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  1.  In the 'Swachh Survekshan Awards 2022'-  Indore was adjudged as India's cleanest city for 6th time in a row; MP best-performing state.  2.  Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo this year.  3.  The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 was awarded to scientists Alain Aspect, John F Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger. 4. The Nobel Chemistry Prize was awarded to Americans Carolyn Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless, together.  5.  Human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organization Memorial, and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. 6. French author Annie Ernaux has won the 2022 Nobel Prize in literature.  7. This year’s Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to the former chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke and two US-based economists, Douglas W Diamond and Philip H Dybvig, for research on...

 1.   Veteran actor Asha Parekh was honoured with the Dada Saheb Phalke award, the highest recognition in Indian cinema . 2.  R Venkataramani was appointed as the Attorney General of India for three years. 3.  Lt Gen Anil Chauhan (retd) , a former eastern Army commander and director general of military operations, was appointed India's new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). 4.  Chandigarh airport  will be renamed after  Bhagat Singh  as a tribute to the great freedom fighter on the  115th birth anniversary . 5. Giorgia Meloni was elected as the First woman PM of Italy.  6.  Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz named his son and heir Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the kingdom's Prime Minister and his second son Prince Khalid as Defence Minister. 7. Wrestler Bajrang Punia becomes 1st Indian to win 4 medals at World Wrestling Championships.  8.  Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has declared Andaman a...

 1. Young striker Manisha Kalyan has become the first Indian footballer to play at the UEFA Women's Champions League.  2. Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari launched India’s first electric double-decker bus at Y B Centre in south Mumbai. 3. Britain has become the first country to authorise a COVID-19 vaccine that targets the Omicron variant. The UK medicine regulator (MHRA) approved the "bivalent" vaccine made by Moderna as a booster for adults. 4. On the occasion of Independence Day 2022, 1082 police personnel have been awarded Police Medals. 5. Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for a record eighth time. RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav was also sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister for the second time. 6.  Gustavo Petro was sworn in as Colombia's first leftist President. 7. India's Annu Rani clinched 3rd place in the women's javelin throw finals to become the first Indian woman to win t...

 1. Yair Lapid officially became the 14th Prime Minister of Israel. 2. Ban on manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of identified single-use plastic items have come into force across the country. 3. Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah scores 29 runs in an over of England's Stuart Broad to create the world record for maximum runs off a single over in Test cricket, beating the legendary Brian Lara's feat by one run. 4. The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) barred hotels and restaurants from levying service charges automatically or by default in bills.  5. Rohit became the first captain to record 13 successive wins in T20Is as a skipper. Rohit Sharma also became the fastest Indian player to reach the landmark of 1,000 T20I runs as a Captain. 6. Vikrant, India's first indigenous aircraft carrier, was built by Cochin Shipyard and was handed over to the Navy. The 262-meter-long aircraft carrier is the largest ever warship to be made in the country....

 Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has been sworn in as the President of the Philippines in Manila. He succeeds the outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte. It has been decided to rename Aurangabad city Sambhaji Nagar and Osmanabad as Dharashiv. In Asia Cup men’s hockey 2022 at Jakarta, team India defeated Japan 1-0 to win the bronze medal. Eknath Shinde has sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, while Devendra Fadnavis has taken over as Deputy Chief Minister. Mukesh Ambani has resigned from the board of his group telecom arm, Reliance Jio and handed over the reins of the company to Akash Ambani.  Eighth International Yoga day was celebrated around the world on 21st June 2022."Yoga for Humanity" was the theme of 2022 yoga day. Neeraj Chopra, the gold medalist from the Tokyo Olympics, won a gold medal again at the Kuortane Games after a throw of 86.69m on his first attempt.  Gujarat becomes the first state in the country to introduce Balika Panchayats. It is a unique initiative of t...

 1. The Asian Games 2022, which were scheduled to be held in September in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, has been postponed until 2023 due to Covid-19 pandemic. 2. Three-time World champion Carolina Marin clinched the European Championships (Badminton) title for the sixth time. 3.Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui and three of his colleagues from Reuters -- Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo and Amit Dave -- were awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in the Feature Photography category for their work on documenting India's battle against the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. 4. "Katalin Novak" has been appointed as Hungary's first female president. 5. Campbell Wilson was appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director of Air India by Tata Sons.  6. Rajiv Kumar became the new Chief Election Commissioner for India. 7. The Indian men's badminton team made history by reaching the semi-finals of the Thomas Cup for the first time in 43 years. 8....

 1.   Author Geetanjali Shree's novel 'Tomb of Sand' became the first Hindi language work of fiction to be shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. 2. Rohit Sharma has become the second Indian after Virat Kohli to score 10 thousand runs in the T20 cricket. 3. Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has become the all-time highest wicket taker in the Indian Premier League. The West Indian cricketer now has 171 wickets to his name in 153 IPL matches. 4.  Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk agreed to buy Twitter Inc for $44 billion cash. 5.  Adani group chairman Gautam Adani has overtaken Warren Buffett as the fifth richest in the world. According to Forbes data. 6. Lieutenant General Manoj Pande has been appointed as the next chief of the Indian Army. The 29th Army chief will be the first officer from the Corps of Engineers to become the Chief of Army Staff succeeding General Manoj Mukund Naravane who has completed his tenure  on April 30. 7....