The government of India has contributed USD 800,000 to the United Nations(UN) as part of the initiative which aims to enhance public outreach of the organisation in Hindi.
The government of Kerala is set to launch an Android App 'Shaili', aimed at diagnosing and controlling lifestyle diseases among the people in the state of Kerala.
Pakistani film 'Joyland', written and directed by the debutant Saim Sadiq, won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the 75th Cannes Film Festival.
The International Day of Light is being celebrated on 16 May each year, the anniversary of the first successful operation of the laser in 1960 by physicist and engineer, Theodore Maiman.