The day was dominated by back-to-back 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes in Venezuela, striking 39 seconds apart. Early reports cited USGS estimates of 10,000 deaths, but by morning the confirmed toll stood at 32 dead and over 700 injured, rising to 164 dead by midday. Coverage focused on collapsed buildings in Caracas, a state of emergency, and international aid pledges. The disaster pushed other stories down the agenda. The Ram Temple donation embezzlement case saw an FIR filed against eight individuals after an SIT probe, though trust general secretary Champat Rai was not named. The Ketan Agarwal murder plot continued to unfold, with CCTV footage showing the fiancée and her lover planning the killing at a Pune cafe. The passport-citizenship debate resurfaced after the MEA clarified that a passport is not proof of citizenship, prompting fee hikes from July 1.