The 20 dissident MPs belonging to the Trinamool Congress have announced a merger with the of India, or NCPI. The party is a lesser-known, unrecognised party from Tripura. The NDA-backed party had reportedly fought the 2023 Tripura assembly elections with a slogan to reject "political turncoats".

The US government placed export controls on two of 's latest AI models, Fable and Mythos. The controls bar any foreign national or entity from using the models. In response, the AI company disabled both models, notably the newly released Fable. The move came after the government was alerted to the possibility of a jailbroken version of Fable—which is based on Mythos—posing a cybersecurity risk.

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister has announced the signing of regulations permitting the use of E100 fuel for vehicles in India. The move creates a legal framework for automakers to introduce flex-fuel vehicles designed to run on high ethanol blends. The announcement comes weeks after E85 fuel was introduced in Delhi and signals the government's intent to expand the use of ethanol beyond the current E20 programme.

Voters in have rejected a proposal to limit the country's population to 10 million. Results showed nearly 55% voted against and 45% voted for, with a turnout of 60%. The proposal came from a right-wing party that has long campaigned on an anti-immigration platform. The vote risked putting the country's free movement agreement with the European Union in jeopardy and was opposed by the government, businesses, and all other major parties.

Consulting and professional services firm has pulled its global report on "Agentic AI" after major companies and organisations named in the report complained that their supposed achievements were made up. Research outfit GPTZero claims a forensic review of the Big Four firm's report found that only five of its 45 citations correctly pointed to the cited source; the rest ranged from mangled and misleading to partially fabricated or too vague to verify. GPTZero has dubbed this phenomenon "vibe-citing".