ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 2005 Bombings in Delhi
• 1998 Oldest person to fly in space
• 1863 Red Cross founded

NATIONAL

• Delegation of European Union Members of Parliament (MPs) calls on PM Modi and VP M. Venkaiah Naidu in Delhi
• Nicaragua’s Foreign Minister Denis Moncada Colindres visits India, to reopen country’s embassy in New Delhi

WORLD

• European Union agrees new January 31, 2020 Brexit deadline; UK not leaving EU on October 31
• Alberto Fernandez of Frente de Todos party elected new President of Argentina
• Prominent Soviet-era dissident Vladimir Bukovsky dies at the age of 76 in England

ECONOMY

• Air India depicts ‘Ik Onkar’ on tail of aircraft on Amritsar-Stansted flight to mark 550th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev

SPORTS

• Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins Formula One Mexican Grand Prix at Mexico City
• Armenia’s Evgeny Shtembuliak (Open) and Russia’s Polina Shuvalova (Girls) win World Junior (under-20) Chess titles in Delhi

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

• Sheikh Khalifa reelected as the President of the UAE
• The 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Water Management was held in Pune
• Sanjay Dhotre launched the Shala Darpan Portal of NVS