The India Meteorology Department (IMD) has indigenously developed Drishti, an instrument that will provide real time visibility information to pilots.

Punjab Government has notified swine flu (H1N1) under the Epidemic Disease Act to prevent the spread of disease in the state.

Time Magazine has named Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi among the 2016 edition list of 30 most influential people on the internet. He was placed at 15th position.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated World Sufi Forum in New Delhi. The four-day event is being organized by All India Ulama and Mashaikh Board (AIUMB), the apex body of Sufi Dargahs in India.

British mathematician Andrew Wiles (62) was named as the winner of the prestigious 2016 Abel Prize.

ExoMars 2016 spacecraft has been successfully launched by which space agencies?

• Shehnai exponent Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan passes away
• ICICI Bank launches NFC-based contactless mobile payment solution Touch & Pay
• India aviation show 2016 begins in Hyderabad

Parliament passed the controversial Aadhaar Bill, 2016, after acrimonious debates in both Houses. Hours after the Opposition succeeded in pushing through five amendments to the Bill in the Rajya Sabha, they were rejected in the Lok Sabha.

The India Aviation 2016, an international exhibition and conference on civil aviation kicked off in Hyderabad, Telangana.

President Barack Obama has nominated veteran appeals court judge Merrick Garland (63) to be the next US Supreme Court Justice.

Eminent Shehnai exponent Ustad Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan passed away following prolonged illness in Kolkatta, West Bengal. He was 77.

India ranked 118th out of 157 countries on the United Nations̢۪ World Happiness Index (WHI) 2016.