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1. The government says 'it had nothing to hide' but cites national security reasons to tell the Supreme Court that it would not file a detailed affidavit in response to multiple petitions seeking a formal inquiry into the Pegasus spyware scandal. The court reserves interim orders and says it would announce them in 2-3 days, adding the government could approach the court before then if it changed its mind on filing an affidavit. 2. Bhupendra Patel, a first-time MLA, is sworn in as Gujarat's new Chief Minister two days after Vijay Rupani and his entire cabinet quit, setting the stage for a reboot a year before polls in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state. Union Home Minister Amit Shah attends the oath ceremony. 3. A five-year-old girl dies of dengue in front of her parents after they run from pillar to post for over three hours to get her admitted to a hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad. The tragic incident is witnessed by an NDTV team present at the hospital to report on the surge in dengue cases in Firozabad. 4. Shrimant Balasaheb Patil, BJP MLA from Kagwad Assembly constituency in Karnataka, says he was offered money to leave Congress and join BJP before the toppling of the Congress-JDS government in Karnataka. 5. The death by suicide of a medical aspirant fearing outcome of the National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test he was to take, echoes in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, with the main opposition AIADMK targeting the government while Chief Minister M K Stalin introduces a Bill, to dispense with NEET and provide for admission to medical courses based on Class 12 marks to ensure social justice.