BRO celebrates its 62nd raising day on 7th May. The Border Roads Organization was established on May 7, 1960, as a premier road construction agency under the Ministry of Defence.
Nand Mulchandani is the first Indian-origin person to be appointed as the first-ever Chief Technology Officer of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
The former Honorary Consul of Peru in Mumbai, Ardeshir B.K. Dubash has received the Order of "Merit in the Diplomatic Service of Peru Jose Gregorio Paz Soldan" by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru.
A veteran Cameroonian activist, Cecile Ndjebet is the recipient of the 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), which is chaired by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The Asian Olympic Council has announced that the Asian Games 2022, to be held in Hangzhou, China in September, has been postponed to 2023 due to the rising COVID-19 cases in the country.