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Speculation has surfaced over a possible political understanding between the Samajwadi Party and student group CJP ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. This follows a meeting between SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and CJP representative Ashutosh Ranka. The Samajwadi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party have both played down the significance of the meeting, while the Congress has supported the outreach. The meeting has triggered discussion regarding the potential launch of a student movement in Uttar Pradesh, given CJP's national prominence following youth protests in Delhi.

In Nepal, rescue teams have pulled two hydropower workers alive from a tunnel nine days after catastrophic flash floods triggered by an August 26 glacier collapse. The rescued individuals have been identified as mechanical foreman Sanjay Shah and mechanical supervisor Kabir Mahajan, who were trapped inside a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project on the Trishuli River. The breakthrough occurred after rescuers heard voices from deep within the debris. The disaster has claimed over 1,300 lives with thousands still missing. Authorities continue intensified search operations under difficult conditions to locate other stranded survivors.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched its first dedicated geostationary imaging satellite, EOS-05, aboard the GSLV-F17 rocket from Sriharikota. Operating from a geosynchronous orbit around 36,000 kilometres above Earth, the satellite enables continuous regional observation to aid weather monitoring, agriculture, water resource assessment, disaster management, and strategic surveillance. The mission precisely injected the satellite into its intended transfer orbit, overcoming a previous mission setback from August 2021.

Nine days after deadly flash floods struck Nepal, two workers trapped inside a hydropower project tunnel were rescued alive on Friday.