The Most Important Current Affairs July 2022

 

 

Start-up ranking 2021: Gujarat, Karnataka emerges as best performers

 

Gujarat and Karnataka emerged the “best performers” in the third edition of States’ Start-up ranking, 2021, while Meghalaya bagged the top honour among Northeastern (NE) states. In the second edition of the survey, which was conducted in 2020, Gujarat was the best performer.

The rankings are based on the initiatives taken to develop the startup ecosystem for promoting entrepreneurs. These initiatives include the Startup India initiative, multiple funding and incubation support, and the government announcing January 16 as Startup Day.

 

Key points of the report:

·         Top performers among the larger states include Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha and Telangana.

·         Among smaller states and UTs,  Jammu and Kashmir was adjudged the top performer.

·         Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, and Goa are in the leaders category.

·         States and UTs in the aspiring leaders’ category include Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chandigarh, Puducherry and Nagaland.

·         States and UTs with a population of more than 10 million are ranked separately from those with a lower population. UTs and states are classified into five categories based on their performance in the survey.

·         They are best performers, top performers, leaders, aspiring leaders and emerging start-up ecosystems.

 

Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska wins prestigious Fields Medal 2022

 

Ukrainian maths professor, Maryna Viazovska, who won the top mathematics prize, the Fields Medal 2022. Viazovska and three other mathematicians received the Fields Medal, dubbed the Nobel prize in maths, in Helsinki after the ceremony was moved from Saint Petersburg to the Finnish capital in response to Moscow’s war.

Maryna is only the second woman to receive the award, which is awarded to mathematicians under 40, since it was created in 1936. The other female laureate, Iran’s Maryam Mirzakhani, died of breast cancer in 2017 just three years after winning the prize.

 

The four awardees of the prestigious prize include:

·         France’s Hugo Duminil-Copin (36 years)- Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques

·         US-based June Huh (39 years) – Princeton University

·         Britain’s James Maynard (35 years) – University of Oxford

·         Ukraine’s Maryna Viazovska ( 37 years) – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

 

About the Maryna Viazovska:

Viazovska was born in 1984 in Kyiv, when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union. In Ukraine, she studied at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, before earning a masters degree at Germany’s University of Kaiserslautern and a PhD at the University of Bonn. Since 2018, she has been chair of number theory at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. Her husband Daniil Evtushinsky is a physicist at the Swiss institute.

 

What is Fields Medal?

Fields medal is the highest honor for a mathematician. The medal is awarded every four years on the occasion of the International Congress of Mathematicians. The Fields Medal is awarded to recognize outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for the promise of future achievement. The Fields medal award comprises a gold medal (14 karat gold) bearing the profile of Archimedes and a cash amount. The Fields medal and cash prizes are funded by a trust established by J.C.Fields at the University of Toronto.

 

Fields Medal Eligibility

Besides outstanding mathematical achievement, the chosen candidate must be below 40 years before January 1st of the year the Field Medals are awarded.

 

 

When were Fields medals first awarded?

The Fields Medals were first awarded in 1936 in Oslo, Norway. The Fields medals were conceieved by John Charles Fields, a Canadian mathematician.

 

Malaysia Open Badminton Tournament 2022

 

The 2022 Malaysia Open (officially known as the Petronas Malaysia Open 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at the Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 28 June to 3 July 2022 and had a total prize of US $675,000. The 2022 Malaysia Open was the twelfth tournament of the 2022 BWF World Tour and was part of the Malaysia Open championships, which had been held since 1937. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Association of Malaysia with sanction from the BWF.

 

List of winners:

Category	Winner
Men’s singles title	Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
Women’s singles title	Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand)
Men’s doubles champions	Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi of Japan
Women’s doubles champions	Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti of Indonesia
Mixed doubles	China’s Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong

 

Wimbledon 2022: Novak Djokovic wins seventh title

 

Serbia Novak Djokovic won a seventh Wimbledon men’s title and 21st Grand Slam crown with a four-set triumph over Nick Kyrgios. Kyrgios gave his best to challenge the more experienced rival in his first Major final, but he could take only one set, propelling Djokovic toward the 21st Major crown.

