Sports Tournaments French Open 2022 • Men’s Singles: Rafael Nadal (Spain) def. Casper Ruud (Norway) • Total: 22 Grand Slams (14th French Opens) • Women’s Singles: Iga Świątek (Poland) def. Coco Gauff (USA)
Sports Tournaments • Men’s Doubles: Marcelo Arévalo & Jean-Julien Rojer • Women’s Doubles: Caroline Garcia & Kristina Mladenovic • Mixed Doubles: Ena Shibahara & Wesley Koolhof
• S.Korea win Hero Men's Asia Cup beating: Malaysia • India def Japan for: Bronze
Sports Tournaments Tata IPL 2022 (15th) • Winner: Gujarat Titans (1st) • Runner-up: Rajasthan Royals • Gujarat Titans Captain: Hardik Pandya • Orange Cap (Max. Runs) & Most Valuable Player: Jos Butler (Rajasthan Royals)
Sports Tournaments • Purple Cap (Max. Wick): Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals) • Emerging Player: Umran Malik (Sunrisers Hyderabad) • World No.1 Chess Player Magnus Carlsen beaten by: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
Indian Economy • GDP Growth (Jan-Mar) Q4 FY21-22: 4.1%
• GDP Growth FY21-22: 8.7% • Fiscal Deficit FY21-22: 6.71% of GDP • Per Capita Income (FY21-22): 91,481 • India's Biggest Trading Partner in 2021-22: USA (2nd: China & 3rd: UAE) • Trade with USA: $119.42 Bn.
Appointments & Elections • Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus re-elected (5Yr.) as: WHO Director General • New LG of Delhi (22nd): Vinai Kumar Saxena • New CBSE Chief: Nidhi Chibber • Delhi’s ‘State Icon’ for Voter Awareness: Yash Dhull
Books & Authors Int. Booker Prize 2022 • Book: ‘Tomb of Sand’ • Writer: Geetanjali Shree • Translator: Daisy Rockwell • ‘Listen to Your Heart The London Adventure’: Ruskin Bond • Bangla Academy Award to Mamata Bannerjee for: ‘Kabita Bitan’
Important Days & Dates • World Milk Day: 1st June • World Env. Day: 5th June • Theme: Only One Earth • Host: Sweden • 1st UN Conference on Env. 1972 was held with same Slogan in: Stockholm • World No Tobacco Day: 31st May • Theme: Tobacco - Threat to our Env.
Banking & Finance • Co-branded Credit Card by Retailio (B2B Pharma Marketplace) &: HDFC Bank • To enhance Digital Payments, Mahagram Ties up with: IndusInd • To Offer UPI Payments, RBL Bank Ties up with: Amazon Pay
Banking & Finance • Min. Net Worth for Non Bank Bharat Bill Payment Operating Units: 25 Cr. • RuPay Credit Card by HPCL &: BOB Financial • Min. Net Worth for SCBs to launch Credit Card Business: 100 Cr. NBFCs need RBI Approval
Banking & Finance • Committee to Review Customer Service Standards in RBI Regulated Entities: B P Kanungo • LIC’s New Savings Life Insurance Plan: Bima Ratna • Airtel Payments Bank to offer Gold Loans in tie-up with: Muthoot Finance
State News
• India’s 1st Amrit Sarovar Opens in: Rampur (UP) • Under Amrit Sarovar Mission 75 Water Bodies per District (Total-50,000) by: 15th Aug.23 • Free High-Speed WiFi at Village Panchayats in: UP • No.1 Sugar Producer: Maha.
• Free Breakfast in Govt Schools of: TN
International News • PM attends Quad Leaders Summit in: Tokyo, Japan • US President: Joseph Biden • Japanese PM: Fumio Kishida • Australian PM: Anthony Albanese • India signs Investment Incentive Agreement with: USA • Rajesh Bhushan, Chair of Committee-B, at 75th World Health Assembly: Geneva
International News
• India’s Rank on WEF Travel & Tourism Dvpmt. Index 2021:54 1st: Japan /2nd: USA /3rd: Spain
• COP-15 of UN Convention to Combat Désertification at: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire • Theme: Land. Life. Legacy - From Scarcity to Prosperity • SCO’s Regional Anti Terrorist Structure (RATS) Meet held in: Delhi
Development Projects • Worlds’ 1st Nano Urea Liquid Plant opens at IFFCO: Kalol, Gujarat • 9000 HP Electric Locomotives Mfg. Unit (20,000 Cr.) unveiled at: Dahod, Gujarat • India’s own Hyperloop being made by Railways &: IIT Madras
Govt Schemes • 2023 Swachh Survekshan (8th) Theme: ‘Waste to Wealth’ • Under: Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0 by MoHUA • Model Schools to train Students for Future (As per NEP 2020): ‘PM Shri’ • PM Employment Generation Program to continue till: 2025-26 (13554.42 Cr.)
Awards & Prizes • Golden Eye Award (L'Oeil d'Or) at 75th Cannes to Shaunak Sen Documentary: All That Breathes • WHO Global Health Leaders Award 2022 to: ASHA Workers (1 Mn. Women) • Accredited Social Health Activist