The National Institution of Transforming India (NITI) Aayog has launched an initiative named 'e-Sawaari India Electric Bus Coalition' in collaboration with Convergence Energy Service Ltd (CESL) and World Resources Institute, India (WRI India) and Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI).
Tokyo Olympics has the top searched news event by Indians on Google in 2021, followed by Black Fungus, Afghanistan News, West Bengal elections and Tropical Cyclone Tauktae.
Pune is going to host a multilateral and multi-agency exercise named "PANEX-21" for the member countries of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation).
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched a new X-Ray mission that aims at unlocking the secrets of the black hole and other extreme cosmic objects.
Fitch Ratings has cut India's economic growth forecast to 8.4 per cent, earlier it was estimated at 8.7 per cent for the current fiscal year (2021-22, or FY22).