The first phase of ESIC (Employees State Insurance Corporation) Pilot Project of Telemedicine Services was launched for providing specialist medical services at a distance to insured workers.

India and Chile have inked an agreement to expand the scope of their existing Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) by covering more goods for tariff concessions.

The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has successfully conducted a technical flight of the new indigenous Light Utility Helicopter (LUH).

The Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has launched #Gas4India campaign, aimed at promoting the use of natural gas in the country.

India has officially received certificates from World Health Organisation (WHO), recognizing the elimination of Yaws and Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus (MNT) from the country.

Indian film Thithi has won the best film award at the first BRICS Film Festival concluded in New Delhi.

The Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) has handed over Tihayu, a Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) to the Indian Navy.

• Union Health Ministry launches campaign to eradicate leprosy
• WHO declares Sri Lanka malaria-free
• 2016 G-20 Summit held in Hangzhou, China

The 2016 Group of Twenty (G20) Summit was held in Hangzhou, China from 4th to 5th September 2016 to discuss efforts to reform global economic governance. It was the eleventh meeting of the G20.

The Union Health Ministry has recently launched the �Leprosy Case Detection Campaign (LCDC)� to eradicate leprosy from the country.

Indian researchers have made a major discovery by understanding the mechanisms by which preterm births (between 28 and 32 weeks of gestation) occur.

Assam-based ecologist and conservation activist Bibhuti Lahkar has won prestigious �Heritage Heroes Award� of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).