The fourteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification was held in New Delhi, and India is the current chair of the organisation.
The Supreme Court of India allowed mining companies to export iron ore extracted from mines in Ballari, Chitradurga and Tumakuru districts of Karnataka.
Rajiv Ranjan has been appointed as the ex-officio member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) by the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).