Journalist Aarefa Johari, who works for 'Scroll.in' in Mumbai, has been named the winner of the Chameli Devi Jain Award for an Outstanding Woman Mediaperson 2021.
Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu presented the International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy, 2021 to Dr. Bhushan Kumar of Chandigarh under the Indian nomination (individual) category and Sahyog Kushtha Yagna Trust.
The Central Government has appointed retired IPS officer of Punjab cadre Iqbal Singh Lalpura as the chairman of the National Commission for Minorities.