India-UK Strategic Partnership: PM Narendra Modi and UK PM Andy Burnham pledged to lift the India-UK comprehensive strategic partnership “to new heights,” including deeper tech, defence, clean energy and trade under the recently operationalised CETA. India Domestic Politics & Governance: India’s monsoon session spotlighted election integrity and parliamentary disruption, with fresh debate around exam-paper leak reforms and accountability. NEET Protest Fallout: Cybercrime police in Hyderabad registered cases against Meta India head Arun Srinivas and social media accounts over morphed/AI-generated content targeting PM Modi during the NEET agitation. Sports & National Pride: Modi hailed India’s first-ever Commonwealth Games judo double gold, with Harsh Singh and Asmita Dey delivering 19 medals for India in Glasgow. Energy & Climate Resilience: Japan moved ahead on nuclear reactor replacement plans, but a worker shortage threatens delivery; in India, flood relief measures in Assam and rooftop solar progress in Tripura underline the push for resilience and decentralised power. China Security Posture: Xi Jinping urged deeper anti-graft in the military and faster defence modernisation, with emphasis on unmanned and cyber capabilities. ASEAN Maritime Insurance: ASEAN shipowners are working on the region’s first P&I insurance club to cut premiums and share risk. Japan Disaster Update: After a major earthquake in Kumamoto, the death toll rose to 35 as rescuers completed searches with sniffer dogs.