Mark Selby (UK) claimed his fourth World Championship title with an 18-15 victory over Shaun Murphy at a sold-out Crucible Theatre. Now level with Scotland's John Higgins on four, only Hendry (seven), Ronnie O'Sullivan, Steve Davis, and Ray Reardon (all six) have won more world titles than Selby in the modern era.
Former Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir High Court, Justice Gita Mittal, has been declared as one of the two recipients (other recipient- Margarita Luna Ramos from Mexico)of the Arline Pacht Global Vision Award for 2021.
International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) instituted this award in 2016.
Justice Mittal would be the first Indian judge to receive the award.
Award is presented to a sitting/retired woman judge to recognize her contribution to IAWJ
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Rolls-Royce have signed an MoU to establish packaging, installation, marketing, and services support for Rolls-Royce MT30 marine engines in India. Through this MoU, Rolls-Royce and HAL will expand their long-standing partnership in India and work together in the area of marine applications for the first time.
India and UK have agreed to launch the Global Innovation Partnership which will support Indian innovators to scale up their innovations in third countries. The GIP innovations are also focussed on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). This MoU is aimed at “liberalising" the issuance of visas promoting the mobility of students, researchers, and skilled professionals.
Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit has appointed Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief MK Stalin as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
The 68-year-old is the son of the former five-term Tamil Nadu chief minister, the late M Karunanidhi.
The DMK-led alliance won 159 seats, well ahead of the majority mark of 118 seats. The party alone won 133 seats in the election.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) officially declared the end of the 12th Ebola outbreak, which killed six people in its eastern province of North Kivu. The recent resurgence was genetically linked to the 2018-2020 epidemic in the northeastern part of the country, in which 3,470 people were infected and 2,287 were killed.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Capital: Kinshasa;
Currency: Congolese franc
Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee was sworn in as West Bengal chief minister for the third straight term after she spearheaded her party to a remarkable victory in the assembly polls.CM's predecessor Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, leader of Opposition of the outgoing House Abdul Mannan,& CPI(M) veteran leader Biman Bose are the leaders who have been invited to function.
Governor of West Bengal: Jagdeep Dhankhar
Serum Institute of India (SII) is expanding its vaccine business in the United Kingdom with the investment of £240 million.Serum has already started phase one trials in the UK of a one-dose nasal vaccine for coronavirus, in partnership with Codagenix INC. This was a part of the £533 million of new Indian investment in the UK in growing sectors such as health and technology.
British Prime Minister: Borish Johnson;
Serum Institute of India CEO: Adar Poonawalla
Indian gymnast Pranati Nayak, who had claimed a bronze in the vault at the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2019, is set to compete at the Tokyo Olympics after qualifying through the continental quota.
The 26-year-old from West Bengal is the second reserve behind Sri Lanka's Elpitiya Badalge Dona Milka Geh for the Asian quota.
Sri Lanka allrounder Thisara Perera has announced his retirement from international cricket. A white-ball stalwart, Perera was known for his hit-the-deck bowling and his clean ball-striking down the order. Of all batters with at least 2000 runs in men's ODIs, Perera's strike rate of 112.08 is the fourth-highest of all time.
Sri Lanka national cricket team Captain:-Dimuth Karunaratne
The Supreme Court struck down West Bengal's law on regulating the real estate sector saying it was "unconstitutional" as the state's statute encroached upon the Centre's Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA). The judgement came on a plea of 'Forum For People's Collective Efforts', an umbrella homebuyers association that challenged the 2017 act.
A bench of justices D Y Chandrachud & M R Shah said the act is more or less identical.
India notified a revenue threshold of Rs 2 crore and a limit of 300,000 users for non-resident technology firms such as Google, Facebook, Netflix, to pay tax in India under new or revised bilateral tax pacts.
This is part of the Significant Economic Presence (SEP) principle, which was introduced in the Finance Bill 2018-19.
This will come into effect from April 1, 2022.
Asian Games equestrian gold medallist Ghulam Mohammed Khan has died at age 74.
At the New Delhi 1982 Games, Khan won a team eventing gold medal as well as individual silver behind compatriot Raghubir Singh.
Four years later at the Seoul 1986 Asian Games, Khan won bronze medals in the team eventing and dressage competitions.
Renowned infectious disease specialist and Rutgers University professor Dr. Rajendra Kapila passed away in Delhi.
Dr. Kapila worked extensively on HIV-AIDS, trained many people in the field, and practised at Rutgers University for 50 years.