The UK's Medical Specialist Group (MSG) and British Medical Association, along with Dr. Sandie Bohin, filed a complaint against Deputy Gavin St Pier for breaking States rules during a speech in April 2022. A panel found St Pier guilty and recommended a formal reprimand, but it has taken two-and-a-half years for the process to come to a vote. The chair of the MSG expressed frustration at the lengthy process and strict time limits not being met.
The daughter of late Indian agricultural scientist Dr M S Swaminathan, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, expressed her family's happiness and gratitude for her father's posthumous Bharat Ratna award, which he received along with former Prime Ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh. Dr Soumya Swaminathan, who is currently the Chairperson of the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, also emphasized her father's selflessness and dedication to advancing science for the betterment of society.