Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the ASEAN and the East Asia Summits besides holding a number of bilateral meetings with several world leaders, including US Vice President Mike Pence.
Cyclone ‘Gaja’ intensified into a severe cyclonic storm on and is expected to cross the south Tamil Nadu coast.
Double Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar and India’s first Asian Games gold medallist heptathlete Swapna Barman were dropped from the latest Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) which was revised keeping in mind the 2020Tokyo Olympics.
Viswanathan Anand stepped it up in the playoff to win the inaugural Tata Steel Chess India Blitz Tournament.