British actor Alan Rickman passed away in London, England. He was 69 and was suffering from cancer.

Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has announced that India̢۪s grid-connected solar power generation capacity has crossed the 5,000 Mega Watt (MW) mark.

The indigenously-built third generation anti-tank missile Nag was successfully test fired at Mahajan Field Firing Range in Rajasthan.

The 15th edition of bilateral exercise by the Indian Coast Guard and its Japanese counterpart titled ‘Sahayog-Kaijin 2016’ has begun off the coast of Chennai, Tamil Nadu in the Bay of Bengal.

• Sikkim becomes India’s first organic state.
• World record by Sania-Martina as they win 29th match on trot.
• SBI enters into wealth management space; opens branch for start-ups.

India̢۪s Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis broke a 22-year-old world record by winning their 29th women̢۪s doubles match in a row en route to their entry into the women̢۪s doubles final of the WTA Sydney International, in Sydney.

State Bank of India today became the first public sector lender to launch wealth management service, a space dominated by private and foreign players, to cater to fast-growing affluent segment of the country.

Sikkim has become India̢۪s first fully organic state by implementing organic practices on around 75,000 hectares of agricultural land.

Kerala has become the first Indian state to achieve 100 per cent primary education. Declaration to this effect was made by the Vice President Hamid Ansari during his speech at special ceremony organised at Thiruvananthapuram.

Union Government has inaugurated Second Liquid Chemical Berth of Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) at Pir Pau, Mumbai.

The Union Cabinet has given its approval for the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Maldives on cooperation in the field of Health.

India has decided to become member country of the International Energy Agency – Ocean Energy Systems (IEA-OES) to boost for country’s quest for tapping ocean energy sources.