CURRENT AFFAIRS JULY 2022

1. The former director of the Duke Center for International Development who has
been appointed as Chief Economist of the World Bank Group - Indermit Gill
2. The indigenously built (76%) aircraft carrier which has been delivered to the
Indian Navy by its manufacturer Cochin Shipyards Ltd - INS Vikrant

It is named ‘Vikrant’ as a tribute to India’s first aircraft carrier, Vikrant (built by

the UK) which played a crucial role in the 1971 war. It will join the Russian-
made INS Vikramaditya

3. India's first passenger-drone with payload of 130 kg and range of 25 km,

unveiled by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is named - Varuna
4. The former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka and member of United National Party
who has been sworn in as its 9th President - Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe
5. The leader of Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP) party of Sri Lanka who has
been sworn in as its new Prime Minister - Shri Dinesh Gunawardena
6. The state in which India's first AI-powered digital Lok Adalat was launched
during the 18th All India Legal Services Authorities meet - Rajasthan
7. The Indian shooter who has become the first Indian to win a gold medal in the
men’s skeet event at the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, South Korea - Mairaj
Ahmad Khan
8. The district of Madhya Pradesh which has been declared India's first Certified
'Har Ghar Jal' district - Burhanpur

Har Ghar Jal scheme has been initiated by the Union Government in 2019 under
Jal Jeevan Mission to provide tap water to every rural household by 2024.

9. The places in India which have figured in TIME magazine's 50 extraordinary

destinations to explore in its list of the World’s Greatest Places of 2022 -
Ahmedabad and Kerala

Ahmedabad is India’s first UNESCO World Heritage City. Kerala, one of India’s

most beautiful states is boosting motor-home tourism. State’s first caravan
park, Karavan Meadows, opened in Vagamon, a scenic hill station

10.The Indian ghazal singer, playback singer and a guitarist who passed away
on 18 July 2022 - Bhupinder Singh
11. The Sindhughosh class of submarine of the Indian Navy, which was
decommissioned after 35 years of her service to the nation on 16 July - INS
Sindhudhvaj. With this, the Navy now has 15 conventional submarines in
service.
12. Defence Minister recently launched latest ship of 17A frigate - Nilgiri Class –
Dunagiri. This is the fourth and latest ship in this class.It has been designed
in-house by the Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Design (DND)

The Shivalik class or Project 17 class is a class of multi-role stealth frigates in

service with the Indian Navy. They are the first stealth warships built in India.
 13.The Indian badminton player who has won the Singapore Open 2022
Women's Singles title defeating Wang Zhiyi of China in the finals - P.V.
Sindhu
14.The mascot launched by the Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) for
empowering consumers and generating awareness of their rights is named -
Jagriti
15.The former Chairman of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd, also known as the father
of Indian Internet and Data Services, who passed away on 09 July 2022
- Shri B.K. Syngal
16.The place in Andhra Pradesh where a 30-ft statue of Alluri Sitarama Raju was
inaugurated by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi - Bhimavaram
17.The new President of Philippines who has taken over from outgoing President
Rodrigo Duterte on 30 June 2022 - Ferdinand Marcos Jr
18.The Indian cricketer who has broken Brian Lara’s record for scoring the most
runs in an over in tests by scoring 35 runs in a single over against England
bowler Stuart Broad - Jasprit Bumrah
19.The new and 14th Prime Minister of Israel who has taken over from the
outgoing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on 01 July 2022 - Mr. Yair Lapid
20.The Indian Olympian who has won the Silver medal at Stockholm Diamond
League, Sweden and also broken his own national record of 89.30 meters
with a throw of 89.94 meters - Neeraj Chopra
21.The place at which India’s largest floating Solar Power Project has become
operational with the commercial operation of the final part capacity of 20 MW
out of 100 MW capacity - Ramagundam, Telangana

It is powered with advanced technology and environment-friendly features. The

project spreads over 500 acres of its reservoir, with the presence of floating solar
panels, the evaporation rate from water bodies is reduced, thus helping in water
conservation.

22. The first attempt to re-wild endangered red pandas in India will be done in -
Singalila National Park
The number of red pandas has been declining in the wild, even in the Singalila and
Neora Valley National Parks (West Bengal). Singalila National Park launches a
programme that aims to release about 20 red pandas in a period of five years. It is
also the state animal of Sikkim.
23. Union Minister Piyush Goyal revised the mantra of 5 F’s for the fashion
industry to make the Textile industry of India a strong name in the world.  5F’s
stand for - farms to fibre to fabric to fashion to foreign export 
24. 7200 Km long International North-South Transport Corridor is a multi-mode
network of roads, ships, and railways to increase trade between India and
Russia. This route connects India and Russia through - Iran and Azerbaijan.
25. Countries that are likely to be the two newest additions to the China and
Russia-backed Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) - Iran and
Belarus 
India will host the SCO summit next year, and Varanasi has been selected as the
SCO region’s first “Tourism and Cultural Capital”.
 26. Govt. has formulated a scheme for cleaning sewers, and septic tanks (to be
implemented from 2022 to 2026) - NAMASTE scheme (national action for
mechanized sanitation ecosystem) 
27.  PM unveiled an initiative aimed at boosting the usage of indigenous
technology in the Indian Navy - SPRINT challenges
28. It has become the first major 100% landlord port in India, having all berths
being operated on the PPP model - Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP)
Landlord model:  In this model, the publicly governed port authority (owner) acts
as a regulatory body and as a landlord while private companies carry out all other
port operations. In return, the landlord gets a share of the revenue from the private
entity.

