In Table Tennis, Indian duo Manika Batra and Archana Girish Kamath clinched the women's doubles title in the WTT Contender tournament in Lasko, Slovenia.
Rohit Sharma has been named as the new captain of the Indian T20I side, while KL Rahul has been named as Vice-Captain for India's T20 series against New Zealand.
The Ministry of Defence announced that Vice Admiral R Hari Kumar will take charge as the next Chief of the Indian Navy after the incumbent, Admiral Karambir Singh, retires on November 30.
Tajamul Islam, 13, is the first Kashmiri girl to have represented India and won the gold medal - in the under-14 age category - in World Kickboxing Championship held at Cairo in Egypt.