1. The Supreme Court has paved the way for the Centre to enforce rules on advertisement of tobacco products at their sale outlets that prohibits display of ads larger than 60 centi meters by 45 centimetres at shops.
2. According to the 4th advance estimates of foodgrain production released today, the production of pulses is estimated to be 184.5 lakh tonnes in the current crop year.
3. A 6.6-magnitude strong earthquake today ripped through China’s northwestern Gansu Province, killing at least 47 people and injuring nearly 300 others.
4. North and South Korea began a fifth round of talks today on reopening a joint industrial complex, after previous meetings failed to agree on a framework for resuming operations.
5. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition has won a comfortable majority in yesterday’s Upper House of Parliament elections.
6. Australian researchers have said that a new drug that stops the malaria parasite from using vitamin B1 to multiply, is now plausible.
7. India has bagged a Gold medal in the Women’s Recurve Team event at the Archery World Cup Stage-3 in Medellin, Colombia.
8. Amid mounting tension over a controversial reservation policy introduced by Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission, Allahabad High Court today reserved its verdict on the issue and restrained the panel from conducting interviews for civil services exams scheduled later this month.
9. The 32-year-old Rajasthan athlete Mr.Devendra Jhajharia, whose world record stands at 62.15m, today created history by becoming the first differently-abled Indian to win a gold at the IPC Athletics World Championships as he bagged the yellow metal in javelin throw in the sixth edition of the event in Lyon, France.
10. The prospect of reversing blindness has made a significant leap, according to scientists in the UK. An animal study in the journal Nature Biotechnology showed the part of the eye which actually detects light can be repaired using stem cells.
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