World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD)is being celebrated each year on the 17th of May to increase awareness of the benefits and opportunities that the Internet.
The fourteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification was held in New Delhi, and India is the current chair of the organisation.
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.