Olympics: Mirabai Chanu bags weightlifting silver, India’s first medal at Tokyo Olympics

Human rights and diplomacy: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will raise issues of human rights and democracy with Indian officials during his first visit to New Delhi

Rising agricultural exports: India broke into the top 10 list of agricultural produce exporters in 2019 with a sizeable share in the export of rice, cotton, soya beans and meat, according to a World Trade Organization (WTO) report on the trends in world agricultural trade in the past 25 years

Community relations in Varanasi: The committee that runs the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi has handed over a piece of land outside the mosque complex to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust, in exchange for another plot of land in the vicinity

Water pollution: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) identified 351 polluted river stretches in India; Maharashtra has the highest number of polluted rivers at 53