The President of Russia Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine and soon explosions were heard across cities in Ukraine including the capital Kyiv.
Veteran Nobel-winning virologist Luc Montagnier died in Paris recently. He won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2008 for the discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus that causes AIDS, along with his colleague Francoise Barr-Sinoussi.
IT industry body Nasscom has informed that the Assets under management for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Funds in India increased 2.5 times to USD 650 million in the financial year 2021 on an annual basis.
In Burkina Faso, the military junta has appointed lieutenant colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba as the interim President of the country following the military coup.
Instagram has announced a new campaign named 'Take a Break' that will alert users scrolling on Instagram to periodically take breaks from the platform and focus on other things.