The Border Roads Organization (BRO) received the Guinness World Records certificate for constructing and blacktopping the world's highest motorable road at 19,024 feet at Umlingla Pass in Ladakh.
World (COPD) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Day is Celebrated on Third Wednesday on 17 November every year to raise awareness about the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and improve COPD care throughout the world.
Former Indian international cricketer VVS Laxman has been named as the next head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
State-owned Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and NTPC Ltd have inked an MoU for the generation and storage of renewable energy or other cleaner forms of energy, including gas-based power.