Senegal's Edouard Mendy won the Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper award at the FIFA awards 2021, while Chile's Christiane Endler was named Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper.
Legendary Bengali singer Sandhya Mukherjee passed away at the age of 90 years due to cardiac arrest. Her full name was Geetashree Sandhya Mukhopadhyay.
The Union Minister of Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT 3.0), and regional language textbooks prescribed by AICTE.