Rafael Nadal survived a heroic Daniil Medvedev fightback in the US Open finals to claim an epic 7-5 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-4 win and a fourth U.S. Open title, moving within one Grand Slam crown of matching Roger Federer's all-time record of 20
Bianca Andreescu won Women’s Singles US Open title
Ferrari's 21-yr old Charles Leclerc won a nail-biting, incident-filled Italian Grand Prix. Leclerc's victory was his 2nd in a row, following his maiden win in Belgium, & Ferrari's 1st at their home race since Fernando Alonso triumphed in 2010
Mercedes’ V Bottas: 2nd, Lewis Hamilton: 3rd
High Commissioner of India to Canada Vikas Swarup inaugurated India Pavilion at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival 2019, which will provide a platform to showcase Indian Cinema in the overseas market facilitating new business opportunities
50th International Film Festival, India 2019 to be held in Goa
Committee of Administrators (CoA) of BCCI, chaired by Vinod Rai has appointed a 3-member Independent Supervisory Committee chaired by Alok Kumar to run the cricketing affairs of Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) and also conduct fresh elections
BCCI Ombudsman: Justice D K Jain (retd)
India government announced its decision to extend a relief of $1 million to the Bahamas which is facing the wrath of Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 hurricane with winds reaching 295 km/h.
Bahamas Capital: Nassau; Currency: Bahamian dollar
President of India has appointed Justice Vikram Nath as Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court upon Collegium’s recommendation, which had previously recommended Justice Nath as Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court
Chief Justice of India: Ranjan Gogoi
EHL has proposed to capitalise free reserves of Equitas Small Finance Bank issuing shares of the subsidiary to its shareholders without cash consideration. As per RBI regulations, ESFB was to be listed on capital markets on or before September 4, 2019
P.N. Vasudevan: MD & CEO Equitas Small Finance Bank
Bank of Baroda has planned to raise capital up to Rs 3,000 crore through tier-II bonds for meeting capital adequacy norms for the merged entity (Vijaya & Dena Bank with BoB). India Ratings has assigned “AAA” stable rating to proposed bond offering by BoB
BOB’s merged with Dena & Vijaya Bank, w.e.f 1 April 2019
India registered improvement in overall life expectancy at birth to 69 years, with women expected to live for 70.4 years & men for 67.8 years, as per Sample Registration Survey (SRS) for 2013-17.
Overall life expectancy grew from 68.7 years in 2012-16
US-based Duracell Inc. is set to buy Eveready Industries’ battery and flashlight business in a slump sale for Rs 1,600-1,700 crore. The all-cash deal includes the manufacturing plants, distribution network and the Eveready brand
Duracell, owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway