- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the Grand Finale marking the culmination of Ujjwal Bharat, Ujjwal Bhavishya – Power @2047 through video conferencing tomorrow.
- National Education Policy-2020 to be the foundation of self-reliant, empowered and secured India, says Home Minister Amit Shah; Launches education-sector related initiatives to mark two years of National Education Policy.
- External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar participated in the SCO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at Tashkent in Uzbekistan today. He highlighted that the world is facing an energy and food crisis due to disruptions from the Covid pandemic and Ukraine conflict.
- Parliament adjourned for the day after uproar over alleged objectionable remarks by a Congress leader on President Droupadi Murmu.
- Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has apologised to President Droupadi Murmu over his alleged objectionable remark about her.
- In a letter to the President today, the Leader of Congress party in Lok Sabha expressed regret for mistakenly using an incorrect word to describe President Murmu’s position. He assured that it was a slip of tongue.
- Five hundred eighty four Industrial Licenses issued to 358 companies for manufacturing of various defence items, informs Government.
- Government proposes amendments in Cantonments Act, 2006 for greater democratisation of Cantonment Boards.
- Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh announces revision of financial assistance to orphaned children of Ex-Servicemen from one thousand rupees to three thousand rupees per month.
- Seasoned diplomat and IFS officer of 1994 batch Pranay Kumar Verma has been appointed as India’s next High Commissioner to Bangladesh. He is currently serving as India’s Ambassador to Vietnam. This was announced on Friday by the Ministry of External Affairs in Delhi.
- Prime Minister to inaugurate first-ever All India District Legal Services Authorities Meet in New Delhi tomorrow.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched India’s first International Bullion Exchange at Gujarat International Finance Tech (GIFT) City in Gandhinagar .
- He also launched NSE IFSC-SGX Connect and laid the foundation stone of the headquarters of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) at GIFT City.
- At Commonwealth Games in Birmingham; Indian women’s table tennis team beat South Africa 3-0.
- In boxing, Shiva Thapa wins men’s 63.5kg Round of 32 bout against Pakistan’s Suleman Baloch.
- Commonwealth Games 2022: Indian women’s hockey team thrash Ghana 5-0 in Pool A game.
- Indian women’s Cricket team lost to Austraralia by Three wickets.
- In Badminton women’s single P.V Sindhu defeated Pakistan’s Shehzad.
