- TV anchor Rajat Sharma has been elected as President of Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) after defeating cricketer Madan Lal.
- Saraswati Prasad, Special Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of Steel, has taken over the additional charge of the post of Chairman and Managing Director of Steel Authority of India.
- Numaligarh Refinery Ltd, Assam has become first oil PSU to adopt an online leaal compliance system by introducing Legatrix'. Legatrix is a cloud-based compliance management system to serve as onestop solution for effectively managing organisation's legal and regulatory compliances through monitoring controls at different levels.
- The National Advisor Bureau Limited (NABL) of the UAE has proposed to
tow icebergs from Antarctica to use them as new sources of water in the
Middle East.
- The Rajasthan Govt. today announced 1% reservations for five communities -Gujar, Banjara, Gadia-Lohar, Raika and Gadariya- under the Most Backward Classes (MBC) category.
- Milan Tare, a fisherman from Satpati village in Palghar, who saved 12 crew members in a two-hour operation, is going to receive the National Maritime Search and Rescue Award.
- Rajmata of the erstwhile Marwar principality and former MP, Krishna Kumari, passed away.
- The International Union of Food Science and Technology (UFoST) in
association with Indian National Science Academy announced the 19th
edition of its prestigious global event to be held in Navi Mumbai, India in
October. The theme for this edition of the congress is 25 Billion Meals a Day by 2025 with Healthy, Nutritious, Safe and Diverse Foods.
- Major General V D Dogra became the first serving Indian Army officer and the only General across the world to have completed a grueling Ironman' competition held in Austria.