Ajay Kumar Sood, a member of the Prime Minister's Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council, has been appointed to the post for three years, replacing renowned biologist K Vijayaraghavan.
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.
Tech giant Google Pay has launched 'Tap to Pay for UPI' a new functionality to bring the seamless convenience of Tap to Pay to Unified Payments Interface (UPI).