02nd-04th July, 2022

1. World Bank has approved two loans of $500 million each for the Pradhan Mantri-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM), which was launched in October 2021 for the development the public healthcare infrastructure across the country.
2. ISRO has successfully launched three Singaporean satellites in a commercial mission of the New Space India Limited on the PSLV-C53 rocket.
3. Ministry of Steel has joined the PM Gati Shakti Portal and uploaded the geo locations of key projects with an aim of identifying and bridging missing infrastructure connectivity gaps.
4. ReNew Power has partnered with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Self-Employed Women’s Association of India (SEWA) to train 1,000 low-income women salt-pan workers to work in the renewable industry under “Project Surya”.
5. Union Cabinet has approved the categorization of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) as an ‘International Organization’.
6. Union Cabinet was informed a Strategic Partnership Agreement signed between the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
7. National Institute of Urban Affairs’ (NIUA) Climate Centre for Cities (NIUA C-Cube), and World Resources Institute India (WRI India) have launched India’s first national coalition platform for urban nature-based solutions at the 11th World Urban Forum in Poland.
8. PM Narendra Modi participated in the ‘Udyami Bharat’ programme at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
9. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched the PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (‘POEM’).
10. Central Govt has announced to directly transfer its contribution to bank accounts of apprentices through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme.
11. Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Mansukh Mandaviya has chaired IPC Conference 2022 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi and released the 9th edition of Indian Pharmacopoeia.
12. UK government has announced 75 fully-funded scholarships for Indian students to study in the UK, beginning September 2022, in the honour of India’s 75th anniversary of Independence.
13. Maharashtra government has signed an MOU with Adani Green Energy Group Ltd (AGEL) to generate 11000 MW green power in the next five years.
14. Himachal Pradesh has launched ‘Naari Ko Naman’ scheme for charging women travellers only half the fare for their travel within the State.
15. India’s largest floating solar power plant of 100 GW capacity has been operationalized by NTPC at Ramagundam, Telangana.
16. PM Narendra Modi has virtually inaugurated Bosch India’s first smart campus in Bengaluru built at a cost of Rs 800 crore.
17. DRDO has successfully tested the made-in-India ‘ABHYAS’ – a High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Odisha’s Chandipur.
18. DRDO has successfully carried out the maiden flight of Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator from Aeronautical Test Range at Chitradurga in Karnataka.
19. Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) have signed an MOU for imparting skill development training to the personnel in the capital goods sector.
20. Union Cabinet has approved the MOU signed between the Department of Science and Technology-India and the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore for cooperation in the fields of Science, Technology and Innovation.
21. Rim of the Pacific 2022 (RIMPAC 2022) exercise has started at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
22. Ashgabat hosted the Sixth Caspian Summit, which was chaired by the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov.
23. According to the United Nations-Habitat’s World Cities Report 2022, India’s urban population is estimated to increase to 675 million in 2035.
24. Startupblink (Israel-based company) has released the “Global Startup Ecosystem Index” 2022.
25. Knight Frank (a UK-based international property consultant) has released the “Active Capital Asia-Pacific – Rising Capital in Uncertain Times 2021” / Asia-Pacific Sustainability Index report.
26. Hurun Research Institute has released the ASK Private Wealth Hurun India Future Unicorn Index 2022.
27. NITI Aayog and Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) have released “Forecasting Penetration of Electric 2-Wheelers in India” report.
28. QS Best Student Cities 2023 has been released.
29. NITI Aayog and UN World Food Program have released the “Take Home Ration: Good Practices Across States and UTs” report, a collection of good practices followed by states/ UTs with regards to food distribution under various welfare schemes.
30. Mercer’s 2022 Cost of Living survey has been released.
31. ICICI Securities (I-Sec), which operates ICICIdirect, a digital platform for various financial services, has launched a learning app for investors called ‘ICICIdirect iLearn’.
32. Max Life Insurance Company Ltd. has launched ‘Insta confirmation of insurance (Insta-COI)’+ feature for customers buying the ‘Max Life Smart Fixed-return Digital Plan’.
33. Airtel Payments Bank has partnered with Axis Bank to digitise the cash collection system in India’s tier III cities and semi-urban regions.
34. Ministry of Electronics and IT has approved a total of 314 applications with proposed investments of Rs 86,824 crore under a modified special incentive package scheme till May 31, 2022.
35. Competition Commission of India has approved Google’s investment of nearly $1 billion for 1.28% in Bharti Airtel.
36. Axis Bank and EazyDiner, a table reservation, food discovery and restaurant payment platform, have launched Dining Delights, a dining experience programme for the bank’s customers.
37. Central Government has kept interest rates unchanged on small savings schemes for the second quarter of 2022-23.
38. New rates were decided in the 47th GST Council’s meeting in Chandigarh.
39. Central government has transformed Banks Board Bureau (BBB) into Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB).
40. RBI has released its Financial Stability Report – June 2022.
41. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has released the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP)- 2020 report in New Delhi.
42. RBI has released the report on Benchmarking India’s Payment Systems for providing a comparative position of the payments ecosystem in India relative to other major countries.
43. Central government has increased the basic import duty (BCD) on gold to 15%, from 10.75%, to check the current account deficit and the rising import of the yellow metal.
44. Crisil’s GDP forecast for India for FY23 is 7.3%.
45. PokerBaazi.com, a poker platform, has appointed actor Shahid Kapoor as its brand ambassador.
46. Cricketer Ravi Shastri has become the new brand ambassador for com (India’s premier digital sports destination).
47. Bill Ready has been appointed as the CEO of Pinterest (a US-based image sharing and social media service).
48. Eknath Shinde has sworn in as the 20th Chief Minister of Maharashtra and BJP leader and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis as the Deputy Chief Minister.
49. Raja Kumar of Singapore has been appointed as the president of Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the anti-money laundering watchdog.
50. International Day of Parliamentarism
51. Goods and Services Tax Day
52. July 2 – International Day of Cooperatives; Theme – Cooperatives Build a Better World
53. Tanuja Nesari, Director of All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), has won the Ayurveda Ratna Award by the UK Parliament for her contribution to furthering the growth of Ayurveda in India and abroad.
54. India captain Jasprit Bumrah has made a world record of maximum runs off a single over in Test cricket, which was held in Birmingham.
55. Sweden’s Armand Duplantis has created new world record of 6.16 metre in men’s outdoor pole vault at the Stockholm Diamond League meet.
56. Neeraj Chopra has created a new national record for the second time in a month with a throw of 89.94 metres at the Stockholm Diamond League.
57. Indian Olympic Association has announced to organize the National Games 2022 in multiple cities in Gujarat in September-October this year.
58. Eoin Morgan, the 2019 World Cup winning England captain, has announced his retirement from international cricket.
59. Leonardo Del Vecchio (Italy’s second richest man and the owner of Ray-Ban) has passed away.

