Vivek Ramaswamy loses after ugly campaign

SC says population control laws need review as fertility rate falls

Supreme Court declines to interfere in criteria for SC/ST reserved constituencies

The Supreme Court has ruled that it cannot intervene in the criteria used to designate constituencies as reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The court indicated that the matter falls within the domain of the relevant legislative and electoral authorities rather than the judiciary. Petitioners had sought judicial direction on how such reserved seats should be determined. By declining to step in, the bench left the existing framework for reservation of constituencies unchanged.

North Korea Tests New Air-Defence Missile System and Strike Drill

North Korea conducted test firings of a newly developed air-defence missile system, according to state media reports. A sub-unit of its long-range strategic cruise missile unit in the east also hit a virtual airport target during a drill held on Wednesday. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported the activities but the source material provides limited detail beyond these events. Further specifics on the system's capabilities and the drill's scale were not included in the available report.

2 Naga outfits clashed over one's ties with security forces