Suppression of free speech by the government: Upon seeing visuals of homes and shops burning in the aftermath of communal violence in Tripura, a journalist tweeted, “Tripura is burning!”; for this tweet, the government has charged him under the anti-terror law UAPA; Tripura police has booked 102 people under this UAPA law for tweets against communal violence

Modi government goes silent as U.S. govt reports China’s takeover: Pentagon reports that China has built a large village in Arunachal Pradesh and has been taking incremental action to press its claims on the Line of Actual Control

Maharashtra hospital fire: 11 Covid-19 patients killed in Ahmednagar hospital fire; reports suggest that an electrical short-circuit may have started the fire

Fuel taxes and inflation: The excise duty cut on petrol by Rs 5 a litre and on diesel by Rs 10 a litre could reduce the consumer price index (CPI) inflation rate by up to 0.30 percentage points

Anti-poaching workers: Job insecurity, low wages plague anti-poaching workers in the Nilgiris