The Kerala State Finance Minister announced the allocation of Rs 20,000-crores for the Special COVID Package to deal with the crisis induced by the second wave.
The Punjab government on the occasion of International Menstrual Hygiene Day launched a scheme to provide free sanitary napkins to needy girls and women across the state.
In a big move towards solar energy's adoption in the State of Goa CM Pramod Sawant has launched a solar-based rural electrification drive for rural households.
The India's Nagraj Adiga has been elected as the Asia-Oceania Representative at the concluded 2021 IAU Congress at which the IAU council elections were held.