrial hub of
Chennai and the technological-software-startup
hub of Bengaluru and the world-famous tourist
city Mysuru.
599. 2
' A fish museum, the first of its kind in the
Northeast, would soon be built in Arunachal
Pradesh, Fisheries Minister Tage Taki. ' The
museum would be a part of the Integrated Aqua
Park (IAP), sanctioned by the Union Ministry of
Fisheries. ' It will have all fish species of the
state and serve as a training centre for
fisherfolks. About PMMSY: ' Pradhan Mantri
Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) was launched
in September 2020 with aim of the scheme is to

bring about Blue Revolution through the
sustainable development of the fisheries sector
over a period of five years (2020-2025). ' PMMSY
is an umbrella scheme to develop the fisheries
sector with a total outlay of Rs. 20050 crores.
600. 3
' Israeli PM Yair Lapid has conceded defeat in the
general elections and congratulated opposition
leader Benjamin Netanyahu, whose coalition of
right-wing parties secured a comfortable majority
in parliament to form the next government and
end the political impasse plaguing the country. '
Netanyahu's party won 32 seats, while outgoing
PM Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid got 24 seats.
601. 4
The 9th round of India - South Korea
Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
(CEPA) up-gradation negotiation was held in
Seoul. India raised serious concerns about the
growing trade deficit between the two countries
and discussed market access issues. It was
agreed that the 10th round of CEPA upgradation
negotiations will be hosted by India in early
2023.
602. 3
In a joint statement, G7 foreign ministers said
that they strongly support the United Nations
Secretary-General's call for the extension of the
Black Sea Grain Initiative, which has reduced
global food prices. They also urged Russia to
heed the Secretary-General's call. The UN-
brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative was signed
during a ceremony in Istanbul in July. Under the
deal, ships transporting grain from three
Ukrainian ports travel along an agreed corridor to
markets worldwide.
603. 3
Switzerland sets record with world's longest
passenger train A Swiss railway operator has set
a new record for completing a journey with the
world's longest passenger train. The 1.9km (1.2
mile) train, which is composed of 100 coaches,
completed a spectacular 25km journey through
the Alps. The world record attempt took place to
highlight Switzerland's engineering
achievements, as well as to mark 175 years of
Swiss railways.
604. 3
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) has agreed in principle to admit East
Timor as the group's 11th member. The half-
island nation, officially called Timor Leste, will
also be granted observer status at high-level
ASEAN meetings. The East Timorese voted for
independence from a brutal occupation by
neighbouring Indonesia in a 1999 U.N.-
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supervised referendum, and the country was
officially recognised by the United Nations in
2002, making it Asia's youngest democracy. The
resource-rich country of 1.3 million people
immediately started the process of accession to
ASEAN, but only formally applied for membership
in 2011. ASEAN was established on 8th August
1967 and is HQs located in Jakarta, Indonesia.
605. 5
' Chief Minister Pramod Sawant launched logo of
Purple Fest at a function held in Manohar Parrikar
Memorial Hall of Sanjay Centre for Education. '
Purple Fest, the three-day event is to kick start
in January, 2023 in Goa. ' Purple Fest '
Celebrating Diversity, a first-of-its-kind inclusive
festival that embraces, expresses and celebrates
persons with disabilities.
606. 1
PM Narendra Modi has unveiled 108-feet-long
bronze statue of Sri Nadaprabhu Kempegowda in
Bengaluru. The statue is built to commemorate
the contribution of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda,
the founder of the city, towards the growth of
Bengaluru. Conceptualised and sculpted by Ram
V Sutar of the Statue of Unity fame, 98 tonnes of
bronze and 120 tonnes of steel have gone into
making this statue. It is called 'Statue of
Prosperity' in Bengaluru. Chief Minister of
Karnataka: Basavaraj Bommai. Governor of
Karnataka: Thawar Chand Gehlot.
