The Meghalaya government's key initiative of the e-proposal system, part of Meghalaya Enterprise Architect has won a coveted UN Award- World Summit on the Information Society Forum (WSIS) prize at Geneva in Switzerland.
Russia has overtaken Saudi Arabia to become India's second-largest oil supplier after Iraq as refiners buy post-war Russian crude in Ukraine at huge discounts.
Menar village in Udaipur district, recognized as "Bird Village" after various conservation efforts, has been decided to be notified as to the new wetland of Rajasthan.
Ambassador Rabab Fatima, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations has been appointed as the Under Secretary General of the United Nations.