• Technology giant Microsoft on Monday inaugurated Garage facility, a maker space for employees, its first in India and the second-largest in the world after its 11,000-sq-ft Redmond Garage facility. 
• Spread over an area of 8,000 sq ft, the Hyderabad facility was in the process of being set up for the past 18 months. Upbeat on the increasing innovations from Indian centres, Microsoft is also planning a Garage facility in Bengaluru, which will be operational this year.
• Additionally, the global technology firm is also expanding its India development center in Hyderabad to tap the growing market. 

. A Rs 5 crore insect museum with the state-of-the-art amenities was unveiled by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswamy at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University here today.

. The museum, established at a 6,691 sqft area, is fully dedicated to insects and claimed to be the first of its in the country.

. It would display insects preserved as specimens as also live ones depicting their different developmental stages, images, videos and models of their unique behaviour, habits and habitats.

• Ace shuttler PV Sindhu and cricketer Smriti Mandhana featured in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2018 list
• Four Indians are in the list's 'Entertainment & Sports' category
• The other two being Bollywood actress-producer Anushka Sharma and Indian national Polo team captain Padmanabh Singh