Biochemist Govindarajan Padmanabhan, the Chancellor of Central University of Tamil Nadu in Tiruvarur, was selected for the first ‘Vigyan Ratna’ award, the top-most science award in the country.
The final ‘Report of India’s G20 Task Force on Digital Public Infrastructure’ by ‘India’s G20 Task Force on Digital Public Infrastructure for Economic Transformation, Financial Inclusion and Development’ was released in New Delhi.
Nagaland has become the first state in India to start a disaster management insurance scheme by signing an agreement with SBI General Insurance.
Zimbabwe became a 11th African country and 54th Party to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (UN Water Convention).
National Book Lovers Day is celebrated on August 9th every year.