The Indian conglomerate Tata Group emerged as the most valuable brand from India and also in South Asia. It is the only brand from the country in the top 100. Global Rank - 78; Brand value - US$23.9 billion.
Kochi has become India's first city to have a water metro project after the first in a series of battery-powered electric boats were launched in the city.
China has renamed 15 places in Arunachal Pradesh in its own language, claiming Arunachal Pradesh as South Tibet, an area that falls under its administrative control.