INDIA
– PM kickstarts 50th Anniversary Celebrations of ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics) in Hyderabad and inaugurates two research facilities
– PM inaugurates 216-foot statue of 11th century saint Sri Ramanujacharya in Hyderabad
– Fees of 50% seats in Private Medical Colleges to be at par with Government College: National Medical Commission
– Former BJP Lok Sabha MP from Telangana, Chandupatla Janga Reddy, dies at 87
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Foodgrains vessel leaves from Patna to Pandu in Assam via Bangladesh
– IIT Hyderabad to set up Suzuki Innovation Centre on its campus
WORLD
– NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to take over as Norway’s central bank Governor at the end of the year
– China, Pakistan ink new CPEC (China Pakistan Economic Corridor) agreement
– 7 killed when plane on Nazca lines tour crashes in Peru
