1. RBI allows minor above 10 years to independently open and operate savings bank accounts.
2. England’s Mark Selby stuns compatriot Ronnie O’Sullivan to win his maiden world snooker championship.
3. Italian football club ‘Juventus’ clinches its 3rd successive, and 30th overall, Serie A title.
4. Scientist discovers a new element with atomic number 117.
5. Supreme Court strikes down section 6A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act (DSPEA) that warranted prior government sanction for probe against senior bureaucrats (above the rank of Joint Secretary) on corruption charges.
6. The Supreme Court revokes Karnataka government decision to make Kannada the mandatory medium of instructions in all primary schools in the state.
7. BCCI suspends Rajasthan Cricket Association to avoid dealing with its newly elected president Lalit Modi; forms an ad-hoc body to run its cricket affairs.
8. Bharti Enterprises founder and chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal will co-chair this year’s edition of the World Economic Forum on Africa.
