The scientists from National University of Singapore (NUS) have successfully converted paper waste into green nontoxic cellulose aerogels.

The border troops of India and China have held their first joint tactical exercise codenamed Sino-India Cooperation 2016 in Chushul-Moldo in Jammu and Kashmir.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated Indian Oil Corporation̢۪s (IOC̢۪s) new state of the art refinery at Paradip in Odisha to the nation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the permanent campus of National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) in Jatani near Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

Renowned American singer-songwriter Dan Hicks passed away after a two-year long battle with throat and liver cancer. He was 74.

• 12th South Asian Games going on in Guwahati
• PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited
• Cartoonist Sudhir Tailang passes away.

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.