India women's hockey team has won the bronze medal after beating former champions China. Though Savita Punia-led missed defending their Asia Cup title, they returned with bronze.
Noted economist and historian Sanjeev Sanyal has been inducted as a full-time member in the reconstituted Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated to the nation 216-feet tall 'Statue of Equality in Hyderabad to commemorate the 11th-century Bhakti saint Ramanujacharya.