The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved a $245 million loan to support India's efforts to modernize rail freight and logistics infrastructure.
The Union Cabinet approved the signing of the MoU between the Department of Biotechnology, the Government of India and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative IAVI, USA.
Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha and Union minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated North India's first Industrial Biotech Park constructed at Ghatti near Kathua, Jammu & Kashmir.