- The Chhattisgarh assembly unanimously adopts two Bills to enhance the state's overall reservation to 76 per cent in jobs and educational institutions - possibly the highest in India - in a strategic move by Bhupesh Baghel's Congress government that other parties may find hard to oppose. The Bills, if and when granted assent by the Governor, will become Acts and provide 32 per cent quota for Scheduled Tribes (ST), 13 per cent for Scheduled Castes (SC), 27 per cent for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), and 4 per cent for Economically Weaker Sections not covered by any of the other quotas. 2. A top bureaucrat in Chhattisgarh arrested by the Enforcement Directorate, for alleged money laundering. Saumya Chaurasia, deputy secretary to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate and sent to four-day custody. 3. The topmost American diplomat in India says the US government 'will continue to raise' the Indian election campaign rhetoric that verges on communal hate. 'This is a conversation we have perpetually with our Indian colleagues,' says Elizabeth Jones, the US Charge d' Affaires. 4. Three months after walking out of the Congress with scathing remarks against the Gandhis, Jaiveer Shergill is appointed spokesperson by the BJP, as it announces new roles for several prominent leaders who have switched over from the grand old party. Former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar have been made members of the BJP's National Executive. 5. The Madras High Court bans mobile phones in temples across Tamil Nadu. The move to ban use of mobile phone in temples is to maintain purity and sanctity of the places of worship, the court says. To avoid inconvenience to people, the court says phone deposit lockers should be set up at temples. 6. The G7 group of wealthy democracies and Australia officially agree to cap the price of Russian oil at USD 60 a barrel in line with the EU, as they seek to deny the Kremlin resources for its Ukraine war.