Organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the 19th Shangri-La Dialogue, which began in Singapore two years after the COVID-19 pandemic, is one of the important defence summits in Asia.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed senior Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill as his envoy on technology to coordinate programs for international digital cooperation.
The Himachal Pradesh government gave a nod to a drone policy as it seeks to enable the use of drones and similar technology for different public services in the hill state.