The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) engineering marvel, Atal Tunnel, built-in Rohtang in Himachal Pradesh, received the Indian Building Congress (IBC) 'Best Infrastructure Project' award in New Delhi.
The Supreme Court of India allowed mining companies to export iron ore extracted from mines in Ballari, Chitradurga and Tumakuru districts of Karnataka.
Frank Wilczek, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist and author of the fundamental laws of nature, has received this year's prestigious Templeton Prize.