- An Australian-made boat, registered in Oman, with AK 47 rifles, explosives, and bullets was found near Harihareshwar shore in the Raigad district of Maharashtra. Following the recovery, state police have placed the district on high alert.
- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer Hirdesh Kumar said non-locals living ordinarily in J&K can get their names registered in the UT’s voting list and cast their votes during elections.
- Union Transport minister Nitin Gadkari and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan have been dropped in the new list of BJP’s parliament board.
- Six members of a family in Jammu’s Sidhra area were found dead in a suspected case of poisoning. A four-member special team is investigating the case.
- According to a US-based Health Effects Institute (HEI), Delhi and Kolkatta are the most polluted cities globally based on the presence of hazardous particulates (OM 2.5).
- The Central Consumer Protection Authority has slapped a fine of Rs.1,00,000 on the e-commerce platform Flipkart for selling poor-quality pressure cookers.
- Industrialist Gautam Adani has been given ‘Z’ category VIP security, on a “payment basis.” It would cost the industrialist Rs. 15-20 lakhs/month.
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s remarks stating Israel committed 50 Holocausts received backlash from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Israeli PM Yair Lapid.
- A new survey involving Tory voters has revealed that Foreign secretary Liz Truss is likely to receive 60% votes, while Rishi Sunak mere 28% of votes.
- California cops rush to a zoo after receiving a 911 call only to find that the caller was a mischievous monkey who hit the right combination of numbers accidentally.
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