The World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked India 54th position (down from 46th in 2019) with a score of 4.1 in its Travel and Tourism Development Index 2021.
In weightlifting, Harshada Sharad Garuda created history by becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal at the IWF Junior World Championships in Heraklion, Greece.
Anwar Hussain Sheikh, an official of the Government of India, has been appointed as the chairman of the World Trade Organization's Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade.
Pakistani film 'Joyland', written and directed by the debutant Saim Sadiq, won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the 75th Cannes Film Festival.
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