607. 4
Virat Kohli claimed the International Cricket
Council (ICC) Men's Player of the Month following
a series of star performances as India charged
their way to the ICC Men's T20 World Cup semi
finals, while Pakistan's veteran all-rounder Nida
Dar is the ICC Women's Player of the Month
thanks to her sensational form in their Women's
Asia Cup campaign. ICC launched the Player of
the Month Awards for men and women in
January 2021.
608. 2
Mumbai defeated Himachal Pradesh to win the
2022 edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. It
was the first time that Mumbai won the trophy.
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka were the dominant
teams when it comes to SMAT. However, both
teams were not able to do well in this edition.
Himachal Pradesh won Vijay Hazare Trophy last
time around and reached the finals of SMAT this
year. Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is a Twenty20
competition played in India and organized by
BCCI.
609. 5
The Uttar Pradesh government will be hosting
the Khelo India National University Games in

2023-24 in four cities of the state. These cities
are Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Varanasi and Noida.
Around 4,500 athletes, representing 150
universities across the country will be vying for
top honours in 20 disciplines, including rowing,
basketball, judo, kabaddi, wrestling, swimming
etc. After Odisha and Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh
has got the opportunity to host the National
University Games for the first time. The first
edition of the Khelo India University Games has
been held in Odisha (2020).
610. 1
New Zealand's Greg Barclay has been re-elected
unopposed as ICC chairman for another two-year
term after Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) chief
Tavengwa Mukuhlani pulled out of the contest.
Jay Shah replaced former president Sourav
Ganguly as the BCCI representative on the ICC
board while Arun Dhumal will be sitting on the
chief executives' committee. BCCI secretary
Shah will take over as chief of the ICC's finance
& commercial affairs committee, which looks
after the distribution of money to member-
countries from the overall revenue pool.
611. 2
In the 15th Asian Air Rifle Championships held in
Daegu, South Korea, Indian shooters won gold
medals in all four team events. The trio of Arjun
Babuta, Kiran Ankush Jadhav, and Rudrank
Balasaheb Patil started the day with a gold
medal, beating Kazakhstan 17-11 in the final of
the men's 10 metre air rifle event.
612. 3
In T20 world cup cricket, England created history
by winning their second T-20 world cup title
defeating Pakistan by five wickets at the
Melbourne Cricket ground today. They are now
the only side who are the defending ODI and T20
World Cup champions.
613. 1
Table Tennis star Achanta Sharath Kamal is set
to receive Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in
2022, according to an announcement from the
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. A total of 25
athletes including shuttlers Lakshya Sen, HS
Prannoy, woman boxer Nikhat Zareen, athletes
Eldhose Paul, Avinash Sable have been
nominated for the Arjuna Award this year.
614. 3
2025 Kabaddi World Cup To Be Hosted By UK's
West Midlands region. The UK region will become
the first destination outside of Asia to host this
event. The tournament, organized by England
Kabaddi, Scottish Kabaddi, and the British
Kabaddi League, will feature at least 16 teams
(men and women). World Kabaddi Federation
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was founded in 2003. It was incorporated under
section 25 of the companies Act, 1956 on
September 30, 2005.
615. 2
Phrygian cap symbolising French republic chosen
as 2024 Paris Olympics mascot. The Phrygian
cap, the symbol of the French republic but
wearing sneakers as a nod to the present, was
unveiled as the mascot for the 2024 Paris
Olympics. The Olympic Phryge ((pronounced fri-
jee-uhs) is a bit smaller, the Paralympic Phryge
is a bit slimmer and has a blade on his right leg
because it is a Phyrge with an impairment.
616. 2
National Investment and Infrastructure Fund
(NIIFL) has signed a pact with JBIC to enhance
Japanese investments into India. JBIC and the
GoI will invest in the India-Japan Fund, which will
make equity investments in environmental
preservation and low carbon emission strategies.
The MOU outlines a partnership framework
between NIIF and JBIC, which is considering the
establishment a bilateral India-Japan Fund (IJF).
