Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new building of the Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Perumbakkam on the outskirts of Chennai city. CICT was formerly known as the Centre of Excellence for Classical Tamil (CECT).
T S Tirumurti, India's Permanent Representative to the UN, has been appointed as the Chair of the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee for 2022.
Chanchal Kumar has been appointed as the Managing Director, National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd, under the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways.
The Karnataka government has partnered with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) & State Bank of India (SBI) to enable and implement the 'e-RUPI' payment solution to students under its scholarship programme.