India and France signed an Administrative Agreement in the field of Sustainable Urban Development. India could benefit immensely from the French experience.
The Agreement would provide an enabling platform for the officials, professionals, business leaders and local self-governing bodies to meet and share knowledge and best practices in the urban sector. India invited international firms including French firms to participate in the process of making cities greener and more sustainable.

Sebastin Vettel won the F1 title race of the Japanese Grand Prix.
Vettel is a German Formula One racing driver, currently driving for the Austrian racing team Red Bull Racing. He is the current World Champion.

It is the name of newly discovered black hole toward the centre of Milky Way galaxy. It was discovered by NASA's Swift satellite which detected a rising tide of high-energy X-rays from a source toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy. It is named after the coordinates of its position in the sky. The nova is located a few degrees from the center of our galaxy toward the constellation Sagittarius

An X-ray nova is a transitory X-ray source that appears suddenly, reaches its emission peak in a few days and then fades out over a period of months. The outburst occurs when a torrent of stored gas suddenly rushes toward one of the most compact objects known, either a neutron star or a black hole.

In a collaborative effort World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-India and the Uttar Pradesh forest department with the support of HSBC Bank will hold a 3-day programme "My Ganga, My Dolphin" to count the number of river dolphins in the Ganges River in and around Uttar Pradesh. The programme will also make people aware about the endangered mammal.

Ganges River Dolphin:

• Ganges River Dolphin or Platanista gangetica is the National Aquatic Animal of India. This mammal is also believed represent the purity of the holy Ganges as it can only survive in pure and fresh water. They are locally known as susu, because of the noise it makes while breathing. This species are found in various regions of the Ganges, Meghna and Brahmaputra rivers in India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh, and the Karnaphuli River in Bangladesh.

What is the current status of this species?

• River dolphin is a critically endangered species in India and therefore, has been included in the Schedule I for the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. The main reasons for fall in population of the species are poaching and habitat destruction due to declining flow, heavy siltation, construction of dams creating physical barrier for this migratory species.

More info: http://www.gktoday.in/in-how-many-states-ganges-river-dolphins-are-found/

The Indian Navy successfully test-fired the BrahMos missile from a warship off the Goa coast. It is a 290- km range, supersonic cruise missile, capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 300 kg. The missile is developed by Indo-Russian joint venture. 
The missile was test-fired from guided missile frigate INS Teg. It is a two-stage missile, the first one solid and the second one ramjet liquid propellant. It has already been inducted into the Army and Navy, and the Air Force version is in final stage of trial.