Indian Railways tested 'Kavach', an automatic train collision protection system by making two trains hurtle towards each other at full speed today, one with the Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and another with Railway Board chairman on board.
Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh has created a new Guinness world record of 'largest display of oil lamps' by lighting more than 11.71 lakh lamps on the occasion of Mahashivratri.
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has announced the appointment of Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh as a member of the UN's newly established Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism.