India Today: Sanjeevi Sadagopan, Rangaraj Pandey and R. Kannan

The United States announced the deployment of weapons in space to counter hostile enemy action, marking the first time a nation has officially declared deploying orbital weaponry. These weapons can target adversary satellites, space stations, and potentially ground installations. Space-based weapons fall into three main categories: Earth-to-space kinetic and non-kinetic systems, space-to-space weapons including co-orbital kamikaze satellites and dual-use inspector satellites capable of disabling enemy craft, and space-to-Earth strike systems. The development comes alongside the Pentagon's Golden Dome missile defence system, which plans to deploy space-based interceptors to target ballistic missiles during launch, officially launching a new era of orbital weaponisation.

Chief Minister Vijay's week-long visit to the United Kingdom concluded amid intense fan gatherings on the streets of London. Hundreds of supporters gathered outside The Shard hotel hoping to meet him, leading to overwhelming crowds that local police and security personnel struggled to manage. Due to public safety and crowd management concerns, the planned fan meet was cancelled, and his party TVK appealed to supporters to disperse and refrain from waiting outside the premises. The visit also focused on securing foreign investments for Tamil Nadu, with memorandums of understanding worth 12,300 crore rupees signed, expected to generate over 9,400 jobs across the state. Authorities stepped in to clear the area to avoid disruptions to traffic and ensure the safety of women and children present at the location before the leader's scheduled departure for Chennai.

The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration has suspended the food business licence of Mumbai-based restaurant Cafe Mondegar following an inspection that found non-compliance with Schedule IV food safety regulations, including temperature control failures and kitchen sanitation lapses.

Rajiv Janan, Founder and Managing Director of Human Dust Technologies, outlined the need for permanent infrastructure to tackle Delhi's air pollution and reduce public exposure. Highlighting the scale of fuel consumption across the capital, he explained the working of the Ambient Purification System, a filterless outdoor air purification technology. The system operates on physics principles to separate heavier particulate matter such as PM 2.5 and PM 10 from the air stream using wind tunnel design and velocity reduction, allowing particles to agglomerate and settle naturally without maintenance issues or filter choking.