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• The 70th anniversary of Communist Party rule in China was "one of Hong Kong's most violent and chaotic days", the city's police chief has said.


• An 18-year-old protester was shot in the chest with a live bullet - one of six live rounds fired by police.


• Protesters - armed with petrol bombs and projectiles - fought pitched battles with police in several parts of Hong Kong.


• In total, 104 people were taken to hospital and 180 were arrested.


• Police chief Stephen Lo said 25 officers were also injured.

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• One of the projectiles fired by North Korea early appears to have fallen into Japan's exclusive economic zone, the top government spokesman said.


• "At around 7:10 am (1010 GMT), two projectiles were launched from the eastern coast of North Korea," Yoshihide Suga told reporters.

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• Dozens of cadets and youngsters from Russia's Youth Army have been getting up close and personal with perhaps the world's most iconic firearm as their country prepares to mark the centenary of the birth of Mikhail Kalashnikov, maker of the legendary rifle.


• At Victory Museum in western Moscow, visitors including the young cadets are invited to assemble Kalashnikovs and pose for selfies at the exhibition dedicated to the famous automatic weapon.

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• Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed Tom Cruise to Kiev to discuss locations for one of the Hollywood superstar's new film projects, the presidency said.


• Zelensky, who was a popular comedian until his shock presidential election win this spring, told the 57-year-old actor about his own experiences in the cinema, the press service said.


• It was not revealed whether the pair discussed the president's current role in a real-life drama: the scandal that has launched impeachment proceedings against US leader Donald Trump.

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• Negotiations have been at a standstill for months following a February summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump in Vietnam.


• North Korea and the U.S. have agreed to resume nuclear negotiations on October 5 following a months-long stalemate over the withdrawal of sanctions in exchange for disarmament, a senior North Korean diplomat.


• Choe Son Hui, North Korea’s first vice minister of foreign affairs, said the two nations will have preliminary contact on October 4 before holding working-level talks on October 5.

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• Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled the grit and determination of Lal Bahadur Shastri on his 115th birth anniversary.


• “Tributes to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri who gave the call of ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’,” PM Modi tweeted.


• He also posted a short video on the leader in which he referred to Shastri’s grit and determination and his love for khadi.

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• The U.S. has removed Turkey, a NATO ally, from its F-35 fighter jet programme after Turkey received parts for the S-400 from Russia.
Asked if he is willing to accept U.S. sanctions for purchasing the S-400 missile defence shield from Russia and if not, what other options India was considering, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said the decision has been communicated to the U.S. government.

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• The size of the stamp is 52 x 37 mm and that of the block 100 x 90 mm.


• The government of Uzbekistan has issued a special postage stamp to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.


• The stamp is part of the “Outstanding personalities” series of its Postal department. A similar stamp was issued by Turkey’s Postal department.

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• The BJP said that no major Muslim country came out in support of Pakistan after the Modi government ended the special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370.


• At a press conference at the BJP headquarters here, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan cited his recent visit to three Islamic countries, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar, to affirm that these nations appreciated India’s stand.

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• IIM Udaipur has been featured in the QS 2020 Masters in Management (MIM) ranking and is the youngest management institutes in India to be on the list.


• "It is a matter of pride for IIMU's program to receive this global recognition. It is an endorsement of our accomplished faculty, our talented students and exceptional alumni.


• We look forward to continuing to grow and build on our solid relationship with partners in all sectors of Indian industry", said Janat Shah, Director, IIM Udaipur.

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• After enriching minds and making thousands of students and scholars bury their noses in book pages for decades, the Central Library of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), popularly known as Maulana Azad Library reached another milestone as it is has been awarded the ISO-9001:2015 certification.


• Maulana Azad Library is one of the largest university libraries of the world which possesses about 18,00,000 volumes of books and 55,097 current journals in hard and soft copies.

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• The recent crisis at Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank (PMC) has once again brought the role of auditors to the forefront – an area where the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has taken a tough stance and could once again do so.


• According to the disclosures made by Joy Thomas, former Managing Director at PMC Bank, its statutory auditors were only checking the incremental advances and not the entire operations in all the accounts due to time constraints and the increasing size of operation.

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• India, competitive abroad and ruthless at home, should start the three-Test series against South Africa as the overwhelming favourite.


• India captain Virat Kohli opted to bat after winning the toss in the first Test against South Africa starting in Visakhapatnam.


• India had named their playing XI on the eve of the match with Rohit Sharma in as an opener and Wriddhiman Saha back behind the stumps in place of Rishabh Pant.

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• The 51-run victory in the fourth match at the Lalbhai Contractor Stadium, in front of another big crowd, gave the host an unassailable 2-0 lead.


• There was cricket, finally. The women’s T20I series, badly affected by persistent rain over the last few days, resumed. And India clinched it in style.

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• Indian magazine India today’s Vice Chairperson(VC) Kallie Puri was honoured with 2019 “India’s Most Powerful Women in Media” award at famed Confluence Excellence Awards at the British Parliament in London, United Kingdom.


• The Confluence Excellence Awards recognizes individuals for their innovative leadership and the success they have achieved through revolutionizing their field in which they work.

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• S S Mallikarjuna Rao has been appointed the new Managing Director of Punjab National Bank, the country's second largest public sector bank.


• Rao, who was the Managing Director & CEO of Allahabad Bank, will be at the helm of PNB till September 18, 2021, or until further orders, whichever is earlier, according to an order issued by the Finance Ministry.

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• Peru's vice-president has resigned from her post after declining the opposition's nomination to be interim leader, saying she hoped it would pave the way for a new general election.


• Mercedes Aráoz said the "constitutional order had broken" and that the country faced a "grave institutional crisis".


• President Martín Vizcarra dissolved Congress, but opposition MPs suspended him and swore in Ms. Aráoz