 National Health Mission (NHM), launches project ‘Niramay’ in Assam to digitise the

public healthcare delivery in Assam.

 Karnataka launched the India’s first AVGC Center of Excellence (CoE) (Animation,
Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comics) in Mahadevapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka.

 Karnataka to become 1st State in India to have exclusive R&D Policy

 PYSE launched India’s First & Largest Fractionally Owned Solar Power Plant in
Karnataka

 Karnataka Launches ‘Brain Health Initiative’ 1st of its kind in India to Train
Doctors in Mental Healthcare.

 Karnataka Launches India’s 1st ever Digital Water Databank ‘AQVERIUM’ in

Bengaluru, Karnataka.

 Nandini Ksheera Samridhi Sahakara Bank’, an India’s first dairy Co-operative

bank to provide financial strength for milk producers of Karnataka.

 Ganjam district of Odisha has declared itself as the 1st child marriage free district of
Odisha.

 According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5, Odisha became top state
in the list of full immunisation in India with 90.5 per cent coverage under Mission
Indradhanush. Intensified Mission Indradhanush 4.0 (IMI) was rolled out on 7
March 2022, in Odisha to provide preventive health care for mothers and children and for
boosting full immunization coverage.

 India’s First Olympic Values Education Programme OVEP Launched in Odisha

 India’s First Tribal Health Observatory to Come up in Odisha

 India and Israel launched a commemorative logo marking the 30th anniversary of
the establishment to appreciate the diplomatic ties between two countries which were
established on January 29, 1992. The logo was unveiled virtually during an online event
in the presence of Indian envoy to Israel, Sanjeev Singla and Ambassador of Israel to
India Naor Gilon. It features Ashoka Chakra and Star of David which represents
National Flags of both countries.
 Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched a 100-day Reading Campaign
‘’Padhe Bharat’’

 Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, along with Dr
Bharati Pravin Pawar, Minister of State(MoS) for Health & Family Welfare and
Devusinh Chauhan, Minister of State for Communications has released the
Commemorative Postal Stamp on completion of one year of the world’s largest
COVID-19 vaccination program, which was launched on 16th January 2021. 16th
January 2022 marks the 1st anniversary of the COVID-19 vaccination drive. The
stamp of denomination 500 paise (Rs 5) features a health worker inoculating a
senior citizen with Covaxin, a vaccine of Covid-19.

 Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), has launched India’s first Mobile
Honey Processing Van at Sirora village in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh (UP). This
mobile honey processing unit can process up to 300 KG of honey in 8 hours. It was
inaugurated by the Chairman of KVIC, Vinai Kumar Saxena

 India’s first Coal-to-Methanol (CTM) plant launched at BHEL, Hyderabad. Union

Minister for Heavy Industries Mahendra Nath Pandey inaugurated India's first BHEL-
built 'coal to methanol' (CTM) pilot plant at Hyderabad. This 0.25 TPD (tonnes per day)
capacity CTM pilot plant has been indigenously designed, developed and installed by
BHEL. It is producing methanol with purity of more than 99 per cent from high-ash
Indian coal.

 Dr Jitendra Singh Inaugurates India’s First ‘Open Rock Museum’ at Hyderabad.

 School in Hyderabad introduced India’s 1st Teaching Robot – Eagle

 PM Modi Unveils “Statue of Equality”, World 2nd Tallest Statue in Sitting Posture
216-feet-tall, Honouring Saint Ramanujacharya in Hyderabad.

 India’s First 100 % Women-Owned Industrial Park Inaugurated in Hyderabad

 PM Narendra Modi laid foundation stone of Major Dhyan Chand Sports University
in UP

 National Highway for Electric Vehicle (NHEV) inaugurated India’s largest Electric
Vehicle (EV) charging station in Sector 52 of Gurgaon, Haryana, which has 100
charging points for four-wheelers.
 Gurugram: India's largest electric vehicle (EV) charging station with a capacity of 121
charging points for 4 wheelers, has been opened he

 Gurugram, Haryana to Get India’s 1st Heli-Hub with Many Aviation Facilities

 Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti (AVB) organization will establish India’s First World Peace
Center in Gurugram, Haryana.

