In a top-level administrative realignment the Union government has announced to elevate senior IAS officers and Digital India Corporation CEO Abhishek Singh as new National e-Governance Division (NeGD) CEO.
Olympic pole vault champion Armand Gustav "Mondo" Duplantis of Sweden broke his own world record by 1 cm at the recent World Indoor Tour Silver Meeting. To have covered a distance of 6.19 meters.
Paris-based Financial Action Task Force has added the UAE in its Grey List. It is a list of 23 countries of increased monitoring including fellow Middle-East nations Jordan, Syria and Yemen.