- After its recommendation on Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, the Election Commission has sent Governor Ramesh Bais recommendations on Soren’s brother and MLA Basant.
- With Indian and Chinese troops disengagement at PP-15 in Gogra-Hot Springs happening on one side, Gen Manoj Pande reviewed the “Parvat Prahar exercise” in the eastern Ladakh frontier.
- India registered its protest against the US government’s decision to grant a $450 million package to upgrade Pakistan’s F-16 fleet with US assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia Donald Lu.
- The Supreme Court has sent a directive to the UP government to liberally consider releasing all lifers, per the state’s remission policy within a span of three months.
- Ghulam Nabi Azad, speaking at his first public rally at Baramulla said that Article 370 cannot be restored, adding that it needs a two-thirds majority in the parliament.
- The Tirumala Tirupathi temple received its highest-ever Hundi income of Rs.140.34 crore in August, said TTD executive officer A V Dharma Reddy.
- New York has declared a disaster emergency after wash water samples in four of its counties revealed the presence of Poliovirus. The state has plans to speed up its vaccination effort against Polio.
- King Charles III was officially nominated as the British monarch on Saturday, with the event broadcast live for the public, senior members of British life declared, “God Save the King.”
- A 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Papua New Guinea, causing damage to buildings in the coastal town of Madang and Lae.
- Steady rains in California helped firefighters combat the massive wildfire that burnt down 27,000 acres of land in Riverside County
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