Devyani International, the largest franchisee for Pizza Hut and KFC in India, is buying 61 more outlets of US-based Yum! Brands' KFC India. Devyani, owned by Ravi Jaipuria's RJ Corp, will acquire the outlets across Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. With this sale, less than 10% of KFC India's 400 outlets across the country are now company-owned.

All the 20 Congress members of a tribal council in Mizoram have recently merged with the BJP to form its next executive committee. "The Congress legislators were being pressurized by Mizo National Front... to merge with them. But instead of merging with a regional party, the Congress legislators decided to join the BJP," Mizoram BJP president JV Hluna said.

Pakistan, China and 53 other members of the United Nations' Asia-Pacific Group of countries have backed India's candidature for a non-permanent seat at the Security Council for a two-year term in 2021-2022. Elections for five non-permanent members for the 2021-2022 term will reportedly be held around June 2020. India has served as a non-permanent member of the UNSC seven times.