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Shri Jagdeep Dhankar

14th Vice-President of India

Born: 18 May 1951

Birth place: Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan)

Positions held

  • Governor of West Bengal (2019 to 2022)
  • Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs (1990-91)

44th Chess Olympiad

Venue: Chennai (Four Points by Sheraton)

Opening and Closing Ceremony: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)

Dates: From 28 July 2022 to 09 August 2022

Mascot: Thambi (Chess Knight dressed in white)

Open Rankings

RankingCountry
1.Uzbekistan
2.Armenia
3.India-2

Women's Rankings

RankingCountry
1.Ukraine
2.Georgia
3.India

Best Players

  1. David Howell (England)
  2. Oliwia Kiolbasa (Poland)

Gaprindashvili Trophy: India

Next Olympiad: Budapest in 2024

Note: The Indian team in open category were: D. Gukesh, Nihal Sarin, R. Praggnanandhaa, Adhiban Baskaran and Raunak Sadhwani.

Note: The Indian team in Women's category were: Koneru Humpy, D. Harika, R. Vaishali, Tania Sachdev and Bhakti Kulkarni.


XXII Commonwealth Games 2022

Venue: Birmingham (United Kingdom)

Motto: Sports is just the beginning

Dates: From 28 July 2022 to 08 August 2022

Opening and Closing Ceremonies: Alexander Stadium

Teams: 72

Mascot: Perry (Bull in reference to Bull Ring market of Birmingham)

Indian Flag bearers at the opening ceremony: Manpreet Singh and P. V. Sindhu

Indian Flag bearers at the closing ceremony: Nikhat Zareen and Sharath Achanta

Medals Tally

#CountryGSBTotal
1.Australia675754178
2.England576653176
3.Canada26323492
4.India22162361
5.New Zealand20121749

India won 6 gold in wrestling, 4 golds in table tennis and 3 each in badminton, boxing and weightlifting.

Next Games: Victoria (Australia) in 2026

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67th Filmfare Awards 2022

Best Film: Shershaah

Best Director: Vishnuvardhan for Shershaah

Best Actor: Ranveer Singh for 83

Best Actress: Kriti Sanon for Mimi

Best Supporting Actor: Pankaj Tripathi for Mimi

Best Supporting Actress: Sai Tamhankar for Mimi

Lifetime Achievement Award: Subhash Ghai


2022 BWF World Badmintion Championships

Venue: Tokyo (Japan)

Dates: From 22 August 2022 to 28 August 2022

Medals Tally

#CountryGSBTotal
1.China2125
2.Japan1113
9.India0011

Men's Singles winner: Vikter Axelsen (Denmark).

Women's Singles winner: Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)

Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the bronze in Men's Doubles category.


National CSR Awards – 2020

Awarded by Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Sub-CategoryWinner
CSR Spend equal and above Rs. 100 croresHindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
CSR Spend ≥ Rs. 10 crores < Rs. 100 croresTata Steel Limited
CSR Spend ≥ Rs. 1 crores < Rs. 10 croresHoneywell Automation India Limited
CSR Spend < Rs. 1 croresTata Motors Finance Limited

AIFF Player of the Year Award - 2021-22

  • AIFF Men’s Footballer of the Year: Sunil Chhetri
  • AIFF Women’s Footballer of the Year: Manisha Kalyan
  • AIFF Men’s Emerging Footballer of the Year: Vikram Partap Singh
  • AIFF Women’s Emerging Footballer of the Year: Martina Thokchom


Fortune Global 500 List 2022

Indian Companies in the list

PositionCompany
98Life Insurance Corporation
104Reliance Industries Corporation
142Indian Oil Corporation
190Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
236State Bank of India