National

B20 presidency to Brazil                 

• India handed over the B20 presidency to Brazil to host G20 in 2024. 
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the B-20 Business Summits suggested that one day in a year should be observed as 'international consumer care day'.

G20 Technical Workshop

• G20 Technical Workshop on One Health-Opportunities and Challenges will be held in Bengaluru. 
• It will be hosted by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

 International

India - New Zealand  

• Union Minister Parshottam Rupala held a bilateral meeting with Damien O Connor, Minister of Trade & Export Growth/ Minister of Agriculture, New Zealand.

India- EU

• Union Minister Piyush Goyal held a meeting with Helena Budliger, State Secretary, Director of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), European Union in New Delhi. 

Band-e-Amir National Park

• Taliban government has banned women from visiting the Band-e-Amir National Park in Bamiyan province.

 Knowledge Park at Chattogram

• Indian High Commissioner laid foundation stone of Knowledge Park at Chattogram, Bangladesh.

Economy

India-UK FTA

• Union Minister Piyush Goyal and the UK’s Secretary of State for Trade, Ms. Kemi Badenoch held a meeting to review the ongoing India UK Free Trade Agreement in New Delhi.

Additional safeguards for export of Basmati rice

• Government has introduced additional safeguards for the export of Basmati rice to prevent exports of Non-Basmati white rice through misclassification as Basmati.
• Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)HQ: New DelhiBasmati Rice: Second Schedule of APEDA Act 

Sports

World Athletics Championships

• Neeraj Chopra has won the gold medal with a throw of 88.17 metres in the men's javelin throw event at the World Athletics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.
• He has become the first Indian to win gold at WAC.
• Indian 4×400 metre relay quartet of Muhammed Anas, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi and Rajesh Ramesh became the first Indian team to reach a World Championship final.
• Noah Lyles has become first man since Usain Bolt to complete sprint treble.

 Women’s Asian Hockey

• India defeated Thailand at the Women’s Asian Hockey 5s World Cup Qualifier in Salalah, Oman.

US Open

• The fourth and final Grand Slam of the season, the US Open tennis tournament will kick off in New York.

Government Schemes

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

• Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana – the National Mission for Financial Inclusion – has completed nine years of successful implementation.

Person in News

Darshana Jardosh

• Union Minister of State for Railways and Textiles, Darshana Jardosh is on a three day visit to Nagaland.

Emmerson Mnangagwa

• Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa was re-elected for a second and final five-year term.

Jayanta Mahapatra

• Eminent poet-writer Jayanta Mahapatra passed away. 
• He was the first Indian poet to win a Sahitya Akademi award for English poetry.

Aden Bare Duale

• Aden Bare Duale, Cabinet Secretary for Defence, Kenya arrived in New Delhi on a three-day visit to India.

 Appointments

Lt Gen Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon 

• Lt Gen Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon (Retd) has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi for a period of three years.

Awards & Honors

Miss Diva Universe 2023

• Shweta Sharda won Miss Diva Universe 2023 title. 
• Sonal Kukreja was crowned Miss Diva Supranational 2023.

Books & Authors

“Corona: Thapp Jewan Aur Aikakipan”

• Abhay Singh Chautala released a book, “Corona: Thapp Jewan Aur Aikakipan”. 
• The book has been written by Sewa Singh Rapria.

Science & Tech

Temperature variation on lunar surface

• ISRO released a graph of the temperature variation on lunar surface with increase in depth measured by the ChaSTE payload onboard Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander module.
• Chandra's Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE) measures the temperature profile of the lunar topsoil around the pole.

SLIM

• Japan’s scheduled launch of an H2A rocket carrying the lunar probe Smart Lander for investigating the Moon(SLIM) was postponed due to unfavourable weather conditions.
• The launch was set to take place from the Tanegashima Space Centre in Kagoshima prefecture.

Ayushman App

• Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya launched Ayushman App in Hindi and English. 

 Environment

New sanctuary proposed in Saurashtra

• A new wildlife sanctuary should be set up along the Shetrunji River in Amreli and Bhavnagar districts to increase the protected area for the growing population of Asiatic lions in the Saurashtra region.

Miscellaneous

Western Zonal Council meeting

• Union Minister Amit Shah will chair Western Zonal Council meeting at Gandhinagar. 
• Western Zonal Council comprises the states of Gujarat, Goa, Maharashtra and the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.

G20-Chief Scientific Advisers’ Roundtable meet

• Second G20-Chief Scientific Advisers’ Roundtable meet will be held in Gujarat. 
• Science advisors, Scientists, researchers from G 20 countries and invited countries are taking part in the meeting.