The Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau announced a proposed freeze on handgun ownership in Canada following the recent mass shootings in the United States.
The World Bank has slashed its growth forecast for India for the current financial year to 7.5 percent, a hefty 1.2 percentage points down from its previous forecast of 8.7 percent.
Ruchira Kamboj who is currently the Indian Ambassador to Bhutan has been appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations at New York.