- United States Ambassador to India Kenneth I Juster announced the completion of an American-funded restoration project at the 17thcentury Qutb Shahi Tombs in Hyderabad.
- This is the second grant awarded by the US government for conservation work at the Qutb Shahi Tombs.
- An AFCP grant of USD 1,01,000 awarded in 2014, contributed to mapping and documenting structures throughout the site and helped transform archeologists understanding of the monuments earliest architecture.