The India has been elected by acclamation, to three bodies of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), for a three-year term beginning January 1, 2022.
The US Space agency NASA successfully flew its tiny robotic helicopter 'Ingenuity' on Mars becoming the first human-made machine to take flight on another planet.
The domestic rating agency ICRA has cut the growth estimate of India for 2021-22 by 0.5 percent on the upper end, and now expects the economy to grow 10-10.5 percent in 2021-22 as against 10-11 percent estimated earlier.
The President of the Republic of Chad, Idriss Deby Itno, has passed away, following a confrontation with rebels after which he suffered wounds on battlefield. He was 68.
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