Sir David Attenborough has been appointed as the People's Advocate of the COP26 for the UK's Presidency of the UN Climate Change summit to be held in Glasgow in November 2021.
Noted Indian mathematician Professor MS Narasimhan has passed away. Professor Narasimhan along with C. S. Seshadri were known for their proof of the Narasimhan-Seshadri theorem.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has provided an enhanced allocation of Rs. 2250 Crore for the year 2021-22 for 'Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture', a centrally sponsored scheme.
The World Health Organization has classified a coronavirus variant found in India as a global "variant of concern". This variant has been named B.1.617.
Senior journalist Sunil Jain passes away due to post-Covid complications at the age of 58 years. He was the managing editor of the Financial Express newspaper.
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