Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 11 new government medical colleges and a new campus of the Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Tamil Nadu via video conferencing.
The top five states in terms of increase in forest cover are Andhra Pradesh (647 sq km), Telangana (632 sq km), Odisha (537 sq km), Karnataka (155 sq km) and Jharkhand (110 sq km).
India's first heli-hub with all aviation facilities is proposed to be built at Gurugram in Haryana. This was announced by Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala.