Overview

• Major Indian cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, and Noida, report a rise in COVID-19 cases, with the JN.1 variant suspected to be the cause.
• Delhi hospitals are on alert after 23 new COVID-19 cases, prompting government directives to ensure oxygen and bed availability.
• An Indigo flight from Delhi to Srinagar faced severe turbulence, with Pakistan denying the pilot's request to enter its airspace for safety.
• Mohammad Tufail was arrested in Varanasi for spying for Pakistan, allegedly recruited via a honey trap by a Pakistani agent.
• Amritsar police arrested two suspects in the murder of Akali Dal member Harjinder Singh, who was shot outside a gurudwara.