13:28⇢Modi Calls India From Space
⌨The newspapers report on Prime Minister Modi's live interaction with Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla aboard the International Space Station, marking a historic moment as India's first astronaut on the ISS in 41 years (Aaj Tak, Dainik Bhaskar, India Today, Jagran, Jansatta, NDTV, The Hindu, Times of India, Zee News). During the conversation, Shukla described India as looking "very grand from space" and Modi inquired whether he had shared gajar ka halwa with his international colleagues, with the PM calling this journey "the beginning of a new era." Vice President Dhankhar addressed changes made to the Constitution's preamble during the Emergency period, continuing political discourse around constitutional modifications (Dinamalar). Six journalists in Uttar Pradesh face cases for allegedly spreading misinformation about statue cleaning in Varanasi, with Congress condemning the action as punishment for truth-telling (The Wire Hindi).