- Salgaocar FC edge Pune FC to win their third Durand Cup title.
- The World Economic Forum (WEF) in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) hosted the India Economic Summit in New Delhi.
- Uber has tied up with Paytm to offer the mobile wallets that users can link to their credit cards, debit cards or bank account.
- Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma scored the highest ODI score ever of 264 against Sri Lanka at Kolkata. He becomes the only player to score double century twice.
- 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit was held in Beijing.
- ICC announced five Ambassadors for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: Virat Kohli, Mitchell Johnson, Brendon McCullum, Kumar Sangakkara and Shane Watson.
- Union Minister of Women and Child Development Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi launched the National Bal Swachhta Mission under ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’. It will have following themes:
- Clean Anganwadis
- Clean Surroundings e.g. Playgrounds
- Clean Self (Personal Hygiene/Child Health)
- Clean Food
- Clean Drinking Water
- Clean Toilets
- Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has decided to replace German as a third language in schools of Kendriya Vidyalaya (KVs) with Sanskrit.
- Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata has been appointed to the board of Interpol Foundation.
- U.N. Women named Bollywood star Farhan Akhtar as its first male goodwill ambassador to help advance empowerment of women and girls
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