Women Singles:

Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina made a brilliant comeback after being set down to beat Tunisian third-seed Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 and win the Women’s Singles title at Wimbledon. Rybakina became the first-ever Kazakh female player in the Open Era to win a WTA title on grass and is also the Kazakh female player with the most WTA-level titles in the Open Era (3). The 23-year-old also became the youngest female player to win the title in Wimbledon since Petra Kvitova in 2011.

 

Here is the Complete List of Winners in Different Categories:

 

S.No	Category	Winner	Runner up
1	Men’s Singles	N. Djokovic	N. Kyrgios
2	Women’s Singles	E. Rybakina	O. Jabeur
3	Men’s Doubles	M. Ebden & M. Purcell	N. Mektić & M. Pavić
4	Women’s Doubles	K. Siniaková & B. Krejčíková	S. Zhang & E. Mertens
5	Mixed Doubles	D. Krawczyk & N. Skupski	M. Ebden & S. Stosur

 

Wimbledon Championships 2022

The Wimbledon Championships 2022 is a Grand Slam tennis tournament that takes place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament will be played on grass courts, with all main draw matches to be played from 27th June to 10th July 2022, at the All England lawn tennis and croquet club, Wimbledon.

 

Jonny Bairstow & Marizanne Kapp named ICC Players of the Month for June

International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the ICC Player of the Month awards for June 2022. England’s in-form batter Jonny Bairstow bagged the Men’s Player of the Month title while South Africa’s power-hitting batter Marizanne Kapp was awarded with Women’s Player of the Month.

 

Why this award is given to Jonny Bairstow:

Jonny Bairstow received the title after his remarkable performances last month against New Zealand. He defeated his team-mate Joe Root and New Zealand batter Daryl Mitchell in the race of receiving the “Player of the Month” award.

 

Why this award is given to Marizanne Kapp

South African batter Marizanne Kapp’s last month was also full of solid and powerful performances. Kapp’s classic stroke play got her more votes than her teammate Shabnim Ismail and England’s Nat Sciver. With this feat, Kapp has become South Africa’s first ICC Women’s Player of the Month winner since Lizelle Lee, who was crowned in March 2021.

 

WEF’s Gender Gap Report 2022

 

India ranks 135 among a total of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2022 of the World Economic Forum (WEF). It is the worst performer in the world in the “health and survival” sub-index where it is ranked 146. India also ranks poorly among its neighbours and is behind Bangladesh (71), Nepal (96), Sri Lanka (110), Maldives (117) and Bhutan (126). Only Iran (143), Pakistan (145) and Afghanistan (146) perform worse than India in south Asia.

 

4 key dimensions

The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks gender parity across four key dimensions or sub-indices — economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment. It measures scores on a 0 to 100 scale, which can be interpreted as the distance covered towards parity or the percentage of the gender gap that has been closed.

 

Key points of the reports:

·         Iceland has retained its position as the world’s most gender-equal country, among 146 nations on the index.

·         Finland, Norway, New Zealand and Sweden are the top five countries on the list respectively.

·         Afghanistan is the worst-performing country in the report.

·         India ranks 146 in health and survival, 143 in economic participation and opportunity, 107 in educational attainment and 48th in political empowerment.

 

About the Global Gender Gap Report 2022:

The Global Gender Gap Report 2022 is the 16th edition of the annual publication by WEF. The Global Gender Gap Index was first introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006 to compare countries’ gender gaps across four dimensions: economic opportunities, education, health and political leadership.

 

TIME Magazine’s The World’s Greatest Places of 2022

 

Two locations from India have been named among “50 extraordinary destinations to explore” this year by TIME Magazine. The southern state of Kerala and Ahmedabad, the capital city of Gujarat were the two Indian entries into the list of the world’s greatest places of 2022.

 

Why Kerala included?

“Kerala is one of India’s most beautiful states. With spectacular beaches and lush backwaters, temples, and palaces, it’s known as “God’s own country” for good reason,” TIME Magazine said.