National News

1. World Bank has approved two loans of $500 million each for the Pradhan Mantri-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM), which was launched in October 2021 for the development the public healthcare infrastructure across the country.
   • One of the two loans is meant to provide priority to the states of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh for the improvement of their current medical infrastructure.
   • Separately, the World Bank has also approved $750 million loan to India for enhancing the private sector investment in infrastructure, small businesses, and the green finance markets.
     • It will be used to improve financial inclusion as well as the stability of the financial sector and the domestic capital markets.
2. ISRO has successfully launched three Singaporean satellites in a commercial mission of the New Space India Limited on the PSLV-C53 rocket.
3. Ministry of Steel has joined the PM Gati Shakti Portal and uploaded the geo locations of key projects with an aim of identifying and bridging missing infrastructure connectivity gaps.
   • The ministry on-boarded itself on the National Master Plan portal with the assistance of Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BiSAG-N).
4. ReNew Power has partnered with United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Self-Employed Women’s Association of India (SEWA) to train 1,000 low-income women salt-pan workers to work in the renewable industry under “Project Surya”.
   • Under ‘Project Surya’ initiative, women salt-pan workers, who work in the challenging and extreme temperatures at Rann of Kutch marshes, will be trained as solar panel and solar-pump technicians at Dhokavada village in the Patan district of Gujarat.
5. Union Cabinet has approved the categorization of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) as an ‘International Organization’.
   • The cabinet has also approved the signing of the Headquarters Agreement with CDRI for granting it the exemptions, immunities and privileges as contemplated under the United Nations (Privileges & Immunities) Act, 1947.
6. Union Cabinet was informed a Strategic Partnership Agreement signed between the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
   • Purpose – to drive ambition, leadership and knowledge on green energy transitions based on renewable energy in India
   • The Agreement was signed in January 2022.
7. National Institute of Urban Affairs’ (NIUA) Climate Centre for Cities (NIUA C-Cube), and World Resources Institute India (WRI India) have launched India’s first national coalition platform for urban nature-based solutions at the 11th World Urban Forum in Poland.
   • ‘India Forum for Nature-based Solutions’ is led by the NIUA C-Cube and anchored by WRI India under the Cities4Forests initiative.
   • It is supported by Caterpillar Foundation, Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Govt. of United Kingdom and Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI).
   • Purpose – to create a collective of entrepreneurs, government entities and like-minded organisations to help scale urban nature-based solutions
8. PM Narendra Modi participated in the ‘Udyami Bharat’ programme at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
   • ‘Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance’ (RAMP) scheme, ‘Capacity Building of First-Time MSME Exporters’ (CBFTE) scheme and new features of the ‘Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme’ (PMEGP) were launched at the program.
   • Key Features –

• National MSME Awards 2022 is a recognition of the contributions of MSMEs, States/UTs, Aspirational Districts and Banks for their outstanding performance in the growth and development of India’s dynamic MSME sector.

9. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched the PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (‘POEM’).
   • POEM is an experimental platform of ISRO which performs in-orbit scientific experiments.
10. Central Govt has announced to directly transfer its contribution to bank accounts of apprentices through National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme.
    • Govt contributes 25% of the stipend payable up to Rs. 1500/- per month.
11. Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Mansukh Mandaviya has chaired IPC Conference 2022 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi and released the 9th edition of Indian Pharmacopoeia.
    • The theme of this year’s conference was ‘Addressing Medicine Quality for Future’.
    • The Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) is published by the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) on behalf of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India to fulfil the requirements of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940.
    • IP prescribes the official standards for drugs produced and/or marketed in India.
12. UK government has announced 75 fully-funded scholarships for Indian students to study in the UK, beginning September 2022, in the honour of India’s 75th anniversary of Independence.
    • The British Council is also providing six English scholarships in addition to this. This is the number of fully-financed scholarships awarded for the one-year Master’s degree to date.

State News

1. Maharashtra government has signed an MOU with Adani Green Energy Group Ltd (AGEL) to generate 11000 MW green power in the next five years.
2. Himachal Pradesh has launched ‘Naari Ko Naman’ scheme for charging women travellers only half the fare for their travel within the State.
3. India’s largest floating solar power plant of 100 GW capacity has been operationalized by NTPC at Ramagundam, Telangana.
4. PM Narendra Modi has virtually inaugurated Bosch India’s first smart campus in Bengaluru built at a cost of Rs 800 crore.

Defence News

1. DRDO has successfully tested the made-in-India ‘ABHYAS’ – a High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Odisha’s Chandipur.
   • It is designed and developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a Bengaluru based DRDO laboratory along with other DRDO laboratories.
   • ABHYAS is an indigenous unmanned aerial target system to meet the requirement of Indian Armed Forces to eliminate air-borne threats.
   • Recently, India has also test-fired the Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) in Chandipur.
2. DRDO has successfully carried out the maiden flight of Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator from Aeronautical Test Range at Chitradurga in Karnataka.
   • This is a milestone achievement under the secretive unmanned combat aerial vehicle UCAV programme of India, under which a technology demonstrator called stealth wing flying test bed (SWift) is being developed.

Memorandum of Understanding

1. Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) have signed an MOU for imparting skill development training to the personnel in the capital goods sector.
   • Training will be provided in several engineering trades under the Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Capital Goods Sector Phase II.
   • The training will be given through Qualification Packs (QPs) developed by MHI related Sector Skill Councils (like Automotive, Infrastructure, Instrumentation and Capital Goods).

Additional Facts –

• Under the Scheme for Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Capital Goods Sector Phase II, a new component for promotion of skilling was introduced to cater for futuristic industrial requirements.
• Qualification Packs for Level 6 and above has been created for this purpose. Under the component, the Ministry is promoting skilling in the Capital Goods sector by creation of Qualification packages (QPs) for skill levels 6 and above.
2. Union Cabinet has approved the MOU signed between the Department of Science and Technology-India and the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore for cooperation in the fields of Science, Technology and Innovation.
   • The MoU was signed in February 2022.

International News

1. Rim of the Pacific 2022 (RIMPAC 2022) exercise has started at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
   • Theme of the exercise – ‘Capable, Adaptive, Partners’
   • Participants – 26 nations, including the United States as the host
   • The largest contingent is from the Republic of Korea, which sent three ships and one submarine, followed by the Royal Australian Navy.
   • From India, Frigate INS Satpura (F48) and one P-8I aircraft participated in the exercise.
2. Ashgabat hosted the Sixth Caspian Summit, which was chaired by the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov.

