India rose from 48th place in 2018 to 44th rank this year.US was ranked as the world’s most digitally competitive economy, followed by Singapore in second place. Sweden was ranked third on the list, followed by Denmark and Switzerland in the 4th and 5th place, respectively.

Physicist Thanu Padmanabhan received the M P Birla Memorial Award 2019 for his contributions to the world of cosmology. He is a professor of the Inter-university Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics in Pune. The award was introduced in 1993 in recognition of excellence in research in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Science and related areas.

Presenting Punyabhushan Award to eminent Archeologist, Dr. G.B. Deglurkar, in Pune, Maharashtra. The award has been instituted by the Punyabhushan Foundation. It is given an eminent personality who brings together various academic disciplines such as history, archaeology, anthropology, iconography, epigraphy and sociology to establish a strong correlation of the literature, history and archaeological data for better understanding of the past.

PNB MetLife India Insurance Co. Ltd. has tied-up with Religare Health Insurance to offer a product that covers health, death, and illness.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to convert the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the murder case of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, to life imprisonment. Beant Singh was assassinated on 31 August 1995. He was famous for ending terrorism in Punjab.