| The country which has granted citizenship to the former US computer intelligence consultant, Edward Snowden | Russia |
| The senior advocate of the Supreme Court who has been appointed the 15th Attorney General of India | Shri R. Venkataramani |
| The retired General Officer who has been appointed as the next Chief of Defence Staff (a vacancy created by the death of General Bipin Rawat in Dec 2021) | Lt Gen Anil Chauhan, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM |
| The well-known woman cricketer who has announced her retirement from all forms of cricket | Jhulan Goswami |
| The veteran Bollywood actress who has been chosen to be awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2020 | Asha Parekh |
| The international airport in Chandigarh has been renamed after the well-known freedom fighter | Bhagat Singh |
| The former Indian hockey player who has been chosen to be the President of sports federation Hockey India | Dr. Dilip Tirkey |
| The Solapur based private sector bank whose license has been cancelled by the Reserve Bank of India thus prohibiting it from acceptance and repayment of deposits | Laxmi Co-operative Bank |
| The Indian author who has been awarded Hermann Kesten Prize by the PEN Centre in Germany’s Darmstadt | Ms. Meena Kandaswamy |
| The state which has notified establishment of India's first Dugong Conservation Reserve to be created in Palk Bay, Indian Ocean | Tamil Nadu |
| The initiative launched by Israeli embassy in Ghaziabad, in collaboration with NGO Khushii, and aimed at spreading awareness about menstrual health and hygiene is named | Project Saaras |
| The venue of National Conference of Ministers of Environment, Forest and Climate Change held from 23 to 24.09.2022 inaugurated by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi | Ekta Nagar, Gujarat |
| The Gujarati language film directed by Pan Nalin which has been chosen to be official Indian entry for Best International Feature Film at 95th Academy Awards 2023 | Chhello Show |
| The Indian scientist, industrialist and chairperson of Piramal Enterprises who has been conferred the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by the French Government | Ms. Swati Piramal |
| The well-known comedian, actor and politician who passed away on 21.09.2022 | Raju Srivastav |
| The team which has won the Durand Cup 2022 football tournament defeating Mumbai City in the finals | Bengaluru |
| The chess player from Bengaluru who has become the 76th Grandmaster from India | Pranav Anand |
| The Sri Lankan cricketer who has announced retirement from all forms of cricket | Robin Uthappa |
| The city in Uttar Pradesh which has been nominated as the first-ever SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital for 2022-2023 at the 22nd Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of State in Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Varanasi |
| The sixth edition bilateral maritime exercise between Indian and Japanese Navy on 11 Sept 2022 was named | JIMEX-2022 |
| The biennial multilateral (more than 20 countries including India) maritime exercise hosted by Royal Australian Navy from 12 to 24 Sep 2022 is named | Kakadu 2022 |
| The well-known actor of Telugu cinema and former Union Minister from 2000 to 2004, who passed away on 11 September 2022 | U.V. Krishnam Raju |
| The river over which India's longest rubber dam, Gayaji Dam, was inaugurated by the Bihar CM Shri Nitish Kumar | Falgu river |
| The former Chief Justice of India with the shortest tenure as CJI for 17 days, who passed awayon 08 September 2022 | Justice Kamal Narain Singh |
| The Bhojpuri folk dance 'Naach' artist and recipient of Padma Shri and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, who passed away on 07 Sep 2022 | Ramchandra Manjhi |
| The boat from Pallathuruthy Boat Club, Alappuzha which has won the 68th Nehru Trophy Boat Race 2022 (not held in 2020 and 2021) | Mahadevikaad Kaatil Thekkethil |
| The Indian writer, archaeologist and the former Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) who passed away on 10 Sep 2022 | Shri Braj Basi Lal |
| The new centrally sponsored scheme for upgradation and development of more than 14500 Schools across the country launched by the Central Government is named | PM Shri |
| The route from Rashtrapathi Bhavan to National Stadium through India Gate known as Rajpath has been renamed as | Kartavya Path |
| The leader of the Conservative Party who has assumed the office of the Prime Minister of United Kingdom on 06 September 2022 | Mary Elizabeth Truss |
| The former President of the United States who has been awarded the Emmy Award for his narration in Netflix documentary Our Great National Parks | Barack Obama |
| The key focus of Rashtriya Poshan Maah being observed from 01 to 30 Sep 2022 | Mahila aur Swasthya and Baccha aur Shiksha |
| The businessman and former Chairman of Tata Group who passed away in a road accident on 04 Sep 2022 | Cyrus Mistry |
| The port at which India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant was commissioned on 02 September 2022 | Kochi |
| India's first indigenous vaccine against cervical cancer developed by Serum Institute of India IN coordination with Government of India’s Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is named | CERVAVAC |
| The multilateral strategic and command exercise (with participation of India and several other countries) held at the training grounds of the Eastern Military District of Russia from 01 to 07 September 2022 was named | Exercise Vostok 2022 |
21.04.1926 - 08.09.2022
Queen of U.K. from 06 February 1952 to 08 September 2022
Predecessor: King George VI (father)
Successor: King Charles III (eldest son)
Longest serving British monarch with 70 years and 214 days on throne.
