28 October: National Ayurveda Day: The first National Ayurveda Day was observed on 28 October on the occasion of Dhanwantari Jayanti. The theme for this year is ‘Ayurveda for Prevention and Control of Diabetes‘.
India and New Zealand signed a cooperation agreement to boost trade in food products. This agreement aims at encouraging greater coordination between food authorities of the two countries.
Legendary Kashmiri singer and Padma Shri awardee Raj Begum died. She was 89.
Jammu and Kashmir has the highest life expectancy, except life expectancy at birth, surpassing Kerala, which topped the list till 2010, according to the data given by the Registrar General of India (RGI).
Senior IPS officer Karnal Singh has been appointed chief of Enforcement Directorate, the agency entrusted with probing money laundering cases.
Goa-born Malaika Vaz has won the 2016 ‘Wildscreen National Geographic Roar Talent Bursary Award’ at the Wildscreen festival. For the first time in the history of the festival an Indian has bagged this award.
Prince Mikasa, the oldest member of the Japan’s royal family died. He was 100.
National School of Drama Director Waman Kendre has been elected as the new president of the Asia Pacific Bureau (APB) of Theatre for a term of one year.
Swiss tennis star Roger Federer, with a brand value of $36 million, was named the most valuable athlete brand of 2016 by Forbes.
Indian Documentary film ‘Daughters of Mother India’, directed by Vibha Bakshi, has won at the 6th CAM International Film Festival in Cairo.