1. Arvinder Singh
Lovely has been appointed as the Pro-tem Speaker of the Delhi Assembly,
a temporary position assigned to the senior-most member to
preside over proceedings until a new Speaker is elected. The Constitution
does not explicitly mention this post, but it is referenced in the Handbook
on Parliamentary Affairs.
2. Madhya Pradesh
now has India’s highest vulture population (12,981), with
vultures playing a crucial ecological role as scavengers,
preventing disease spread by consuming carrion.
3. A brief exchange of fire occurred
between Indian and
Pakistani troops along the LoC in Poonch’s Gulpur sector in the Pir Panjal Valley, a major range of the Lesser Himalayas that
acts as a natural
divide between the Vale of Kashmir and Jammu Hills,
featuring key passes
and rivers.
4. External Affairs Minister and his Chinese
counterpart discussed "management of peace and tranquility in border
areas", resumption of the Kailash Man Sarovar Yatra, flight connectivity
and transborder rivers.