With an aim to enrich and simplify bill payments in the country, NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd. (NBBL) has introduced a unique functionality called 'Unified Presentment Management System' (UPMS).
The Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched the revamped website and mobile app of the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS). The website is www.cghs.gov.in and the mobile app is called "MyCGHS". In 1954 the CHHS scheme was launched.
Noted Kathakali dancer Milena Salvini of France passed away. Italian-born Salvini was a regular visitor to India, especially Kerala where she learnt Kathakali and ran 'Centre Mandapa', a school for Indian dance forms, in Paris.
Kochi has become India's first city to have a water metro project after the first in a series of battery-powered electric boats were launched in the city.