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• Speaker Om Birla has urged the government and Opposition to reach a common understanding to ensure the Lok Sabha functions effectively during the 2026 session. • A political standoff is intensifying on Tuesday following alleged police action against student protesters, leading to planned demonstrations from both sides.

• A former Thai lawmaker was arrested Monday after a shooting at a government office outside Bangkok left one person dead and another injured. • This incident follows a separate mass shooting in the same province days earlier, where a student killed at least eight people at a school and family home.

• Opposition and NDA MPs have intensified protests during the current monsoon session of Parliament, leading to heightened tensions in the house. • The Lok Sabha is scheduled to discuss two key pieces of legislation today: the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Bill, 2026 and the National Co-operative Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2026.

• A new poll backed by election reformers reveals that a majority of Americans are frustrated with the current two-party system and are open to significant structural changes. • Voters expressed support for transitioning to proportional representation, a system where multiple representatives are elected per district based on a party's overall share of the vote.

• A Moscow court has ruled that Russia's only liberal, anti-war party is barred from participating in the parliamentary elections scheduled for next month. • The decision effectively eliminates the only organized political opposition focused on ending the conflict in Ukraine from the electoral process.

• A Moscow court has ruled that Russia's only liberal, anti-war party is barred from participating in the upcoming parliamentary elections. • The ruling effectively eliminates the only organized political opposition focused on ending the conflict in Ukraine from the ballot.

• Poynter tracked over 100 federal actions over 18 months to document the Trump administration's systemic campaign against the press and news access. • Key incidents include the Department of Homeland Security stopping and questioning journalists at the border and detaining noncitizen writers, such as Mario Guevara and Rümeysa Öztürk.

• A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck western Colombia, resulting in at least 111 confirmed deaths. • A new military deployment scheduled for 2029 is projected to cost an additional $1.4 billion.

• DeepSeek claims its refreshed V4-Flash model outperforms the V4-Pro preview in coding tasks while costing only a third of the price. • In a real-world test involving three coding jobs, V4-Flash proved to be the superior model in terms of performance.

• A former Thai lawmaker was arrested on Monday for the alleged fatal shooting of a local official. • The incident occurred shortly after a separate school shooting caused widespread shock across Thailand.

• Former Thai lawmaker Chalong Riewrang fatally shot the chairman of the Provincial Administrative Organization in Nonthaburi on Friday. • Police report that the shooting was triggered by a dispute regarding borrowed money between the two men.

• Former MP Chalong Riewrang has surrendered to authorities following the shooting of the Nonthaburi Provincial Administrative Organization (PAO) chief and his driver. • Riewrang claims the attack was motivated by a dispute involving an alleged debt of THB 11 million.