Indian teenager Unnati Hooda beat compatriot Smit Toshniwal, 21-18, 21-11, to claim the women's singles title at the 2022 Odisha Open badminton tournament.
Veteran Nobel-winning virologist Luc Montagnier died in Paris recently. He won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2008 for the discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus that causes AIDS, along with his colleague Francoise Barr-Sinoussi.
Mumbai, India will host the International Olympic Committee session in 2023. The IOC Session for 2023 will be held at Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai.
On the occasion of World Wetlands Day 2022, the Government of India added Khijadiya Wildlife sanctuary, Gujarat & Bakhira Wildlife sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh added as new Ramsar sites.