A week-long traditional Kharchi festival, offering prayer to 14 gods and goddesses, began with thousands of devotees converging at Khayerpur on the eastern outskirts of Tripura.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully carried out the Maiden flight of the Autonomous Flying Wing Technology Demonstrator from Aeronautical Test Range at Chitradurga in Karnataka.
Two countries - Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova - were granted the status of candidate country by the European Council. This paves the way for them to become members of the European bloc.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has invited Finland and Sweden to join the military alliance in one of the biggest shifts in European security in decades.
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