National News: PM Modi launched multiple development projects worth ₹5,000 crore in Rajasthan in preparation for the coming elections. The Union Government established the national turmeric board to focus on the development and growth of turmeric and turmeric products in India. Glacial lake burst caused devastating flash floods in Sikkim leading to 14 dead and over 100 people missing. The government issued guidelines titled UMMEED (Understand, Motivate, Manage, Empathise, Empower, Develop) to enhance sensitivity, and understanding, and provide support in case of reported self-harm” to prevent suicides among students. Fresh violence broke out in Manipur’s Imphal; two houses were set on fire. The Madhya Pradesh government announced 35% reservation for women in government jobs. International News: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature to Norwegian author Jon Fosse “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable”. Mystery il...