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1. The Supreme Court on Friday takes suo motu recognisance of the murder of a Jharkhand judge, noting it had 'wider ramifications' and directing the state's Chief Secretary and Director-General of Police to file reports within a week, when it will hear the matter. 2. The request for a special investigation into the Pegasus scandal involving allegations that opposition politicians, journalists and others were targets of Israeli spyware, will be taken up next week, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana says on Friday. 3. Lok Sabha proceedings gets adjourned till Monday on Friday amid continued opposition protest over Pegasus and other issues. When the House reassembled at noon, amid the din two bills, The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Bill, 2021 and the General Insurance Business Nationalisation Amendment Bill was introduced. 4. French Cybersecurity watchdog confirms Pegasus hacking. 5. All vehicles entering Assam from Mizoram will be checked for 'illicit drugs', the Assam government says in a notification on Thursday, days after six men of the Assam Police were killed in an unprecedented gunfight between the two police forces.