Indian media maintained its focus on the upcoming Monsoon Session, with early reports indicating readiness to discuss "Operation Sindoor" and related cross-border security concerns, continuing a theme from previous days. As the day progressed, a significant new editorial priority emerged: strong condemnation from Union Ministers targeting Western media for their Air India crash coverage. Ministers accused them of ulterior motives and vested interests, rejecting "pilot error" narratives and defending the domestic investigation. This marked an escalation in the crash narrative. Separately, China's new mega-dam construction on the Brahmaputra River gained prominence, raising environmental and geopolitical concerns for India. Domestically, internal political rifts within the INDIA bloc, notably involving Shashi Tharoor, also received sustained attention.