Reports and Indices

1. According to the United Nations-Habitat’s World Cities Report 2022, India’s urban population is estimated to increase to 675 million in 2035.
   • India’s urban population would be the 2nd highest behind China’s 1 billion.
   • By 2035, the percentage of population in India at mid-year residing in urban area will be 43.2%.
   • The global urban population will grow by another 2 billion by 2050.
2. Startupblink (Israel-based company) has released the “Global Startup Ecosystem Index” 2022.
   • Global Cities’ Rankings – San Francisco (1st), New York (2nd), London (3rd)
   • Global Countries Rankings – US (1st), UK (2nd), Israel (3rd)…India (19th)
   • India’s Rankings – Bengaluru (8th), New Delhi (13th), Mumbai (17th)
     • Bengaluru is ranked 1st in South Asia.
     • Two new cities from India – Pune and Hyderabad – have entered the top 100 list.

3. Knight Frank (a UK-based international property consultant) has released the “Active Capital Asia-Pacific – Rising Capital in Uncertain Times 2021” / Asia-Pacific Sustainability Index report
   • Total – 36 cities
   • Parameters – urbanisation pressure, climate risk, carbon emissions, and government initiatives
   • Top – Singapore, Sydney, Wellington, Perth, and Melbourne are the top five green-rated cities in commercial real estate in the Asia-Pacific region
   • India – Bengaluru at 14th, followed by Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai
   • India’s Green Bonds issuance has increased by 523% year-on-year (YoY), from $1.1 billion in 2020 to $6.8 billion in 2021.
   • India is the 6th largest country in APAC in terms of the total amount of green bonds issued in 2021.
4. Hurun Research Institute has released the ASK Private Wealth Hurun India Future Unicorn Index 2022.
   • To feature in the ASK Private Wealth Hurun India Future Unicorn Index 2022, the start-up is required to have a minimum valuation of $ 200 million (INR 1,500 crore).
   • The report mentions start-ups which have not yet listed on a public exchange and most likely to ‘go Unicorn’ within two years (Gazelles) or four years (Cheetahs).
   • According to the report, 122 start-ups from 25 cities can become Unicorns in India.
   • Top 10 start-ups that can become unicorns in two years (Gazelles) –

• Top 10 start-ups that can become unicorns in four years (Cheetahs) –

5. NITI Aayog and Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) have released “Forecasting Penetration of Electric 2-Wheelers in India”
   • The report forecasts 100% penetration of electric two-wheelers in the Indian market by 2026-27.
   • TIFAC is an autonomous organization set up in 1988 under the Department of Science & Technology to support innovation.
6. QS Best Student Cities 2023 has been released.
   • Top – London (1st), Munich, and Seoul (2nd)
   • India’s rank – Mumbai (103), Bengaluru (114), Chennai (125) and Delhi (129)
7. NITI Aayog and UN World Food Program have released the “Take Home Ration: Good Practices Across States and UTs” report, a collection of good practices followed by states/ UTs with regards to food distribution under various welfare schemes.
8. Mercer’s 2022 Cost of Living survey has been released.
   • Top – Hong Kong
   • India – Mumbai (127), New Delhi (155), Chennai (177), Bengaluru (178) and Hyderabad (192)
   • Parameters – cost of more than 200 things — including housing, transport, food, clothing, household goods and entertainment

Banking and Economy

1. ICICI Securities (I-Sec), which operates ICICIdirect, a digital platform for various financial services, has launched a learning app for investors called ‘ICICIdirect iLearn’.
   • The company is also planning to introduce ‘iCommunity’ on the platform soon that will enable an opportunity of learning through fellow investors.
2. Max Life Insurance Company Ltd. has launched ‘Insta confirmation of insurance (Insta-COI)’+ feature for customers buying the ‘Max Life Smart Fixed-return Digital Plan’.
   • The Insta-COI feature enables the customers to enrol in the policy easily in a hassle-free manner.
   • The ‘Max Life Smart Fixed-return Digital Plan’ is a non-linked, non-participating, individual life insurance savings plan on Max Life website or Policybazaar platform.
3. Airtel Payments Bank has partnered with Axis Bank to digitise the cash collection system in India’s tier III cities and semi-urban regions.
   • Airtel Payments Bank will extend its digital-led neighbourhood banking model to support Axis Bank with the digitization of last-mile cash collections.
   • Now, Axis Bank customers will also be able to make direct EMI deposits for loan payments at the banking points of Airtel Payments Bank.
4. Ministry of Electronics and IT has approved a total of 314 applications with proposed investments of Rs 86,824 crore under a modified special incentive package scheme till May 31, 2022.
5. Competition Commission of India has approved Google’s investment of nearly $1 billion for 1.28% in Bharti Airtel.
6. Axis Bank and EazyDiner, a table reservation, food discovery and restaurant payment platform, have launched Dining Delights, a dining experience programme for the bank’s customers.
   • The program will offer benefits such as the option to choose from over 10,000 premium restaurants across India and Dubai, instant confirmation on table reservations, and offers on dining reservations made through the EazyDiner app.
7. Central Government has kept interest rates unchanged on small savings schemes for the second quarter of 2022-23.

8. New rates were decided in the 47th GST Council’s meeting in Chandigarh.

9. Central government has transformed Banks Board Bureau (BBB) into Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB).
   • The FSIB will be responsible for selecting heads of the state-owned banks and financial institutions.
10. RBI has released its Financial Stability Report – June 2022.
    • As per the report, the capital to risk weighted assets ratio (CRAR) of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) increased to a new high of 16.7%, while their gross non-performing asset (GNPA) ratio fell to a six-year low of 5.9% in March 2022.
11. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has released the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP)- 2020 report in New Delhi.
    • Rankings ­­–
      • 7 states – Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Punjab, Telangana and Tamil Nadu – have been identified as the top achievers based on implementation of the Business Reforms Action Plan.
      • Under the Achievers category, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh are present.
      • In the Aspirers category, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Jharkhand, Kerala, Rajasthan and West Bengal have been placed.
      • In the Emerging Business Ecosystems category, Andaman and Nicobar, Bihar, Chandigarh, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Puducherry and Tripura have been put together.
    • About the report –
      • 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.
      • For the first time, sectoral reforms have been introduced in BRAP 2020 wherein 72 Reforms were identified across 9 sectors, namely, trade license, healthcare, legal metrology, cinema halls, hospitality, fire NOC, telecom, movie shooting and tourism.
      • Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has been publishing BRAP since 2014.
      • So far, 4 editions of the assessment of States/UTs have been released, and the latest edition is for 2020 assessment.
12. RBI has released the report on Benchmarking India’s Payment Systems for providing a comparative position of the payments ecosystem in India relative to other major countries.
    • India was categorized as a ‘leader’ or ‘strong’ in respect of 25 (21 in the previous exercise) out of 40 indicators and categorized as ‘weak’ in respect of 8 (12 in the previous exercise) indicators.
    • As per the report, there is scope for improvement in acceptance infrastructure i.e. ATMs and PoS terminals.
13. Central government has increased the basic import duty (BCD) on gold to 15%, from 10.75%, to check the current account deficit and the rising import of the yellow metal.

GDP Forecasts

1. Crisil’s GDP forecast for India for FY23 is 7.3%.

Appointments

1. Pokerbaazi.com, a poker platform, has appointed actor Shahid Kapoor as its brand ambassador.
2. Cricketer Ravi Shastri has become the new brand ambassador for com (India’s premier digital sports destination).
3. Bill Ready has been appointed as the CEO of Pinterest (a US-based image sharing and social media service).
   • Prior to this, Ready was the executive of Google.
4. Eknath Shinde has sworn in as the 20th Chief Minister of Maharashtra and BJP leader and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis as the Deputy Chief Minister.
5. Raja Kumar of Singapore has been appointed as the president of Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the anti-money laundering watchdog.

Important Days

1. June 30 –
   • International Day of Parliamentarism
   • International Asteroid Day
2. July 1 –
   • Goods and Services Tax Day
   • National Doctors Day (birth and death anniversary of Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy); Theme – Family Doctors on the Front Line
   • National Chartered Accountants Day (ICAI was established on July 1, 1949)
     • 21st edition of the World Congress of Accountants will be organized for the first time in India, in November 2022, on the theme of “Building Trust Enabling Sustainability”.

3. July 2 – International Day of Cooperatives; Theme – Cooperatives Build a Better World

Awards

1. Tanuja Nesari, Director of All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), has won the Ayurveda Ratna Award by the UK Parliament for her contribution to furthering the growth of Ayurveda in India and abroad.
   • The award was given by The UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Indian Traditional Sciences (ITSappg).
   • The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Indian Traditional Sciences was formed in 2014 with an aim to spread the knowledge of Ayurveda, Yoga, Jyotish, Vastu, Unani and Sangeetam in the United Kingdom and abroad.

Sports

1. India captain Jasprit Bumrah has made a world record of maximum runs off a single over in Test cricket, which was held in Birmingham.
2. Sweden’s Armand Duplantis has created new world record of 6.16 metre in men’s outdoor pole vault at the Stockholm Diamond League meet.
3. Neeraj Chopra has created a new national record for the second time in a month with a throw of 89.94 metres at the Stockholm Diamond League.
4. Indian Olympic Association has announced to organize the National Games 2022 in multiple cities in Gujarat in September-October this year.

Miscellaneous

1. Eoin Morgan, the 2019 World Cup winning England captain, has announced his retirement from international cricket.
2. Leonardo Del Vecchio (Italy’s second richest man and the owner of Ray-Ban) has passed away.

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