Verghese Kurien, a dairy engineer, set up the Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers' Union in Anand, Gujarat, in 1950, which later became the Amul brand. The cooperative let village farmers own the processing and marketing, cutting out middlemen and linking them directly to consumers. In 1965 he led the National Dairy Development Board, which spread similar cooperatives across India. Milk output grew many times over in the following decades, and India became the world's largest milk producer in 1998. The model was later applied to edible oils and other crops.

Israeli reports also say the cabinet directed the military to prepare for a possible new attack on Iran.

Angkor, near Siem Reap in northern Cambodia, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of mainland Southeast Asia between roughly the 9th and 15th centuries. At its height the city spread across about 3,000 square kilometres, making it the largest pre-industrial city on Earth by area. Its growth depended on water: huge reservoirs called barays, along with canals and embankments, stored monsoon rain and carried it to rice fields. That system let farmers harvest more than once a year and fed a very large population through the dry season. The temple complex of Angkor Wat, built in the early 12th century, is the best-known monument and still stands at the heart of the park.