Metaverse shaadis to Hinglish MBBS...

First person to marry themselvesSologamy, for better or worse, is a word that entered our collective vocabularies this year when 24-year-old Kshama Bindu got hitched to herself and then went on a solo honeymoonMedium108404080 India’s first indigenous aircraft carrierIndia joined a select club when it commissioned INS Vikrant in September. It was designed and built by Cochin ShipyardMedium108404081 India’s first private rocket launchIndia’s first privately made rocket Vikram-S was launched this year by aerospace startup Skyroot. This comes after the government opened up the space sector to private playersFirst MBBS books in HindiThe new education policy’s focus on native languages saw not only the launch of the first MBBS books in Hindi and other Indian languages but even a Hinglish syllabus for wannabe docs in MeerutFirst metaverse weddingOh the metaverse, try as we might, we can’t avoid you. This year, India saw the pandemic-induced virtual shaadi trend taken to new heightsIndia’s first K-Pop starK-pop fanatics could find a new idol closer home this year, when Shreya Lenka, who goes by the stage name Sriya, became the first homegrown K-pop star. She joined the girl group BlackswanMedium108404082 First Indian film to bag two Golden Globe nominationsThis year the film buzz was all about the South. RRR not only became the biggest Indian grosser in Japan, it got two Golden Globe nominations. KGF: Chapter 2 became the first Kannada film to be screened in South KoreaFirst Indian-origin PM of the UKRishi Sunak’s ascent to the prime minister’s office became a matter of pride for Indians who celebrated the fact that a man with Indian ancestry was running the country that ruled them. Others, however, were quick to point out his elite upbringing. Sunak, incidentally, is also the richest man in the House of CommonsMedium108404083 First Indian woman to win Asian Cup TT medal Manika Batra dusted herself off after a disappointing performance at CWG and came back to win a historic bronze at the Asian GamesMedium108404085 First green light for trans pilotsAfter a 23-year-old trans man fought to become a pilot, the DGCA has introduced guidelines allowing people of all genders, including trans people and non-binary people, to become pilotsMonkeys become landlords, in a firstMaharashtra’s Osmanabad registered 32 acres of land in the names of the monkeys who live in the village. However, it’s still not known who is behind this monkey businessIndia’s first ever 5G callIIT-Madras became the site of India’s first call using 5G. Made by Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, the move is part of a larger investment in 5G, with the technology slowly being rolled out across 50 Indian citiesIndia’s first tribal presidentThe election of Draupadi Murmu, a Santhali from Odisha, to the highest office was seen as a victory for social justice and inclusionMedium108404087 First Vande Bharat in the SouthSouth India got its first Vande Bharat Express train on the Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysuru routeFirst Indian to win high jump medal at CWGThough he was added to the Commonwealth Games squad last minute on court orders, 23-year-old Tejaswin Shankar clinched a bronze. He now juggles sports and his job as an auditor in KansasMedium108404088 First Hindi novel to win International BookerGeetanjali Shree wrote her way into the history books when ‘Tomb of Sand, the English translation of her novel ‘Ret Samadhi’, won the prizeIndia’s first dark sky reserveHanle Dark Sky Reserve in Ladakh is the first of its kind in India. The 1,073-sq-km reserve allows one to get a beautifully clear view of the night sky, unobstructed by light pollutionFirst non-Gandhi Congress chief in 24 yearsVeteran Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge became the party’s first chief outside of the Gandhi family in 24 years, defeating Shashi TharoorMedium108404090 In a first, women cricketers get equal payBCCI made a move to enable equal pay for all contracted cricketers, men or women. Their match fees will now matchMedium108404091 First cheetahs in 70 yearsEight Namibian cheetahs made their way to Kuno national park as part of the world’s first intercontinental cheetah relocationMedium108404092 First Indian docu to win Sundance grand prizeIndian documentary ‘All That Breathes’ became the first India film to win both Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema) and Cannes’ Documentary PrizeIndia’s first Dalit cardinalArchbishop of Hyderabad diocese, Dr Poola Anthony, has shattered the caste ceiling in the Catholic church