Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari presented the Mother Teresa Memorial Award for 2021 to actor and UN Goodwill Ambassador for Environment DiaMirza and 'UN Champion of the Earth' awardee Afroz Shah.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra scripted another history as he became only the second Indian to win a medal in the World Championships. He has clinched a historic silver medal at the World Athletics Championships 2022.
India has been elected to the Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO's 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) for the 2022-2026 cycle.
19-year-old Jahnavi Dangeti has scripted history by becoming the youngest to complete the Analog Astronaut programme at the Analog Astronaut Training Centre (AATC) at Krakow in South Poland.