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1. The US military says on Friday it has carried out a drone strike against a 'planner' of the Islamic State-Khorasan, the group which claims credit for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport. The United States urges its citizens to 'immediately' leave the gates around Kabul's airport, where a suicide bomber this week targeted crowds trying to flee Taliban rule. 2. Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira Banerjee are summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged money laundering case involving coal smuggling. 3. Public intellectuals have 'a duty to expose the lies of the state', Supreme Court Justice DY Chandrachud says on Saturday morning, stressing that in a democratic country it is important to hold governments in check and guard against falsehoods, false narratives and fake news. 4. Angry farmers blocks multiple roads across Haryana on Saturday afternoon to protest 'brutal' police action against fellow farmers in neighbouring Karnal district. 5. Days after the gang-rape of a student in Mysuru, the University of Mysore issues a circular prohibiting female students from moving about its Mansangotriya campus after 6.30 pm. A similar order is issued barring their entry to the Kukkarahalli Lake campus after 6.30 pm. 6. Bhavinaben Patel scripts history by becoming the first Indian table tennis player to reach in the finals of Tokyo Paralympics.