 

Why Ahmedabad included?

About Ahmedabad, TIME Magazine said that “as India’s first UNESCO World Heritage City, Ahmedabad “boasts both ancient landmarks and contemporary innovations that make it a mecca for cultural tourism, from the serene Gandhi Ashram that sits on 36 acres on the banks of the Sabarmati River to Navratri, a vibrant nine-day celebration billed as the longest dance festival in the world.”

 

World’s Greatest Places 2022

·         The list also includes Ras Al Khaimah, UAE; Park City, Utah; Seoul; Great Barrier Reef, Australia; The Arctic; Valencia, Spain; Trans Bhutan Trail, Bhutan; International Space Station; Bogota; Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia; Istanbul and Kigali, Rwanda.

·         According to TIME Magazine, the World’s Greatest Places list is compiled through nominations from its international network of correspondents and contributors, “with an eye toward those offering new and exciting experiences.”

·         Explore the complete list of 50 destinations: Click here

 

NIRF Rankings 2022: Check the list of all Top Colleges, Universities

 

The 7th edition of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings was released by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is the overall best institution for higher education in India, followed by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, the latest edition of the Education Ministry’s NIRF rankings show.

 

National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings Categories:

·         Overall Category

·         Pharmacy Colleges

·         Top Medical Colleges

·         Top Management Colleges

·         Engineering Colleges

 

Here is the detail of all colleges with respective categories:

 

NIRF India Ranks 2022: Overall Category

1.       Indian Institute of Technology Madras

2.       Indian Institute of Science

3.       Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

4.       Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

5.       Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

6.       Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

7.       Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

8.       Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

9.       All India Institute of Medical Sciences

10.   Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

NIRF Ranks 2022: Top Pharmacy Colleges

1.       Jamia Hamdard

2.       National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Hyderabad

3.       Panjab University

4.       National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali

5.       Birla Institute of Technology and Science – Pilani

6.       JSS College of Pharmacy

7.       Institute of Chemical Technology

8.       JSS College of Pharmacy

9.       Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal

10.   National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Ahmedabad

 

NIRF Ranks 2022: Top Medical Colleges

1.       All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi

2.       Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

3.       Christian Medical College

4.       National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences, Bangalore

5.       Banaras Hindu University

6.       Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research

7.       Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences

8.       Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

9.       Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram

10.   Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

 

NIRF Ranking 2022: Top Management Colleges

1.       Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

2.       Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

3.       Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

4.       Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

5.       Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode

6.       Indian Institute of Management Lucknow

7.       Indian Institute of Management Indore

8.       Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI)

9.       National Institute of Industrial Engineering

10.   Indian Institute of Technology Madras

 

NIRF Ranks 2022: Engineering Colleges

1.       IIT Madras

2.       IIT Delhi

3.       IIT Bombay

4.       IIT Kanpur

5.       IIT Kharagpur

6.       IIT Roorkee

7.       IIT Guwahati

8.       NIT Tiruchirapalli

9.       IIT Hyderabad

10.   NIT Surathkal

 

15th President of India: Draupadi Murmu

 

Daughter of a tribal family coming from a very ordinary house in Odisha, Draupadi Murmu has been elected as the 15th President of India. The 2022 Indian Presidential Election was the 16th presidential election that was held in India on the 18th of July 2022. Murmu becomes India’s first woman tribal president. She also becomes the second woman to hold the post after Pratibha Patil. The tenure of incumbent president Ram Nath Kovind will end on 24 July.

 

Important points of the presidential election 2022:

·         The counting of votes has started to elect India’s new president. Out of a total of 771 MPs entitled to vote (05 vacant) and a total of 4,025 MLAs entitled to vote (06 vacant and 02 disqualified), over 99 per cent cast their votes.

·         However, 100% voting by MLAs was reported from Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Puducherry, Sikkim and Tamil Nadu.”

·         The counting of votes takes place in room number 63 of the Parliament of India which is also the strongroom for the boxes that arrived from all state capitals and Union Territories having a legislature.

