Turkey called on Russia to carry out joint operations against Islamic State (IS) in Syria, after crucial talks between Putin and his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan aimed at ending a diplomatic crisis.
Turkey has also carried out air and artillery strikes of its own against IS.
As per a new study, the Greenland shark is the longest-lived vertebrate on the planet.
The animal, native to the cold, deep waters of the North Atlantic, can live to at least 272 years, and possibly to the ripe old age of 500.
Some research had suggested they grow extremely slowly, less than half an inch per year, suggesting a life span well beyond those of other vertebrates.
The first woman Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, Manjula Chellur, has been named the new Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.
The transfer of Chellur, as Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, is expected to take effect later this month.
She is the second woman Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. Justice Sujata Manohar became the first woman Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court in 1994.