Condemned
Died
Malayalam actor Oduvil Unnikrishnan, 62, whose varied roles included that of an executioner in Adoor’s Nizhalkuthu, dies. He acted in over 400 films.
Won
Jaiprakash jaiswal, a small-time metal trader in Calcutta and lottery fan, collects India’s biggest jackpot yet: Rs 17.29 crore.
Discovered
Rungwecebus kipunji, of a new genus of monkey, in high-altitude locations in Tanzania. It’s about 3 ft tall, grey brown with a Mohawk stripe of hair.
