India Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme is an initiative of the Ministry of External Affairs, wherein participants from ITEC member countries are trained.
The Ministry of Culture, India entered the Guinness Book of World Records by waving 78,220 flags simultaneously at the 'Veer Kunwar Singh Vijayotsav' event in Bhojpur, Bihar.
Kenton Cool, a British mountaineer, has successfully climbed the summit of Mount Everest 16th time. He is the first non-Nepalese and the first British citizen to do so.