World Humanitarian Day (WHD) is observed every year on 19 August to pay tribute to humanitarian personnel and those workers who lost or risked their lives while doing humanitarian service.
India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has revised India's GDP growth forecast for FY22 to 9.4% year-on-year, saying that the country's economic recovery would depend on the progress of its vaccination drive.
CDS General Bipin Rawat was presented a book "OPERATION KHUKRI" by authors Major General Rajpal Punia & Ms Damini Punia. The book highlights the Indian Army's successful rescue mission in Sierra Leone as part of the United Nations.
The Odisha government said that the country's largest hockey stadium, currently under construction at Rourkela in Sundargarh district of the state, will be completed by July 2022.