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- The AIIMS-Delhi has launched a first-of-its-kind clinical ecotoxicology facility in India. The centre will be used to investigate increasing cases of diseases resulting from exposure to environmental toxins contaminating water, food and air.
- The two day long 22nd National Conference on E-Governance has been conducted at Shillong, Meghalaya.
- Palaeontologists have found the ‘fossils’ of the largest parrot ever recorded in New Zealand. It is estimated to have weighed 7 kg.
- The new species has been named “Heracles inexpectatus” to reflect its unusual size and strength and the unexpected nature of the discovery.
- The Karnataka IT department has launched a scheme called “E-Step” for students/start-ups/entrepreneurs to understand the basics of entrepreneurship from ‘experienced trainers’.
- The third International Electric Vehicles and charging infrastructure Conclave was held at new Delhi.
- Ravi Shastri has been reappointed head coach of the men's senior national team by the Indian cricket board (BCCI) for an extended two-year term that will conclude in November 2021.
- Thailand women's cricket team has created a world record by winning its 17th successive T20 international match. This is the highest number of consecutive wins by any team (both men and women) in T20 format.
- India’s Varun Kapur has won bronze medal at the Bulgarian Junior International Badminton Championships 2019, which took place at Pazardzhik, Bulgaria.
- Aishwarya Pissay created history by becoming the first Indian to claim a World Title in motorsports. She lifted the FIM World Cup in the women’s category in Hungary.
- The event was conducted by International Motorcycling Federation, the governing body for motorcycle racing in the world.
- German cancer researcher Fiona Kolbinger has become the 1st woman to win one of the world’s toughest cycling races (4,000 km). The race was held between Bulgaria and France.
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