Daily Current Affairs - Week 26, 2022 (27 Jun 2022 - 03 Jul 2022)
Generated by AllJobAlerts on 17 June 2026
Udaipurâs âbird villageâ set to be declared wetland
Akash Ambani named Reliance Jio Infocomm chairman
- The board of directors of Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. has approved the appointment of Akash M. Ambani, non-executive director, as chairman of the board.
- His father Mukesh D Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), had resigned as director of Reliance Jio Infocomm.
- Pankaj Mohan Pawar has been appointed as MD of the company for period of five years.
Justice Satish Chandra Sharma appointed Chief Justice of Delhi High Court
- Justice Satish Chandra Sharma took oath as the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.
- Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena administered the oath to the 60-year-old Justice Sharma at a ceremony in the Raj Niwas, the LG's secretariat.
- Justice Sharma had earlier served as the Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court.
- The High Court of Delhi was established on 31 October 1966. The High Court of Delhi was established with four judges, including Chief Justice K. S. Hegde, Justice I. D. Dua, Justice H. R. Khanna and Justice S. K. Kapur.
- Presently, the High Court has a sanctioned strength of 45 permanent judges and 15 additional judges.
Olympic champ Sydney McLaughlin breaks own world 400m hurdles record
- Olympic Champion Sydney McLaughlin broke her own world record in the 400-meter hurdles at the US outdoor track and field championships.
- She crossed the finish line at Hayward Field in 51.41 seconds, breaking her own record of 51.46 set last year at the Tokyo Games, where she won the gold medal.
- She previously set the record with a 51.90-seconds performance at the U.S. Olympic trials a year ago, only to shatter that figure in Tokyo, collecting gold in 51.46.
Laser-guided anti-tank missile successfully tested from Arjun tank
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Army successfully tested indigenously-developed anti-tank guided missile at KK range in Maharashtraâs Ahmednagar.
- The test was conducted at the KK Ranges with support of Armoured Corps Centre and School (ACC&S) of the Army which is based in Ahmednagar.
- The all-indigenous ATGM employs a tandem High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) warhead to defeat Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA) protected armoured vehicles.Â
- The ATGM has been developed with multi-platform launch capability and is currently undergoing technical evaluation trials from 120 mm rifled gun of MBT Arjun.
National Statistics Day 2022: 29 June
- Every year, National Statistics Day is celebrated on June 29 in India. The celebration aims to create public awareness among people about the importance of statistics in daily life and in process of planning and development.
- National Statistics Day commemorates renowned statistician Prof Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis for his contribution in the field of economic planning and statistics.Â
- It is also the birth anniversary of Prof PC Mahalanobis, the founder of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI).
- The Theme for this year is âData for Sustainable Developmentâ
- The World Statistics Day is celebrated on October 20 across the globe every five years.
Indian Startup IG Drones Wins Prestigious Global Airwards Best Drone Organisation Award
- The Delhi-based leading Drone enterprise platform company IG Drones has been felicitated with the âBest Drone Organization â Start-up Categoryâ by Airwards.
- IG Drones was selected for the award for its approach to helping local communities and providing access to technology to diverse stakeholders during natural disasters and disasters.
- Airwards is the first panoptic global awards programme of its kind dedicated to identifying, recognising and championing the breadth of positive drone use cases from around the world which are innovative, safe and having a real-world impact.
Former Maruti Udyog chairman and doyen of India's PSUs V. Krishnamurthy passes away at 97
- Venkataraman Krishnamurthy, the former chairman of BHEL, Maruti Udyog and SAIL who was considered the turnaround man of several public sector units, died at the age of 97.
- Krishnamurthy was also known as the 'father of public sector undertaking in India'.
- Krishnamurthi (97) served as Secretary of Industries for the Government of India, and Member of the Planning Commission.
- He also worked with five Prime ministers - Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi, Morarji Desai, Rajiv Gandhi and Manmohan Singh, and was also a member of the National Advisory Council headed by Sonia Gandhi.
- He was conferred Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan for his services.
Noted lyricist, author and journalist, Chowalloor Krishnankutty passed away
- Writer, lyricist and scenarist Chowalloor Krishnankutty has passed away.
- He was 86.
- A recipient of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi and Kerala Sahitya Akademi awards, Krishnankutty also served as the vice-chairman of the Kerala Kalamandalam.
