Hardeep Singh Puri announced the Bharat Tap project, a campaign to produce low-flow fixtures and sanitaryware to help India enter a new era of water conservation and sustainable development.
Senior Diplomat Ruchira Kamboj, currently Indian ambassador to Bhutan, has been appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations at New York.
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved a $245 million loan to support India's efforts to modernize rail freight and logistics infrastructure.
Shyam Saran, former Foreign Secretary and Special Representative to the Prime Minister for Nuclear Affairs and Climate Change, has been made the President of the India International Center.