National

Atal Health Fair

• Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurated the two-day-long Atal Health Fair in memory of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

 Telecommunications Bill, 2023

• The government has moved the Telecommunications Bill, 2023 in the Lok Sabha.
•  It aims to replace the 138 years old Indian Telegraph Act that governs the telecom sector.

Swarved Mahamandir

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the world's largest meditation center, Swarved Mahamandir, in Varanasi.

  Economy 

Second largest economy state

• Uttar Pradesh has become the second largest state in the country in GDP share after Maharashtra as per a report by prominent online blogging platform soic.in, which keeps track of investments and the stock market.

Defence

Exercise Astrashakti 2023

• Indian Akash air defence missile system destroys four targets simultaneously.
•  With this India has become the first to demonstrate the capability of engaging four targets simultaneously at such ranges by command guidance using a single firing unit.

Sports

Khelo India Para Games 

• The first-ever Khelo India Para Games concluded in New Delhi with Haryana winning the inaugural title by securing 105 medals including 40 gold, 39 silver, and 26 bronze.
• Uttar Pradesh came second with 62 medals including 25 gold, 23 silver, and 14 bronze, while Tamil Nadu finished third with 20 gold, 8 silver, and 14 bronze medals.

 MRF Formula

• Sandeep Kumar and Chetan Surnineni won the MRF Formula 2000 and 1600 titles respectively at the Madras International Circuit.

All India Amateur Championships

• Subhash Tamang beat Rohit to become first golfer from Nepal to win All India Amateur Championships.

 Person in News

Reuven Azar

• Israeli government has approved Reuven Azar as the new Ambassador to India, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan.

Amitabh Bachchan

• Amitabh Bachchan has become the owner of Mumbai team in Indian Street Premier League.

 Miscellaneous 

 ‘Bhashini’

• PM Narendra Modi used a real-time Artificial Intelligence-based translation tool ‘Bhashini’ while delivering his speech during the inauguration ceremony of Kashi Tamil Sangamam 2.0 at Namo Ghat in Varanasi.