Sadhguru and Hemanta BiswasSadhguru and Hemanta Biswas
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  1. Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot has apologized to Central observer Mallikarjun Kharge after a rebellion by 90 Congress MLAs loyal to Gehlot. Meanwhile, Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi has sought a detailed report on the crisis.
  2. Ghulam Nabi Azad said his party would be called the ‘Democratic Azad Party.’ He stressed that the party has “no age bar, and youth and veterans will co-exist.” Azad also unveiled the party flag.
  3. Fifty-five Afghan Sikhs, fleeing the country, arrived at Delhi on a Special flight. Joining the Indian government’s evacuation effort, the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee, Amristar, and the Indian World forum organized the flight.
  4. The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing PFI’s money laundering through Hawala routes, said that office-bearers of the Islamic Organization used the ‘Darbar’ restaurant in Abu Dhabi as their den for illegal transactions.
  5. Referring to America’s sustenance package for Pakistan’s F-16 fleet, EAM S Jaishankar said, “you are not fooling anyone” by saying things like the grant is for counter-terrorism. Jaishankar, who is in the US, will meet his American counterpart Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
  6. Traffic restrictions have been imposed in Bengaluru between Old Airport and the Raj Bhavan due to President Droupadi Murmu’s three-day visit to Karnataka’s state capital.
  7. Villagers near the Kaziranga National Park in Assam have filed a complaint against CM Hemanta Biswa Sarma and Spiritual guru Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev for allegedly violating the wildlife act with their night safari in a jeep inside the park.
  8. At least 15 people were killed and close to a dozen injured after a man wearing Nazi symbols entered his former school in central Russia and opened fire.
  9. Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted citizenship to US whistleblower, Edward Snowden, who was given asylum by Moscow in 2013.
  10. PM Narendra Modi has headed to Tokyo to attend the funeral of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in July this year.