The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank has approved the financing of USD 250 million to support the "India State Support Program for Road Safety", a project by the Indian government to improve road safety.
Serum Institute of India (SII) to manufacture the indigenously-developed India's first Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV) against cervical cancer. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approved India's first Quadri-valent Human Papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV) against cervical cancer.
Public enterprises selection board (PESB) selected Mr Sanjai Kumar for the post of Chairman & Managing Director, RailTel Corporation of India Ltd (RCIL).
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched the 'Aadhaar Face RD' app to enable Aadhaar cardholders to authenticate their unique 12-digit identity number using face.