Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar inaugurated India's first Biosafety level-3 containment mobile laboratory in Nashik, Maharashtra.
Central Government has approved the continuation of the Scheme of Assistance to National Sports Federations (NSFs) for the XV Finance Commission Cycle (2021-22 to 2025-26). The outlay of this scheme for the next five years will be Rs. 1575 crore.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announces the recognition of two separatist republics in eastern Ukraine - Donetsk and Lugansk - as independent through a televised address.
The researchers from the United Kingdom found an ancient Roman settlement site while investigating the route of the construction of an upcoming high-speed railway called HS2.