' IJF will also enhance cooperation between the
two countries by investing in strategic
partnerships between Japanese and Indian
companies and promoting business collaboration
across multiple sectors in India, it added.
National Investment and Infrastructure Fund is
India's first infrastructure specific investment
fund or a sovereign wealth fund that was set up
by the Government of India in February 2015.
The Rs 40,000-crore NIIF is a quasi-sovereign
wealth fund.
617. 4
State Bank of India signed a 150 million euro (Rs
1,240 crore) loan agreement with the German
development bank KfW for funding solar projects.
The long-term loan, under the Indo-German
solar partnership, will facilitate new and
upcoming capacities in the solar sector and
further contribute to the country's goals
announced during the COP26.
618. 4
' The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is
organizing Ganga Utsav- The River Festival 2022
on 4th November, 2022 in New Delhi. ' One of
the main objectives of Ganga Utsav 2022 is to
celebrate our rivers and spread awareness on the
significance of river rejuvenation across river
basins in India. ' The Ganga Utsav 2022- The
River Festival is being developed as a model for
River Festivals with the aim to connect people to
the rivers and inculcate its importance. ' This is
being done by bringing together celebrities,
dignitaries and influencers from different walks of
life on one platform, and celebrating rivers by

bringing awareness to keep it clean and healthy.
' Ganga Utsav 2022 will also have Arth Ganga as
its focus area as it aims to establish people-river
connect through the 'bridge of economics' and
will be an excellent platform to communicate the
importance of rivers vis-a-vis the employment
generational initiatives taken up under Arth
Ganga model, which includes Natural Farming,
Ghat Pe Haat, Jalaj, Training of Ganga Sewaks,
Ganga Artis etc. ' The six important verticals of
Arth Ganga are Zero Budget Natural Farming,
Monetization and Reuse of Sludge & Wastewater,
Livelihood Generation, Public Participation,
Cultural Heritage & Tourism and Institutional
Building.
619. 3
' Vetsa Ramakrishna Gupta assumed additional
charge as chairman and managing director of
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) -- the
second 'Maharatna' oil PSU to get an interim
head in the absence of a regular appointment. '
Gupta, Director (Finance) at BPCL, succeeds Arun
Kumar Singh, who superannuated on October 31,
a company statement said. ' BPCL is the second
oil PSU to get an interim head. ' Oil and Natural
Gas Corporation (ONGC) is without a regular
chairman and managing director since April
2021. ' Rajesh Kumar Srivastava, Director
(Exploration), is holding additional charge. He is
the third interim chairman of ONGC.
620. 3
' Dr G Hemaprabha was appointed Director of the
institute up to 2024 on the recommendations of
the Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board,
New Delhi, under the Union Minister of
Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare. ' Hemaprabha
is the first woman director of the 111-year-old
institution. ' ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute,
location, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
621. 5
' In a first, the CRPF has appointed two women
officers from its cadre as Inspectors General (IG)
of its specialised anti-riots unit RAF and the Bihar
Sector. ' Annie Abraham has been appointed as
the IG of the blue duangree donning Rapid Action
Force (RAF) while Seema Dhundia has been
posted as the IG of the Bihar Sector. ' The
proverbial glass ceiling in the country's largest
paramilitary force with 3.25 lakh personnel has
broken after a long wait of 35 years as the first
women officers joined the Central Reserve Police
Force in 1987. ' Sujoy Lal Thaosen: 37th
Director-General of Central Reserve Police Force.
622. 4
' The Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commerce and Industry (FICCI) announced
Subhrakant Panda as its President-Elect, who is
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currently serving as FICCI's Senior Vice
President. ' Panda is the Managing Director of
Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd. (IMFA), the
largest and fully integrated manufacturer of ferro
alloys in the nation with in-house mining and
power generation. ' Established in 1927, FICCI is
the largest and oldest apex business organisation
in India.
