The idea to celebrate International Mother Language Day came first from Bangladesh. The idea was approved at the 1999 UNESCO General Conference. The day has been observed every year since the year 2000.
Award-winning US author and biographer Jimmy Soni released his new book titled "The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley".
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bengaluru, has installed and commissioned Param Pravega. Param Pravega has a total supercomputing capacity of 3.3 petaflops.
Jammu and Kashmir have topped the list of States and Union Territories where journalists and media houses were targeted in 2021 as per the India Press Freedom Report 2021.