Ulan Bator, May 17
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday presented Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj with a specially commissioned reproduction of a rare 13th century manuscript on the history of Mongols from the Rampur Raza Library in Rampur.

The manuscript has over 80 fine miniature illustrations.

Called Jamiut Tawarikh, this work was one of the grandest projects undertaken by Ilkhanate king Ghazan Khan (1295-1304) and was done by the king's wazir Rasheeduddin Fazlullah Hamedani. He wrote it in Persian and chronicled the history up to the reign of Oljeitju (1304-1316), according to an official statement.

The breadth of coverage of the work often caused it to be dubbed as the first world history.

The manuscript is a part of Volume 1 of the work and no other copy of it is known to exist.

Modi hands over Bhabhatron to Mongolian cancer centre

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday handed over Bhabhatron, a telecobalt machine developed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre for cancer treatment, to Mongolia's National Cancer Centre here.

Modi, accompanied by Mongolian Prime Minister Chimed Saikhanbileg, also laid the foundation stone of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Centre for Excellence in Information Technology and Communication and Outsourcing.

Both leaders unveiled a copper plaque after the symbolic ground breaking ceremony. A Buddhist monk then placed a scarf around Modi's shoulders in a symbol of honour.

The handing over of the Bhabhatron followed by inking of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Tata Memorial Centre of India and the National Cancer Centre of Mongolia for gifting of Bhabhatron-II tele-therapy unit along with a radiotherapy simulator.