1. The first-of-its-kind two-day summit of senior banking executives and top officials from the government and the Reserve Bank of India to discuss ways to strengthen the public banking sector held in Pune was named Gyan Sangam .
2. Narendra Modi launched a scheme for distribution of LED bulbs under the Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme in Delhi and a National Programme for LED-based Home and Street Lighting.
3. Eminent economist Arvind Panagariya has been appointed as Vice-chairman of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog .
4. O T Anilkumar won the 7th Chennai Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament (Category B) at Nehru Stadium, Chennai .He is belongs to kerala state .
5. Dharmendra Pradhan ( Union Petroleum minister ) launched the sale of subsidised 5-kgLPG cylinders for below poverty line (BPL) families and others .
6. Jiji Thomson resigned as Director General of Sports Authority of India (SAI) .
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