• Celebration of 3rd Anniversary of PM-Kisan Scheme . Under the scheme financial benefit of Rs 6000/- per year in three equal instalments, every four month is transferred into the bank accounts of farmers’ families across the country through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode
• National WASH Conclave-2022 was organized recently by National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj with theme “WASH Forward: Advancing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Panchayats”
• Jammu & Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor has approved a foreign direct investment (FDI) policy for the union territory with a foreign stake of a minimum of 51 percent. This new policy has been based on the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade’s (DPIIT) and Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) guiding framework on FDI.
• Researchers of Bhakta Kavi Narsinh Mehta University (BKNMU), Junagadh, discovered a new species of spider and named it Narsinhmehtai in honour of Narsinh Mehta, who is considered adikavi (the first poet) and bhakta kavi (devout poet) in Gujarati literature . However it is being opposed
• Russia’s Daniil Medvedev will be the new ATP No. 1, replacing Djokovic who would have held the spot for a record 361 weeks
• Professor Neena Gupta, conferred the Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians 2021. It is awarded annually by “International Centre for Theoretical Physics” in Italy
• India’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, that has been indigenously designed, developed and manufacture, is set to take part in the famed ‘Cobra Warrior’ exercises. Cobra Warrior is a multi-nation air exercise, that will be held at Royal Air Force (station) Waddington in United Kingdom
• An idol of Lord Hanuman, which was stolen a decade ago from Tamil Nadu’s Ariyalur district and smuggled abroad, will be brought back to India soon. Built between the 14th and 15th centuries, during the period of the Vijayanagara empire, the statue was recently found in possession of a private buyer in Australia
• India Navy’s Milan 2022 exercise conducted recently. Around 40 nations participated. Theme is ‘Camaraderie – Cohesion – Collaboration
• European Commission published its draft Data Act recently. It is aimed at making data sharing and using easier and set a standard at EU-wide level