The 89-year old Kirana gharana Vocalist 'Prabha Atre' was awarded the Padma Vibhushan. She holds a world record for releasing 11 books on music in Hindi and English from a single stage.
Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir got national level awards for Covid-19 Management and Panchayat Development Index at the 24th National Conference on e-Governance held at Hyderabad.
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd has signed a joint development agreement with Africa50, to continue to develop the Kenya Transmission Project on a public-private partnership basis.
Bratya Basu and Khalid Hussain have won Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 for a play and collection of stories 'Sullan Da Salan', in Hindi and Punjabi language category respectively.
Ministry of Education has approved a new scheme named "New India Literacy Programme for the period FYs 2022-2027 to cover all the aspects of Adult Education. The total outlay of the "New India Literacy Programme" is Rs.1037.90 crore for FYs 2022-27.