Mohammad Azam from Karimnagar district in Telangana has been awarded the National Youth Award recently by the Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur in Delhi for displaying exemplary leadership qualities.
Four more wetlands from India have been added to the list of Ramsar sites, giving it the status of 'Wetland of International Importance'. Two of these sites are in Haryana named Sultanpur and Bhindawas while the other two are in Gujarat.
Tamil Nadu has grown to be the first state in India to reduce the petrol price in the fiscal year 2021-22 by means of Rs 3/litre, supplying a major relief to consumers.
Odisha, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal pollution control boards have been rated the most transparent in disclosing key environment and governance-related information in the public domain.
India got its 69th Grandmaster in Harshit Raja. The 20-year-old Harshit, who is pursuing a dual degree in economics and finance from the University of Mizzou in the US, got his third and final GM norm at the Biel Masters Open after a draw with Dennis Wagner.