Daily updates 5 September 2019

National News

1. Delhi's IGI Airport Gets India's Tallest ATC Tower
i. Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport gets India’s tallest ATC tower to enhance the safety and boost the efficiency of air transport management services.
ii. The Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated the Delhi Air Traffic Service Complex, which is the tallest Air Traffic Control tower in India with a height of 102 metres.  
iii. The tower aims to reduce the pressure on controllers and provide relief to flyers from delays. The tower has over 45 workstations with better operational area visibility. The tower has multilayered security.

International News

2. US Federal Trade Commission fines YouTube with $170 million
i. The US's Federal Trade Commission has fined Google's YouTube with $170 million. YouTube will have to pay $170 million to settle allegations of collecting personal information about children. 
ii. YouTube has been accused of tracking viewers of children's channels using cookies without parental consent. YouTube also used those cookies to deliver millions of dollars in targeted advertisements to those viewers.
iii. The penalty on YouTube is the largest since a law came into effect in 1998 which banned the collection of information about children aged below 13. The law was revised in 2013 to include “cookies,” which can be used to track a person's internet viewing habits.

Banking and Economy

3. CRISIL revises India's GDP growth to 6.3% in fiscal 2020
i. Rating agency CRISIL has revised India’s fiscal year 2020 GDP growth forecast to 6.3%. CRISIL has lowered the GDP growth forecast from 6.9% to 6.3%. The growth was revised as the first-quarter growth rate of India reduced to a 25-quarter low of 5%.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For IBPS RRB PO Mains:

• Managing Director and CEO of CRISIL: Ashu Suyash.

4. RBI orders banks to link lending rate to external interest rate benchmark
i. The Reserve Bank of India has made mandatory for banks to link retail and MSME loans to external interest rate benchmarks.
ii. This new norm will be effective from the 1st of October. Under this norm, banks have to link all of their new loan products, be it personal, housing or auto to an external benchmark rate.
iii. Banks have been allowed to choose any benchmark market interest rate published by the Financial Benchmarks India Private Ltd (FBIL). Banks can choose RBI’s repo rate, the government of India’s three-month treasury bill yield published by the FBIL, government’s six-month treasury bill yield published by the FBIL or any other market interest rate published by the FBIL.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For IBPS RRB PO Mains:

• Governor of RBI: Shaktikant Das; Headquarters: Mumbai; Founded: 1 April 1935, Kolkata.

Agreement

5. Wipro bags $300-million deal from ICICI Bank
i. IT services major Wipro Limited has bagged a strategic contract valued at $300 million from the ICICI Bank. Under the contract, Wipro will offer a comprehensive suite of services to ICICI Bank for the next seven years, starting September 2019.
ii. Currently, Mumbai-based IT services firm Vara infotech provides these services to the ICICI Bank. As part of this strategic engagement, Wipro will absorb about 3,800 employees of Vara infotech along with its existing contracts, facilities and assets.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For RRB Main 2019:

• MD & CEO of ICICI Bank: Sandeep Bakhshi; ICICI Bank Headquarters: Mumbai.
• Tagline of ICICI Bank: Hum Hain Na!
• MD & CEO of Wipro: Abidali Z. Neemuchwala.

Ranks and Reports

6. Delhi, Mumbai fall in EIU’s Global Liveability Index 2019
i. Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Index for 2019, released with both Delhi and Mumbai sliding down ranks. New Delhi dropped 6 places to 118, from 112 last year and Mumbai also fell in this year’s index, by two places to 119, from 117 last year.
ii. Vienna in Austria, Melbourne and Sydney in Australia make the top three cities. The survey ranks countries across indicators including stability, healthcare, education, infrastructure, culture and environment.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For RRB NTPC/IBPS RRB Mains:

• Headquarters of EIU's: London, UK; Founded: 1946.

