India had the highest Diabetes Mellitus burden in 2021 with 3,31,300 deaths, followed by China’s 1,78,475 deaths and USA’s 74,017 deaths: Study.
The Union Cabinet approved the Modernization of Command Area Development and Water Management scheme, which will benefit 80,000 farmers in the 78 pilot projects’ duration, at a cost of Rs. 1,600 crore.
Jitendra Singh, Union Minister, launched India’s first climate change station, in J&K’s Udhampur district.
There were executions of 1,518 people in the world in 2024, the highest since 2015, 91% of them in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Iraq: Amnesty International Report.
Tahawwur Rana, mastermind of the Mumbai terror attack, has landed in New Delhi after being extradited from the USA.

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