Days after ByteDance's TikTok was removed from Google and Apple app stores in India, the Chinese social networking company has said it is planning to invest $1 billion in the country. ByteDance said it has already invested $100 million in Helo, Vigo, and TikTok apps and added it wants to launch another content/entertainment app in India next month.

Tarun Gajjar, who slapped Congress leader Hardik Patel during a rally in Gujarat's Surendranagar, was admitted to the hospital after he was thrashed by Hardik's supporters. Gajjar said, "My wife was pregnant when Patidar agitation happened (in 2015), and she was undergoing treatment at a hospital. I had faced problems then, and had decided that I'll hit this man."

India's Test deputy Ajinkya Rahane has asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to grant him permission to play county cricket for Hampshire in the months of May, June and mid-July. An application seeking permission has been sent by the batsman to the board and the same has been forwarded to the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administration (CoA).