India’s first woman Director General of Police (DGP), 1973-batch IPS Officer Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya has passed away. She made history when she was appointed the DGP of Uttarakhand in the year 2004.
She was also the second woman IPS officer in the country.
In its new Industrial Policy, Maharashtra government has put in place a new ‘sons-of-the-soil’ clause which mandates 80% jobs for the locals. Companies not adhering to the clause will have their GST incentives cancelled.
10th bus service between India and Nepal has been launched. It connects Siliguri in West Bengal with Kathmandu.
U.S. space agency NASA is investigating what may be the ‘first crime committed in outer space’.
Astronaut Anne McClain is accused of identity theft and improperly accessing her estranged wife's private financial records while being aboard International Space Station (ISS).