The central government on Tuesday said 330 people died due to the cleaning of sewer and septic tanks from 2017-2021. However, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale added that there have been no deaths due to manual scavenging in the country. Uttar Pradesh reported the highest number of deaths at 47 from 2017 to 2021.

SRH opener Abhishek Sharma smashed the biggest six of IPL 2025 in their match against PBKS on Saturday. The 24-year-old smashed the six over the mid-wicket, sending the ball 106 metres away. He hit the maximum on a delivery bowled by PBKS all-rounder Marco Jansen in the 10th over of SRH's innings.

SRH fast bowler Mohammad Shami on Saturday recorded the worst bowling figures by an Indian in the history of IPL. Shami registered figures of 4-0-75-0 against PBKS, conceding six fours and seven sixes. Mohit Sharma had recorded the previous worst figures (4-0-73-0) by an Indian in IPL while representing GT in a match against DC in 2024.

A Russian missile hit an Indian pharmaceutical company's warehouse in Ukraine, officials said. "While claiming 'special friendship' with India, Moscow deliberately targets Indian businesses - destroying medicines meant for children and the elderly," Ukraine's Embassy in India said in a post on X.

United States President Donald Trump has excluded smartphones, computers and other electronic items from the reciprocal tariffs, including the 125% tariffs he imposed on Chinese goods, according to a Customs and Border Patrol notice. This comes amid concerns by tech giants, including Apple, that gadget prices may rise due to Trump's tariffs, as many of them are manufactured in China.

CSK are ninth on the points table with two points. Going by trends from recent IPL seasons, a tally of 16 points is usually enough to secure playoff spot. CSK would need to win seven of their remaining eight matches to secure 16 points. Even if they finish with 14 points, they'd still have outside chance of advancing to playoffs.

Messaging platform WhatsApp is down for several users, according to outage tracking website DownDetector. Reacting to the outage, social media users wrote, "Hey WhatsApp is the app down? I'm having trouble sending messages- they're just not going through. Anyone else facing this?" and "Stop restarting your phone. It's not you. WhatsApp is down."

Filmmaker and astrophotographer Sébastien Voltmer has shared the latest picture of Saturn showing the planet without its iconic rings. Voltmer captured the picture during daytime when the planet close to the Sun. "It was a great experience finding the ghostly looking planet without its rings in the very transparent blue sky," he said.

Earthquake tremors were felt in parts of north India including Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir as 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit Pakistan on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at around 1 pm. The epicentre of the earthquake was located 60 kilometres northwest of Rawalpindi. As per initial reports, no damage or casualties were reported.

Masters' Union launched a new School of Emerging Technologies, focused on Data Science, AI, Blockchain and Robotics. Developed with PwC & Krutrim, its first programme - Bachelor's in Data Science and AI is open for admissions. The curriculum is taught by top CTOs and AI experts with focus on building real world AI applications, industry immersions and degree from US.

Several users across India faced issues with digital payments as the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) suffered an outage on Saturday. Several users took to social media and outage-tracking platforms to report that they could not make payments through apps like Paytm, PhonePe, and Google Pay. "Why is UPI down?" a social media user wrote.