Rajiv Ranjan has been appointed as the ex-officio member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) by the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
International Day for Biological Diversity is being celebrated on 22 May every year to increase awareness and understanding of the issues of biodiversity.
Senior bureaucrat Nidhi Chibber has been appointed as the chairperson of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) as part of a senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre.
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has become the first gas producer to sell domestic gas on the Indian Gas Exchange, exchanging undisclosed quantities from the KG-DWN-98/2 block off India's coast.