 Ladakh Celebrates ‘Losar Festival’ the traditional new year of Tibetan Buddhist

 Spituk Gustor Festival 2022 Begins in Ladakh

 Sikkim Celebrated Losoong/Namsoong Festival

 Philippine’s 1st country to purchase BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile System

from India.

 India’s 1st Graphene Innovation Centre to be established at Thrissur, Kerala

 Kochi (Kerala) has become India’s first city to have a Water Metro Project a fter the
launch of its first boat in December 2021, namely ‘ Muziris,’ among the 23 battery-
powered electric boats being manufactured by Cochin Shipyard Limited.

 Kerala Becomes First State to Introduce Carbon-Neutral Farming

 Kerala Becomes First State to have Own Internet Service

 Government of Kerala is set to launch India’s first State-owned over-the-top (OTT)
platform named “CSpace” on 1st November 2022. This will be managed by Kerala State
Film Development Corporation (KSFDC).

 PM Modi Inaugurates 500 KW Solar Power Plant in Palli. Palli becomes India’s 1st
Carbon-Neutral Panchayat.

 Kumbalangi Village of Kerala Became India’s 1st Sanitary Napkin-free

Panchayat/Village

 Sarbananda Sonowal Virtually Inaugurated India’s 1st Water Taxi Service in

Maharashtra.
 Rajnath Singh flags-in India’s 1st Multidimensional Adventure Sports Expedition in
France. India’s first multi-dimensional ‘adventure sports expedition’ was flagged off on
October 27, 2021. It was conducted by National Institute of Mountaineering and
Allied Sports (NIMAS) in France. Recently, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flagged-in
India’s first multi-dimensional adventure sports expedition. The team, which included 8
Army personnel and 4 youths of Arunachal Pradesh, carried out over 250 kilometres of
winter trekking in the Alps Mountain Ranges, paragliding, 975 kilometres of cycling
and 12 deep scuba dives in the Mediterranean Sea.

 Indian Railways renames ‘Kevadiya Station’ Narmada district of Gujarat as ‘Ekta

Nagar Railway Station’

 Delhi Police Became India’s 1st Security Force to Launch ‘Smart Card Arms
License’ and “Shastra Mobile Application”.

 Punjab Chief Electoral Officer unveils ‘Shera’ as its Elections Mascot

 Gaurav Khanna, head national coach of the Indian para-badminton team Launched
India’s Ist Para-Badminton Academy in Lukhnow.

 FM Nirmala Sitharaman launches First Colour Souvenir Coin on ‘Panchatantra’.

 Ministry of Education (MoE) launched a campaign named ‘Bhasha Certificate Selfie’

to encourage cultural diversity and promote multilingualism and promote the spirit of
Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.

 Torgya Festival begins in Arunachal Pradesh at Tawang Monastery

 Mandu Festival is annually celebrated in Madhya Pradesh(MP)

 Madhya Pradesh MP Governor Mangubhai Patel Inaugurates 48th Khajuraho Dance

Festival

 Maru Mahotsav : A Desert Festival begins in Rajasthan

 The Government of India (GoI) is set to establish the First Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a part of the India-UAE
trade deal, the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), signed on
18th February 2022
 Surat (Gujarat) is set to become the First station to be ready between Mumbai –
Ahmedabad Bullet Train route for India’s first futuristic High Speed Rail project,
Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Corridor.

 Geological Survey of India (GSI), Ministry of Mines, approved the setting up of

India’s 1st Geopark at Lamheta village, on the banks of the Narmada River in
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh (MP).

 India’s 1st Biomass-Based Hydrogen Plant Comes up in Madhya Pradesh

 GAIL Starts India’s First Project of Mixing Hydrogen into Natural Gas

 IIT Madras Establish ‘AquaMAP’ Centre to Solve India’s Water Crisis

 Indian Railways along Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) , has Successfully
commissioned India’s First Solar Photovoltaic Plant of 1.7-MegaWatt (MW) at Bina,
Madhya Pradesh. The plant is under Extensive testing and will be in operation for
Indian Railways. The installation of the solar plants is to Achieve conversion of Indian
Railways to ‘Net Zero’ Carbon Emission and ‘Go Green’ by 2030.

 Special Logo Unveiled to Mark 75 years of Diplomatic Relation of India and

Belgium. The logo features a peacock, India’s national bird with national flags of both
India and Belgium on either Side of peacock.