7. India among top 10 nations in gold reserves
i. India has surpassed the Netherlands to move into the list of top10 countries in terms of total gold reserves. According to the World Gold Council, India has gold reserves totalling 618.2 tonnes, which is marginally higher than the Netherlands’ reserves of 612.5 tonnes.
ii. According to the World Gold Council, the U.S. leads the country list with total gold reserves of 8,133.5 tonnes followed by Germany with 3,366.8 tonnes.  In terms of individual countries, India actually ranks 9th since the International Monetary Fund (IMF) occupies the third position after the U.S. and Germany.

Appointment

8. Jaideep Sarkar appointed as next High Commissioner of India to Lesotho
i. India's High Commissioner to South Africa, Jaideep Sarkar has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to the Kingdom of Lesotho, with residence in Pretoria. He is a 1987 IFS-batch officer and earlier served as envoy to Israel and Bhutan.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For RRB Main 2019:

• Capital of Lesotho: Maseru; Currencies of Lesotho: South African rand, Lesotho loti.

Award

9. Muhammad Yunus conferred 'Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis' Award
i. Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus from Bangladesh was conferred the 'Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis' award by the Vatican. 
ii. He has been awarded for his contribution towards establishing peace and harmony. The award is a recognition for distinguished work by an individual for promoting peace and dialogue among people.

Summit and Conference

10. 1st National Conference on Cyber Crime Investigation and Cyber Forensics
i. Central Bureau of Investigation's 1st National Conference on Cyber Crime Investigation and Cyber Forensics inaugurated in New Delhi.
ii. The 2 days conference aimed at creating the platform and bringing together investigators, lawyers, forensic experts and academia to discuss challenges related to cybercrime and ways to find solutions. iii. It also acts as a platform to share good practices to learn from experiences of various State police and Law Enforcement Agencies.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For IBPS RRB Clerk Mains:

• Director of Central Bureau of Investigation: Rishi Kumar Shukla.

Schemes and Committees

11. PM to launch a pension scheme for traders
i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Pradhan Mantri Laghu Vyapari Maan­dhan Yojana, the Centre’s pension scheme for traders. A few of the first subscribers from across the country will be given pension cards by the PM.
ii. The scheme, which is an extension of the PM Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan Yojana, will make all beneficiaries eligible for a monthly pension of Rs 3000 after the age of 60 at a miniscule monthly contribution.

Books and Authors

12. ‘Loktantra Ke Swar’ and ‘The Republican Ethic’ books to be released by V. President
i. The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu will release 2nd editions of ‘Loktantra Ke Swar (Khand 2)’ and ‘The Republican Ethic (Volume 2) in New Delhi. 
ii. In order to promote and disseminate selected speeches of President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind. They are a compilation of 95 speeches delivered by the President during his second year in office (July 2018 to July 2019).

Sports

13. Qatar unveils 2022 FIFA World Cup logo
i. Qatar unveiled the logo for the FIFA 2022 World Cup which will be hosted by the Gulf emirate, displaying it in public spaces in Doha and cities around the world.
ii. The design is a stylised Arabic white unisex shawl with maroon patterning, which is displayed in a figure-of-eight symbolising infinity while creating a heart shape above the words “FIFA WORLD CUP Qatar 2022”.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For RRB NTPC/IBPS RRB Main 2019:

• President of FIFA: Gianni Infantino; Headquarters of FIFA: Zurich, Switzerland.

14. Pakistan names Misbah-ul-Haq as head coach and chief selector
i. Former captain Misbah-ul-Haq has been appointed as head coach and chief selector of Pakistan's cricket team. He has been appointed for three years. Waqar Younis will join him as the team's new bowling coach.
ii. Misbah-ul-Haq has scored over 10,300 international runs in 75 Tests and 162 one-dayers for Pakistan and was also the most successful and longest-serving Test captain for Pakistan.

Important Days

15. International Day of Charity: 5 September
i. The United Nations observes 5 September every year as International Day of Charity with the objective of sensitizing and mobilizing people, NGOs, and stakeholders all around the world to help others through volunteer and philanthropic activities.
ii. The date of 5 September was chosen to commemorate the anniversary of the passing away of Mother Teresa. She also received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 "for work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress, which also constitute a threat to peace."