 

Interesting points about Droupadi Murmu:

·         The 64-year-old Droupadi Murmu was born in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district to a family belonging to the Santhal tribe.

·         Santhals, also spelt as Santals, are the third largest scheduled tribe community in India after the Gonds and Bhils. Their population is mostly distributed in Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal.

·         Murmu is the second person belonging to a scheduled tribe, to be nominated as a candidate for the post of President of India.

·         She served as the ninth Governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021.

·         As a member of the BJP, she was elected to the state assembly twice – in 2000 and in 2009 – from the Rairangpur seat.

 

About the Santhals tribes:

The Santhals are also credited for taking on the force of the East India Company through the Santal Hul (revolution) of 1855-56. The anguished Santhals formed their own troops which included farmers and marched against their oppressors. They destroyed the postal communications along with the rail lines and burgled and vandalised storehouses and warehouses. When the British was made aware of the situation, they sent the military to gun down the Santhals.

As per the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute (SCSTRTI), Bhubaneswar, the word ‘Santhal’ is derived from two words; ‘Santha’ meaning calm and peaceful and ‘ala’ meaning man. The SCSTRTI says that the Santhals led a nomadic life in the past but then settled in the Chhotanagpur plateau. Towards the end of the 18th century, they migrated to the Santhal Parganas of Bihar and then they came to Odisha.

 

Expat Insider Rankings for 2022: India ranks 36th

 

Mexico has topped the Expat Insider Rankings for 2022, which was released by the InterNations recently, while India has been ranked on 36th position out of the 52 countries on the list, with a high affordability score. Kuwait is the worst country for expats in the ranking.

 

The best and the worst

·         Top 10: Mexico, Indonesia, Taiwan, Portugal, Spain, UAE, Vietnam, Thailand, Australia, Singapore.

·         11 to 20: Estonia, Oman, Kenya, USA, Bahrain, Brazil, Russia, Malaysia, Switzerland, Czechia.

·         21 to 30: Philippines, Netherlands, Canada, Austria, Hungary, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Belgium, Denmark.

·         31 to 40: France, Finland, China, Norway, Egypt, India, UK, Ireland, Sweden, South Korea.

·         41 to 52: Greece, Germany, Malta, Italy, Turkey, South Africa, Japan, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Kuwait.

 

About the Expat Insider Rankings:

·         The Expat Insider survey is conducted every year by InterNations, a community for expatriates.

·         The survey takes a look at some of the best possible ex-pat destinations around the world, which offer the best quality of life to the people who move abroad to improve their quality of life.

·         The Expat Insider 2022 survey report surveyed 11,970 respondents to evaluate their life abroad. These respondents represented 177 nationalities and lived in 181 countries or territories worldwide.

·         A total of 52 countries have been ranked on the list.

 

Henley Passport Index 2022: India ranks 87th

 

The Henley Passport Index has recently released the list of the World’s Most Powerful Passports for the year 2022. Three Asian nations Japan, Singapore and South Korea bagged the top three positions on the list, reversing pre-pandemic rankings that were dominated by European nations. India is ranked 87th on the list of the world’s most powerful passports in 2022, according to the latest Henley Passport Index from Henley & Partners, an immigration consultancy.

 

Key points of the Index:

·         India’s neighbouring country Pakistan reportedly has the fourth worst passport in the world, according to Henley Index.

·         The Japanese passport provides hassle-free entry to 193 countries, while Singapore and South Korea both provide entry to 192 countries.

·         Among other countries from Asia, India, along with Mauritius and Tajikistan, has been ranked 87th, with its passport providing access to 67 countries.

·         China ties with Bolivia for the 69th spot, with each of their passports allowing access to 80 destinations.

·         As for Bangladesh, it occupies the 104th position – five spots higher than Pakistan.

·         Pakistan has the fourth worst passport in the world after Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.