 Indian Railway to Set up India’s Biggest World-Class Wrestling Academy in Delhi

 Delhi Cabinet approved India’s first’ e-waste eco-park; framed Delhi film policy 2022

 Tamil Nadu Surpasses Karnataka Became Top State in Overall Installed Renewable
Capacity.

 BSES Yamuna Power Limited (BYPL), a subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure

commissioned India’s first ‘Smart Managed EV (Electric Vehicle) Charging Station’ in
New Delhi.

 Cabinet approves establishment of World’s 1st & Only Global Outposted Centre for
traditional Medicine in Jamnagar, Gujarat. WHO Global Centre for Traditional
Medicine (WHO GCTM)

 Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Limited (HURL) Gorakhpur unit has India’s first Air
Operated Bullet Proof Rubber Dam.
  Dudhala village in Gujarat will become the First completely solarized village by a
Foundation

 Karnataka Govt. Introduces W@W Programme to Integrate Women into Workforce

 Kerala Tourism Dept. Launches 24/7 WhatsApp Chatbot ‘Maya’

 U.T. of Puducherry gets first-of-its kind Digital School Health Platform

 Tamil Nadu Inaugurated India’s Largest Floating solar power project At Thoothukudi
/ Tuticorn

 Blue Cross of India & Four Paw Launched India’s 1st Mobile Ambulance for Street
Animals in Chennai, TN

 Ram Nath Kovind, President of India, launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the
Rain (JSA: CTR) campaign – 2022

 GoI Has Launched “Operation Ganga” To Rescue Indian Citizens from War Prolonged
Ukraine

 India’s first-of-its kind Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Technology Park launched
in Bengaluru (ARTPARK)

 West Bengal Celebrates ‘Dol Utsav’ Welcoming Spring Season

 Bihar’s Bodh Gaya to get India’s Largest Buddha Statue in Sleeping Posture

 India’s 1st Indigenous TCAS Train Collision Avoidance System ‘Kavach’ to avoid
Rail Accidents successfully tested by Indian Railways. The indigenously-developed
India’s first Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), “Kavach”

 Mumbai Becomes 1st South Asian City to Detail Net-Zero Carbon Emissions by
2050

 The Diamond City of India, Surat in Gujarat became India’s first city to get a road
that is made out of steel waste (1st ever ‘steel slag ’road) at Hazira, Surat.

✓ It was constructed by ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India with CSIR India (Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research) & CRRI (Central Road Research Institute) New Delhi along
with the support of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog.

✓ It is 6-lane 1-kilometer-long road laid with100% processed steel slag.

 India’s first-ever SAI NCOE for MTB and BMX to be set up in Shimla, HP. To set up
India’s First-ever Sports Authority of India (SAI) National Centre of Excellence
(NCOE) to train athletes in Mountain Terrain Biking (MTB) and Bicycle Motocross
(BMX) in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

 RIL Opens India’s 1st-of-a-kind Largest Global Destination ‘Jio World Centre’ in
Mumbai

 The Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways has attained a landmark achievement by
sailing the Motor Vessel (MV) Ram Prasad Bismil, the longest vessel ever to sail on
the river Brahmaputra. The pilot run of this 90-meter-long heavy cargo movement,
which started off from Haldia Dock, Kolkata, West Bengal, has reached Pandu Port,
Guwahati, Assam, upon successful completion.

 Union Minister Nitin Gadkari launches India’s 1st Green Hydrogen-based FCEV in
New Delhi Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV)

 Visakhapatnam Railway Station Becomes 1st Station in East Coast to Implement

‘One Nation, One Product’.

 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), has
become India’s largest coal-producing company by producing more than 157 million
tonnes of coal in the financial year 2021-22.

 North Eastern state of Nagaland became the First Legislative State Assembly in India
to implement Paperless Proceedings Under National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA)

 India will launch its first 50 Kilowatt (KW) green hydrogen microgrid- based energy
storage project using electrolyser at National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
Simhadri plant near Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

 Bihar: First State to Implement Dynamic Map for Villages to Track Land Ownership

 Telangana to Get World’s Largest Electric 3-Wheeler Making Plant i.e. 3 wheeler
electric Autos.

 Maharashtra became the First State in India to develop a Website-Based Migration

Tracking System (MTS) application to track the movement of migrant workers through
individual unique identity numbers.
 PM Modi Launched India’s First Dairy Community Radio ‘Dudh Vani’.

