INDIA
– Defence Ministry approves procurement of military equipment, platforms worth Rs 76, 000 crores
– Nuclear-capable Agni-IV missile of 4,000 km range successfully test-fired
– ‘Shershaah’ wins Best Picture award at International Indian Film Academy Awards in Abu Dhabi
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– PM launches new series of coins with Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav design
– PM launches ‘Jan Samarth portal’ — a credit-linked portal of 12 government schemes
– Indian Railways increases limit of online booking of tickets through IRCTC website and app; max 12 tickets can be booked by a user ID which is not Aadhaar-linked, 24 by user ID which is Aadhaar-linked
– IIT, Madras launches free course on “Out of the Box Thinking” through mathematics to encourage innovative thinking
WORLD
– 14-day multinational peacekeeping exercise-Ex Khaan Quest 2022- begins in Mongolia
– NATO holds Baltic Sea naval exercise ‘BALTOPS’ with Finland, Sweden, 14 other nations
SPORTS
– Bolat Turlykhanov Cup wrestling in Almaty, Kazakhstan: Aman Sehrawat wins gold in the men’s 57kg
– India beat Poland 6-4 in final to clinch inaugural FIH Hockey 5s championship at Lausanne, Switzerland