- He started out as a journalist and served the All India Radioâs Kozhikode station as an artist for two years.Â
Pallonji Mistry passed away at the age of 93
- Pallonji Mistry, chairman of Shapoorji Pallonji group, passed away at the age of 93.
- Pallonji Mistry, the reclusive business tycoon was credited for the success of the more than 150-year-old Shapoorji Pallonji Group, which has grown to be one of the largest business groups in the country.Â
- In the Forbes Billionaires List, Pallonji Mistry stands at rank 125 as of 2022, while he was the ninth richest Indian person as of 2021.
IRARCâs Avinash Kulkarni to head India Debt Resolution Company
- The chief executive of India Resurgence Asset Reconstruction Company, Avinash Kulkarni, has been selected to head the India Debt Resolution Company.
- He will be the sole agent to resolve more than âš83,000 crore of bad loans to be acquired by the government-backed National Asset Reconstruction Company.
- Kulkarni has previously worked in the State Bank of India.
- Kulkarni's appointment follows another SBI veteran Natarajan Sundar being selected as CEO of the NARCL in April. Sundar took over as the CEO at the end of May.
- IDRCL is a private sector company controlled by private sector banks that own a 51% share.
Nitin Gupta appointed as new chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes
- IRS officer Nitin Gupta has been appointed as the new chairman Of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
- Gupta, an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1986 batch of the Income Tax cadre, is serving as the Member (investigation) in the Board and is scheduled to retire in September next year.
- Gupta is the first CBDT Member after 3 years who gets the independent charge of Investigation. Last year on August 26, Nitin Gupta was appointed as Member of CBDT.
- It is the administrative body for the Income Tax department.
- The CBDT is headed by a Chairman and can have six members who are in the rank of special secretary.
Dhanalakshmi Sekar becomes third fastest Indian woman to run in 200m event
- Dhanalakshmi Sekar has become the third Indian woman to run sub-23s after national record holder Saraswati Saha (22.82s) and Hima Das (22.88s) in the 200m event.
- She surpassed Dutee Chandâs record of 23.60s.
- Tokyo Olympian Dhanalakshmi Sekar ran her personal best time to win 200m gold at the Qosanov Memorial Athletics Meet, Kazakhstan.
- She clocked 22.89s which is better than her personal best of 23.14s made last year.
- Olga Safronova of Kazakhstan stood second (23.21s) while Dutee Chand clocked 23.60s to finish third.
National Kiteboarding Championship started in Thoothukudi
- The third edition of the National Kite Boarding Championship is being held in Thoothukudi (Tuticorin), Tamil Nadu starting from June 27.
- It is held under the aegis of Yachting Association of India (YAI) which is the National Federation for the sport of Sailing in India.
- The three day event is being hosted by Aqua Outback, Tuticorin and being organised by Tamil Nadu Sailing Association and Chennai Sailing Academy.
- Â Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) is one of India's windiest coast making it an ideal arena to conduct wind based water sports and bringing together some of the best athletes from the country to train and compete.
- Kiteboarding will be making its debut in Olympics at Paris in 2024.
Novak Djokovic creates history, becomes first male player to win 80 matches in all 4 Grand Slams
- Novak Djokovic became the first player in history to win 80 matches in all four Grand Slams when he defeated Kwon Soon-woo 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Centre Court for his 80th win in Wimbledon.
- Djokovic has won the last three Wimbledon titles and is going for his seventh overall.
- Of the four Majors, the 20-time Grand Slam champion has won the most number of matches at the French Open (85). He has won 82 and 81 matches at the Australian Open and the US Open respectively.
NASA launches first rocket from Australian commercial spaceport
- NASA has successfully launched a rocket from Australia's remote Northern Territory, making history as the agency's first commercial spaceport launch outside the United States.
- The rocket is expected to travel more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) into space on its mission to observe the Alpha Centauri A and B constellations -- the nearest star systems to the Earth.
- Alpha Centauri bears a special meaning for Australia. It is mostly only visible from the Southern Hemisphere and is one of the "pointers" to the Southern Cross constellation that appears on the country's flag.
- It was the first of three launches, with a further two planned for July 4 and July 12.
- The Arnhem Space Center describes itself as the only commercially owned and run multi-user equatorial launch site in the world.