623. 4
Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) CEO Mohammad
Tayyab Ikram of Macau was elected as the new
president of the International Hockey Federation
(FIH), succeeding India's Narinder Batra as its
full-time chief. Ikram defeated Marc Coudron of
Belgium 79-47 in the 48th FIH Congress held
virtually. Seif Ahmed was the acting president of
the FIH following Batra's resignation.
624. 4
The GSM Association (GSMA) elected Jos' Mar'a
'lvarez-Pallete L'pez, the chief executive of
Telef'nica Group, as Chair, and Gopal Vittal, the
chief executive of India's Bharti Airtel Group as
Deputy Chair. The executives are members of
the new GSMA Board of Directors elected for a
two-year term. The GSMA Board includes 26
members.
625. 3
Justice DY Chandrachud took oath as the new
Chief Justice of India. President Droupadi Murmu
administered the oath of office to Justice DY
Chandrachud as the 50th Chief Justice of India at
Rashtrapati Bhawan. Justice Chandrachud
succeeded Justice UU Lalit. Born in 1959, Justice
Chandrachud was appointed Judge of the
Supreme Court of India on the 13th of May 2016.
Justice Chandrachud will have a tenure till
November 10, 2024.
626. 1
Switzerland Tourism has appointed Olympic Gold
medalist Neeraj Chopra as its Friendship
Ambassador. In this development, the athlete
will promote the sporty, stunning and
adventurous outdoors of Switzerland to Indian
travellers. ' As the 'Friendship Ambassador' of
the country, Chopra will propagate his
experiences in Switzerland to display the
European nation as one of the worthy
destinations for biking, hiking, soft and extreme
adventures and of course snow sports for
enthusiasts at varied levels.
627. 4
Gaurav Dwivedi has been appointed the Chief
Executive Officer of public broadcaster Prasar
Bharati. He will have a five-year tenure from the
date he assumes charge. Earlier, Dwivedi was
the Chief Executive Officer of MyGovIndia. Shashi

Shekhar Vempati was the CEO of Prasar Bharati
from 2017 to 2022.
628. 3
Lawyer Natasa Pirc Musar won the second round
of Slovenia's presidential election on Sunday and
will become the country's first female head of
state. She will succeed President Borut Pahor, a
centrist politician who had already served two
terms in office. Pirc Musar had represented
former US first lady Melania Trump in copyright
and other cases in her native Slovenia.
629. 2
The Prime Minister has approved the
appointment of Shri Arvind Virmani, Founder,
Chairman, Foundation for Economic Growth &
Welfare as Full-Time Member, NITI Aayog with
immediate effect. He served as a member of the
Technical Advisory Committee of the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) on Monetary Policy from
February 2013 to August 2016.
630. 1
Star Indian paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal has
become the first player from India to get elected
in the Athletes' Commission of the International
Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). Eight athletes
including four male and four female, were elected
from Asia, Africa, the Americas, Europe, and
Oceania and will serve in the Athletes'
Commission for four years from 2022 to 2026.
631. 1
FIFA president Gianni Infantino is getting four
more years in charge of football's governing body
after no candidate stepped up to challenge him.
Infantino won a five-candidate race in 2016 to
replace Sepp Blatter, and was re-elected
unopposed in 2019. He's now set to stay in the
job beyond the 2026 World Cup in the United
States, Canada and Mexico.
632. 4
President Droupadi Murmu appointed Dr CV
Ananda Bose as the Governor of West Bengal.
Manipur Governor La Ganesan had been holding
the additional charge of West Bengal since July
after the former Governor, Jagdeep Dhankhar,
became India's Vice President. Dr. Bose is the
first ever Fellow of the Lal Bahadur Shastri
National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie.
