1. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released its Regional Human Development Report. Working age people in Asia have been surveyed in this report. The UN report said that India is projected to dominate the growth in the working-age population in Asia Pacific by 2050.
2. Senior IAS officers Ashok Lavasa and Ajay Mittal were appointed as Expenditure and Information and Broadcasting secretaries respectively.
3. A six-metre statue of former South African president Nelson Mandela has been unveiled in Palestine. It is the first time such a sculpture of the anti-apartheid icon Mandela is unveiled outside South Africa.
4. Chinese scientists launched a sounding rocket from south China's Hainan Province. Kunpeng-1B was launched from Danzhou City by the National Space Science Center (NSSC).
5. Badminton ace Nandu Natekar has been inducted into the Legends Club, founded by the late Cricket Club of India president Raj Singh Dungarpur along with 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev. Natekar is the first non-cricketer to be inducted in this club.
6. K Ashok Kumar, a research scholar from IIT Kharagpur (KGP), won the prestigious International Plant Nutrition Scholar Award.
7. A Naval Detachment (NAVDET) at Androth Island of Lakshadweep was inaugurated by Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, AVSM, VSM, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command.
8. IPL team Gujarat Lions have entered into a partnership with Reliance Games, a publisher and developer of mobile games. With this partnership, Reliance Games becomes the Official Gaming Partner of the Rajkot based team, led by Suresh Raina.
9. International Bank Note Society named New Zealand's five dollar note as the best banknote of 2015 among nearly 40 eligible designs from a record 20 countries.
10. Harry Wu, Chinese human rights campaigner, and author and founder of the Laogai Research Foundation died. He was 79.
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