Ex-registrar of MS University, N J Ojha has been appointed as ombudsman under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) for a 2-year term.
The first Bharat Gaurav tourist train connecting places connected with the Ramayana circuit in India and Nepal was flagged off from Safdarjung Railway Station in New Delhi.
Renowned US-Canadian author, film-maker, and Zen Buddhist priest Ruth Ozeki has won the Women's Prize for Fiction this year for her novel 'The Book of Form and Emptiness'.