1. PM Narendra Modi, in a call with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, expressed India’s solidarity with Israel while condemning terrorism strongly. Meanwhile, the Congress Party has reiterated its support for the Palestinian cause.
2. After Israeli authorities said that they found over 1500 bodies of Hamas militants on their territory, Hamas’ armed wing, the al Qassam Brigades, has warned residents of the Israeli city of Ashkelon to flee before 5 pm local time. The War toll has now crossed the 3000 mark.
3. NewsClick Founder Prabir Purkayastha’s Counsel, addressing the court today, asked whether reporting on the India’s COVID-19 policy and farmers’ protests be called ‘terrorism.’ Purkayastha and NewsClick’s HR head Amit Chakravarty are under detention.
4. Answering women students in Jaipur’s Maharani College on why he never thought of marriage, 53-year-old former Congress President Rahul Gandhi said, “Because I am completely entangled in my work and the Congress part.”
5. The Enforcement Directorate has arrested Guangwen Kyang, a Chinese national, Lava International MD Hari Om Rai, Chartered Accountant Nitin Garg, and Rajan Malik as part of its investigation into Money Laundering by Chinese mobile company Vivo.
6. IMD has warned of moderate to heavy rains in Bengaluru over the next few days. Following the intense bout of rain last evening, severe waterlogging and traffic congestion were reported from ORR, Mahadevapura, and Manya Tech Park Road.
7. DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran, who served as Union Minister of Communication and Information Technology during the UPA regime, said he lost Rs.99,999 from his Axis Bank account through a net banking fraud.
8. A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says that a rise in global temperature by 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels will expose 2.2 billion people living in Pakistan and India’s Indus River Valley to heat that exceeds human tolerance.
9. Following the series of accidents in firecracker manufacturing units and godowns, an explosion at a fireworks factory in Tamil Nadu’s Ariyalur District has killed 10 people.
10. On World Mental Health Day, the Union Minister for Health said the Center’s Tele-Mental Heath Assistance and Networking Across Sates (Tele-MANAS) has offered counseling support to over 350,000 people till now, with at least 1,000 calls received every day.
Tele-MANAS Toll-free Helpline Numbers: 14416 or 1-800-891-4416