The Guinness World Records has officially designation Assam̢۪s Majuli as the largest river island in the world. It is situated in the Brahmaputra River.

India has been placed at the 35th rank in the World Bank̢۪s 2016 Logistics Performance Index (LPI) among 160 countries.

The first BRICS film festival has begun at the Sirifort Auditorium Complex in New Delhi.

The Union Government has notified National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) for providing apprenticeship training to over 50 lakh youngsters in order to create more jobs.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the first time has successfully sequenced DNA in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

The annual socio-religious Solung festival of Adi tribe has started in Arunachal Pradesh.

Indian Railways has launched an insurance scheme for passengers travelling on e- ticket. The insurance cover will be upto 10 lakh rupees.

The Gujarat government has inked a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Airport Authority of India (AAI).

India̢۪s first international conference on cooking gas has started in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairperson and MD of Biocon Ltd., will be awarded France̢۪s highest civilian order.

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed penalties on 10 cement companies and their umbrella association – Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA) for cartelisation.