The Magh Purnima bath at Mahakumbh drew 1.59 crore devotees by afternoon, with CM Yogi monitoring from Lucknow and helicopters showering 25 quintals of flowers. The administration managed a 15km traffic stretch, showing improvement from yesterday's 300km congestion.
PM Modi concluded his France visit, with Macron seeing him off as they finalized deals on Pinaka rockets and nuclear cooperation. The Supreme Court made strong remarks against electoral freebies, suggesting they create "parasites" - a notable shift in judicial stance on welfare schemes.
India completed a 3-0 ODI series sweep against England at the Narendra Modi Stadium, while a new opinion poll showed NDA potentially winning over 300 seats if elections were held today. By evening, attention shifted to Trump's calls with Putin and Zelenskyy about ending the Ukraine war, as Modi headed to the US.