According to a recent report on pollution and health published in The Lancet Planetary Health, Air pollution was responsible for 16.7 lakh deaths in India in 2019, which is 17.8% of all deaths in the country that year. This is the largest number of air pollution-related deaths in any country.

India Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme is an initiative of the Ministry of External Affairs, wherein participants from ITEC member countries are trained.

The Supreme Court Wednesday ordered the release of A G Perarivalan, one of the life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Perarivalan, who was 19 years old at the time of Gandhi's killing in 1991, was accused of buying the two 9-volt batteries used in the bomb to assassinate the former prime minister.

President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed former bureaucrat Anil Baijal (70) as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.

India Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme is an initiative of the Ministry of External Affairs, wherein participants from ITEC member countries are trained.

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai informed that the Aam Aadmi Party-led government will soon launch its Urban Farming Policy, inculcating the best practices and solutions from across the globe.

India won 16 medals at the Deaflympics 2021, which includes eight golds, one silver and seven bronze.

Odisha were crowned as the champions of the 12th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2022.

Sri Lanka has decided to lower the amount of foreign currency that individuals can hold to $10,000 from $15,000.

Adani Group which belongs to Gautam Adani is set to acquire swiss multinational company Holcim's stake in Indian companies Ambuja Cements.