• Satywart Kadian of India won a bronze medal in the 96-kg freestyle category at the World Junior Wrestling Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria .

• My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions by former President of India, Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (APJ Abdul Kalam, for short) was launched by the Rupa Publication.

• Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority along with TUI, the leading leisure travel companies of the world, teamed up for staging one-month long destination campaign called Abu Dhabi Month, in New Delhi in order to boost the number of Indian visitors to UAE. 

• Spirits Company Diageo Plc proposed the annual pay package of up to 10.9 million British Pounds or around 105 crore Rupees for the Indian-origin newly appointed CEO- Ivan Menezes. Ivan Menezes was named as the new Chief Executive Officer of Spirits Company Diageo.

• The world's shortest woman, Jyoti Amge, whose height is a little below 25 inches, released the biggest book measuring 30 x 24 feet at a function at Jaipur. The religious book written by Jain Muni Shri Tarun Sagar titled 'Kadve Pravachan' weighs 2,000 kgs. 

• Eminent Sarod Player Rajiv Taranath of Mysore gets Basavaraj Rajguru award.