A 42-year-old skydiver Luke Aikins with more than 18,000 ft jumps made history when he became the first person to leap without a parachute and land in a net instead.

Voters in the Japanese capital elected their first woman governor, after two predecessors stepped down over scandals that clouded the city's preparations to host the 2020 summer Olympic Games.

Parle-G, which started as Parle Gluco in 1939, is world's largest selling biscuit brand.

The Patna unit made history as they became the only team to lift the trophy twice in the tournament̢۪s history of four editions.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the Run for Rio as a means to encourage the Indian contingent at the Olympics beginning on August 5.