633. 4
TransStadia Enterprises Private Limited will
receive the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar,
2022. Jiwanjot Singh Teja (Archery), Mohammad
Ali Qamar (Boxing), Suma Siddharth Shirur (Para
shooting) and Sujeet Maan (Wrestling) have
been nominated for the 'Dronacharya Award in
the regular category, while Dinesh Jawahar Lad
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(Cricket), Bimal Prafulla Ghosh (Football) and Raj
Singh will receive the recognition in the lifetime
category. Ashwini Akkunji C (Athletics),
Dharamvir Singh (Hockey), B C Suresh (Kabaddi)
and Nir Bahadur Gurung (Para Athletics) will get
the Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement
in sports and games. The Khel ratna award
consists of a medallion, a certificate, and a cash
prize of Rs. 25 lakh.
634. 5
' Department of School Education and Literacy
(DoSE&L), Ministry of Education released the
Performance Grading Index (PGI) for States/UTs
for 2020-21. ' The prime objective of PGI is to
promote evidence-based policy making and
highlight course correction to ensure quality
education for all. So far, DoSE&L has released
PGI report for the year 2017-18, 2018-19 and
2019-20. ' The PGI structure comprises of 1000
points across 70 indicators grouped into 2
categories viz., Outcomes, Governance
Management (GM). These categories are further
divided into 5 domains, viz., Learning Outcomes
(LO), Access (A), Infrastructure& Facilities (IF),
Equity (E) & Governance Process (GP). ' As was
done in the previous years, PGI 2020-21
classified the States/UTs into ten grades viz.,
highest achievable Grade is Level 1, which is for
State/UT scoring more than 950 points out of
total of 1000 points. The lowest grade is Level 10
which is for score below 551. ' The ultimate aim
of PGI is to propel States & UTs towards
undertaking multi-pronged interventions that will
bring about the much-desired optimal education
outcomes covering all dimensions. The PGI is
expected to help States and UTs to pinpoint the
gaps and accordingly prioritize areas for
intervention to ensure that the school education
system is robust at every level. ' A total of 7
States and UTs, Viz., Kerala, Punjab, Chandigarh,
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Andhra
Pradesh have attained Level II (score 901-950)
in 2020-21 as compared to none in 2017-18 and
4 in 2019-20. Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra
Pradesh are the new entrants to highest achieved
level of any State so far.
635. 4
Reliance Industries, the country's largest
company by revenues, profits and market value,
is India's best employer and the world's 20th
best firm to work with, according to Forbes'
World's Best Employers rankings 2022. The
global ranking was topped by South Korean giant
Samsung Electronics, followed by US giants
Microsoft, IBM, Alphabet and Apple.
• US'companies'occupy rankings from 2nd to
12th , followed by German automaker BMW
Group at 13th. The world's largest online retailer

Amazon is ranked 14th in the list and French
giant Decathlon is at 15th rank.
• Oil-to-telecom-to-retail conglomerate Reliance,
with 2,30,000 employees, is ranked 20th - the
highest ranked Indian firm. It is ranked above
Mercedes-Benz of Germany, US beverage maker
Coca-Cola, Japanese auto giants Honda and
Yamaha, and Saudi Aramco.
• There is no Indian company other than Reliance
in the top 100. HDFC Bank is ranked 137th. Bajaj
(173rd), Aditya Birla Group (240th), Hero
Motocorp (333rd), Larsen & Toubro (354th),
ICICI Bank (365th), HCL Technologies (455th),
State Bank of India (499th), Adani Enterprises
(547th) and Infosys (668th) are the
other'companies'on the list.
636. 1
Forbes unveiled its 2022 Asia's Power
Businesswomen list, honoring 20 outstanding
women in business across the Asia-Pacific region.
Soma Mondal, the chairperson of Steel Authority
of India Ltd, Namita Thapar, executive director at
India business of Emcure Pharma, and Ghazal
Alagh, co-founder and chief innovation officer of
Honasa Consumer, are on the list.
