INDIAN AFFAIRS
- Govt permitted import of pet coke by the graphite electrode industry
- Niwari inducted as the 52nd district of Madhya Pradesh
- UPSC to allow facility of withdrawal of applications by candidates
- Wage Compensation scheme for Pregnant Women in tea gardens of state of Assam launched in Guwahati, Assam
- Odisha launched its State Food Security Scheme covering 25 lakh poor people on Gandhi Jayanti
- India ranked 5th in pictorial warnings on cigarette packets: Canadian Cancer Society
- IMF, World Bank and WTO launched Reinvigorating Trade and Inclusive Growth Report
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
- Paytm tops UPI payments with over 33% market share
- BSE, the first exchange to launch of gold, silver contracts
- Mahatma Gandhi to be posthumously awarded the US Congressional Gold Medal
- Haryana’s Maharashi Dayanand University declared cleanest government university by HRD Ministry
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS
- Ravi Venkatesan appointed UNICEF’s special representative
- India-born Harvard professor Gita Gopinath was appointed the chief economist of IMF
- Rangachari Sridharan named chairperson of National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA)
- OPPI re-elected A Vaidheesh as President for 2ndterm
Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora appointed as new SWAC chief
SPORTS
- BCCI covered under RTI Act, rules Central Information Commission
Yuvraj Wadhwani lifts 25th Asian junior individual squash championship title in Chennai - Rohit Sharma climbs to 2nd spot, Shikhar Dhawan to 5th in ICC ODI batsmen rankings
- Australian midfielder Mile Jedinak announces retirement from international football
- Russia’s World Cup hero Igor Akinfeev retires from international football
IMPORTANT DAYS
- International Coffee Day – October 1
- International Day of Non-Violence – October 2
- Gandhi Jayanti – October 2