- Prakash Javadekar elevated as Human Resource Department Minister.
- Juno enters Jupiter: After a five year long journey from Earth, NASA's solar-powered spacecraft Juno entered Jupiter's orbit.
- Post introduction of 8% tax on food items with energy density of over 275Kcal/100g in Mexico, household purchases of nonessential energy-dense foods (salty snacks, chips, pastries and frozen desserts) has decreased.
- Mobile mosque in Jakarta.
- Supreme Court sets a deadline of 10 days for Internet search companies Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to block sex selection ads. SC had asked it in Jan, 2015 and expressed dismay that nothing has been done till that.
- Hungary offers to incentivize Indian Companies that might leave UK in the wake of Brexit.
- Supreme Court holds Railways reliable for deaths on train roof.
- Maldives Foreign Minister, Dunya Maumoon, resigns over difference in opinion on implementation of death penalty. The new policy came when questions were being raised over delivery of justice in the country.
- Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail acquired Indian business of "Forever 21" from Diana Retail P Ltd for over 175 crore ($26million).
- Panel set up under Chief Economic Adviser Shankar Acharya to explore options for January to December Financial Year instead of current April to March.
- Lionel Messi and his father sentenced to 21 months jail for tax fraud.
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- URL = Uniform Resource Locators
Source: Google, The Hindu, Mint
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