Veteran environmentalist Ravi Chopra has resigned as Chairman and member of the Supreme Court's High Powered Committee (HPC) for the Char Dham project.
Japan's parliament adopted a resolution on the "serious human rights situation" in China and asked the Chinese Government to take steps to relieve the situation.
The Global Center of Excellence in Affordable and Clean Energy (GCoE-ACE) has been inaugurated at the Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad (IITDh) in Karnataka.
The ISRO has successfully launched the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C52 from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. S Somnath is the chief of ISRO.