Delhi Police removes Jantar Mantar from protest list as major national and global updates emerge

Delhi Police has removed Jantar Mantar from the list of designated protest sites. The police have named Ramlila Ground, Burari Ground and CBD Ground in East Delhi as alternative venues for demonstrations during the ongoing CJP protest, following recommendations from a committee set up by the Union Home Ministry. In politics, the Kerala Assembly passed a resolution to remove Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged issues in the voter list revision. The assembly also demanded that the election commissioner selection panel include the Prime Minister, the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and the Chief Justice of India. Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economics for their research on macroeconomic stabilisation. In international news, about 60 percent of scheduled flights at Riyadh airport in Saudi Arabia face cancellation after Houthi attacks killed over a dozen people over the weekend. UNICEF India named Indian cricketer Smriti Mandhana as its celebrity advocate. Mandhana also took over the India captaincy after Harmanpreet Kaur stepped down as captain of the Indian Women's Cricket Team. The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project completed setting up all 14 portal beams over the Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani railway line in Vadodara, Gujarat. SpaceX owner Elon Musk promised affordable Starlink satellite internet in India to compete with Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio, which targets a valuation of $106 billion ahead of its IPO. Both companies are waiting for final security clearances. At IIT Bombay, the Student Wellness Centre invited applications for 30 ad hoc counsellor posts, including 26 student counsellors and four senior counsellors, following the death by suicide of second-year BTech student Sahil Wakode. Meanwhile, IIM Lucknow launched a new MBA programme in Family Business for business owners, with the first batch starting in July 2027.

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These updates cover a wide range of national and international developments, from civic policy and sports leadership changes to major infrastructure and academic appointments. Such events often shape public administration, student welfare policies, and corporate competition across different sectors.