Akhilesh Yadav launched a scathing attack on the Centre for their claim to work towards digitalising the country. Talking about the BJP-led Government's move of conducting surgical strike across the Line of Control (LoC), he asked voters to remain vigilant as the saffron party may launch another election-winning tactic before the 2017 polls. Yadav was addressing a gathering at an event marking the inauguration of several developmental projects based in Noida and Greater Noida.
8:5A Haaretz investigation alleges that UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu roughly 10 days before the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack, warning that Yahya Sinwar was planning a major operation.
8:7German police launched a major security operation after suspected improvised rocket-launch devices were reportedly discovered near a power substation close to the Weisweiler power plant in western Germany.