 India’s 1st Community Museum Inaugurated in Gya-Sasoma villages, Leh, Ladakh

 India is set to have the world’s highest tunnel at Shinku La Pass, between Zanskar
Valley in Ladakh and Lahaul Valley in Himachal Pradesh. The tunnel is set to be
built by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) at an altitude of 16,580 feet above sea
level. Length of the Shinku La tunnel – 4.25 km. the construction will be started in July
2022.

 Jamtara in Jharkhand becomes Country’s First District with Library in Every

Village

 Mumbai Gets India’s First Digital Bus Service With ‘Tap In, Tap Out’ Facility

 OIL commissioned India’s First Pure Green Hydrogen Plant in Jorhat, Assam

 Nepal Gets Approval to Export 364 MW of Electricity to India During Rainy Season

 UP Unseats West Bengal as India’s Top Vegetable Producer; Andhra Pradesh

Retains Its Lead in Fruits.

 Rajasthan Becomes the First State to Install L-Route Server to provide uninterrupted
internet service

 Maharashtra Approved India’s First Gene Bank Programme for Biodiversity

Conservation

 Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann Launches ‘Lok Milni’ For Redressal of Grievances of

People

 Uttarakhand Becomes the 1st Indian State to Roll Out Commercial Drone Services in
Healthcare

 Kolkata Becomes First Metro City to Get Its Biodiversity Register

 Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal launches India-UAE Startup Bridge in Mumbai; 1st
such Bridge by UAE with any Country

 India’s 1st Rural Tribal Technical Training Program Inaugurated in Bhopal, MP

 India’s First Greenfield Grain-Based Ethanol Production Plant Inaugurated in Bihar

 Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) is set to build India’s first
indigenous hydrogen-fuelled electric vessels at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL). 75%
of the cost will be funded by the Government of India.

 India’s First-of-its-kind Flow Chemistry Technology Hub Set up at Hyderabad

 Adani Green Energy Arm Commissions India’s First Wind-Solar Hybrid Plant In
Rajasthan

 Mumbai Gets India’s First EV Charging Station Powered By Food Waste

 India’s gets its 1st Semi High-Speed Regional Train for Delhi-Meerut RRTS project

 Mercom’s India Solar Project Tacker: Rajasthan First State to Cross 10 GW Solar
Production

 GoI to Issue Rs 100 Commemorative Coin to Mark Birth Centenary of Jawaharlal

Darda

 Maharashtra Became Top in Sugar Production in India

 Punjab govt launches e-stamping facility, abolishes physical stamp papers of all
denominations

 Sikkim Declared Blue Duke as state Butterfly

 PM Modi Inaugurates India’s Biggest Drone Festival Bharat Drone Mahotsav 2022 in
New Delhi

 PM Narendra Modi inaugurates World’s 1st Nano Urea plant by IFFCO at Kalol,
Gujarat

 ICAR-NRCE Develops “Anocovax” India’s 1st COVID-19 Vaccine for Animals

 Himachal Pradesh: The 1st Indian State to Approve Policy for Drones
 Gujarat has become India’s first–ever State to launch Balika Panchayat (girl
Panchayat) to promote the social and political development of girl children and to
eliminate the evil practices, such as child marriage and the dowry system, from society.

 Delhi Airport Becomes India’s 1st to Run Entirely on Hydro and Solar Energy

 SMV Railway Terminal: India’s 1st Centralised AC Railway Terminal in Bengaluru

Becomes Operational

 Uttar Pradesh (UP) became the first state in India to connect One District One
Product (ODOP) mart With the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)
platform

 In early 2023, India will get its first-ever underwater train with Kolkata’s (West
Bengal) futuristic metro covering a distance of 16.34 km east-west corridor that ends
under the river Hooghly, a distributary of the Ganga. The underwater rail will connect
Howrah to BBD Bagh (Dalhousie Square) in Kolkata

 Rajasthan gets India’s 1st AI-powered Lok Adalat for Fast Disposal of Cases

 Himachal Pradesh (HP) has become the first Indian state to connect all registered
commercial vehicles equipped with Vehicle Location Tracking Device (VLTD) with
Emergency Response Support System (ERSS)

 Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur becomes India’s First ‘Har Ghar Jal’ Certified
District

 World’s largest floating solar power plant to be built in Madhya Pradesh

 India nominates GARBA to be inscribed on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage

List

 ‘The Temple of Vedic Planetarium’ World’s largest religious monument in West

Bengal, largest temple in the world but will also won the world's largest dome.

