Thirukodi kaval Nilakanta Srinivasan (85), a distinguished Indian economist and a scholar, passed away in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on November 11, 2018.
He had been a mentor of macroeconomics to the present RBI governor, Urjit Patel.
Stan Lee (95), the legendary comic book writer and former chief of Marvel Comics, passed away in Los Angeles, United States.
Lee created the Fantastic Four for Marvel Comics in 1961 and went on to create titles like Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk.
The International Conference on Yoga for Public Health was inaugurated at Kala Academy, Panjim of Goa. The two-day conference is being organised by the Ministry of Ayush with theme of ‘Yoga for Public Health’.
Tamil Nadu’s Karthikeyan Pandian became India’s 57th Grandmaster, bagging the final norm after finishing joint first in Novi Sad, Serbia.