 

World’s most powerful passports 2022: Top 10 countries

·         Japan

·         Singapore

·         South Korea

·         Germany

·         Spain

·         Finland

·         Italy

·         Luxemburg

·         Austria

·         Denmark

 

About the Henley Passport Index:

Henley Passport Index has ranked all the world’s 199 passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa. The ranking is based on data from the International Air Transport Association, which maintains the world’s largest database of travel information, and it is enhanced by extensive, ongoing research by the Henley & Partners Research Department.

 

India Innovation Index 2021: Karnataka, Manipur and Chandigarh topped

 

Karnataka, Manipur and Chandigarh topped the third edition of NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index, which ranks the states and the union territories on their innovation performance. NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Suman Bery released the India Innovation Index 2021 in presence of apex public policy think tank member Dr VK Saraswat, CEO Parameswaran Iyer and senior adviser Neeraj Sinha.

 

The innovation index is based on 7 pillars:

1.       Human capital

2.       Investment

3.       Knowledge workers

4.       Business environment

5.       Safety and legal environment

6.       Knowledge output

7.       Knowledge diffusion

 

Key points of the report:

·         Karnataka topped in the ‘Major States’ category and Manipur emerged as a winner in the ‘North East and Hill States’ category. Chandigarh was the top performer in the ‘Union Territories and City States’ category.

·         Karnataka’s high score can be attributed to its peak performance in attracting FDI and a large number of venture capital deals. While Chandigarh topped the knowledge worker pillar, Delhi topped the business environment and investment pillars.

 

Major states:

 

Rank	States	III 2021
1	Karnataka	18.01
2	Telangana	17.66
3	Haryana	16.35
4	Maharashtra	16.06
5	Tamil Nadu	15.69
6	Punjab	15.35
7	Uttar Pradesh	14.22
8	Kerala	13.67
9	Andhra Pradesh	13.32
10	Jharkhand	13.10

 

NE and Hill States:

 

Rank	States	III 2021
1	Manipur	19.37
2	Uttarakhand	17.67
3	Meghalaya	16.00
4	Arunachal Pradesh	15.46
5	Himachal Pradesh	14.62
6	Sikkim	13.85
7	Mizoram	13.41
8	Tripura	11.43
9	Assam	11. 29
10	Nagaland	11.00

 

UT and City States:

 

Rank	UT and City States	III 2021
1	Chandigarh	27.88
2	Delhi	27.00
3	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	17.29
4	Puducherry	15.88
5	Goa	14.93
6	Jammu and Kashmir	12.83
7	Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu	12.09
8	Lakshadweep	7.86
9	Ladakh	5.91

 

What is India Innovation Index?

·         Prepared by NITI Aayog and the Institute for Competitiveness, the India Innovation Index is a comprehensive tool for the evaluation and development of the country’s innovation ecosystem. It ranks the states and the union territories on their innovation performance to build healthy competition amongst them.

·         The India Innovation Index 2021 presents state-wise rankings based on the innovation landscape and performance of the country’s states and union territories. The latest framework of the index has been mapped from the Global Innovation Index, published annually by WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization).

·         The number of indicators has increased from 36 (in the India Innovation Index 2020) to 66 (in the India Innovation Index 2021).

 

68th National Film Awards 2022 Announced

 

The winners of the 68th National Film Awards were announced in New Delhi. This year’s awards ceremony honoured films from 2020 as well due to COVID-19-related delays. The event is organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals, which comes under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Anurag Thakur announced the award winners. Soorarai Pottru won three of the four biggest awards of the night, while Tanhaji The Unsung Warrior also took home major trophies.

 

68th National Film Awards 2022: Check Full List Here

·         Best Feature Film: Soorarai Pottru

·         Best Director: Sachidanandan KR, Ayyappanum Koshiyum

·         Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Tanhaji

·         Best Actor: Suriya for Soorarai Pottru and Ajay Devgn for Tanhaji

·         Best Actress: Aparna Balamurali, Soorarai Pottru

·         Best Supporting Actor: Biju Menon, Ayyappanum Koshiyam

·         Best Supporting Actress: Lakshmi Priya Chandramouli, Sivaranjaniyum Innam Sila Pengallum

·         Best Action Direction Award: AK Ayyappanum Koshiyum

·         Best Choreography: Natyam (Telugu)

·         Best Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir for Saina (Hindi)

·         Best Male Playback Singer: Rahul Deshpande for Mi Vasantrao and Anish Mangesh Gosavi for Taktak

·         Best Female Playback Singer: Nanchamma, Ayyappanum Koshiyam

·         Best Music Direction: Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, S Thaman

·         Best film on Social Issues: ‘Justice Delayed but Delivered & Three Sisters

·         Best Choreography: Natyam

·         Best Cinematography: Avijatrik

·         Best Audiography: Dollu, Mi Vasantrao and Malik

·         Best Costume Design: Tanhaji

·         Best Production Design: Kappela

·         Best Editing: Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum

·         Best Make-up: Natyam

·         Best Screenplay: Soorarai Pottru, Sudha Kongara and Mandela, Madonne Ashwin

·         Best Stunt Choreography: Ayyappanum Koshiyum

 

Special Jury Award:

·         Best Feature Film in Hindi: Toolsidas Junior

·         Best Feature Film in Kannada: Dollu

·         Best Feature Film in Malayalam: Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam

·         Best Feature Film in Tamil: Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum

·         Best Feature Film in Telugu: Colour Photo

·         Best Feature Film in Haryanvi: Dada Lakhmi

·         Best Feature Film in Dimasa: Samkhor

·         Best Feature Film in Tulu: Jeetige

 

Non-Feature Films:

·         Best Film on Family Values: Kumkumarchan, Abhijeet Arvind Dalvi

·         Best Direction: Oh That’s Bhanu, RV Ramani

·         Best Music Direction: 1232 kms – Marenge Toh Wahin Jaakar, Vishal Bhardwaj

·         Best Cinematography: Sabdikunna Kalappa, Nikhil S Praveen

·         Best Audiography: Pearl of the Desert, Ajit Singh Rathore

·         Best Editing: Borderlands, Anadi Athaley

·         Best Narration Voiceover: Rhapsody of Rains – Monsoons of Kerala, Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan

·         Best On-Location Sound: Jadui Jangal, Sandeep Bhati and Pradeep Lekhwar

·         Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation

·         Best Book on Cinema: The Longest Kiss by Kishwar Desai

·         Best Book on Cinema (Special Mention): MT Anunahvangalude Pusthakam, Anoop Ramakrishnan and Kali Paine Kalira Cinema by Surya Deo

·         Best Film Critic: No winner this year.

·         Most Film Friendly State: Madhya Pradesh

 

Feature Film Awards:

·         Best Hindi Film: Toolsidas Junior

·         Best Malayalam Film: Thinkalazcha Nishchayam

·         Best Telugu Film: Colour Photo

·         Best Bengali Film: Avijatrik

·         Best Assamese Film: Bridge

·         Best Tulu Film: Jeetige

·         Best Tamil Film: Sivaranjaniyum Innum Sila Pengallum

·         Best Marathi Film: Gostha Eka Paithanichi

·         Best Kannada Film: Dollu

·         Best Dimasa Film: Semkhor

·         Best Haryanvi Film: Dada Lakhmi

 

Other Awards:

·         Madhya Pradesh (Rajat Kamal & Certificate) wins the Most Film Friendly State award while Uttarakhand (Certificate) and Uttar Pradesh (Certificate) get Special Mention.

·         ‘The Longest Kiss’ by Kishwar Desai wins Best Book on Cinema for the year while Malayalam book ‘MT Anunahvangalude Pusthakam’ and Odia book ‘Kali Paine Kalira Cinema’ win special mention.

 

About the National Film Awards:

The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government’s Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.

·         First awarded: 10 October 1954; 67 years ago

·         Location: Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi

·         Presented by: Directorate of Film Festivals

 

 

 

Kargil Vijay Diwas 2022: All you need to know about India’s victory over Pakistan

 

Kargil Vijay Diwas is the celebration of India’s historic win over Pakistan on July 26, 1999. The Indian Army successfully removed Pakistani forces who were illegally occupying a hilltop at the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) at Kargil, Ladakh. To commemorate this victory and remember those who sacrificed their lives for this country, Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated annually in India on July 26.

