National

18th G20 summit

• 18th G20 Leaders' Summit has begun at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. 
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing the Summit.

International

India-Bangladesh

• PM Narendra Modi held talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on diversifying bilateral cooperation and discussed issues such as connectivity and commercial linkages.

India-US

• PM Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with US President Joe Biden over wide-ranging topics to deepen ties between the two nations. 

India and Saudi Arabia

• PM Narendra Modi will hold bilateral meeting with PM of Saudi Arabia Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in New Delhi.

Economy

Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2023-24 (Series II)

• Government of India in consultation with RBI has decided to allow discount of Rs. 50 per gram from the issue price to those investors who apply online and the payment is made through digital mode. 
• For such investors the issue price of Gold Bond will be Rs. 5,873 per gram of gold.

I-CRR

• RBI has decided to discontinue the incremental Cash Reserve Ratio (I-CRR) in a phased manner. 
• I-CRR is a temporary measure to absorb excess liquidity from the banking system.

Defence

EXERCISE ‘VARUNA’-2023

• 21st edition of Varuna bilateral exercise between Indian and French Navy was conducted in the Arabian Sea.

Sports

Asian junior rapid chess champions

• India’s Mayank Chakraborty and Kazakhstan’s Nazerke Nurgali emerged the winners in the Tata Steel Asian junior rapid chess championship.

U.S. Open

• Rohan Bopanna became the oldest Grand Slam doubles finalist in the Open Era.

'Golden Ticket'

• Sachin Tendulkar was presented with a ‘Golden Ticket’ for the upcoming ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023.

Person in News

Ajit Ninan

• Cartoonist Ajit Ninan passed away in Mysuru.

 Dinesh Sharma

• Dinesh Sharma has been declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha

Dipak Gupta

• RBI has approved the appointment of Dipak Gupta as the interim MD & CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank.

Books & Author

Science & Tech

Jio Platforms collaborates with Nvidia

• Jio Platforms collaborated with Nvidia to develop AI models for India.
• NvidiaHQ: Santa Clara, California, United StatesCEO: Jensen Huang 

Miscellaneous

Mandatory hallmarking

• Central Government has notified the third phase of mandatory hallmarking vide Hallmarking of Gold Jewellery and Gold Artefacts (Third Amendment) Order, 2023.