The Maldivian Democratic Party, the ruling party in the Indian Ocean atoll nation, wants to outlaw protests against the government's foreign policy on grounds that these endanger national security.
The government has made it mandatory for telecom companies for the storage of international calls, satellite phone calls, conference calls and messages, made over normal networks as well as on the internet for at least two years.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has launched India's first Night Navigation mobile application for ferry services on the Brahmaputra River in Guwahati, Assam.
China's Yutu-2 rover has recently spotted two strange glass spheres on the far side of the Moon. The lunar 'spherules' are the first of their kind to be found on the lunar surface.