During a memorial event, Ajit Pawar, who recently switched alliances and won his seat, lightheartedly teased his nephew, Rohit Pawar, about narrowly winning his own election. Ajit Pawar suggested that Rohit’s victory was only possible because he, Ajit, had been busy securing his own win and couldn’t campaign against his nephew.

The tense negotiations were marked by a prolonged stalemate, walkout by least developing countries and small island states, protests by civil society, and strong objections to the final text’s adoption

The Indian Coast Guard seized a huge consignment of around five tonnes of drugs from a fishing boat in the Bay of Bengal near Andaman and Nicobar Islands.