President Mohamed Muizzu of the Maldives celebrated a significant victory in the parliamentary elections, securing 67 out of 93 seats for his People’s National Congress (PNC). This landslide victory not only provides his party with a two-thirds supermajority but also the support of five allied legislators. This shift in power is anticipated to advance a number of Beijing-funded and Chinese-built projects.

An Indian Sikh pilgrim dies in Lahore due to cardiac arrest. Thousands of Indian pilgrims depart after participating in the Baisakhi festival

Earlier in the day, the high court ordered the cancellation of all appointments made through the recruitment process of the State Level Selection Test-2016 (SLST) in West Bengal government-sponsored and aided schools, declaring it ‘null and void”