Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will inaugurate Majuli district in the State today. An island in the Brahmaputra river, Majuli will be the first island district in the country. Majuli has toppled Marajo in Brazil to bag the coveted title by Guinness World Records, improving its bid to be declared a UNESCO world heritage site.
ISRO will launch the GSLVF05 carrying the advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR from Sriharikota today. GSLV-F05 in its 10th flight would launch the 2,211 kg advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR into Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
The all-new Audi A4 will be released in India today. The A4 has been among the bestselling Audis in the country. The car made its debut in 2008 and has since received a fair amount of updates, including a facelift. Audi will be launching the A4 with a petrol motor initially.
Hyderabad will host the three-day Agritex 2016 meet beginning today. About 85 companies are expected to showcase their products in agriculture and agri-business areas. The fourth edition will also have two days of deliberations on issues related to seed, policies and regulation.