ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1943 Provisional Government of Free India Declared by Subhas Chandra Bose
• 2014 Oscar Pistorius Convicted for 5 Years

NATIONAL

• Ex Attorney General K Parasaran given the ‘Most Eminent Senior Citizen Award’ by Age Care India in New Delhi
• Tamil Nadu CM K. Palaniswami conferred honorary doctorate by the Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute in Chennai

ENVIRONMENT

• The Liberal Democrats have pledged to plant 60m trees every year if they get into government, increasing the UK’s forest cover by 1m hectares by 2045.
• Amazon deforestation 'at highest level in a decade'

WORLD

• Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan attends G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting in Okayama City, Japan
• Britain asks EU for Brexit delay beyond the current October 31 deadline, EU leaders to decide

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

• C.B.S Nakal is the chairman of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO)
• Novak Djokovic won the 48th edition 2019 Rolex Paris Masters. 
• The first India International Science Festival (IISF) was held in chennai