Static/Current Takeaways Important For IBPS RRB PO Mains:

• Secretary-General of the United Nations: Antonio Guterres; Headquarters: New York, USA; Founded: 24 October 1945.

Miscellaneous

16. Rohit Sharma launches a campaign to save Rhinos in India
i. Indian Cricket team vice-captain Rohit Sharma is launching Rohit4Rhinos campaign, in partnership with WWF India and Animal Planet. This campaign helps to build awareness for the need to conserve the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros or the Indian Rhino. 
ii. The Indian rhinoceros faces several threats, including poaching, habitat loss and mass mortality from inbreeding and disease.

Daily updates 6 September 2019

National News

1. HRD Ministry awarded Institute of Eminence status to 5 public institutions
i. The Human Resource Development Ministry has awarded the Institute of Eminence status to 5 public institutions. The status was awarded to the following institutions:

• IIT Madras
• IIT Kharagpur
• Delhi University
• Benares Hindu University
• University of Hyderabad

ii. Each of the above university has to sign an MoU with the HRD Ministry and will lay out its plan to achieve the objective of becoming a world-class institution. The public institutions on the list will then be eligible for a government grant of Rs 1,000 crore.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For IBPS RRB PO Mains:

• Union Minister of Human Resource Development: Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank'.

2. Ministry of culture rolls out 25 new mobile science museums buses
i. Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), flagged off the first-ever Mobile Science Exhibition buses for the entire Ladakh Region in Leh. 
ii.The  Minister simultaneously launched 25 new Mobile Science Exhibition buses for Aspirational Districts of India.
iii. Mobile Science Exhibition buses in Ladakh will benefit all the people of Ladakh through its mobility and knowledge. This programme, originally launched as Mobile Science Museum (MSM) in 1965, with a mission ‘If the people cannot visit the museum, let the museum visit the people at their doorsteps’, is the largest and the longest-running outreach programme of NCSM.
iv. It is very successful in supplementing formal education with the non-formal mode of science education, in creating a scientific awareness in the society and nurturing scientific temper and creative potential of the young people in the areas where MSE programmes.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For RRB NTPC/IBPS RRB Main 2019:

• Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge): Shri Prahlad Singh Patel.

International News

3. Indian army to participate in joint exercise "TSENTR 2019"
i. Indian army will participate in a multilateral exercise "TSENTR 2019" to be held in Russia. Armies of Pakistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Russia will also participate in the exercise. 
ii. This will be the first time that forces from India and Pakistan will participate in a multilateral exercise together since the Balakot airstrikes conducted by Indian forces.
iii. The exercise is a part of the annual series of large scale exercises that form part of the Russian Armed Forces’ annual training cycle. The exercise rotates between the four main Russian operational strategic commands.

4. WHO South-East Asia Region to eliminate measles & rubella by 2023
i. World Health Organisation South-East Asia Region have resolved to eliminate measles and rubella by 2023. 
ii. The resolution to eliminate the highly infectious childhood killer diseases "measles and rubella" was taken at the 72nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia in Delhi.
iii. The member-countries resolved to strengthen the immunisation systems against the two diseases to achieve the new targets.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For IBPS RRB PO Mains:

• Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia: Poonam Khetrapal Singh.

Banking and Economy

5. Standard Chartered Bank launches "DigiSmart" credit card
i. Standard Chartered Bank, a British multinational banking and financial services company has launched a DigiSmart credit card. The primary focus of the Bank on the ever-growing segment of millennials.
ii. The credit card will offer instant discounts and benefits across key e-commerce categories of travel, entertainment, fashion, groceries, and food delivery around the year. The new credit card is available for a nominal monthly fee of only Rs 49. However, this fee will be waived off if the spends of the customer are Rs 5,000 or above in the previous month.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For RRB NTPC/IBPS RRB Main 2019:

• Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank: Jose Vinals; Headquarters: London, United Kingdom.
• Tagline: Your Right Partner.

