Rating agency Moody's has revised downwards the economic growth forecast of India by 40 basis points to 9.1 percent in the Calendar Year 2022 (CY2022), due to adverse effects of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on the global economy.
Veteran Australian cricketer Rod Marsh, who played as a wicketkeeper for the Australian national team has passed away due to a heart attack. He was 74.
The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) reiterated IOC's strong condemnation of the breach of the Olympic Truce by the Russian government as well as the Belarus government for supporting and helping Russian attacks in Ukraine.
Olympic pole vault champion Armand Gustav "Mondo" Duplantis of Sweden broke his own world record by 1 cm at the recent World Indoor Tour Silver Meeting. To have covered a distance of 6.19 meters.
General S F Rodrigues, who had served as Chief of the Indian Army from 1990 to 1993 passes away at the age of 88 years. General Sunith Francis Rodrigues was also the Governor of Punjab from 2004 to 2010.