- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Germany to attend the G7 summit; Interacts with the diaspora in Munich and lauds Indian democracy
- Political power crisis in the western state of Maharashtra reaches Supreme Court of India
- UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders and Amnesty condemn Indian activist Teesta Seetalvad’s arrest by Gujarat (western Indian state) police and demand her immediate release
- Governor of the north eastern state of Meghalaya, Satya Pal Malik, asks the ruling government to reconsider the new ‘Agnipath’ scheme