637. 3
IIT Bombay is the top educational institute in
South Asia, as per the recently released QS Asia
University Rankings 2023. IIT Bombay bagged
40th position in the QS ranking followed by IIT
Delhi which secured rank 46. The Asia University
Ranking 2023 was released by the international
ranking agency - Quacquarelli Symonds ' A total
of 118 institutes featured in the list are from
India, China- 128, Japan- 106, South Korea- 88.
' China's Peking University topped the list, the
top 10 Asian universities are-National University
of Singapore (rank 2), Tsinghua University,
Beijing (rank 3), The University of Hong Kong
(rank 4), Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore (rank 5), Fudan University, China
(rank 6), Zhejiang University, China (rank 6),
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and
Technology (rank 8), Universiti Malaya (UM),
Kuala Lumpur (rank 9), Shanghai Jiao Tong
University (rank 10).
638. 3
India has improved its position by six slots and is
now placed at 61st rank as per the Network
Readiness Index 2022 report released recently.
In its latest version of 2022, the report maps the
network-based readiness landscape of 131
economies based on their performances in four
different pillars technology, people, governance,
and impact. India has not only improved its
ranking but also improved its score from 49.74 in
2021 to 51.19 in 2022. The report states that
India secured 1st rank in AI talent concentration,
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the second rank in Mobile broadband internet
traffic within the country and International
Internet bandwidth, third rank in Annual
investment in telecommunication services and
Domestic market size, fourth rank in ICT
Services exports, fifth rank in FTTH and Building
Internet subscriptions and AI scientific
publications.
639. 3
Guyana President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali to be
chief guest at 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
Convention. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated
once in every two years to strengthen the
engagement of the overseas Indian community
with the Government of India. It will be held
from 8th to 10th January next year in Indore,
Madhya Pradesh. The theme of the 17th Pravasi
Bharatiya Divas is - Diaspora: Reliable Partners
for India's Progress in Amrit Kaal.
640. 5
November 10 as World Science Day for peace
and development highlights the importance of
science in our society. The day also plays an
important role in engaging a wider public in
debates on emerging scientific issues. The theme
for this year's World Science Day for Peace and
Development is 'Basic Sciences for Sustainable
Development.' ' The significance of observing this
day aims to keep the citizens informed about the
developments in the field of science. ' The day is
focused on an event that relates to the
commitment to science and society, which gave a
positive outcome of the 1999 world conference
on science in Budapest. ' In the year 2001,
UNESCO proclaimed this day for generating
many concrete projects, programs, and funding
for science across the globe.
641. 1
World Fisheries Day is celebrated on 21st
November every year to demonstrate solidarity
with all fisher folk, fish farmers and concerned
stakeholders throughout the world. It started in
1997 where 'World Forum of Fish Harvesters &
Fish Workers' met at New Delhi leading to
formation of 'World Fisheries Forum' with
representatives from 18 countries and signed a
declaration advocating for a global mandate of
sustainable fishing practices and policies. The
event aims to draw attention to overfishing,
habitat destruction and other serious threats to
the sustainability of our marine and freshwater
resources. The celebrations serve to focus on
changing the way the world manages global
fisheries to ensure sustainable stocks and
healthy ecosystem.

642. 5
' Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare and
Chemicals & Fertilizers Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya,
will inaugurate the India Chem 2022 on 2nd
November 2022 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
with the theme 'Vision 2030: Chemicals and
Petrochemicals Build India'. ' Department of
Fertilizers is organizing the 12th edition of INDIA
CHEM in association with FICCI. ' India Chem
2022 will showcase the Government's policy for
sustainable growth in the sector and provide a
platform for national and international players to
interact, exchange knowledge and forge
alliances. ' The event will also highlight the
investment opportunities especially in Petroleum,
Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Regions
(PCPIRs) and focus on the 'Make in India'
initiative for making the country Atmanirbhar in
sector.
643. 3
Skyroot Aerospace is set to lift off the country's
first privately developed rocket into space. The
Prarambh mission is expected to launch in the
second week of November on a demonstration
flight with the Vikram-S launch vehicle. The
company has already received a technical launch
clearance from IN-SPACe.