 

How is Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrated?

Kargil Vijay Diwas is celebrated all across the country. The Prime Minister of India is known to pay tribute to the martyrs at Amar Jawan Jyoti at the India Gate every year. There is a Kargil War memorial as well in Dras on the foothills of Tololing Hill. It was built by the Indian Army and honours the soldiers who lost their lives during the war. Interestingly, the gateway of the memorial has a poem named ‘Pushp Kii Abhilasha’ inscribed on it and the names of the martyrs are also inscribed on the Memorial Wall there.

 

History of Kargil War:

·         As history has it, India was successful in evicting the Pakistani troops from its territory as the war ended on July 26. This momentous day came to be known as Kargil Vijay Diwas. It should be noted that 527 soldiers sacrificed their lives for the country during the war.

·         The Kargil War was fought between May-July of 1999 in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir along the Line of Control (LoC) in which India got victory.

·         The Kargil war was fought for more than 60 days and ended on 26 July.

·         On this date in 1999 Pakistan army took advantage of the melting snow and betraying the bilateral understanding of both the nations (that the post would remain unattended during the winter season) took command of the high outposts of India.

·         Pakistan army refused the claims that its soldiers were involved in the war and claimed that they were the rebels from Kashmir itself, but the ammunition, identity cards, rations stores and other evidence prove that the Pakistan army was behind this cowardly act.

 

Indian Army Operation Vijay:

·         The operation was launched by the Indian Army twice in Indian history. The first Operation Vijay was launched in 1961 which led to the capture of Goa, Anjediva islands and Daman and Diu.

·         The second operation was launched in 1999. Both the operations were of huge success. However, Kargil Vijay However, the Kargil Vijay Diwas is marked by the culmination of the Kargil war.

·         July 26 is celebrated as “Kargil Vijay Diwas” every year to mark the successful completion of “Operation Vijay” that ended the 3-month war along the Line of Control. Nearly 490 Indian army officers, soldiers and jawans were martyrs during the course of the battle.

 

Indian Air Force Operation White Sea:

Operation White Sea was also launched during the Kargil war, in 1999. During the operation, the Indian Air Force jointly acted with the Indian Army to flush out regular and irregular troops of the Pakistani army.

 

Roshni Nadar retained as India’s richest woman for 2nd year in a row

 

HCL Technologies’ Chairperson, Roshni Nadar Malhotra has retained her position as the richest woman in India, for the second year in a row according to the third edition of ‘Kotak Private Banking Hurun – Leading Wealthy Women List’. The total net worth of Roshni Nadar stood at Rs 84,330 crore. Roshni Nadar was followed by Nykaa-owner Falguni Nayar, overtaking Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw of Biocon, with a total wealth of Rs 57,520 crore. Falguni Nayar is the world’s tenth richest self-made woman.

The report highlighted that 25 new faces have made it to the list. The other key highlights of the report include that the average wealth of women in 2021 went up to Rs 4,170 crore as against Rs 2,725 crore in the last edition of the list.

 

Here is the list of the top 10 richest women in India:

 

Rank	Name	Company	Wealth/Net worth (INR)
1	Roshni Nadar Malhotra	HCL	84, 330 crore (wealth)
2	Falguni Nayar	Nykaa	57,520 crore (wealth)
3	Kiran Mazumdar Shaw	Biocon	29,030 crore (wealth)
4	Nilima Motaparti	Divi’s Laboratories	28,180 crore (wealth)
5	Radha Vembu	Zoho	26, 260 crore (wealth)
6	Leena Gandhi Tewari	USV	24,280 crore (wealth)
7	Anu Aga and Meher Pudumjee	Thermax	14,530 crore (wealth)
8	Neha Narkhede	Confluent	13,380 crore (wealth)
9	Vandana Lal	Dr Lal PathLabs	6,810 crore (wealth)
10	Renu Munjal	Hero FinCorp	6,620 crore (wealth)

 

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