The Governor of Tamil Nadu, Banwarilal Purohit has appointed senior counsel R. Shunmugasundaram as the new Advocate General for the state of Tamil Nadu.
Sankar Ghosh, an award-winning Indian-origin immunologist, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
The Council of the European Union approved inviting the United States, Canada and Norway to participate in the bloc's Permanent Structured Cooperation defense initiative.