A new Design Division has been established by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to assess and oversee the design, construction and maintenance of tunnels, bridges and other structures on national highways all over India.

To expand the Digital India Programme, which aims at improving digital infrastructure across India, the government announced that the country would get nine more supercomputers in addition to the 18 supercomputers deployed across India under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM).

The Thar Desert, which is situated in Rajasthan and parts of Pakistan, may turn green by the end of the century due to an increase in rainfall in the region as a result of climate change. Rainfall in the Thar Desert is expected to increase by 50% to 200% in the future.