UGC’s new anti-caste discrimination rules have triggered political debate and student concerns. Congress leaders Manoj Kumar and Udit Raj sought clarification from the Centre, linked the issue to long-standing caste discrimination and renewed the demand for a caste census, while the government assured the rules would not be misused

Marathoners raise concern over huge discrepancies between official readings and data recorded on personal devices; according to multiple runners, portable air quality monitors sensors used during the run showed AQI levels ranging between 200 and 350 at different stretches of the route