INDIA
– PM Modi meets Deputy PM and Finance Minister of Singapore Lawrence Wong in New Delhi
– Defence Minister Rajnath Singh calls on President of Egypt Mr Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo
– Kazakhstan to host Conference on Confidence Building Measures and Interaction in Asia (CICA) Summit in capital Astana on October 12-13; invites PM Modi
– President Droupadi Murmu meets King Charles III at Buckingham Palace in London
– Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and DONER G. Kishan Reddy addresses the Tourism Ministers’ meeting of the BRICS member countries virtually
– Odisha BJP leader Bishnu Charan Sethi dies at 61 in Bhubaneswar
– Shri Panchkhand Peethadheeshwar Acharya Swami Dharmendra Maharaj dies in Jaipur at 80
– Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh joins BJP, merges Punjab Lok Congress with BJP
– Manipur CM Biren Singh launches portal ‘CM da Haisi’ (Let’s inform the CM) to address public grievances
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) amends regulations to boost value of stressed companies
– 9th Session of Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture being held in New Delhi from September 19 to 24
WORLD
– Ukraine says Russia strikes Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant in Mykolaiv region, reactors undamaged
– 94 people killed in border clashes between Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
– Nigeria: Death toll from Lassa fever rises to 171 this year
– International World Snakebite Awareness Day observed on September 19
SPORTS
– WTA Chennai Open tennis: Linda Fruhvirtova (Czech Republic) wins singles; Luisa Stefani (Brazil) & Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) win doubles