Agreement

6. Microsoft & CBSE partners to build AI learning for schools
i. Microsoft India and the Central Board of Secondary Education have partnered to build AI learning for schools. 
ii. They will conduct capacity building programmes for high school teachers with an aim to integrate cloud-powered technology in K12 teaching. 
iii. The programme is for teachers of grades 8-10 and will be conducted in 10 cities across the country.
iv. The programme will provide teachers better access to the latest Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools.
v. Therefore, it will help the teachers to integrate technology into teaching in a safe and secure manner. The programme will also offer teachers the opportunity to become Microsoft Innovative Educators.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For IBPS RRB PO Mains:

• Chairperson of Central Board of Secondary Education: Anita Karwal.

7.  MCX and Zhengzhou Exchange sign MoU for exchange of information
i. Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) and Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE), one of the leading commodity exchanges in China, have signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) for co-operation and the exchange of information.
ii. The MoU is intended to facilitate cooperation between the two exchanges in areas such as knowledge sharing, education & training, organizing events as well as to explore areas of mutual interests between the exchanges.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For RRB NTPC/IBPS RRB Main 2019:

• Managing Director & CEO of MCX: P S Reddy.

Ranks and Reports

8. India moves up 6 places to 34th rank on world travel and tourism competitiveness index
i. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF) report, India has jumped 6 places to claim 34th spot on world Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index 2019. 
ii. The WEF report shows, over 1.5 crore international tourists arrived in India while the share of travel and tourism industry was 3.6 per cent and that of industry employment was 5.1 per cent.
iii. Spain tops the ranking index followed by France and Germany. Other countries in the top 10 include Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, Canada, and Switzerland.

Award

9. Odisha won the IT Excellence Award, 2019 in disaster management
i.Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) has won the IT Excellence Award, 2019 for its innovative conception by using information technology in the field of disaster management. 
ii. The "SATARK" (System for Assessing, Tracking and Alerting Disaster Risk Information based on Dynamic Risk Knowledge) application has been chosen for the award.
iii. This app has been developed to provide real-time watch, alert and warning information for different natural disasters and hazards such as heatwave, lightning, agriculture risk, flood, tsunami, earthquake, cyclone or storm, road accident and snakebite.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For RRB Main 2019:

• Chief Minister of Odisha: Naveen Patnaik; Governor: Ganeshi Lal.

Summit and Conference

10. 5th Eastern Economic Forum held in Vladivostok, Russia
i. 5th Eastern Economic Forum held in Vladivostok, Russia. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated as the Chief Guest at the Eastern Economic Forum. During the plenary session,

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the “Act Far East” policy for Russia.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi also announced a $1 Billion line of credit to Russia for the development of the resource-rich region.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For IBPS RRB Clerk Mains:

• President of Russia: Vladimir Putin; Capital: Moscow.
• The Russian ruble is the currency of Russia.

Sports

11. Anupama Swain wins bronze in World Martial Arts Mastership
i. Indian woman athlete Anupama Swain won a bronze medal in the recently concluded World Martial Arts Mastership Jiu-Jitsu 2019.
ii. The event was held in Chungju, South Korea. Now she qualified for 2022 Asian Games. she was the only Indian to participate in the championship.
iii. Jiu-Jitsu is a form of martial art and combat sport and it puts the entire focus on grappling with particular emphasis on ground fighting.

12. Rashid Khan breaks 15-Year-Old record to become youngest Test Captain
i. Afghanistan leg spinner Rashid Khan holds a new record when he dons the whites for Afghanistan as captain. He broke the 15-year-old record by becoming the youngest Test captain in the Test Cricket history. 
ii. He is 20 years and 350 days old. Previously, the former Zimbabwe wicketkeeper Tatenda Taibu was holding this record who was 20 years and 358 days old.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For RRB NTPC/IBPS RRB Main 2019:

• Afghanistan Capital: Kabul; Currency: Afghan Afghani.

