Monthly Current Affairs July 2022

RBI, Banking and Economy

• RBI pegs state govt market borrowing for July-Sept at Rs 2.1 trillion

• RBI slaps penalties on Kotak Mahindra Bank, IndusInd Bank

• RBI's deposit insurance arm to pay depositors of two co-operative banks in August

SEBI and FINANCIAL AWARENESS

• SEBI asks bourses, depositories to launch online complaint redressal system

• ED slaps Rs 51 cr penalty on Amnesty India, Rs 10 cr on ex-CEO Aakar Patel

• SEBI comes out with directive for sub-KYC user agency for Aadhaar authentication

NABARD & AGRICULTURE

• India’s marine product exports record an all-time high in FY 2021-22

• India to be self-sufficient in urea by 2025 end

• Andhra Pradesh and Telangana returns under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana

NATIONAL

• Single-use plastic ban comes into effect

• HariyaliMahotsav to be organized by Ministry of Environment

• The Statue of Peace of Swami Ramanujacharya in Srinagar

INTERNATIONAL

• New Zealand men, women cricketers to receive same pay

• Japan awards Ex-PM Shinzo Abe country's highest order posthumously

• Japan’s Sakurajima volcano erupts, alert level raised to 5

STATES

• Eknath Shinde takes oath as CM of Maharashtra, Fadnavis as deputy CM

• CSMT becomes first railway station to have an augmented reality experience

• Maharashtra government gives approval to renaming of cities

REPORTS AND INDEXES

• Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) 2020

• Indian direct selling industry ranks 12th globally

• Knight Frank India's Affordability Index for H1 2022

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• TiHAN Testbed for Autonomous Navigation at IIT Hyderabad

• Rapidly charging E-cycle developed with Na-ion batteries and supercapacitors

• NASA’s first image of Galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 from James Webb Space Telescope

DEFENCE

• ALH Squadron INAS 324 Commissioned at Visakhapatnam

• Indian Navy’s INS Satpura and P8I Participate in the RIMPAC Harbour Phase

• INS TARKASH-Long Range Overseas Deployment

EVENTS

• India-EU FTA talks

• PM launched education summit

• India’s first ever Animal Health Summit

AWARDS AND REWARDS

• Fields Medal
• Order of the Rising Sun' award
• Shiromani Award at the NRI World Summit 2022, United Kingdom

SPORTS

• Neeraj Chopra sets new National Record in Stockholm Diamond League
• Chennai Open WTA 250 to be held from September 12-18
• Jos Buttler named England men's new white-ball captain