United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment of Simon Stiell of Grenada as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Vikram K. Doraiswami was appointed India's new High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, considered an important posting in view of growing strategic ties between the two countries.
The government of India unveiled the "Manthan" platform to drive collaboration between the industry and research institutes to implement technology-based social impact innovations and solutions in the country.