The ASI recently discovers a 2000-year old trade centre near the banks of Swarnamukhi River, in the present state of Andhra Pradesh. The ASI team unearthed brick-built structures, four-armed sculptures of Lord Vishnu, broken terracotta pipes in its first round of excavation. The bricks were common in the Satavahana/Ikshvaku period of the Krishna valley while the sculpture of the deity belonged to the Pallava period as per the experts. The second round of excavation is going to begin in November-December, 2019.

Bill Gates (63) in full William Henry Gates III, an American business magnate, author, and Microsoft co-founder, has crowned the title of world’s richest man 2019 by beating Jeffrey Preston Bezos (55), the founder & CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of the legendary e-commerce American company Amazon.

The Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman has released a special commemorative coin on Paramahansa Yogananda. The coin has been released to mark Paramahansa Yogananda’s 125th birth anniversary.

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu introduced a 15 point charter to improve the functioning of Parliament. According to this, political parties should ensure at least 50% attendance of the members to overcome the issues of lack of quorum.