NITI Aayog plans to launch the National Data and Analytics Platform, which will deliver government data in a user-friendly manner and encourage data-driven decision making and research.
Author Geetanjali Shree's novel 'Tomb of Sand' on Thursday became the first Hindi language work of fiction to be shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
AP Abdullahkutty has been elected as the chairperson of the Haj Committee of India, while for the first time, two women have been chosen as its vice-chairpersons- Munnawari Begum and Mafuja Khatun.