Edition: 142nd
| Title | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Singles | Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) | Casper Rudd (Norway) |
| Women's Singles | Iga Swiatek (Poland) | Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) |
| Men's Doubles | Rajeev Ram (USA) and Joe Salisbury (United Kingdom) | Wesley Koolhof (Netherlands) and Neal Skupski (UK) |
| Women's Doubles | Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova (Czech Rep.) | Caty Mcnally and Taylor Townsend (USA) |
| Mixed Doubles | Storm Sanders and John Peers (Australia) | Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) and Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) |
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 2013
Note: 05 September is the death anniversary of Mother Teresa.
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 2020
Theme: The Air We Share
Designated by: UNESCO
First observed: 1966
Theme: Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces
Designated by: International Association for Suicide Prevention
First observed: 2003
Theme: Creating Hope through Action
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First observed: 2008
Theme: Protecting Press Freedom for Democracy
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First observed: 1995
Designated by: WHO
First observed: 2019
Theme: Medication Safety
Slogan: Medication without Harm
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First observed: 1982
Theme: End Racism, Build Peace
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First observed: 2020
Theme: Sign Languages Unite Us
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First observed: 2014
Designated by: UNWTO General Assembly
First observed: 1980
Theme: Rethinking Tourism
Designated by: Global Alliance for Rabies Control
First observed: 1980
Theme: One Health, Zero Death
Designated by: UNESCO
First observed: 2016
Theme: Artificial intelligence, e-governance and access to information
Designated by: International Maritime Organisation
First observed: 1978
Theme: New technologies for greener shipping
Designated by: Federation of International Translators and UN General Assembly
First observed: 1953 (By FIT) and 2020 (by UN)
Fartuun Adan and Ilwad Elman for promoting peace, demilitarisation and human rights in Somalia in the face of terrorism and gender-based violence.
Oleksandra Matviichuk and the Center for Civil Liberties (CCL) for building sustainable democratic institutions in Ukraine and modelling a path to international accountability for war crimes.
Cecosesola (network of community organisations) of Venezuela for establishing an equitable and cooperative economic model as a robust alternative to profit-driven economies.
Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) for their courageous work for climate justice and community rights violated by extractivist energy projects in Uganda.
Released by: World Intellectual Property Organisation
| # | Country | # | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Switzerland | 11. | China |
| 2. | United States | 40. | India |
| 3. | Sweden | 85. | Sri Lanka |
| 4. | United Kingdom | 87. | Pakistan |
| 5. | Netherlands | 102. | Bangladesh |
Best State/U.T. Comprehensive Development of Tourism (Rest of India)
1. Uttarakhand 2. Maharashtra 3. Telangana
Best Tourist Friendly Airport in Class X Cities: Kolkata
Best Tourist Friendly Railway Station: Secunderabad
Best Heritage City: Ahmedabad
Released on: 17 Sep 2022
Number of cheetahs brought: 08 (5 female and 3 male)
Country from which they were brought: Namibia
National Park in which introduced: Kuno-Palpur National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district
Cheetah was declared extinct from India in: 1952
Scientific name of cheetah introduced in India: Acinonyx jubatus jubatus
Scientific name of cheetah extinct from India: Acinonyx jubatus venaticus
Names of cheetahs: Aasha, Sasha, Siyaya, Tbilisi and Savannah (females), Freddie, Elton and Oban (males)
Released by: UNDP
Total number of countries ranked: 191
| Rank | Country | Rank | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Switzerland | 79. | China |
| 2. | Norway | 127. | Bhutan |
| 3. | Iceland | 129. | Bangladesh |
| 4. | Hong Kong | 132. | India |
| 5. | Australia | 161. | Pakistan |
Hosts: UAE
Dates: From 28 August 2022 to 11 September 2022
Teams: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Winners: Sri Lanka (6th title)
Runners-up: Pakistan
Player of the series: Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka)
Most runs: Mohammad Rizwan (281) (Pakistan)
Most wickets: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (11) (India)
