National

Stage 4 of GRAP invoked in Delhi

• The Graded Response Action Plan, GRAP stage - 4 has been imposed in Delhi with immediate effect as air quality continue to deteriorate.
• Delhi’s average Air Quality Index stood at 454 which is in the Severe Category.

  Australia India Education and Skill Council meeting

• The First Australia India Education and Skill Council meeting will be held at IIT Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
• Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Minister for Education, Government of Australia Jason Clare will co-chair the meeting.

International

2 Plus 2 Ministerial Dialogue

• A US delegation led by Secretary of State, Antony Blinken and also featuring Secretary of Defence, Lloyd J Austin III, will arrive in New Delhi next week for the 22 Ministerial Dialogue.

Defence

Aerial Seeding by Indian Navy Helicopters

• Eastern Naval Command in association with Greater Visakha Municipal Corporation achieved another milestone by Aerial seeding of 50,000 seed balls using Indian Navy helicopters from INS Dega, Visakhapatnam.

Maternity leaves for women soldiers

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved a proposal for extension of the rules for Maternity, Child Care and Child Adoption Leaves for women soldiers, sailors and air warriors in the Armed Forces at par with their officer counterparts.

 Sports

Kohli equals Tendulkar's record

• Virat Kohli equalled Sachin Tendulkar's record of highest number of 49 centuries in One Day Internationals.
• Virat touched the milestone in 277 innings as against Tendulkar's 452 innings.
• He also became the third batter, after New Zealand’s Ross Taylor and Mitchell Marsh of Australia, to score a World Cup century on his birthday.

Women’s Asian Champions Trophy

• In Hockey, India won Women’s Asian Champions Trophy title after thumping win over Japan in Ranchi.

Five-wicket haul in ODI

• Ravindra Jadeja has become only the second Indian spinner after Yuvraj Singh to take a five-wicket haul in ODI World Cup.

Paris Masters title

• Novak Djokovic defeated Grigor Dimitrov to win a record-extending seventh Paris Masters title.

Person in News

Zambry Abdul Kadir

• Malaysian Foreign Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir arrived in New Delhi for his first India visit.
• He will co-chair the 6th India-Malaysia Joint Commission Meeting with Dr. S Jaishankar in New Delhi.

Heeralal Samariya

• Heeralal Samariya has become the new chief information commissioner of the Central Information Commission (CIC).

 Miscellaneous

Inclusive Trade for Prosperity

• NITI Aayog will organise a workshop on the theme Inclusive Trade for Prosperity in New Delhi.
• NITI Aayog will also organize a workshop on Accelerating Progress on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the domestic adoption and implementation.

22 illegal betting apps & websites blocked

• Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued blocking orders against 22 illegal betting apps & websites, including Mahadev Book and Reddyannaprestopro.