India is expected to impose an anti-dumping duty of up to $ 557 per tonne on imports of certain steel products from six countries, including China, Japan and Korea.

The Rajya Sabha approved the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which was passed by the Lok Sabha earlier.

To bring research on Ayurvedic drugs and formulations closer to practices in Western medicine, the Indian Council of Medical Research has released a set of guidelines concerning standards that must be adhered to in testing medicines from AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy) schools.

• Parliament passes Indian Medical Council (Amendment Bill), 2016
• Railway Ministry launches maiden Agartala to Delhi broad gauge train service
• India to host 2016 Kabaddi World Cup

The Parliament has passed Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to conduct of uniform entrance examination for admission to all medical educational institutions.

The Union Government has capped the prices of 24 essential drugs used for treatment of cancer, HIV, bacterial infections, anxiety and cardiac conditions.

Senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Rani Singh Nair has been appointed as Chairperson (Chairman) of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).

The Parliament has passed the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

The Supreme Court has held that former Chief Ministers are not entitled for government accommodation for lifetime.

The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has given clean chit to wrestler Narsingh Yadav in the doping case.

Novak Djokovic (World no 1) from Serbia has won the 2016 ATP Toronto Masters also known as the Rogers club title in the men̢۪s single category.

The severe tropical typhoon Nida (also known as Cariana in Philippines) made landfall near Dapeng Peninsula in China̢۪s Guangdong Province.