Mahavir Chakra recipient, Brig Raghubir Singh Rajawat passed away. He was from 18 Rajputana Rifles and had also received a sword from Maharaja Sawai Man Singh as a token of honour.
Czech Barbora Krejcikova completed a singles-doubles title sweep at the French Open when she lifted the women's doubles trophy with compatriot Katerina Siniakova, beating Iga Swiatek and Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar has developed a device dubbed as 'Jivan Vayu' which can be used as a substitute of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machine.
Indian-origin journalist Megha Rajagopalan along with Alison Killing and Christo Buschek of BuzzFeed News has won the Pulitzer Prize in the International Reporting category for their innovative investigative reports exposing China's secretly built Uyghur Muslims detention camps in its Xinjiang region.