Khushi Patel from United Kingdom wins Miss India Worldwide 2022
- Khushi Patel, a biomedical student from the United Kingdom, has been declared the winner of the Miss India Worldwide 2022, the longest-running Indian pageant outside of India.
- Vaidehi Dongre from the US was declared the first runner up while Shrutika Mane was adjudged the second runner up.
- Roshani Razack from Guyana was declared Miss Teen India Worldwide 2022.
- This yearâs pageant was held after a gap of three years with the last one being organised at the Leela Hotel in Mumbai in September 2019.
SM Krishna, Narayana Murthy, Prakash Padukone selected for Kempegowda Award
- Former Karnataka chief minister S M Krishna, Infosys founder and IT industry veteran N R Narayana Murthy, and former badminton player Prakash Padukone, have been selected for the 'Kempegowda International Award', which has been instituted beginning this year.
- Chief Minister of Karnataka has present the awards to recipients during the grand celebration on the 513th birth anniversary of Kempegowda, the architect of Bengaluru city.
- The award carries a cash prize of âš5 lakh along with a plaque.
- The Kempegowda Award or Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Award is a civilian award presented annually by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Ministry of Education releases first ever report on Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D)
- The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSE&L), Ministry of Education released the Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D) for 2018-19 and 2019-20.
- It assesses the performance of school education system at the District level by creating an index for comprehensive analysis.
- Three Rajasthan districts have emerged as best performers in the Ministry of Educationâs first-ever report on districts, based on learning outcome levels, infrastructure and other parameters.Â
- The top performing districts were Jaipur, Sikar and Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan.
- The Indian Education System is one of the largest in the world with about 15 lakh schools, 97 lakh teachers, and nearly 26 crore students from varied socio-economic backgrounds.
Two African Nations Gabon & Togo Join the Commonwealth Group of Nations
- The African nations of Gabon and Togo have been admitted into the Commonwealth group of nations.
- Gabon and Togo are the Francophone countries.
- Oil-rich Gabon, a former French colony on the Atlantic Ocean, has been ruled by the Bongo family for 55 years.
- Togo, a former German then French colony, has also been under dynastic rule for more than half a century.
- The 54-nation group of mostly former British colonies accepted Togo and Gabon's application for membership on the final day of its leadership summit in Rwanda.
- The French-speaking West African states are the first new members to join the Commonwealth since Rwanda in 2009.
- Mozambique -- a former Portuguese colony -- became the first Commonwealth member without historic links to Britain when it joined in 1995.
Madhya Pradesh won the Ranji Trophy title for the first time
- In Ranji Trophy Final, Madhya Pradesh defeated Mumbai by six wickets to win their first-ever Ranji Trophy title at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
- Madhya Pradesh has defeated 41-time champions Mumbai in the final.
- Madhya Pradesh chased down 108 in the fourth innings for the fall of four wickets to lift the coveted trophy for the first time in their history.
- Madhya Pradesh now becomes the fourth first-time winner of the Ranji Trophy in the last five seasons - joining Gujarat, Vidarbha (two-time winners now) and Saurashtra.
Navjeet Dhillon wins gold medal at Qosanov Memorial 2022 athletics meet
- Indian womenâs discus thrower Navjeet Dhillon won the gold medal at the Qosanov Memorial 2022 athletics meet in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
- Navjeet Dhillon, who is looking to seal her place in the Indian team for Commonwealth Games, won the womenâs discus throw with a 56.24m effort.Â
- Local athlete Karina Vasilyeva with 44.61m and Uzbekistanâs Yulianna Shchukina with 40.48m followed Navjeet Dhillon on the podium.
- India won 14 medals on the day, including seven golds.
Iran launches a solid-fueled rocket into space
- Iran recently launched a solid-fuelled rocket named âZuljanahâ into space.
- It is capable of carrying a payload or satellite of 220 kilogram, into the orbit situated at 500 kilometres above the Earth.
- This rocket has been named for Imam Husseinâs horse, who was the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.
- It is the first indigenously designed and indigenously manufactured hybrid fuel satellite launch vehicle.
- It is launched by Transporter-Erector Launchers (TELs).
