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The day was dominated by the appointment of retired Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra as the first CEO of the Ram Temple Trust, announced in the late morning and covered extensively across outlets. Earlier, the US-Iran conflict continued to escalate, with reports of a US strike on a wedding in Iran killing civilians and Iran's retaliatory attacks on US bases in Jordan and Bahrain. Nepal's flood disaster remained prominent, with Nepal demanding compensation from India, China, and the US, and thanking India for aid. In the afternoon, India condemned Pakistan for demolishing a century-old Hindu temple. The GDP controversy also drew attention, with the government defending its figures against critics.