The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 250 million (about Rs 1,875 crore) loan to support India's National Industrial Corridor Development Program (NICDP).
Research firm We Are Social released a report titled 'Digital 2021: October Global Snapshot". As per the report, more than 65% of the world's population now uses a mobile phone.
The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences Dr Jitendra Singh officially launched India's First Manned Ocean Mission called the "Samudrayan project" at Chennai.