NITI Aayog and UNDP India have collaborated to launch a handbook titled 'NITI Aayog-UNDP Handbook on Sustainable Urban Plastic Waste Management', to promote sustainable management of plastic waste in the country.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan declared Kochi as a 'dementia-friendly city' while inaugurating a dementia-friendly district programme called Udbodh.
The Department of Biotechnology has launched the 'One Health' consortium, to monitor important bacterial, viral and parasitic infections of zoonotic and pathogens in the country.