- India completes 170 crore mark under its Nationwide vaccination Drive, confirms the Union Health Ministry.
- In FY 2020-2021 under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) Rs. 3.22 lakh crore is sanctioned against the Rs. 3.5 lakh crore target. The trail is attributed to the COVID-19 impact.
- The UNESCO study conducted across 11 countries including India with 21063 students until grade 8 culminates that more than 50% of the students confess anxiety on changes in teaching methods & the difficulty in coping with during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Jammu & Kashmir is the first Union Territory show-up on the National Single Window System, a digital platform that enables investors with hassle-free clearances an important quotient in Ease of Doing Business (EoDB)
- India to host a 2 day Global Summit on ‘Reimagining Museums in India’ bringing together luminaries, domain experts & practitioners in the field of musuem development & management from across the world.
- Department of Commerce projects an exponential increase in the export of millets in the coming years, given steady global demand for nutria-cereals. As per 2020 data, India is the fifth largest exporter of millets in the world
- A new technology, Flourometric detection has been developed by scientists of JNCASR & IISc in collaboration to detect SARS-CoV-2.