Overview
- With Cyclone Ditwa’s toll at 212 dead and 218 missing, India’s Operation Sagar Bandhu deployed NDRF urban search teams, IAF airlifts delivering about 21 tonnes of aid, rooftop rescues and INS Sukanya sailing with relief as Sri Lanka remains under emergency.
- Israel’s president received a 111‑page proposal from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s lawyers seeking a pre‑conviction pardon, which has been forwarded to the Justice Ministry’s pardons department for formal review in an unusually rare step.
- In Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada, 37 Maoists, including 12 women and 27 wanted militants with bounties totaling Rs 65 lakh, surrendered to security forces under ongoing rehabilitation efforts.
- Sonbhadr police arrested trader Bhola Prasad at Kolkata airport as he allegedly tried to flee to Thailand in a multi‑state codeine syrup trafficking case, while Delhi Police’s Special Cell detained Mohammad Arish from Bijnor over illegal arms dealings and suspected links to Pakistani militant Shahzad Bhatti.
- After scoring 135 in Ranchi, Virat Kohli said he is playing only one format for India, pushing back on speculation about a Test return.