The Chief Executive of Serum Institute of India Adar Poonawalla is one among the six people to be awarded with Asians of the Year.
The title is being provided by the Straits Times, a Singapore daily.
China recently declared victory in its 8 years drive to eradicate extreme poverty.
The Government of India recently renamed the second campus of Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology in Kerala after the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideologue M S Golwalkar.
The construction work of the Agra Metro Project was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi.
Jehan Daruvala created history by becoming the first-ever Indian to win a Formula 2 race during the Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain.
HCL Technologies' Roshni Nadar Malhotra has topped as the richest women in the country in the global rich list prepared by Hurun.
She was followed by Biocon's Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.
Japan is to host seven-team Club FIFA World Cup in 2021.