29.First and the only country in the world to have a female majority
Parliament - Rwanda

Thirteen of the 26 members of the Rwandan Cabinet are women. And so are the four
of seven Supreme Court judges.
In the 2022 Gender Parity Index released by UNESCO, Rwanda has been
ranked 6th among 146 nations way ahead of India (135), the US (27) and the UK
(22).

30.The exercise between Japan’s maritime self-defence force and the Indian
navy in the Andaman Sea - India-Japan Maritime Partnership Exercise
(MPX) 

INS Sukanya ( named after notable women from Indian epics), an offshore
patrol vessel of the Indian Navy will be participating in it.

Other exercises with Japan: Japan-India Maritime Exercise (JIMEX) and

Malabar Exercise (India – US-Japan – Australia)

Maritime exercises with other countries: India-Thailand Coordinated

Patrol (Indo-Thai CORPAT), Konkan – Shakti (UK), Samudra Shakti
(Indonesia), Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX), Zair-Al-
Bahr (Qatar)

31.FDI in India - As per the Ministry of Commerce, the total FDI received in
2021-22 was the US $ 84bn (highest annual inflow)

 Top Source: Singapore>USA> Mauritius

 Top Destination state: Karnataka> Maharastra >Delhi
 Top sectors receiving FDI: Computer and IT> Services Sector>
Automobile
 Increase in FDI in Manufacturing (by 76%) to the US $ 21bn in
comparison to last year

32.Maharashtra government has renamed Aurangabad and Osmanabad cities as

– Sambhajinagar and Dharashiv
 33.A higher tax rate on sudden big profits levied on a particular company or
industry - Windfall tax

Government slapped a windfall tax on domestic crude oil producers. Domestic

producers sell crude oil to domestic refineries at international parity prices,
thus making windfall gains. ONGC reported bumper profits in the March
quarter (when international prices soared to a near 14-year high of $139 per
barrel).

34. Volcano in Western Japan at island of Kyushu that erupted recently -

Sakurajima
35. India and Namibia have signed a MoU to reintroduce Cheetahs by August 15,
2022 at the - Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh

KNP has an adequate prey base, devoid of human settlements, has capacity to
sustain 21 cheetahs etc. Once restored, it can hold about 36 cheetahs. It will be the
only wildlife sanctuary in the world to host all four major cat species—lion, tiger,
cheetah and leopard. It was declared extinct in India in 1952 due to over-hunting and
loss of habitat.

36. Japan's longest-serving PM who pushed for more assertive policies to

revitalise Japan economically and rebuild its role on the global stage, who
was assassinated recently - Shinzo Abe

India finds a special mention in his book Utsukushii Kuni E (Toward a Beautiful
Country). For his contributions, Indian Government gave the prestigious Padma
Vibhushan to him in 2021.

37. Doubly Landlocked country means that it is surrounded by countries that are
themselves landlocked. Globally, only two nations are doubly landlocked -
Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan

38. United Nations Ocean Conference was held at Lisbon, Portugal. This
conference was co-hosted by the Governments of Portugal and Kenya.
Theme of the conference - “Scaling up ocean action based on science
and innovation for the implementation of Goal 14: stocktaking,
partnerships and solutions”.
39. G20 foreign ministers’ summit was held at Bali, Indonesia - the current
President of G20. It was held under the theme - Building a more peaceful,
stable, and prosperous world together.

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 Important Days of July

 International Day of Co-operatives: 02 July 2022. Theme: Cooperatives

Build a Better World. This year cooperatives all around the world will
celebrate the 100th International Day of Cooperatives (#CoopsDay). 
 World Population Day: 11 July 2022
 World Youth Skills Day: 15 July 2022. Theme: Transforming youth skills
for the future
 Nelson Mandela International Day: 18 July 2022. Theme: Do what you can,
with what you have, where you are.
 International Moon Day: 20 July 2022. It marks the anniversary of man's
landing on moon in 1969.
 World Chess Day: 20 July 2022
 World Drowning Prevention Day: 25 July 2022
 World Hepatitis Day: 28 July 2022. Theme: “Bringing hepatitis care closer
to you”
 International Tiger Day: 29 July 2022
 World Day against Trafficking in Persons: 30 July 2022. Theme: Use and
abuse of technology

Gender Gap Index

India ranks 135 among a total of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap
Index, 2022, released by the World Economic Forum.

Indicators:

 Political Empowerment: Of all the sub-indices, this is where India ranks

the highest (48th out of 146)
o Iceland is ranked 1 with a score of 0. 874 and Bangladesh is
ranked 9 with a score of 0.546.
 Economic Participation and Opportunity: India ranks a lowly 143 out
of the 146 countries in contention even though its score has improved
over 2021 from 0.326 to 0.350. 
o India’s score is much lower than the global average, and only Iran,
Pakistan and Afghanistan are behind India on this metric.
 Educational Attainment: Here India ranks 107th out of 146, and its
score has marginally worsened since last year. In 2021, India was
ranked 114 out of 156.
 Health and Survival: India is ranked last (146) among all the countries. 
o Its score hasn’t changed from 2021 when it was ranked 155th out
of 156 countries.
NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index, 2022
The index determines innovation capacities and ecosystems at the sub-national
level.
Key outcomes:

 Karnataka topped the ranking, followed by Telangana, Haryana,

Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.
 Manipur secured the lead in the Northeast and Hill States category
 Chandigarh was the top performer in the Union Territories and the City
States category.
 Bottom rank: Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Bihar and Gujarat were at the
bottom of the index.