Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar has launched the Karnataka Brain Health Initiative to train general physicians in mental healthcare. The initiative, undertaken by Nimhans in association with Niti Aayog, is being rolled out in Bengaluru, Kolar and Chikkaballapur districts on a pilot basis.
Jahnavi Dangeti, a young girl from Andhra Pradesh, has just completed NASA's International Air and Space Program at the Kennedy Space Centre in Alabama, US, making her the first Indian to accomplish this feat.
The parliamentary standing committee constituted to examine "The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021" comprise of a total of 31 members, including only one women representative. Out of the total 31 members, TMC MP Sushmita Dev is the sole woman representative in the committee. The Bill seeks to raise the legal age of marriage for women in India from 18 to 21 to bring it at par with men.
Legends League Cricket hired Jhulan Goswami LLC to promote women's empowerment initiatives and all women matches to increase women's participation in cricket.
Indian Forest Service officer, Chandra Prakash Goyal has been appointed as Director-General of Forests and Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.