Q1. Name the state which is known as the 'tiger state' of India?

1. Madhya Pradesh
2. Gujarat
3. Karnataka
4. Chhattisgarh
5. None of These 

Q2. Salil Parekh is CEO and MD of

1. HCL Technologies
2. Infosys
3. Wipro Limited
4. Tata Consultancy service
5. None of These

Q3. Name the country which has accused the United States on  July 24 of manufacturing biological weapons in Ukraine?

1. China
2. Iran
3. North Korea
4. Syria
5. None of These

Q4. Name the  chief of the World Health Organization  who has said  that the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an "extraordinary" situation that now qualifies as a global emergency ?

1. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
2. Catherine Russell
3. António Guterres
4. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
5. None of These

Q5. To provide respite to waterway transportation from high fuel prices, the Shipping Ministry has directed all major ports to exempt coastal shipping operations from port and vessel charges for the next

1. Three months
2. Six months
3. Nine months
4. One year
5. None of These 

Answers

1-----------------1   Madhya Pradesh

2-----------------2   Infosys

3-----------------3    North Korea

4------------------4    Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

5-------------------2   Six months

Most Film Friendly State:  Madhya Pradesh (Special mention: Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh)

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Best Direction: KR Sachidanandan (Ayyappanum Koshiyum)

Best Film: Soorarai Pottru

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Best Debut Film of a Director: Madonne Ashwin (Mandela)

Best Actor: Suriya (Soorarai Pottru - Tamil) and Ajay Devgn (Tanhaji - Hindi)

Best Actress: Aparna Balamurali (Soorarai Pottru - Tamil)

Best Supporting Actor: Biju Menon (Ayyappanum Koshiyum - Malayalam)

Best Supporting Actress: Lakshmipriya Chandramouli (Sivaranjiniyum Sila Pengalum - Tamil)

Best Music Direction (Songs): Thaman S (Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo - Telugu)

Best Background Score: GV Prakash (Soorarai Pottru - Tamil)

Best Female Playback Singer: Nanjiyamma (Ayyappanum Koshiyum - Malayalam)

Best Male Playback Singer: Rahul Deshpande (Mi Vasantrao - Marathi)

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Best Malayalam Film: Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam

Best Tamil Film: Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum

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Best Hindi Film: Toolsidas Junior

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Best Dimasa Film: Semkhor

Best Tulu Film: Jeetige

Best Assamese Film: Bridge

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Best Choreography: Sandhya Raju (Natyam)

Special Jury Award: Aimee Baruah (Semkhor), Kavya Prakash (Vaanku), Siddharth Menon (June), Kishore Kadam (Godakaath, Avwanchhit), Varun Buddhadev (Toolsidas Junior)

Best Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir (Saina)

Best Make-up Artist: T V Rambabu (Natyam)

Best Costumes: Nachiket Barve, Mahesh Sherla (Tanhaji:The Unsung Warrior)

Best Production Design: Anees Nadodi (Kappela)

Best Editing: Sreekar Prasad (Sivaranjiniyum Sila Pengalum)

Best Audiography: Location Sound Recordist (for sync sound films only):  Jobin Jayan (Dollu)

Best Audiography: Sound Designer: Anmol Bhave (Mi Vasantrao)

Best Audiography: Re- recordist of the final mixed track: Vishnu Govind & Sree Sankar (Malik)

Best Screenplay (Original): Shalini Usha Nair, Sudha Kongara (Soorarai Pottru)

Best Screenplay (Dialogues): Madonne Ashwin (Mandela)

Best Cinematography: Avijatrik (The Wanderlust of Apu, Bengali)

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Best Film on Social Issues: Funeral (Marathi)

Best Film on National Integration:

Best Child Artist: Anish Mangesh Gosavi (Tak-Tak), Akanksha Pingle (Sumi), Divyesh Indulkar (Sumi)

Non-Feature Films

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Best Music Direction: Vishal Bharadwau for 1232 Kms: Marenge Toh Wahin Jaakar (Hindi)

Best Editing: Anadi Athaley for Borderlands (Bengali, Nepali, Manipuri, Hindi and Punjabi)

Best Audiography: Ajit Singh Rathore for Pearl of the Desert (Rajasthani)

Best Cinematography: Nikhil S Praveen for Shabdikkunna Kalappa (Malayalam)