 Aurangabad Maharashtra became 1st city in India to get Google’s Environmental

Insights Explorer Data (EIE), according to Aurangabad Smart City Development
Corporation Limited (ASCDCL)
 MoS Jitendra Singh unveils CSIR-KPIT developed India’s 1st Hydrogen fuel Cell Bus
In Pune. The Union Minister of State for Science and Technology on the occasion said
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Hydrogen Vision’ aims to make the country
“atmanirbhar” (self-reliant) in clean energy, meeting climate change goals and creating
employment in the sector. The fuel cell utilizes hydrogen and air to generate
electricity to power the bus, whose only effluent is water, thereby making it possibly the
most environment-friendly mode of transportation,

 Goa becomes 1st ‘Har Ghar Jal’ Certified State & D&NH and D&D becomes 1st ‘Har
Ghar Jal’ Certified UT in India

 Jharkhand Becomes First State in India to Use Blockchain Technology for Seed
Distribution

 Gujarat Govt announces first-ever Cinematic Tourism Policy 2022-2027 in

Ahmedabad

 Maharashtra became first state to digitise property registrations & launches ‘Self
Help’ portal

 Nagaland gets 2nd Railway Station after more than 100 Years

 Odisha to get 5G service in first phase of launch: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

 Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal launches ‘First Virtual School’and claims country’s first of
its kind

 Indore to Become India’s First ‘Smart City’ with ‘Smart Addresses’

 India’s 1st Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Fuelled Green Truck manufacturing plant
has been launched by Blue Energy Motors at Chakan, Pune, Maharashtra.

 Bihar CM Inaugurates India’s Longest Rubber Dam on Falgu river – Gayaji Dam

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reintroduced wild Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in
Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh, as part of “Project Cheetah”, the world’s first
inter-continental large wild carnivore translocation project. Of the eight Cheetahs that
were introduced in India, five are females and three are males.

 India will assume the Presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20) for a span of 1 year
with effect from December 1, 2022, to November 30, 2023.
✓ India will host the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi on 09 and 10 September 2023. The
G20 is an intergovernmental forum (IGF) of the world’s major developed and developing
economies which comprises 19 countries and the European Union (EU).
 First Inter-Modal Digital TIR-Based Transport Flags off from India to Iran

 India’s 1st & World’s 3rd University of Forestry to open in Telangana

 L&T builds India’s 1st 3D Post Office in Bengaluru, Karnataka

 Kibithu Military Station & Road in Arunachal Pradesh named after India’s first
CDS Gen Bipin Rawat

 Delhi Police become the first police force in India to make forensic probe mandatory

 India Gets its First Dugong Conservation Reserve in Tamil Nadu

 Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park of Darjeeling became best zoo in India

 NITI Aayog declared Haridwar as the best Aspirational District in India

 SOVA Android Trojan: New mobile banking malware prowling in Indian cyberspace.
SOVA is essentially a banking malware but is capable of distributed denial-of-service
(DDoS) and man-In-the-middle (MITM) attacks.

 PM Modi & UN SG Antonio Guterres launched Mission LiFE from Statue of Unity,
Gujarat

 CBI launches ‘Operation Garuda’ against illicit drug trafficking

 Railway Minister Inaugurates India’s First Aluminium Freight Rake in Odisha

 Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) has commissioned the world’s largest wind-solar
power plant of 600 MW capacity in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.

 Haryana Develops World’s Largest Safari Park in 10,000 Acres

 Andaman & Nicobar becomes India’s first UT/State to achieve 100% coverage of
precautionary dose

 Kerala’s Pullampara Becomes the First Fully Digital Literate Panchayat in India and
 Kerala becomes 1st State to Introduce Uniform Gold Price Based on Bank Rate

 Govt to Launch World’s Longest River Cruise of 4,000 km from Varanasi to up and
Dibrugarh Assam

 Gujarat’s Modhera Becomes India’s 1st Net-Zero Energy Community

 India becomes the World’s 2nd Largest Producer of Steel