Indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II surface-to-surface missile was successfully test-fired from a test range at Chandipur in Odisha.

• Union Government launches ePACE, INFRACON and up-Scaled INAM PRO for Road Transport Sector
• NTPC partners with Coal India Limited to foray into fertilizer sector
• World Bank approves $625-million loan for India’s Rooftop Solar Programme

India and United States (US) held their first Maritime Security Dialogue in New Delhi for deepening the evolving partnership in the maritime domain between both countries.

Four Indian peacekeepers and a civilian have been chosen posthumously for United Nation̢۪s Dag Hammarskjold Medal for their courage and sacrifice.

Justice Deepak Gupta has sworn-in as the new Chief Justice (CJ) of the Chhattisgarh High Court.

State-run power producer NTPC has signed a joint venture agreement (JVA) with state-run miner Coal India Limited (CIL) to revive plants of the Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL).

The World Bank̢۪s Board has approved 625 million dollars loan to support India̢۪s grid connected rooftop solar programme to generate clean energy.

Nandini Bhandaru, a PhD student at IIT-Kharagpur has won the Young Scientist Award of the European Materials Research Society̢۪s (E-MRS) for contribution to materials science.

The Union Government has launched three IT and ITES initiatives for best practices in road transport sector.

South Korean author, Han Kang, has won the 2016 Man Booker International Prize for her novel The Vegetarian.

• Max Verstappen becomes youngest Formula 1 winner
• Andy Murray wins 2016 Italian Open title
• Justice Mukul Mudgal appointed as deputy chairman of FIFA Governance Committee

Indian artist Anjali Chandrashekar (22) has won the third prize in UN Poster for Peace contest presented by the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (ODA) to raise awareness of the need for nuclear disarmament.