Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways announced that commercial vehicles such as buses, taxis, and rickshaws powered by alternative fuels such as "Ethanol, Methanol, Bio-diesel and CNG" will be exempted from the requirement of a permit.
IIT, Madras help the Government to install Low-cost Air quality monitor in Rameswaram. It will be installed at the Vivekananda Kendra with the data being linked to the Air Research Laboratory at IIT, Madras
It will show PM10 and PM2.5 levels in the atmosphere, besides providing data on humidity levels, temperature and carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide levels
The first ever direct bus service between Bihar and Nepal started from Patna by the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been honored at the Women in Film and Television (WIFT) India Awards.
The award has been established to honor the best female talent in Bollywood and Hollywood.
India's Sameer Verma and the pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty clinched the men's singles and doubles titles respectively at the Hyderabad Open badminton tournament.
Alok Amitabh Dimri has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kyrgyz Republic.
Vanlalvawna has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
India, Iran, and Afghanistan held their first tripartite meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan.
NITI Aayog, Intel and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) are collaborating to set up a Model International Centre for Transformative Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI).
The collaboration aims to bring together fundamental and applied research, innovation and technology development to solve important problems.
Union Ministry of Railways has launched Rail Sahyog web portal (www.railsahyog.in). It will provide a platform for Corporates and PSUs to fund the creation of amenities at railway stations through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds.
Rajasthan government has decided to hold a convention on preserving heritage properties & promoting heritage tourism in Bharatpur. It was Organised by the Indian Heritage Hotels Association (IHHA),
Microsoft has selected seven Indian grantees for AI for Earth programme aimed at empowering people and organizations to solve environmental challenges through the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
India now has the third largest number of AI for Earth grantees, after the United States and Canada.