13. Manu-Saurabh won gold medal in ISSF World Cup
i. Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary won the gold medal in mixed 10m air pistol at the ISSF World Cup in Rio de Janeiro. In the air pistol final, the pair of Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary prevailed over Yashaswini Singh Deswal and Abhishek Verma 17-15. 
ii. With this, India finished the ISSF World Cup at the top of the medals tally with 5 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For RRB Main 2019:

• Capital of Brazil: Brasilia; Currency of Brazil: Brazilian Real.

Obituaries

14. Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe passes away
i. Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe passed away. He was the country's first post-independence leader and also considered as Zimbabwe's founding father. He served the country as its leader for 37 years. 
ii. He also served as the rotating chairman of the 54 nation African Union and the 15-nation Southern African Development Community.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For IBPS RRB Clerk Mains:

• Capital of Zimbabwe: Harare; President: Emmerson Mnangagwa.

15. Sahitya Akademi Award-winning writer Kiran Nagarkar passes away
i. Sahitya Akademi Award-winning writer Kiran Nagarkar passed away. He began his career as an educationist, a journalist and then later as a screenplay writer in the advertising industry. 
ii. His novel "Cuckold" (1997) won him the 2001 Sahitya Akademi award. He wrote his first book Saat Sakkam Trechalis in 1974 in his mother tongue, Marathi.

Miscellaneous

16. Asia's first 5th Generation: VR based simulator centre launched at Chennai
i.Asia's first 5th Generation - Virtual Reality based Advanced Driver Training Simulator Centre was launched at the Automobile Association of Southern India Centre (AASI), Chennai. In the first 6 months, AASI will train 200 Ambulance drivers free of cost, under 'Safe Drivers Campaign'. The simulator was ideated, designed and developed by Chennai based Red Chariots Technologies Pvt Ltd.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For RRB Main 2019:

• Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu: Edappadi K. Palaniswami; Governor: Banwarilal Purohit.
• Tamil Nadu Capital: Chennai.

Daily updates 7 September 2019

National News

1. ISRO loses contact with Moon lander "Vikram"
i. Indian Space Research Organisation has announced that it lost contact with the Moon lander "Vikram" which was scheduled to land on the moon between 1.30 a.m. and 2.30 a.m. (IST). 
ii. Further the roll out of the rover "Pragyan" was scheduled between 5.30 a.m and 6.30 a.m. Lander "Vikram" started its descent at about 1.38 a.m. from an altitude of 30 km at a velocity of 1,680 metres per second, but lost its communication with the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter when it was at an altitude of 2.1 Km from Moon's surface.
iii. According to ISRO, the performance of the lander was as per the plan till it was 2.1 km from the moon surface. Although, the 2,379 kg Chandrayaan-2 orbiter continues to fly around the moon. Its mission life is of one year.
iv. ISRO launched the Chandrayaan-2 (on July 22, 2019) into the space from India's heavy lift rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV Mk III). The Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft comprised three segments: the Orbiter, lander 'Vikram' and rover 'Pragyan'.

State News

2. UNESCO ties up with Rajasthan to promote state's intangible cultural heritage
i. UNESCO and Rajasthan government joined hands to promote music, art and craft forms, and other intangible cultural heritage of the state to spur socio-economic growth of several artist communities.
ii. It is a partnership agreement to promote community-based responsible tourism based on the rich intangible cultural heritage of Rajasthan. The project will be implemented in Jodhpur, Barmer, Jaisalmer and Bikaner districts.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For RRB NTPC/IBPS RRB Mains:

• Chief Minister of Rajasthan: Ashok Gehlot; Governor of Rajasthan: Kalraj Mishra.
• Capital of Rajasthan: Jaipur.

Agreement

3. Gujarat Govt, Delaware State of America sign MoU for sister-state
i. Gujarat Government and the Delaware State of America signed Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) for sister state. This is the first sister-state MoU signed by Gujarat with any state of America.
ii. The cooperation in the field of services and investment opportunities in GIFT-IFSC (Gujarat International Finance Tec-City - International Financial Services Centre) discussed during the meeting. The sectors like Biotechnology University, biosciences, financial services, animal husbandry and dairy, port services are the fields related to which the cooperation.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For RRB Main 2019:

• CM of Gujarat: Vijay Rupani, Governor: Acharya Dev Vrat.
• Capital of Gujarat: Gandhinagar.

