India's one of the best-selling authors, Anita Desai has been conferred with the Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award for 2021 to recognise her long literary career which spans over 50 years.
The State Bank of India (SBI) economists in its research report - Ecowrap, has revised upwards the GDP growth projection for India to a range of 9.3% - 9.6% for FY22 (2021-22).
Uttar Pradesh will become the only state in India to have five international airports after PM Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone of the Noida International Airport at Jewar, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.
In badminton, the top-seeded Kento Momota of Japan beat Anders Antonsen of Denmark to win the men's singles title at the 2021 Indonesia Masters Super 750 badminton tournament.