- The Congress unit in Kerala screens the controversial BBC documentary on PM Narendra Modi in Thiruvananthapuram even though the central government has banned it in India saying it's false and motivated 'propaganda'. The public showing of the series - the two-part documentary speaks about the 2002 Gujarat riots and PM Modi's politics - was one of many such events organised by several Opposition parties and free-speech activists across the country. The Students Federation of India (SFI) also screens the documentary on the campus of Jadavpur University in Kolkata, without any interference from the police. 2. Cash-strapped Pakistan's currency plummeted to a record low of Rs 255.43 against the dollar in the interbank market on Thursday, an indication of the government buckling under the pressure of the IMF to lift an artificial cap on the exchange rate. 3. In a significant development, the Gauhati High Court orders the Assam government to resettle 100 families evicted during a drive in Dhalpur's Gorukhuti. The order comes on a petition filed by Assam's Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia. They were evicted in 2021. It had turned violent and two people, including a boy, were killed in police firing. 4. Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya and Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh launches the world's first COVID-19 intranasal vaccine, iNCOVACC. Developed by India's Bharat Biotech, the vaccine will be available to the government for Rs 325 per dose, while it will cost Rs 800 to private hospitals. 5. Nine Palestinians, including an elderly woman, killed by Israeli forces during clashes in the refugee camp of Jenin, CNN reports, referring to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.