The Hayli Gubbi volcano in northern Ethiopia erupted after 12,000 years, and ash from the volcano reached India via the Arabian Sea on Monday, drifting towards the capital Delhi around midnight. It also moved through several states including Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, and Haryana.

A UK-based Indian woman from Arunachal Pradesh has alleged that she was detained for nearly 18 hours at Shanghai Pudong International Airport after Chinese immigration officers refused to recognize her Indian passport, declaring it ‘invalid’ and ‘mocked’ her Indian citizenship.

The Punjab government has banned sale and consumption of liquor, meat, tobacco and other intoxicants in three new holy cities after declaring them so in a recently passed resolution. CM Bhagwant Mann called the special session of the Punjab Assembly a “historic moment”.