Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner by the President of India. He will take charge of the office.
Frank Wilczek, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist and author of the fundamental laws of nature, has received this year's prestigious Templeton Prize.
Private sector rocket maker Skyroot Aerospace Private Ltd successfully tested its Kalam-100 rocket that will power the Vikram-1 rocket's third stage/engine.