A S Krian Kumar is appointed as ISRO chairman. K Radharishnan is succeeded by A S Krian Kumar as the new chairman of the prestigious Indian Space Research Organisation.
RBI brings comfort to exporters and importers. Forward foreign exchange contracts can now be booked in excess of half of the eligible limit. This move is intended to provide more operational flexibility to the exporters and importers.
Giorgio Napolitano, the Italian president, resigns. Giorgio Napolitano has recently signed a resignation letter and made the news of his retirement official.
H S Brahma becomes the new Chief Election Commissioner of India. Harishankar Brahma replaces Veeravalli Sundaram Sampath as the Chief Election Commissioner of the world's largest democracy.
An Indian water swimmer sets world record. Bhakti Sharma who is an open water swimmer sets a world record by swimming a stretch of 1.4 miles of the Atlantic Ocean. She covered this length of freezing cold water, 1°C, in 52 minutes.
Japan to spend $42 billion on defence. Japan approves a defence budget of approximately 5 trillion yen for the year 2015-2016.
