1. Russia asks 755 US diplomats to leave country following American sanctions.
2. China makes historic breakthrough, produces natural gas from flammable ice.
3. Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) develops India's first unmanned tank 'Muntra'.
4. Punjab launches ‘Apni Gaddi Apni Rozgar’ scheme.
5. Canara Bank launches 'CANDI' - its first digital branch in Bengaluru.
6. SBI cuts savings interest rate to 3.5% on deposits up to Rs. 1 cr.
7. RBI slaps Rs. 1 cr penalty on Union Bank for KYC non-compliance.
8. 7th edition of SAARC Artists Camp & Exhibition of Paintings begins in Nepal.
9. Ravi Mittal appointed part-time member on IRDAI board.
10. Yoshiaki Ishizawa,a Japanese historian, Gethsie Shanmugam, a Sri Lankan teacher, Abdon Nababan, an Indonesian, a Singaporean businessman Tony Tay, a Philippine theater group and Lilia de Lima, a Filipino won Raman Magsaysay award.
11. Delhi Metro declared as world’s first green metro.
