As per Syrian activists and rescue workers in the rebel-held part of the contested city of Aleppo government warplanes dropped suspected chlorine bombs on a crowded neighbourhood, injuring dozens.
Accusations involving use of chlorine and other poisonous gases are not uncommon in Syria's civil war, and both sides have denied using them while blaming the other for using it as a weapon of war.
As per a medical report from one of the hospitals in Aleppo, at least 71 persons, including 37 children and 10 women, were treated for breathing difficulties, dry cough, and that their clothes smelled of chlorine.
A Spanish paleontological team has found more than 700 fish-eating dinosaur footprints in Portugal.
The dinosaurs were believed to be part of the Megalosauridae group, from the Middle Jurassic Period.
In Europe, most fossil remains from this group have been found in France, England and Scotland, while Portugal is known for the high amount of fossilised footprints.
Micro lender Equitas launched its small finance banking operations offering 4% to 6% interest on savings bank account for its customers. The small finance bank has begun with three branches, which will be expanded to a network of 412 branches across the country in the first phase.
Equitas, started off as a micro finance institution and obtained the license from banking regulator RBI to start a small finance bank.
Chennai-headquartered Equitas has advances of about 6,500 crore, of which about 50% is microfinance, 25% used commercial vehicle finance and 25% in SME financing and affordable housing.
NASA astronaut and Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams along with crewmates Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka have returned to Earth safely after record-breaking mission aboard the International Space Station.
Williams now has spent 534 days in space, making him first on the all-time NASA astronaut list. Skripochka now has 331 days in space on two flights, while Ovchinin spent 172 days in space on his first.
Official Schemes and Institutions Named After a Leader
Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee has the most number of official schemes and institutions named after a leader while alive.
The two-term former PM has left behind even Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira and Rajiv Gandhi, who had made such dedications mostly posthumously.
The Nehru-Gandhi dynasty remains ahead of all other Indian leaders, including Mahatma Gandhi when taken into account the number of schemes and institutions named after a leader regardless of being alive or dead.
After Narendra Modi government assumed power in 2014, dozens of development and welfare schemes have been named after Vajpayee.