4.  India to host 6th India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue
i. The 6th India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) begins in New Delhi. India will host the dialogue that will focus on collaboration between two countries on areas of infrastructure, energy, high-tech, resource conservation, pharmaceuticals policy coordination.
ii. From the Indian side, it will be chaired by NITI Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar and the Chinese side will be led by the chairman of the National Development and Reforms Commission (NDRC).

Appointments

5. B Bala Bhaskar appointed as next Indian Ambassador to Norway
i. Senior diplomat B Bala Bhaskar was appointed as the next Indian Ambassador to Norway. He will replace Krishan Kumar, who has been heading the Indian mission in Norway since July 2018. Formerly he served as a Joint Secretary of the WANA division of the MEA that deals with all the matters relating to India's trade with WANA region comprising 19 countries.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For RRB Main 2019:

• Prime Minister of Norway: Erna Solberg; Norway Capital: Oslo.
• Currency: Norwegian krone.

Awards

6. “Oscars of science” awarded to Event Horizon Telescope Team
i. The Event Horizon Telescope Team consisting of 347 scientists who produced the world’s first image of a black hole were felicitated with breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. 
ii. The prize is known as the “Oscars of science”, with prize money $3 million. The team had published the image of black hole circled by a flame-orange halo of white-hot plasma on the Messier 87 (M87) galaxy on April 10, 2019.

Summit and Conference

7. 4th Indian Ocean Conference 2019 held in Male
i. 4th Indian Ocean Conference 2019 was recently held in Male, Maldives. Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was one of the speakers at the Indian Ocean Conference 2019 event.
ii. The theme for 4th Indian Ocean Conference 2019 was: ‘Securing the Indian Ocean Region: Traditional and Non-Traditional Challenges’. This edition of the conference will provide yet another opportunity for stakeholders of the Indian Ocean Region to deliberate on building an institutional framework for managing the threats to regional peace and human security.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For RRB NTPC/IBPS RRB Mains:

• Capital of Maldives: Males; Currency of the Maldives: Maldivian Rufiyaa.

Books and Authors

8. Vice president releases a book titled ‘Glorious Diaspora - Pride of India'
i. A Coffee Table Book titled ‘Glorious Diaspora- Pride of India’ on Pravasi Bharatiya Samman awardees was released by Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi.
ii. The book contains the brief profiles of recipients of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards (PBSA) from 2003 to 2019. It has been brought out by Indian Diaspora Club.
iii. It includes an inspiring profile of Distinguished Overseas Indians who have made their indelible mark in various fields.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For RRB Main 2019:

• Managing Director of Indian Diaspora Club: Rajat Kapoor.
• NRI Day (Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas): 9 January.

Obituaries

9. Pakistan’s master leg-spinner Abdul Qadir passes away
i. Pakistan’s master leg-spinner Abdul Qadir passed Away. Qadir, who played in 67 Tests and 104 ODIs had a total 368 wickets in his international career. He was worked as chief selector in 2009 and it was the squad that was selected by him that went on to win the ICC World T20 in England.

10. Veteran Congress leader Sukhdev Singh Libra passes away
i. Veteran Congress leader and former MP Sukhdev Singh Libra passed away. He was the member of the 14th and 15th Lok Sabhas. 
ii. In 1985, he became MLA(Member of the Legislative Assembly) from Khanna in Ludhiana. He was a member of Rajya Sabha from 1998-2004. He contested from Fatehgarh Sahib and Ropar parliamentary constituencies.

Miscellaneous

11. India Pavilion inaugurated at 44th TIFF 2019
i. High Commissioner of India to Canada Vikas Swarup inaugurated the India Pavilion at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2019.
ii. The Inauguration of India Pavilion at TIFF 2019 will provide a platform to showcase Indian Cinema in the overseas market and facilitate new business opportunities. 
iii. TIFF also provides the ideal platform for the global outreach of the 50th International Film Festival of India 2019.