The Haridwar district has been allocated to union commerce and industries minister Piyush Goyal who has been taking an active interest in making it the No. 1 aspirational district in the country.
Delhi-based Mangalnam Swaminathan Foundation has announced a pension scheme for the first time in the country for the victims of political violence in Kerala.
China launched the second of three modules to its permanent space station, in one of the final missions needed to complete the orbiting outpost by year's end.