In Mali, the military has appointed Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga as interim Prime Minister after the country's civilian PM Choguel Kokalla Maiga was admitted to hospital.
17-year-old Indian chess master Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa defeated world champion, Magnus Carlsen, in the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami, an international chess Championship.
Ananth Narayan Gopalakrishnan, an associate professor at SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), has been appointed a whole-time member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).