Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav inaugurated the first National Conference on Sustainable Coastal Management in India in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
The Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the Regional Office of the Coconut Development Board on World Coconut Day at Junagadh in Gujarat.
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly approved Volker Turk of Austria to be the global body's Human Rights Chief by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.