Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched Swachh Survekshan 2022 which is the seventh consecutive edition of the world's largest urban sanitation survey.
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.
In Shooting, the Indian women's trio of Rahi Sarnobat, Esha Singh and Rhythm Sangwan won the gold medal in the women's 25m pistol team event in the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World cup in Cairo, Egypt.
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has announced the appointment of Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh as a member of the newly established UN Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism.