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.
India's top oil firm Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) unveiled a stationary, rechargeable and indoor cooking stove that uses the sun's energy to cook food while always being kept in the kitchen.
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar have jointly unveiled a new supercomputer called Param Ananta.
Menar village in Udaipur district, recognized as "Bird Village" after various conservation efforts, has been decided to be notified as to the new wetland of Rajasthan.