12 exam-relevant headlines, written simply. Read the bold fact in each — that's what exams ask.
India won the three-match ODI series in England 2-1, clinching it with a five-wicket win at Old Trafford on July 17, 2022, where Rishabh Pant hit an unbeaten 125 for his first ODI century. Earlier, Jasprit Bumrah took 6/19 in the series opener at The Oval.
India's 16th presidential election was held on July 18, 2022 between NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu and united opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha, with an electoral college turnout of 99.12%; counting took place on July 21.
The first torch relay in Chess Olympiad history was flagged off on July 19, 2022 at Delhi's Indira Gandhi Arena, travelling through 75 cities over 40 days to reach Chennai, host of the 44th Chess Olympiad.
Sri Lanka's Parliament elected Ranil Wickremesinghe as President on July 20, 2022, a week after Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned (July 14) amid mass protests and fled the country.
NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu won the presidential election on July 21, 2022 with 676,803 electoral votes (64.03%) against Yashwant Sinha's 380,177. She became the first President from a Scheduled Tribe, the second woman in the office, and the first President born after independence.
Neeraj Chopra took silver in the javelin at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon (July 15-24, 2022) with 88.13 m, behind Grenada's Anderson Peters (90.54 m) - India's best-ever result at the championships, hosted by the US for the first time.
Droupadi Murmu was sworn in as the 15th President of India on July 25, 2022, succeeding Ram Nath Kovind, becoming the first person from a tribal community to hold the country's highest constitutional office.
About 42 people died in Botad district, Gujarat after consuming illicit liquor in late July 2022, one of the state's worse hooch tragedies in recent years.
Kargil Vijay Diwas is observed every year on July 26, marking the end of the 1999 Kargil War and Operation Vijay, in which the Indian Army recaptured occupied positions in the Kargil district of Ladakh; 527 Indian soldiers were killed in the war.
The Indian Navy received delivery of INS Vikrant from Cochin Shipyard on July 28, 2022, ahead of its commissioning on September 2 - the country's first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier.
The 44th Chess Olympiad was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Mamallapuram near Chennai (July 28-August 9, 2022). Uzbekistan won the open section; India took bronze in both the open and women's sections and won the Gaprindashvili Trophy.
Women's Twenty20 cricket returned to the Commonwealth Games (July 29-August 7, 2022, Birmingham) after 1998. India reached the final, beating England in the semi-final, and took silver after losing the gold medal match to Australia by 9 runs on August 7.
From exactly the headlines above. If you read the month, you should score 8+.
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