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Opposition leaders on Monday reacted to Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks on Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) and the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. 

Shah, while discussing two bills on Jammu and Kashmir in Rajya Sabha, said that Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) belongs to India and nobody can snatch it. 

He stated that the BJP does not have a large-hearted approach when it comes to giving away even an inch of the country's land. "No one has the right to give away a section of our land to show off their big heart." He made the remarks criticising former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. 

FBI director Christopher Wray met CBI chief Praveen Sood on Monday to discuss key issues such as extradition of suspects wanted by India and cyber-enabled financial crimes, with the US official’s visit coming against the backdrop of an alleged plot to kill a pro-Khalistan leader on American soil.

The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is expected to hold separate meetings with the heads of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), National Investigation Agency (NIA), Intelligence Bureau and Research & Analysis Wing, and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, and visit the Delhi Police headquarters during his three-day visit.

Representatives from India, Taiwan and the US are holding an in-person meeting in New Delhi to deepen operational expertise and share best practices on cybersecurity, the first time the three sides have collaborated on technology issues.

Former National Cyber Security Coordinator Lt Gen Rajesh Pant, Taiwan’s representative to India, Baushuan Ger, US ambassador Eric Garcetti and the United Service Institution, a leading Indian defence and security think tank with close ties to the armed forces, co-hosted the two-day joint workshop that began on Monday.

According to a latest survey by PwC, 51 per cent of Indians believe Artificial Intelligence (AI) will help them improve productivity at work.

The survey titled “India Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey 2023” said India’s average is higher than the global average, where 31 per cent believe AI will benefit them at work.

It highlighted that 62 per cent of Indians believe that the skills required for their jobs will change significantly over the next five years as compared to 36 per cent globally. Moreover, 69 per cent of these Indians know how the requirements will change.

There are “contradictions” between the cases being prosecuted separately by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with Delhi’s now-scrapped excise policy, the Supreme Court observed on Friday while granting bail to one of the accused in the case.

Shooting down ED’s objections to the bail, the top court added that it cannot allow the indefinite detention of people at a pre-trial stage, especially when the federal agency has been adding new accused by filing charge sheet after charge sheet.