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.
Union Minister for Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal announced that India has achieved a landmark milestone, as there are 75000 startups in the country.
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.
Godrej Agrovet has signed MoUs with the Assam, Manipur, and Tripura governments for the development and promotion of oil palm cultivation under a central scheme.