- Forensic scrutiny by the Supreme Court-appointed technical expert committee said it did not find Pegasus spyware in 29 mobile phones it inspected. Though it detected malware in 5 phones, it’s unclear if it is Pegasus.
- Supreme Court asked the Center and the Gujarat government to register their views over a PIL seeking cancellation of remission granted to all the eleven convicts in the Bilkis Bano case.
- The Madras High Court said, lawyers facing criminal charges cannot be a part of the bar council until they clear them in relevant forums.
- After serving 50 years in the Congress party, senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has decided to quit the party.
- Former ISRO scientists, in a press meet in the state capital Thiruvananthapuram, said Nambi Narayan has made false claims in the movie, “Rocketry: The Nambi Effect.”
- Election Commission has disqualified Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren as MLA. It is alleged that Soren misused his position to obtain a mining license.
- An overwhelming majority of 3 among 4 Indians believe they would become rich someday. An online survey found 71% of Indians optimistic they would earn a fortune within their lifetime.
- Indian Army has launched Project Zorawar to move light tanks to Eastern Ladakh and other high-altitude border areas to counter the growing Chinese threat.
- Face Book’s Mark Zuckerberg, in ‘The Joe Rogan experience’ Podcast, admitted that FB had censored a story on Hunter Biden upon request from the FBI to prevent election misinformation.
- In an apparently rare move, Iranian authorities have allowed women to witness a soccer game at the Tehran Azadi stadium on Thursday evening.
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