Brief Current Affairs of July 2022

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Smt Droupadi Murmu

15th President of India

Assumed office: 25 July 2022

Born: 20 June 1958

Place of birth: Uparbeda (Mayurbhanj dist, Odisha)

Two times MLA in Odisha

9th Governor of Jharkhand from 1915 to 1921


68th National Film Awards 2020

#Name of the AwardName of the FilmAwardees
1.Best Feature FilmSoorarai Pottru (Tamil)Director: Sudha Kongara
2.Award for Best Debut Film of a DirectorMandela (Tamil)Director: Madonne Ashwin
3.Best Popular FilmTanhaji :The Unsung Warrior (Hindi)Director: Om Raut
4.Most Film Friendly StateMadhya Pradesh-
5.Best Film on Social IssuesFuneral (Marathi)Director: Vivek Dubey
6.Best Film on Environment Conservation/PreservationTaledanda (Beheading a Life) (Kannada)Director: Praveen Krupakar
7.Best Children's FilmSumi (Marathi)Director: Amol Vasant Gole
8.Best Hindi FilmTulsidas JuniorDirector: Mridul Toolsidas
9.Best DirectionAyyappanum Koshiyum (Malayalam)Director: Sachidanandan KR
10.Best ActorSuriya for Soorarai Pottru and Ajay Devgan for Tanhaji
11.Best ActressAparna Balamurali for Soorarai Pottru
12.Best Male Playback SingerRahul Deshpande for Mi Vasantrao
13.Best Female Playback SingerNanchamma for Ayyappanum Koshiyum
14.Best Book on CinemaThe Longest KissAuthor: Kishwar Desai

This is only a selective list of awards. For complete awards please visit Govt of India website


Fields Medal 2022

Awarded to Mathematicians by the International Mathematical Union.

  1. Hugo Duminil-Copin (France)
  2. June Huh (USA)
  3. James Maynard (UK)
  4. Maryna Viazovska (Ukraine)

States Ranking Index for NFSA

Implementation of the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) under the National Food Security Act (NFSA)

General Category States

RankState
1.Odisha
2.Uttar Pradesh
3.Andhra Pradesh

Special Category (NE states, Himalayan states, and the Island Regions)

RankState
1.Tripura
2.Himachal Pradesh
3.Sikkim

Wimbledon 2022

TitleWinnerRunner-up
Gentlemen's SinglesNovak Djokovic (Serbia)Nick Kyrgios (Australia)
Ladies's SinglesElena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)
Gentlemen's DoublesMatthew Ebden and Max Purcell (Australia)Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic (Croatia)
Ladies's DoublesBarbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková (Czech Republic)Elise Mertens (Belgium) and Zhang Shuai (China)
Mixed DoublesNeal Skupski (UK) and Desirae Krawczyk (USA)Matthew Ebden and Samantha Stosur (Australia)


World Athletics Championships 2022

Held from July 15 to 24, 2022

Venue: Eugene, Oregon (USA)

MEDALS TALLY

#CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1.USA1391133
2.Ethiopia44210
3.Jamaica27110
33.India0101

  • The silver medal for India was won by Neeraj Chopra in javelin throw.
  • The gold in men's 100 m race was won by Fred Kerley of USA with a timing of 9.86 secs
  • The gold in women's 100 m race was won by Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica with a timing of 10.67 secs
  • The next edition of the championships will be held at Budapest in 2023

India Innovation Index 2021

Released by NITI Aayog

Major States

RankState
1.Karnataka
2.Telangana
3.Haryana

NE states and Hill states

RankState
1.Manipur
2.Uttarakhand
3.Meghalaya

UT and City states

RankState
1.Chandigarh
2.Delhi
3.A & N Islands

Henley Passport Rankings 2022

RankCountryRankCountry
1.Japan69.China
2.Singapore87.India
3.South Korea109.Pakistan

States Startup Ranking Results 2021

Category A - States

CategoryState
Best PerformerGujarat, Karnataka
Top PerformerKerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana

Category B - UTs & NE States

CategoryState
Best PerformerMeghalaya
Top PerformerJammu and Kashmir

India Rankings 2022

All India rankings for Educational Institutions

Released by National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education

OverallUniversities
1.IIT, Madras1.IISc, Bengaluru
2.IISc, Bengaluru2.JNU, New Delhi
3.IIT, Bombay3.Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi

World Masters Athletics Championships 2022

Venue: Tampere, Finland

Held from 29 June to 10 July 2022

Medals Tally

#CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1.Finland128131118377
2.Germany765841175
3.Great Britain754642163
36.India1146

94-year old Bhagwani Devi Dagar won gold in 100 metres sprint, 1 bronze medal in shot put and 1 bronze in discus throw.

Former Piravom MLA and CPM veteran MJ Jacob has won two bronze medals for India in 200m hurdles and 80m hurdles competitions in the men’s M80 category (aged between 80-84)


Nominated members of Rajya Sabha

PersonProfile
V. Vijayendra PrasadFilm Director, Screenwriter
Veerendra HeggadeJain philanthropist and Dharmadhikari of the Dharmasthala Temple
IlaiyaraajaMusic composer, singer and lyricist
PT UshaFormer Indian athlete

Shinzo Abe

  1. 21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022
  2. Prime Minister of Japan from 26 September 2006 to 26 September 2007 and again from 26 December 2012 to 16 September 2020
  3. Longest serving Prime Minister of Japan
  4. Political Party: Liberal Democratic Party
  5. Cause of death: Assassination
  6. He has been posthumously awarded Japan's highest decoration The Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum

Books in News

The McMahon line: A century of discord by Gen JJ singh (Retd)