Best Direction: RV Ramani for Oh That's Bhanu (English, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi)

Best Film on Family Values: Kumkumarchan -- Director: Abhijeet Arvind Dalvi and Producer: Studio Filmy Monks

Best Short Fiction Film: Kachichinthu (Karbi) -- Producer and director: Khanjan Kishore Nath

Special Jury Award: Admitted (Hindi and English)-- Director: Ojaswee Sharma

Best Investigative Film: The Saviour: Brig. Pritam Singh (Punjabi) - Director: Dr Paramjeet Singh Kattu and Producer: Akal Productions

Best Exploration Film: Wheeling the ball (English and Hindi) - Director: Mukesh Sharma and Producer: Film Division

Best Educational Film: Dreaming of Words (Malayalam) - Director and Producer: Nandan

Best Film on Social Issues: Justice Delayed but Delivered (Hindi)

Best Environment Film: Manah Aru Manuh (English)

Best Promotional Film: Surmounting Challenges (English)

Best Science and Technology Film: On the Bricks and Season 2 - Bats (English)

Best Arts and Culture Film: Naadada Navaneeta Dr PT Venkateshkumar (Kannada)

Best Biographical Film: Pabung Syam (Manipuri)

Best Ethnographic Film: Mandal Ke Bol (Hindi)

Best Debut Non-Feature Film of a Director: Pariah (Marathi and Hindi)

Strengthening the administrative pools in both civil service and the banking sectors, the Union Public Service Commission, the Staff Selection Commission and the Institute of Banking Personnel Selections(IBPS) recruited a total of 1,59,615 candidates during 2020-21 and 2021-22 in the country.

Sharing this in a written reply in the Raya Sabha, Union minister Jitendra Singh said that 8,913 candidates were selected for various civil administrative posts by the UPSC, while 97,914 candidates were selected by the SSC and 52,788 by the IBPS during the last two fiscal years.

Infirming the Upper house, Singh further stated that 96,601 candidates were recruited in 2020-21. "Out of them, 4,214 candidates were recruited to various administrative posts by UPSC 29,023 by the SSC and 29,292 by the IBPS. The recruitment processes by these agencies continued amid following all

New airline Akasa Air on july 22 said it will launch commercial flight operations on August 7 by operating its first service on Mumbai-Ahmedabad route using Boeing 737 Max aircraft.

Trouble for former RJD MLA Anant Kumar Singh alias Chhote Sarkar deepened when he was awarded 10 years’ imprisonment in yet another case lodged under the Arms Act. The latest case relates to the recovery of six magazines of Insas rifle and a foreign-made bulletproof jacket from his bungalow in 2015.

This is the second time the politician has been convicted in a criminal case. On June 21, he was sentenced to a 10-year jail term in a case related to the recovery of an AK-47 assault rifle and hand grenades from his native village Ladma in Patna district.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the highest contributor to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India from the Gulf region. Between 2017 and 2021, around $6,488.35 million was invested by the UAE in India. It was revealed by Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan in a reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.

The UAE is one of the top 10 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) contributors in India. During the last three years, $5.5 billion FDI came from the Middle East country. Saudi Arabia is also one of the significant contributors to FDI in India.

Meanwhile, UAE is important for India from the expat point of view too as nearly 35 lakh Indians live there. Remittances to India from the UAE are high too and have registered a five per cent increase in the recent months.

According to the MEA, the major investment into India from Gulf countries is: $6488.55 million from the UAE, $3058.25 million from Saudi Arabia, $223.49 million from Qatar, $181.45 from Bahrain, $109.25 million from Oman and $37.91 from Kuwait.

According to the minister, the Indian migrant workers returning from the ECR countries between June 2020 to December 2021 included 1,52,126 from the UAE, 1,18,064 from Saudi Arabia, 51,206 from Kuwait, 46,003 from Oman and 32,361 from Qatar. According to the eMigrate portal, a total of 4,16,024 Emigration Clearance were issued for ECR countries during the period January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2022, he said.

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Senior politician Dinesh Gunawardena on july 22 took over as Sri Lanka's prime minister as President Ranil Wickremesinghe swore in his new Cabinet.

A stalwart of Sri Lankan politics, Gunawardena, 73 earlier served as the foreign minister and education minister.

He was appointed as Home Minister in April by then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.