The National Geographic Society has installed the "highest weather station in the world" on Mount Everest at an altitude of 8,830 meters to automatically measure various meteorological phenomena.
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.
The production of Food-grains in the country is estimated at a record 314.51 million tonnes which is higher by 3.77 million tonnes than the production of food grain during 2020-21.
Ajay Piramal, Chairman of the Piramal Group, has received an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) award from Queen Elizabeth II.
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