Kochi has become India's first city to have a water metro project after the first in a series of battery-powered electric boats were launched in the city.
In tennis, the World number 20, Aslan Karatsev defeated former world number 1, Andy Murray, 6-3, 6-3, to win men's singles title at the Sydney Tennis Classic final, to claim his third ATP Tour title.
Eminent environmentalist and former Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP) president Professor MK Prasad has passed away due to complications of COVID-19.