National

Vote from home

• Election Commission has provided the facility to voters above 80 years of age and those with more than 40 percent Divyanga to vote from home in the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh.

World Local Production Forum

• The Indian delegation led by Shri Bhagwant Khuba, Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers participated in the Second World Local Production Forum held in Hague, Netherlands. 
• The World Local Production Platform is a platform created at the initiative of WHO with the aim of increasing access to medicines and other health technologies.

International

6th India-Malaysia Joint Commission Meeting

• External Affairs Minister, Dr S Jaishankar and his Malaysian counterpart, Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir are co-chairing the 6th India-Malaysia Joint Commission Meeting in New Delhi.

Economy

India-Korea Business Partnership Forum

• 6th India-Korea Business Partnership Forum started in New Delhi, celebrating 50 years of diplomatic ties with South Korea.

Defence

'Pralay'

• India successfully test-fired its short-range ballistic missile 'Pralay' from the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast.
• 'Pralay' is a surface-to-surface missile with a range of 350-500 km and a payload capacity of 500-1,000 kg.

Sports

National Games

• Maharashtra has become the first team to cross 200-medal mark at the 37th National Games in Goa. 
• Maharashtra has so far bagged 203 medals including 70 Gold.

 Science & Tech 

First glimpse of solar flares

• The High Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectrometer (HEL1OS) payload, onboard the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, has captured the first glimpse of solar flares. 
• Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian mission to study the sun is currently on its journey to the destination of sun-earth L1 point (L1).

Miscellaneous

Special Campaign 3.0

• Coal Ministry bagged top position under “Space Freed” category of Special Campaign 3.0.

 IREDA Launches CSR Portal

• Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency has launched a Corporate Social Responsibility portal for enhancing transparency in its CSR initiatives. 
• The portal will facilitate transparency in receipt and disposal of CSR requests from various organizations and institutions.