The Indian economist and Nobel Laureate Amartya Kumar Sen has been conferred with 2021 Princess of Asturias Award' by Spain in the social sciences category.
India is expected to acquire four Heron long-endurance drones from Israel on lease in the next few months to primarily crank up its surveillance capabilities along the LAC with China.
The American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has honoured India's Padma Bhushan awardee Dr D Nageshwar Reddy with the prestigious Rudolf V Schindler Award.
The Uttrakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat has launched a scheme called 'Chief Minister Vatsalya Yojana' for children who lost their parents due to Covid-19.
In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir establishment of three Common Incubation Facility Centres worth Rs. 7.81 crore at Anantnag, Baramulla and Jammu has been sanctioned by the Government of India.