Cartoonist Sudhir Tailang, who was suffering from a brain tumour, passed away. The artist was 55 and had been under treatment for over two years.

United States (US) Astronaut Edgar Mitchell passed away Lake Worth, Florida under hospice care. He was 85.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) at Lepetkata, Assam and dedicated the facility to the nation.

The 12th edition of South Asian Games (SAG) has begun in Guwahati, Assam after it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium.

• WHO accords PQP certification to Indian vaccine maker GreenSignal Bio Pharma.
• Maharashtra rolls out Deradicalisation Programme in wake of IS threat.
• US General John Nicholson appointed NATO Commander in Afghanistan

The World Health Organisation (WHO), a UN Health agency has accorded PQP (Pre-qualification of Medicines Programme) certification to Chennai based GreenSignal Bio Pharma.

India has ratified Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC), 1997 which sets parameters on a nuclear operator̢۪s financial liability.

India officially became the Associate Member State of European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO).

A US Senate Armed Services Committee has confirmed the nomination of General John Nicholson to the commander of the NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Maharashtra Government has rolled out Deradicalisation Programme for the minority community to counter both home-grown extremism and the global Islamic State (IS) threat.

• Instructions on OROP implementation issued.
• Aruna Sethi appointed as first women head of Indian Cost Accounting Service.
• Rahul Dravid in ICC’s Anti-Corruption Oversight Group.

Batting great Rahul Dravid has been named in ICC̢۪s newly appointed Anti-Corruption Oversight Group as part of the recommendation from its Integrity Working Party of the parent body.