The International Day of Light is being celebrated on 16 May each year, the anniversary of the first successful operation of the laser in 1960 by physicist and engineer, Theodore Maiman.
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has become the first gas producer to sell domestic gas on the Indian Gas Exchange, exchanging undisclosed quantities from the KG-DWN-98/2 block off India's coast.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the Vadnagar International Conference in Gandhinagar in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Cultural Affairs.
The Supreme Court of India allowed mining companies to export iron ore extracted from mines in Ballari, Chitradurga and Tumakuru districts of Karnataka.