China proposes visits, events to revive India talks: Two years into the military standoff along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh in which Indian soldiers were killed by their Chinese counterparts, Beijing has reached out to New Delhi to revive bilateral dialogue and set the stage for the BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) summit in China later this year

Battery manufacturing subsidies by the government: Reliance Industries and Softbank Group-backed Ola Electric will receive incentives under India's $2.4 billion programme to boost local battery cell production after winning a tender

Climate change: Unusual early summer causes wildfires in Kerala; Wildfires have been reported from the buffer zone of Silent Valley National Park apart from Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Attappadi Reserve Forest and Walayar Reserve Forest

Congress’ decimation across states: Rebel leaders of Indian National Congress meet to demand changes in the party leadership and accountability over recent losses; The party has had no full time President in many months, and Rahul Gandhi has refused to take up the responsibility formally despite informally running the party

BSP’s decimation in UP: After being in power multiple times in the past, BSP barely registered any seats in the recent UP elections; Several sub-castes of Dalits voted for BJP over BSP; Earlier BSP had rejected an alliance with SP to counter BJP; Now Mayawati has nominated her nephew Akash Anand as the sole national coordinator of the party; Her brother Anand Kumar remains the No. 2 as national vice-president of the BSP