A MoU between the Coffee Board and ISRO has been signed with regard to breeding climate-resilient varieties and assessing the carbon sequestration potential in coffee among others.
The Japanese government announced its decision to honour former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with the country's highest decoration "the Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum" posthumously.
United Nations-Habitat's World Cities Report 2022 says India's urban population is estimated to stand at 675 million in 2035, 2nd highest behind China's 1 billion.