Current Affairs- Today’s Headlines: July 22, 2022

Here are Today’s News Headlines by GK Today for July 22, 2022

– BJP’s candidate Droupadi Murmu elected as President with 64% of votes; defeats opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha (36%)

– UN World Food Programme’s (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley visits India

– 9th ASEAN-India Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crimes (SOMTC) held virtually

– Running of ships in Lakshadweep handed over to Shipping Corporation of India

– Asian Development Bank (ADB) cuts India’s GDP growth forecast to 7.2% for 2022-23 from 7.5% estimated earlier

– NITI Aayog releases 3rd edition of India Innovation Index; Karnataka (Major States), Manipur (North East & Hill States) and Chandigarh (Union Territories & City States) topped in different categories

– India’s R&D spend (0.7% of GDP) among lowest in the world; Israel’s highest (4.5% of GDP): NITI Aayog

– Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Promotion and development Scheme (PMDPS) launched for strengthening pharmaceuticals industry by Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya

– ICC (Indian Chamber of Commerce)-North East Initiative and NEDFi (North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd) sign MoU to promote investment in North East

– Italy: PM Mario Draghi resigns after coalition allies boycott confidence vote

– Russia biggest pipeline resumes pumping gas to Europe after a 10-day outage; Nord Stream 1 runs under the Baltic Sea to Germany

– International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Changwon, Korea: Anish Bhanwala, Vijayveer Sidhu and Sameer win silver in men’s 25m rapid fire pistol team event