Ajay Kumar Sood, a member of the Prime Minister's Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council, has been appointed to the post for three years, replacing renowned biologist K Vijayaraghavan.
Journalist Aarefa Johari, who works for 'Scroll.in' in Mumbai, has been named the winner of the Chameli Devi Jain Award for an Outstanding Woman Mediaperson 2021.
An Indian space tech startup Pixxel grabbed attention after it successfully launched its first fully-fledged commercial satellite called 'Shakuntala' or Pixxel TD-2.