According to the Union Finance Ministry' status report on India's external debt, India's External debt to GDP ratio increased marginally to 21.1% from 20.6% as of end-March 2020.
Prime Minister has launched the second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban from Dr Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi. The outlay of SBM-U 2.0 is around Rs 1.41 lakh crore.
Every year, 02 October is celebrated as the International Day of Non-Violence, to mark the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
Technology Major Facebook launched its largest creator education and enablement programme in India. Named "Born on Instagram" the programme includes an e-learning course, aimed at encouraging, educating and enabling creators.
Delhi-based environmental organization "Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment (LIFE)" has been felicitated with the 2021 Right Livelihood Award, an international honour, also known as Sweden's alternative Nobel Prize.