644. 3
The 41st edition of India International Trade Fair
(IITF) will be held at Pragati Maidan in New
Delhi. This year the theme of the trade fair is
'Vocal For Local, Local to Global.' Nearly 2500
domestic and foreign exhibitors are participating
in the trade fair to showcase their products and
services.
645. 3
IFFI 53 - the annual film festival will be hosted in
Goa from November 20 to 28, 2022. France is
the 'Spotlight' country and 8 films will be
screened under 'Country Focus' package. The
Austrian film 'Alma and Oskar', directed by Dieter
Berner, will open the annual festival while
Krzysztof Zanussi's 'Perfect Number' is the
closing film. France is the 'Spotlight' country and
8 films will be screened under 'Country Focus'
package.
646. 1
India's National Grid Operator 'Power System
Operation Corporation Limited (POSOCO)' today
announced that POSOCO has changed its name
to 'Grid Controller of India Limited'. The change
in name has been made to reflect the critical role
of Grid Operators in ensuring integrity, reliability,
economy, resilience and sustainable operation of
the Indian Electricity Grid.
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647. 4
' Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim Bank)
has concluded a Master Risk Participation
Agreement for supporting trade transactions with
FirstRand Bank (FRB) Limited. ' The agreement
was signed in Johannesburg on the sidelines of
the India - Southern Africa Regional Conclave. '
The agreement has been signed under India
Exim Bank's Trade Assistance Programme.
648. 1
' Uttar Pradesh's Ranipur Tiger Reserve has
become the 53rd tiger reserve of India. The tiger
reserve is spread across over 529.36 sq km, of
which the core area is 230.32 sq km and buffer
area is 299.05 sq km. ' Besides this, it is also the
fourth tiger reserve in Uttar Pradesh. Apart from
Ranipur, the state has three tiger reserves'
Dudhwa, Pilibhit and Amangarh. ' Amangarh is a
buffer zone of the Jim Corbett National Park and
is located in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor. ' While
Dudhwa Tiger Reserve is located in Lakhimpur,
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve is in Pilibhit.
649. 1
The Central Government has constituted the
22nd Law Commission of India with former
Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Justice Ritu
Raj Awasthi as its Chairperson. The Centre has
also appointed former Kerala High Court judge
Justice KT Sankaran,Prof. Anand Paliwal, Prof. DP
Verma, Prof.(Dr) Raka Arya and Shri M.
Karunanithi as members of the Commission.
• The Law Commission of India had been
remaining vacant since August 31, 2018, after
the retirement of the Chairperson of the 21st
Commission, former Supreme Court
judge Justice BS Chauhan.
650. 4
The key features of the proposed 'All India
Tourist Vehicles (Permit) Rules, 2022' are as
follows: 1.To simplify the procedure for All India
Permit applicants and to reduce compliance
burden, the provision of authorization and All
India Tourist Permit has been made independent
of each other. 2.More categories of tourist
vehicles, with lesser permit fees for lesser
capacity vehicles (less than ten) have been
proposed. This is expected to provide
considerable financial relief to smaller tourist
operators having smaller vehicles with lower
seating capacity as they will now be required to
pay lower fees commensurate with the seating
capacity of their vehicle(s). 3.To promote
deployment of electric vehicles in large numbers
a streamlined regulatory ecosystem at no cost to
the operator(s) has been proposed.

651. 1
' In August 2016, the government legislated a
new approach to managing inflation called
flexible inflation targeting (FIT). ' The Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) Act, 1934 was amended to
provide a statutory basis for the implementation
of the FIT framework. ' The essence of FIT is that
the government, in consultation with the RBI,
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fixed an inflation target to guide the central
bank's monetary policy. ' The target right now is
4% retail inflation, with a band of two percentage
points on either side to provide flexibility. ' If
average inflation goes beyond this boundary and
stays there for nine consecutive months, it is
regarded as failure.
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