A NASA-run dashboard indicates that five asteroids will pass Earth between July 8 and July 16, albeit they will do so at safe distances (JPL). The JPL tracks the asteroids' motions, which range in diameter from fifty to two hundred feet. The first asteroid, 2024 MT1, will pass Earth on July 8 at a distance of 936,000 miles. On July 10, 2024 ME1 will pass Earth at a distance of 2,700,000 miles, and on July 11, 2022 YS5 will approach Earth at a distance of 2,620,000 miles.

On Wednesday night in Kerala, a 14-year-old passed away from an amoebic meningoencephalitis infection. According to health officials, this is Kerala's third brain-eating amoeba-related death in the past two months. The teenager, who was born in Kozhikode, Kerala, was admitted to the hospital on June 24 after displaying symptoms such as intense headache, nausea, and vomiting. It is believed that he contracted the illness while taking a bath in a brook close to his home.

According to a department statement, sixteen engineers from the water resources department in Bihar have been suspended following the collapse of ten bridges in the last fifteen days throughout the state. Reporters were informed by Bihar Development Secretary Chaitanya Prasad that the state administration takes the matter seriously. He threatened to track down and hold accountable the contractors in charge of constructing the bridges.

Dev Prakash Madhukar, the main suspect in the deadly stampede at a satsang in Hathras that resulted in the deaths of up to 121 persons, predominantly women, was taken into custody by the Uttar Pradesh police on Friday. This occurs one day after six persons were apprehended by the UP police in relation to the Hathras stampede. According to the authorities, they were all part of the organizing group for the satsang.

Aga Ruhullah Mehdi, Member of Parliament from Srinagar has apologized to Kashmiri Pandits for the failure of his party's efforts to stop their migration in the 1990s. He said "I insist that we, as a community, feel morally incomplete without the presence of Kashmiri Pandits. It is their home too, and we hope they can come back”.

Chandrababu Naidu, who is a key ally in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s coalition government demanded Rs 1 lakh crore of financial support for Andhra Pradesh.