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Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said he took responsibility for discrepancies in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) twelfth-grade evaluation process, which utilised the On-Screen Marking system for the first time.

There were heartwarming scenes in Bengaluru as visuals from a breakfast meeting showed Karnataka Chief Minister Siddarmaiah and his likely successor, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, sharing friendly greetings before interacting with other state ministers. The footage captures the leaders greeting each other, with Shivakumar touching his senior leader's feet and giving him a warm hug with a smile, before sitting down for discussions.

Saudi Arabia is reportedly planning to manufacture long-range attack drones, named Sky Wasp, inspired by Iran's Shahed system, signalling a shift in Gulf military strategy.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is set to resign and hand over power to the Deputy Chief Minister following instructions from the ruling party's central leadership.