The Union Cabinet approved the signing of the MoU between the Department of Biotechnology, the Government of India and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative IAVI, USA.
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.
The first Bharat Gaurav tourist train connecting places connected with the Ramayana circuit in India and Nepal was flagged off from Safdarjung Railway Station in New Delhi.