Prime Minister Modi holds first ever meeting with key Kashmiri leaders who his government had house arrested after the bifurcation and revocation of Article 370; Home Minister Amit Shah also present, although he had earlier alleged that these very same leaders “insulted India’s tricolour”; Prime Minister pushes for delimitation of constituencies in J&K, which would enable Assembly elections and potentially even statehood; former J&K CM Omar Abdullah says that Article 370 is not a precondition to political talks, and they will instead fight it out in court

Committee tells Supreme Court that the Delhi state government exaggerated demand for oxygen by four times during the second wave; However, this committee calculated consumption based on the formula for bed capacity; many covid patients never found a bed in a hospital in the first place, and hospitals were scampering for oxygen during the crisis; many died due to the oxygen shortage

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin launched a scheme to provide dry ration kits to migrant labourers, who are facing hardships due to the COVID-19 lockdown in the state

India’s coal-dominated power market is tilting toward solar; NTPC, India’s largest coal power company, has raised its solar targets from 32 gigawatts (GW) to 60 GW

Illegal sand mining affecting health and environment in villages around Jaipur; The National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered the director of mines, Rajasthan to monitor this on regular basis