The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will convene a legislature party meeting on January 31 to name Sunetra Pawar, wife of late deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, as its leader. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has indicated no objection to Sunetra Pawar taking oath as deputy chief minister as early as Saturday, pending the formal decision.

Himanta Biswa Sarma has ordered Assam’s Education Department to rewrite history textbooks, questioning Bagh Hazarika’s role with Lachit Barphukan against the Mughals.

Shukla’s research did not originate from experiments conducted on ISS, but from the Mechanical Engineering Department of the IISc, where he is pursuing a Master’s degree.