ISRO's three-day Human Space Flight Expo is being held in Bengaluru. It includes model-plane-making workshops on interactive models of satellites and a movie about the history of India's space programme.
The UN International Year of Cooperatives, which showcased the unique contribution of cooperatives to making the world a better place, this year's #CoopsDay slogan - "Cooperatives Build a Better World"- echoes the theme of the International Year.
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.