• The commerce and industry Ministry’s Logistics Division unveils plans for ‘Freight Smart Cities’.
• Under the freight smart cities initiative, city-level logistics committees would be formed and they will have related
  government departments and agencies at the local and state levels .

• Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano erupts, sending column of ash 4,500m into the sky. The volcano was dormant for 400 years, before erupting back into life in 2010, and has remained highly active ever since. Indonesia's Mount Sinabung has erupted, sending a thick column of ash 4,500m into the air.

• The concentration of wealth violates the Directive principles of state policy. Under Article 39 of the Constitution of India, the State shall direct its policy towards securing that the operation of the economic system does not result in the concentration of wealth and means of production to the common detriment.

The main proposals of the mission were as follows:

• An Indian Union with a dominion status; would be set up; it would be free to decide its relations with the Commonwealth and free to participate in the United Nations and other international bodies.
• After the end of the war, a constituent assembly would be convened to frame a new constitution.

• Bara Shigri feeds the Chandra River, which after its confluence at Tandi with the Bhaga River is known as Chandrabhaga or Chenab.