Sandeep Kumar Gupta to be next

chairman of GAIL, succeeds Manoj Jain

Sandeep Kumar Gupta, Director for Finance at Indian Oil
Corporation, has been picked to head India's largest gas utility
GAIL (India) Ltd, the government headhunter said. He will replace
Manoj Jain, who is scheduled to retire on August 31.
The PESB recommendation will be vetted by the Appointments
Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, after the go-ahead of anti-corruption bodies such
as the CVC and CBI.
A commerce graduate and Chartered Accountant by education,
Gupta has more than 31 years of working experience at Indian Oil
Corporation (IOC), the nation's largest oil refining and fuel
marketing company. He has been Director (Finance) of IOC since
August 3, 2019.
India-Oman joint military exercise Al Najah-IV kicks off
The contingents of the Indian Army and Royal Army of Oman began the
Joint Military Exercise 'Al Najah-IV' on Monday at the Foreign Training
Node of Mahajan Field Firing Ranges, Pokhran, Rajasthan. This will be
the 4th Edition of the India Oman Joint Military Exercise 'Al Najah-IV'. It
will go on till August 13
 Nitin Gadkari presented National Highway excellent Award
2021

Adani Sportsline is principal sponsor of Indian

Olympic Association (IOA)

Adani Sportsline will be the official partner of the Indian

contingent during the Birmingham Commonwealth Games
2022, the Hangzhou Asian Games 2022, and the Paris
Olympic Games 2024.

Bosch India’s “smart” campus is opened by PM Modi in

Bengaluru
The new smart campus of Bosch India, a top provider of
technology and services in Bengaluru, was essentially
inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
 Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in, becomes 1st Black woman
on US Supreme Court
The 51-year-old Jackson is the court’s 116th justice and she took the place
Thursday of the justice she once worked for. Justice Stephen Breyer’s
retirement took effect at noon.

PSLV-C53 rocket carrying three Singapore satellites

launched by ISRO
Three Singaporean satellites were successfully launched by the Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as part of a commercial mission
for the New Space India Limited. This was the space agency’s second
launch of the year; its first, had put an Indian Earth Observation
Satellite in orbit. The space agency also carried six in-orbit experiments
mounted on the fourth stage of the rocket on the current mission in
addition to the commercial satellites.

Gujarat becomes first state to launch semiconductor policy

The Gujarat government has announced a dedicated ‘Gujarat Semiconductor
Policy 2022-27’ with a view to generating at least 2,00,000 new employment
opportunities during a period of five years. The Gujarat government has also
decided to develop a “semicon city” which would be a part of the Dholera
Special Investment Region.
 Weightlifter Sanket Sargar wins silver
India’s Sanket Sargar has scripted history, by
becoming the first athlete from India to win a
medal at Commonwealth Games 2022. He
won a silver medal in the men’s 55kg
event with a total of 248kg (113kg in snatch,
135 in clean and jerk) to finish behind
Malaysia’s Aniq Mohamad, who took gold with
a total of 249 kg (107kg in snatch, 142kg in
clean and jerk).

Weightlifter Harjinder Kaur wins bronze

India’s Harjinder Kaur claimed the bronze medal in the women’s 71kg
weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games 2022 at Birmingham.
England’s Sarah Davies won gold with a Commonwealth Games
record of 229kg, while young Alexis Ashworth of Canada won silver
with a total lift of 214kg.

Commonwealth Games 2022

Commonwealth Games 2022:

• ACHINTA SHEULI wins 3rd

GOLD MEDAL for INDIA in
Men’s 73kg weightlifting at
Commonwealth Games 2022.

• MIRABAI CHANU wins 1st

GOLD MEDAL for INDIA in
Women's 49kg weightlifting
at Commonwealth Games
2022.
 • Shushila Devi Likmabam got
a Silver in women's judo 48kg
final giving India its seventh
medal of the Commonwealth
Games 2022. • JEREMY LALRINNUNGA
wins 2nd GOLD MEDAL
• Vijay Kumar Yadav, won a for INDIA in Men's 67kg
Bronze Medal in Judo at the weightlifting.
Commonwealth Games 2022.

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Gururaja Poojary wins
India's 2nd weightlifting
medal at Commonwealth
Games 2022, clinches
bronze in men's 61kg
final.

Bindyarani Devi won Silver medal

on a successful day at the
Commonwealth Games weightlifting
arena in Birmingham, in the
Women's 55 kg weight class.
 India received its first
indigenously built aircraft
carrier INS Vikrant from its
Manufacturer, Cochin Shipyard. The
commissioning of the ship is likely
to take place on August 15
during India's Independence Day

The Vikrant has been built through three phases of

cooperation between the Ministry of Defence and
the CSL. The first phase was completed by 2007,
the second in December 2014, and the last in
October 2019. It has been constructed at a cost
of approximately Rs. 20,000 crores.

5G Spectrum auction ends,
Govt earns over Rs 1.5 lakh
cr; Reliance Jio top bidder
• India's first-ever auction for 5G spectrum concluded today, with spectrum
worth ₹1,50,173 crore being sold. Reports said billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Jio emerged as
the top bidder to consolidate its leadership position.
Jio was the only applicant to have acquired spectrum in the coveted 700 Mhz band, which
industry analysts say will give it a significant headstart over its competitors as far as
consumer penetration of 5G is concerned.
Russia to quit
Space Station
after 2024:

• Russia will walk out of an over two-decade-

long partnership on the International Space
Station that shaped space exploration in the
post-cold-war world.
• Russia is all set to exit the International
Space Station after 2024. Russia took this
decision after escalation of tensions between
Russia and the West due to Russian military
intervention in Ukraine and sanctions against
Russia.
• Russia and the United States have been
working side by side on the International Space
Station since 1998, when it was deployed.
Reliance joins Indian
Olympic Association
as principal partner
• Reliance Industries (RIL) has
partnered with Indian Olympic
Association (IOA) to set up
first-ever India House at Paris
Olympics 2024. RIL-IOA
partnership is directed
towards elevation of
performances of Indian
athletes. They will also extend
support to national sports
federations.