Updated 31 August 2022
The place in Gujarat where the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has dedicated India's first earthquake memorial named Smruti Van to the nation | Bhuj |
The last President of USSR (Soviet Union) known for his policy of glasnost (openness) who passed away on 30 August 2022 | Mikhael Gorbachev |
The eminent economist and former member of Planning Commission of India who passed away on 29 August 2022 | Abhijit Sen |
The 49th Chief Justice of India who has been sworn in on 27.08.2022 after the retirement of Justice N.V. Ramana | Justice Uday Umesh Lalit |
The former Chancellor of Germany who has been chosen to be awarded the Félix Houphouët-Boigny-UNESCO Peace Prize for the year 2022 | Ms. Angela Merkel |
The place in Haryana where India's largest private multi-speciality hospital Amrita Hospital was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi | Faridabad |
The veteran Bollywood film producer of films Hera Pheri, Welcome etc. who passed away on 22 August 2022 | A.G. Nadiadwala |
The special variety of aquatic fox nut cultivated in Mithila region of Bihar which has been recently granted the Geographical Indication tag | Mithila Makhana |
The district of Madhya Pradesh which has become India's first functionally literate district | Mandla |
The state which has recognised the traditional sport of Dahi Handi under the official sports category | Maharashtra |
The venue of 15th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) 2022 held from 14 to 21 August, 2022 with India winning 3 golds and 2 silvers | Kutaisi, Georgia |
The venue of World U20 Wrestling Championship 2022 held from 15 to 21 August 2022 with India winning 16 medals | Sofia, Bulgaria |
The national campaign launched by Union Ministry of Health to focus on reduction of the child mortality rate and take care of the first 1000 days a child after birth is named | Paalan 1000 |
The biennial, multi-national exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) from 19 August to 08 Sep 2022 at Darwin (Indian Air Force also participating) | Ex Pitch Black 2022 |
The four-day bilateral military exercise conducted by the Air Forces of India and Malaysia from 13 to 16 Aug 2022 in Kuantan air base (Malaysia) | Ex Udarashakti |
The place where Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose gave the Delhi Chalo call, which has been granted the Monument Status under Singapore’s Preservation of Monuments Act | Padang |
The billionaire business magnate, stock trader, investor and co-founder of Akasa airlines who passed away on 14 August 2022 | Rakesh Jhunjhunwala |
The Indian politician and former Union Minister and Under-Secretary General of the United Nations who has been chosen to be awarded France's highest civilian award Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur | Dr. Shashi Tharoor |
The 13th edition of Indo-US Joint Special Forces exercise which was held at the Special Forces Training School (SFTS) in Himachal Pradesh's Bakloh from August 8 to August 28 | Ex Vajra Prahar 2022 |
The city from which the first flight of Akasa Air to Ahmedabad was inaugurated by the Union Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia virtually | Mumbai |
The new Chief Vigilance Commissioner who has been sworn on 04 August 2022 | Shri Suresh N Patel |
The freedom fighter and designer of national flag of India to mark whose birth anniversary, the Govt of India has released a commemorative postal stamp | Shri Pingali Venkayya |
The theme of World Breastfeeding Week 2022 observed from 01 to 07 August 2022 | Step up for breastfeeding: Educate and Support |
The bilateral field training exercise by the armies of India and Vietnam in Chandimandir, Haryana from 01 Aug to 20 Aug 2022 | VINBAX 2022 |
The National Rail and Transportation Institute, Vadodara has been converted into a central university with the new name | Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya |
The multinational maritime exercise conducted from July 12 to August 4, around Hawaii and Southern California with participation of 26 countries (INS Satpura from India) | RIMPAC-22 |
The 4th Edition of India-Oman Joint Military Exercise held at Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan from August 01 to 13, 2022 | AL NAJAH-IV |
The team which has won the 2022 UEFA Women's Euro by defeating Germany in the finals in Wembley Stadium, London | England |