Telangana was ranked first in the country in the list of most Open Defecation Free (ODF+) villages under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) Phase-II programme.
Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management (in the Institutional category) and Professor Vinod Sharma (in the Individual category) have been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar for their excellent work in Disaster Management for the year 2022.
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.
The former Hockey mid-fielder Charanjit Singh has passed away at his residence in Una, Himachal Pradesh, after suffering a cardiac arrest and prolonged age-related illnesses.