• Para-powerlifter, Sudhir has clinched the gold medal in the Men’s Heavyweight, after defeating Ikechukwu Obichukwu (Nigeria), in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, with the lift of 212kg.

• He won India’s first gold in Para-Powerlifting at Commonwealth Games.

• Other highlights:

• India's M. Sreeshankar has clinched silver in Men's long jump.

• India’s Saurav Ghosal has bagged the bronze medal in squash men’s singles.

• Till now, India has won 20 medals (6(G) 7(S); 7(B)).

• India's M. Sreeshankar has clinched silver in Men's long jump in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

• Other highlights:

• Para-powerlifter, Sudhir has clinched the gold medal in the Men’s Heavyweight, after defeating Ikechukwu Obichukwu (Nigeria), in the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, with the lift of 212kg.

• He won India’s first gold in Para-Powerlifting at Commonwealth Games.

• India’s Saurav Ghosal has bagged the bronze medal in squash men’s singles.

• Till now, India has won 20 medals (6(G) 7(S); 7(B)).

• Five women officers of the INAS 314 have created history by completing the first all-women independent maritime reconnaissance and surveillance mission over the north Arabian Sea onboard a Dornier 228 aircraft.

• The INAS 314 is a frontline Naval Air Squadron based at Porbandar, Gujarat.

• Five women: Lt Commander Aanchal Sharma (Mission Commander); Lt Shivangi; Lt Apurva Gite; Lt Pooja Panda; Sub Lt Pooja Shekhawat

• Chief of Naval Staff: Admiral, Hari Kumar

• A biography of 15th President of India, Droupadi Murmu, titled 'Madam President: A Biography of Draupadi Murmu' will be released by the end of 2022.

• The book has been written by Bhubaneswar-based senior journalist, Sandeep Sahu.

• The book will be published by Penguin Random House India (PRHI).

• Droupadi Murmu, is the youngest President and the first woman tribal President of India.

• She was also appointed as the governor of Jharkhand.

• South Korea has successfully launched its first lunar mission, Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, also known as Danuri, from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

• This mission is jointly developed by Nasa and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute.

• The satellite launched by SpaceX, will arrive in December 2022.

• The Scientists are expecting to collect geologic and other data from this low polar orbit.

• South Korea has also planned to land its own spacecraft on the moon by 2030.

• According to the data published by the Indian consultancy Coalmint, Russia has become the third-largest coal supplier of India in July 2022.

• Russia has historically been the sixth-largest supplier of coal to India, after Indonesia, South Africa, Australia, and the United States, with Mozambique and Colombia alternatingly featuring in the top five.

• Imports of India from Russia have increased nearly five times to over $15 billion ever since Russia-Ukraine war.

• India has added 10 more sites to Ramsar list, taking the total number of such sites in the country to 64.

• 10 new wetland sites are from TN, Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha.

• TN: Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary, Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve; Vembannur Wetland Complex; Vellode Bird Sanctuary; Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary; Udhayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary

• Odisha: Satkosia Gorge

• Goa: Nanda Lake

• Karnataka: Ranganathituu BS

• Madhya Pradesh: Sirpur wetland

• India has added 10 more sites to the Ramsar list, taking the total number of such sites in the country to 64.

• 10 new wetland sites are from TN, Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha.

• Goa: Nanda Lake

• TN: Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary, Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve; Vembannur Wetland Complex; Vellode Bird Sanctuary; Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary; Udhayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary

• Odisha: Satkosia Gorge

• Karnataka: Ranganathituu BS

• Madhya Pradesh: Sirpur wetland

• India has added 10 more sites to Ramsar list, taking the total number of such sites in the country to 64.

• 10 new wetland sites are from TN, Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha.

• Madhya Pradesh: Sirpur wetland

• Goa: Nanda Lake

• TN: Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary, Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve; Vembannur Wetland Complex; Vellode Bird Sanctuary; Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary; Udhayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary

• Odisha: Satkosia Gorge

• Karnataka: Ranganathituu BS

• Amazon India has come into a partnership with Indian Railways to boost its delivery services in the country.

• This partnership helps e-commerce firm to transport packages on more than 110 inter-city routes, ensuring one to two-day delivery for its customer.

• Amazon India now ferries customer packages with the Indian Railways to cities and towns such as Jharsuguda, Ratnagiri, Kurnool, Nanded, Bareilly, Bokaro and Rudrapur among others