Hong-Kong-leader Carrie Lam said she has never asked the Chinese government to let her resign to end the city's political-crisis, responding to a Reuters report about a voice recording of her saying she would step down if she could. "I have never tendered any resignation," Lam said at a televised news-conference, adding that she was very disappointed details of a private meeting were leaked.

The Trump administration has said questionnaires for the 2020 census would be printed without the citizenship question, a move seen as a major political victory for the opposition Democratic party, which joined hands with civil right groups against such a move. The decision came after a Supreme Court ruling last week refused to allow the citizenship question to be added into the census questionnaires.

Throwing his weight behind fostering cooperative federalism, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said SFCs should be constituted for every five years. Speaking at the book launch of 'Indian Fiscal Federalism' authored by former RBI Governor YV Reddy and GR Reddy, Das said decentralisation works better when power and functions are delegated based on which tier of governance is best suited to fulfil the responsibility.