Sports Tournaments

French Open 2022

• Men’s Singles:
Rafael Nadal (Spain) def.
Casper Ruud (Norway)
• Total: 22 Grand Slams
(14th French Opens)
• Women’s Singles:
Iga Świątek (Poland)
def. Coco Gauff (USA)
Sports Tournaments
• Men’s Doubles: Marcelo
Arévalo & Jean-Julien Rojer
• Women’s Doubles:
Caroline Garcia & Kristina Mladenovic
• Mixed Doubles: Ena Shibahara
& Wesley Koolhof
• S.Korea win Hero Men's
Asia Cup beating: Malaysia
• India def Japan for: Bronze
Sports Tournaments
Tata IPL 2022 (15th)
• Winner: Gujarat Titans (1st)
• Runner-up: Rajasthan Royals
• Gujarat Titans Captain:
Hardik Pandya
• Orange Cap (Max. Runs)
& Most Valuable Player:
Jos Butler (Rajasthan Royals)
Sports Tournaments
• Purple Cap (Max. Wick):
Yuzvendra Chahal
(Rajasthan Royals)
• Emerging Player:
Umran Malik
(Sunrisers Hyderabad)
• World No.1 Chess Player
Magnus Carlsen beaten
by: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
 Indian Economy
• GDP Growth (Jan-Mar)
Q4 FY21-22: 4.1%
• GDP Growth FY21-22: 8.7%
• Fiscal Deficit FY21-22: 6.71% of GDP
• Per Capita Income (FY21-22): 91,481
• India's Biggest Trading Partner in
2021-22: USA (2nd: China & 3rd: UAE)
• Trade with USA: $119.42 Bn.
Appointments & Elections
• Dr. Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus re-elected (5Yr.)
as: WHO Director General
• New LG of Delhi (22nd):
Vinai Kumar Saxena
• New CBSE Chief:
Nidhi Chibber
• Delhi’s ‘State Icon’ for
Voter Awareness: Yash Dhull
 Books & Authors
Int. Booker Prize 2022
• Book: ‘Tomb of Sand’
• Writer: Geetanjali Shree
• Translator: Daisy Rockwell
• ‘Listen to Your Heart -
The London Adventure’:
Ruskin Bond
• Bangla Academy Award
to Mamata Bannerjee for: ‘Kabita Bitan’
Important Days & Dates
• World Milk Day: 1st June
• World Env. Day: 5th June
• Theme: Only One Earth
• Host: Sweden
• 1st UN Conference on Env. 1972 was
held with same Slogan in: Stockholm
• World No Tobacco Day: 31st May
• Theme: Tobacco - Threat to our Env.
Banking & Finance
• Co-branded Credit Card
by Retailio (B2B Pharma
Marketplace) &: HDFC Bank
• To enhance Digital
Payments, Mahagram
Ties up with: IndusInd
• To Offer UPI Payments,
RBL Bank Ties up with:
Amazon Pay
Banking & Finance
• Min. Net Worth for Non
Bank Bharat Bill Payment
Operating Units: 25 Cr.
• RuPay Credit Card by
HPCL &: BOB Financial
• Min. Net Worth for
SCBs to launch Credit
Card Business: 100 Cr.
NBFCs need RBI Approval
Banking & Finance
• Committee to Review
Customer Service Standards
in RBI Regulated Entities:
B P Kanungo
• LIC’s New Savings Life
Insurance Plan: Bima Ratna
• Airtel Payments Bank to
offer Gold Loans in tie-up
with: Muthoot Finance
 State News
• India’s 1st Amrit Sarovar
Opens in: Rampur (UP)
• Under Amrit Sarovar Mission
75 Water Bodies per District
(Total-50,000) by: 15th Aug.23
• Free High-Speed WiFi at
Village Panchayats in: UP
• No.1 Sugar Producer: Maha.
• Free Breakfast in Govt Schools of: TN
 International News
• PM attends Quad Leaders
Summit in: Tokyo, Japan
• US President: Joseph Biden
• Japanese PM: Fumio Kishida
• Australian PM: Anthony Albanese
• India signs Investment Incentive
Agreement with: USA
• Rajesh Bhushan, Chair of Committee-B,
at 75th World Health Assembly: Geneva
 International News
• India’s Rank on WEF Travel &
Tourism Dvpmt. Index 2021:54
1st: Japan /2nd: USA /3rd: Spain
• COP-15 of UN Convention to Combat
Désertification at: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
• Theme: Land. Life. Legacy - From Scarcity
to Prosperity
• SCO’s Regional Anti Terrorist Structure
(RATS) Meet held in: Delhi
Development Projects
• Worlds’ 1st Nano
Urea Liquid Plant opens
at IFFCO: Kalol, Gujarat
• 9000 HP Electric
Locomotives Mfg. Unit
(20,000 Cr.) unveiled
at: Dahod, Gujarat
• India’s own Hyperloop
being made by Railways &: IIT Madras
 Govt Schemes
• 2023 Swachh
Survekshan (8th)
Theme: ‘Waste to Wealth’
• Under: Swachh Bharat Mission
Urban 2.0 by MoHUA
• Model Schools to train Students for
Future (As per NEP 2020): ‘PM Shri’
• PM Employment Generation Program
to continue till: 2025-26 (13554.42 Cr.)
 Awards & Prizes
• Golden Eye Award
(L'Oeil d'Or) at 75th
Cannes to Shaunak Sen
Documentary:
All That Breathes
• WHO Global Health
Leaders Award 2022
to: ASHA Workers (1 Mn. Women)
• Accredited Social Health Activist