1. Mukesh Ambani has topped the 'Barclays Hurun India Rich List-2018' for the seventh consecutive year.
2. India will host the Deaf ICC T20 World Cup 2018.
3. Senior IPS officers Rajni Kant Misra and S S Deswal have been appointed director general of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) respectively.
4. First-ever women-only foreign minister conference was held in Montreal, Canada.
5. Former Gujarat Minister Manoharsinh Jadeja died. He was 83.
6. 8th Asian Yoga Sports Championship has been started in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
7. Sreeshankar Murali of Kerala shattered the men's long jump national record with a big jump of 8.20m on way to winning the gold at the National Open Athletics Championships.
8. According to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), India's Gross Domestic Product Growth Rate is expected to 7.0 % in the calendar Year 2018.
9. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has inaugurated a national literary and intellectual conference- “Lok Manthan 2018” at Khel Gaon in Ranchi.
10. Manpreet Singh to be captain of Indian hockey team in Asian Champions Trophy in Muscat, Oman.
11. India and United States have formed 'USAID-India End TB Alliance' comprising leading experts in public and private sectors to combat the menace of TB.
12. India has been ranked 158th in the world for its investments in education and healthcare.
13. Four-time Olympic gold medallist athlete Sanya Richards-Ross has been named as the event ambassador for the Delhi Half Marathon scheduled to be held on October 21.
