Union Government has formally launched website for maiden Maritime India Summit 2016 scheduled to be held in April 2016.

Renowned Malayalam writer Akbar Kakkattil passed away in Kozhikode, Kerala due to cancer. He was 62.

Renowned Indologist Professor David Shulman has been selected for the prestigious Israel Prize for his breakthrough studies in fields like philosophy and religion.

West Bengal government has launched the Utkarsh Bangla Scheme with an aim of providing vocational training to school dropouts.

Union Government has cut interest rates on short-term small saving schemes below five years of maturity by 0.25 per cent including post office deposits and Kisan Vikas Patras.

The Union Cabinet has approved the LIGO-India project (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory in India) proposal for research on gravitational waves.

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• Former UN Secretary General Boutros Ghali passes away.
• Thirty-million-year-old fossil flowers found.
• Sindh becomes first Pakistan province to adopt Hindu Marriage Bill.

Scientists have discovered the first-ever fossil specimens of an �asterid� � a family of flowering plants that gave us everything from the potato to tomatoes, tobacco, petunias and our morning cup of coffee.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said that $56 million were needed to combat the Zika virus until June, including for the fast-tracking of vaccines, diagnostics and research studies into how it spreads.

E-commerce giant Amazon announced the launch of Amazon Tatkal, an initiative that enables small and medium businesses (SMBs) to go online and sell products on Amazon.

Haryana and South Korean state of Chungcheongbuk have agreed to enter into a sister-statehood relationship for development.