The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved extension in the term of re-employment of Umesh Sinha as Deputy Election Commissioner.
This is on a contract basis for a period of one year.
India women's recurve team comprising of Deepika Kumari, Komalika Bari, and Ankita Bhakat bagged a gold medal at the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Paris.
The team defeated Mexico in the finals.
Ukraine and the United States launched joint naval exercises “Sea Breeze drills” in the Black Sea.
The Sea Breeze drills have taken place 21 times since 1997.
A book titled “Policymaker’s Journal: From New Delhi to Washington, DC” authored by Kaushik Basu released soon.
Kaushik Basu is an Indian economist who was the Chief Economist of the World Bank from 2012 to 2016.
Neeraj Chopra won the bronze medal in Javelin throw at the Kuortane Games in Finland.
He finished behind Johannes Vetter of Germany and Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago.