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July 1 , 2022 752 days 677 0
  • IRS officer Nitin Gupta has been appointed as the new Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) chairman.
  • India International Centre's President is now former foreign secretary and Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Nuclear Affairs and Climate Change Shyam Saran.
  • Nasscom, an Indian non-governmental trade association and advocacy group, claims that an integrated AI and data use plan could boost India’s GDP by $500 billion by 2025.
    • The Nasscom, in collaboration with EY and with backing from Microsoft, EXL, and Capgemini, has introduced an AI Adoption Index to track sectoral progress on AI adoption in the nation.
  • The Iraqi official Mohammed Jalood was elected president of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).
    • He is the first permanent president since Tamás Aján stepped down in 2020 after controlling the IWF for 44 years.
  • India's Gurunaidu Sanapathi from Andhra Pradesh won Gold at International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Youth Weightlifting Championships held in Mexico.
    • He has become India's first weightlifter to win gold in this tournament.
  • The four-day-long Ambubachi Mela has kickstarted at the famous Kamakhya temple atop the Nilachal Hills in Assam's Guwahati.
  • South Korea sent its first satellite into orbit using a domestic Nuri rocket.
  • The Prime Minister recently inaugurated the Pragati Maidan Integrated Transit Corridor project.
    • The project aims to provide hassle-free and smooth access to the exhibition and convention centre being developed at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

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