New Development Bank (NDB), a Shanghai-based multilateral bank of BRICS countries, will open its first regional office in India at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) to address the country's infrastructure and sustainable development needs.
May 12 is being celebrated as International Nurses' Day across the world to honour the services of nurses. It is the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale.
The Asian Olympic Council has announced that the Asian Games 2022, to be held in Hangzhou, China in September, has been postponed to 2023 due to the rising COVID-19 cases in the country.