Former Chief Minister of Sikkim, BB Gurung, has passed away. He was 99. BB Gurung was the third chief minister of Sikkim and had the shortest term in the history of the Himalayan state.
Ministry of Education released the Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D) for 2019-20, and noted that schools across India performed poorly under the category of digital learning.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Arbor Day Foundation have jointly recognised Mumbai and Hyderabad as '2021 Tree City of the World'.