13 exam-relevant headlines, written simply. Read the bold fact in each — that's what exams ask.
India's economy grew 13.5% year-on-year in the April-June 2022 quarter (Q1 of FY2022-23), the fastest pace in about a year, driven by a low base from the 2021 lockdown quarter.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned INS Vikrant at Cochin Shipyard, Kochi on September 2, 2022. Built at a cost of about Rs 20,000 crore, the roughly 45,000-tonne carrier is India's first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier and the country's largest warship.
Cyrus Mistry, former chairman of Tata Sons, died in a car crash on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai highway in Palghar district, Maharashtra on September 4, 2022. He was the sixth chairman of the Tata Group, serving from 2012 until his removal in 2016.
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on September 8, 2022, aged 96. Her eldest son became King Charles III, and her state funeral was held at Westminster Abbey on September 19, 2022.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra won the javelin title at the 2022 Diamond League final (Weltklasse Zurich) on September 8, 2022 with a best throw of 88.44 m, becoming the first Indian ever to win a Diamond League trophy.
At the 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade, Serbia (September 10-18), Bajrang Punia won bronze in men's freestyle 65 kg and Vinesh Phogat won bronze in women's 53 kg.
Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 23 runs in the final at Dubai on September 11, 2022 to win the 2022 Asia Cup, a T20-format edition held in the UAE. It was Sri Lanka's sixth Asia Cup title and first in the T20I format.
On September 17, 2022, eight cheetahs - five females and three males - were flown in from Namibia and released in quarantine enclosures at Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh, under Project Cheetah, India's first attempt to reintroduce the cheetah.
In a televised address on September 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of reservists for what Russia calls its special military operation in Ukraine, with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu stating a target of 300,000 reservists.
The President appointed senior advocate R. Venkataramani as the Attorney-General for India in September 2022; he succeeded K. K. Venugopal as the government's chief law officer.
On September 28, 2022, the Ministry of Home Affairs banned the Popular Front of India (PFI) and eight affiliated organisations for five years under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, declaring them unlawful associations.
General Anil Chauhan (retired) was appointed India's second Chief of Defence Staff on September 28, 2022 and took charge on September 30. He succeeded General Bipin Rawat, who died in a helicopter crash in December 2021.
On September 29, 2022, a Supreme Court bench led by Justice D. Y. Chandrachud held that all women, married or unmarried, are entitled to seek a safe legal abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act.
From exactly the headlines above. If you read the month, you should score 8+.
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