After a long-pending election in the troubled Horn of Africa nation, Somali legislators have elected former leader Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud as the country's next president.

Former Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora has been named as the new non-executive chairman of the Village Unnati Board.

Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma will continue to hold his previous portfolios including Finance, Power, Rural Development and Science and Technology under the new portfolio allocations by the new Tripura CM Manik Saha.

The Supreme Court sentenced Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu to a one-year jail term in a three-decade-old road rage case in which a person had died.

International Museum Day (IMD) is being celebrated every year on 18 May.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country's first 5G test bed to enable start-ups and industry players to test their products locally.

Organisation Internationale des Constructeursd 'Automobiles (OICA), India has overtaken Germany and has become the 4th largest vehicle market in the world.

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud elected president for the second time in Somalia, defeating incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in a final round.

A veteran Cameroonian activist, Cecile Ndjebet is the recipient of the 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), which is chaired by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Deaflympics 2021 was held at the Festa da Uva Main Pavilion in Caxias do Sul city in southern Brazil.