- Zuljanah is 25.5 meters in length. It has a mass of 52 tons. First and second stages of the system utilize an identical 1.5m diameter solid-fuel engine. It has 74 tons of thrust. The third stage is Safir type 1.25m diameter liquid-fuel engine.
âMo Busâ has won the prestigious UN Public Service Awards for 2022
- Odisha Capital Region Urban Transportâs Mo Bus has won the prestigious UN Public Service Awards for 2022.
- The UN Public Service Awards recognise excellence in public service delivery that promotes effectiveness, transparency, and inclusiveness to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
- The public transport service has been recognised for its role in âpromoting gender-responsive public services to achieve the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals).
Vijay Amritraj Honored with 2021 Golden Achievement Award
- Indian tennis great Vijay Amritraj has been named the 2021 recipient of the Golden Achievement Award by the International Tennis Hall of Fame and International Tennis Federation.
- The Golden Achievement Award is selected from a pool of nominations submitted by tennis federations and individuals from the around the world.Â
- The annual honouree is selected by the Golden Achievement Award Committee, which is comprised of tennis administrators.
- Amritraj is first recipient from India and he joins an esteemed list of tennis leaders who have received the honour, including Brian Tobin of Australia, Eiichi Kawatei of Japan, and Peachy Kellmeyer of the United States.
4-day-long festival commences in Guwahati's Kamakhya temple
- The annual âAmbubachi Melaâ commenced at Assam's Kamakhya temple on June 23 and will continue for four days.Â
- This is the most important religious event of the temple and is also a significant part of the state's tourism calendar witnessing a footfall of around 25 lakh each year during the festival.Â
- The doors of the temple remain closed for four days in association with the belief in a fertility cult.Â
- It is believed that during this time Goddess Kamakhya receives her annual menstrual cycle.
Tata Power arm commissions Indiaâs largest floating solar project
- Tata Power Solar Systems has commissioned Indiaâs largest floating solar power project of 101.6 Megawatt Peak (MWp) in Kerala backwaters.
- The project is installed on a 350-acre water body in Kayamkulam, Kerala.
- Tata Power Solar is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power.
- Tata Power Solar successfully built a scaffolding platform on the water body to make the entire solar plant float on water.Â
- This project is the first one in the Floating Solar Photovoltaic (FSPV) through Power Purchase Agreement category.
PM Sheikh Hasina inaugurates Swapner Padma Setu in Bangladesh, first bridge across the river
- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated Bangladeshâs dream project (Swapner Padma Setu), the first bridge across the mighty Padma River.
- The 6.15-km-long road-rail four-lane bridge is built over the Padma River connecting southwestern Bangladesh with the capital and other parts.
- The multipurpose road-rail bridge, which is fully funded by the Bangladesh government, has been constructed at a cost of $3.6 billion.
Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh to attend the â2022 UN Ocean Conferenceâ in Lisbon
- Dr. Jitendra Singh to take part in the â2022 UN Ocean Conferenceâ at Lisbon from 27th of June to 1st of July 2022.
- Dr Jitendra Singh will deliver the Keynote address at the UN Conference on the theme âScaling up Ocean Action based on Science and Innovation for the implementation of Goal 14: Stocktaking, Partnerships and Solutionsâ.
- India is working towards the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, 2021-2030, for a clean, healthy, productive, predictive, safe and accessible ocean.
Parameswaran Iyer appointed new CEO of NITI Aayog
- IAS officer Parameswaran Iyer has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog.
- The Department of Personnel and Training announced his appointment.Â
- He will hold the office for a period of two years.
- Iyer's term will begin upon the completion of current CEO Amitabh Kant's tenure on June 30, 2022.
- He had also worked as a senior rural water sanitation specialist at the United Nations.
RBI appoints former SBI official Chalasani in advisory committee of Srei Group
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appointed former State Bank of India official Venkat Nageswar Chalasani as a member in the advisory committee of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited (SIFL) and Srei Equipment Finance Limited (SEFL).
- He replaces R Subramaniakumar who resigned from the Advisory Committee with effect from June 22, 2022.
- The advisory committee will now comprise Mr. Chalasani, former Deputy Managing Director, State Bank of India, T.T. Srinivasaraghavan, former Managing Director, Sundaram Finance Ltd., Farokh N. Subedar, former Chief Operating Officer and Company Secretary, Tata Sons Ltd.
