- Recipient of 57th Jnanpith Award - 2021
Damodar Mauzo (Konkani Novelist)
(Recipient of 56th Jnanpith Award 2020 – Nilmani Phookan (Assamese poet))
- First large survey vessel launched by Indian ship builder Garden Reach Ship builders & Engineers (GRSE) for the Indian Navy in December 2021
Sandhayak
- The country that legally approved euthanasia device (Sarco) for painless death in one minute in December 2021
Switzerland (Developed by Exit International)
- First Novel of Malayalam writer M.K. Sanu
Kuntheedevi
- The country that topped in ICC Men’s Test Cricket Ranking after winning the Test Match against New Zealand in December 2021
India
- India’s first woman psychiatrist who passed away in December 2021
Dr. Sarada Menon