India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated and laid foundation stones of projects worth over Rs 17,500 crore in Haldwani city of the Kumaon region in Uttarakhand.
The World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region (SEAR) has launched a 'Quit Tobacco App' to help people give up the use of tobacco in all forms, including smokeless and other newer products.
Channaveera Kanavi, an iconic poet and writer in the Kannada language, has passed away. He was 93. He was often referred to as 'Samanvaya Kavi' (Poet of Reconciliation).