Shyam Saran appointed as President of prestigious 'India International Centre'
- Shyam Saran, a former Foreign Secretary and Prime Ministerâs Special Envoy for Nuclear Affairs and Climate Change has taken over as the President of the prestigious India International Centre.
- He succeeds N N Vohra and will take charge on June 23.
- Saran has also served as Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Nuclear Affairs and Climate Change
- His first book âHow India Sees the Worldâ was published in 2017. He has recently published his second book âHow China Sees India and the Worldâ.
- India International Centre is located in Delhi.
Tapan Kumar Deka appointed as Director of Intelligence Bureau
- The Central government on Friday appointed senior IPS officer Tapan Kumar Deka as Director of Intelligence Bureau.
- Tapan Kumar Deka, a 1988 batch Himachal Pradesh cadre IPS officer, was appointed Director of Intelligence Bureau for a tenure of two years from the date of assumption of the charge of the post or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
- Deka will succeed incumbent Intelligence Bureau Director Arvind Kumar, whose tenure ends on June 30.
- He was an Additional Director in Intelligence Bureau.
Cyclist Ronaldo Singh creates history, becomes first Indian to win silver in Asian c'ships
- Ronaldo Singh scripted history as he became the first Indian cyclist to win a silver in a continental tournament in the senior category by finishing second in the sprint event on the concluding day of the Asian Track Championship.
- He gave a tough fight to Japan's experienced rider Kento Yamasaki but finished with a silver.
- Yamasaki defeated Ronaldo in back-to-back races to finish at the top of the podium. Kazakhstan's Andrey Chugay won the bronze in the event.
- This (Ronaldo's silver) was the first silver won by an Indian in Asian Championships.
India jump two places to 104 in FIFA ranking
- The Indian men's senior national football team has moved up two places from 106th to 104th in the latest FIFA world rankings.
- The Indian women's senior national football team too earned fruition as they advanced three places up from 59th to 56th.
- However, India's AFC ranking remains unchanged as they stand 19th, with Iran leading the rankings in the first place.
India successfully tests VL-SRSAM surface-to-air missile
- The Indian Navy successfully tested a vertical-launch, short-range, surface-to-air missile (VL-SRSAM) from a warship anchored off the coast of Chandipur in Odisha.
- Earlier this month India also successfully tested its nuclear-capable Agni-4 intermediate range ballistic missile from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha.
- The VL-SRSAM system has been designed to strike at the high-speed airborne targets at the range of 40km to 50km and at an altitude of around 15km.
World Drug Day 2022: 26 June
- The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, or World Drug Day, is marked on 26 June every year to strengthen action and cooperation in achieving a world free of drug abuse.
- Drug use continues to be a major problem in the world.Â
- Its harmful effects are not unknown to the world.
- This year the theme is âAddressing drug challenges in health and humanitarian crisesâ.
- On December 7, 1987, the the United Nations General Assembly decided to observe June 26 as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
World Bank approves $245 million loan for Indian Railways
- The World Bank has approved a $245 million loan to support India's efforts to modernise rail freight and logistics infrastructure.
- The Rail Logistics project will help India shift more traffic from road to rail, making transport - both freight and passenger -- more efficient and reducing millions of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) each year. The project will also incentivise more private sector investment in the railway sector.
- Indian Railways is the fourth-largest rail network in the world.
Oil found for the first time in Colombia
- ONGC Videsh (OVL), a subsidiary and overseas arm of State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has made an oil discovery in the recently drilled well, Urraca-IX, in CPO-5 block, Llanos Basin, Colombia.
- OVL had earlier discovered commercial oil in the lower sand play in Mariposa & Indico fields in the block in 2017 and 2018 which are producing 20000 barrels of oil /day.
- Block CPO-5 was awarded to ONGC Videsh Limited in the 2008 bid round of Colombia.
Jammu and Kashmir to hold its first G-20 meeting in 2023
- Jammu and Kashmir will host the 2023 meetings of the G20, an influential group of the world's major economies.Â
- J&K government has set up a five-member high-level committee for overall coordination of G20 meetings to be held in the Union Territory.
- Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal was appointed as India's Sherpa for the G20 in September 2021.
- India's representation at G20 summits has been led by Prime Minister Modi since 2014.