An important meeting of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) social media volunteers from the Malwa East Zone was organized in Punjab’s Patiala district. In this meeting, a comprehensive strategy was formulated to spread the party's ideology to the people through social media and to counter the false propaganda of the opposition.

The social media meeting held in Patiala saw the participation of zone volunteers, district volunteers, and constituency-level volunteers from the Malwa East Zone. During this crucial meeting, detailed training was provided on modern tools and platforms of social media, including training on two specific mobile applications related to video editing and graphic design.

The state leadership issued clear instructions to the volunteers to propagate Aam Aadmi Party's ideology and the Punjab government's public welfare initiatives on every social media platform. They were also instructed to counter the opposition's false propaganda effectively, using facts as their foundation.

In a major boost for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) before the Ludhiana West Assembly by-election, the Congress suffered a significant blow as several senior leaders and more than half a dozen local social activists joined AAP on Monday.

AAP Punjab’s Working President AmanSher Singh Shery Kalsi, in the presence of MLAs Ashok Parashar Pappi, Jeevan Jyot Kaur, Jasveer Singh Raja Gill, Davinder Singh Laddi Dhos, Kulwant Sidhu, Rajinder Pal Kaur Chhina, Gurpreet Banawali, and other party officials, formally inducted the new leaders into the party and extended a warm welcome.

Among the prominent leaders who joined was Nivesh Vasan from Ward No. 63 in Ludhiana. His family has been associated with the Congress for the past 35 years. Vasan accused the Congress of internal conflicts, factionalism, and neglecting local workers, breaking his 35-year-long association with the party to join AAP along with dozens of supporters.

North Korea on Monday denounced a monitoring group on the enforcement of UN sanctions against Pyongyang for issuing a report on military cooperation between the North and Russia, calling the move a violation of a state's sovereign rights.

The Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT) on Thursday issued the first report detailing illegal military cooperation carried out between North Korea and Russia in violation of UN Security Council resolutions against Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programmes.

The chief of the external policy office at North Korea's foreign ministry said the MSMT committed a "political provocation" by fabricating a report taking issue with cooperative ties between the North and Russia, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

Indian stock markets showed resilience on Monday, recovering strongly from early losses to end just mildly lower by the closing bell.

The Sensex ended the day at 81,374, down by 77 points or 0.09 per cent. However, this marked a sharp rebound of 719 points from the day's low of 80,654.

Similarly, the Nifty closed at 24,717, slipping 34 points or 0.14 per cent, after recovering from its intra-day low of 24,526.

Investor sentiment was weak in the morning after US President Donald Trump announced higher tariffs on steel imports.

The proposed hike, from 25 per cent to 50 per cent, is expected to take effect from June 4.

On top of this, rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine, volatile foreign investment flows, and caution ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) policy decision all weighed on the market mood.

Three people lost their lives, four sustained injuries, and several remain unaccounted for after a massive landslide, triggered by relentless rainfall, struck an Indian Army camp at Chaten in Sikkim's Lachen district.

The disaster unfolded at around 7:00 p.m. on Sunday evening following continuous downpours that loosened the mud on the mountainside, sending debris crashing down onto the camp, the Trishakti Corps division of the Indian Army announced on Monday.

Those confirmed dead include Havaldar Lakhwinder Singh, Lance Naik Munish Thakur, and Porter Abhishek Lakhada. Their mortal remains have been recovered by emergency response teams.

Four personnel with minor injuries have also been rescued from the site. Rescue operations are still underway for six missing individuals, with efforts continuing despite the hazardous weather and rugged terrain.

Corporate performance in India in the fourth quarter of FY25 was, on the whole, satisfactory and there is scope for an upward movement once consumption picks up in FY26, according to a report released on Monday.

The aggregate net sales of a sample of 1,893 companies were recorded at 5.4 per cent in Q4, while net profits rose by 7.6 per cent, according to the Bank of Baroda (BoB) report.

“There are sectors which are witnessing green shoots of recovery. Infrastructure linked sectors continue to witness steady growth notwithstanding a negative base effect. For consumer linked sectors, such as FMCG and consumer durables, strong rural demand and seasonal demand continues to aid a steady recovery,” said economist Aditi Gupta.

Union Heavy Industries Minister H D Kumaraswamy said on Monday that Mercedes Benz, Skoda-Volkswagen (VW), Hyundai, and Kia have shown keen interest in manufacturing their electric vehicles (EVs) in India.

The minister further said that the application window for the Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Electric Passenger Cars in India (SPMEPCI) will open soon.

On Elon Musk-run Tesla, the Union Minister said: "We are not actually expecting (manufacturing) from them as they are only to start showrooms. They are not interested in manufacturing in India."

Amid a fresh wave of Covid-19, caused by the SARS-CoV2, a new study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras showed that viruses follow seasonal and yearly cycles.

The international study, undertaken along with a team of scientists from the universities of Wisconsin-Madison and Texas at Austin, focussed on viruses in freshwater lakes.

The researchers used cutting-edge Machine Learning (ML) tools to study 465 freshwater lake samples from Madison, Wisconsin, collected over more than 20 years -- representing the longest DNA-based monitoring of a natural environment on Earth.

By sequencing all the DNA from the lakes using a method called metagenomics, the researchers reconstructed 1.3 million virus genomes.

The flood situation in Assam continued to deteriorate as inclement weather offered no relief to thousands of affected residents. Heavy rainfall and rising river levels have led to flooding in at least 17 districts across the state, impacting over four lakh people, officials said on Monday.

Cachar district emerged as the worst-hit, accounting for over one lakh displaced residents. Sribhumi and Nagaon districts have reported 85,000 and 62,000 affected individuals, respectively.

While urban centres have seen a slight receding of floodwaters, rural and low-lying regions remain vulnerable.

With weather conditions showing no signs of improvement, officials warn that the situation could worsen in the coming days. Disaster response teams remain on high alert as they assist those displaced or stranded, but continuous rainfall and rising water levels are hindering operations.