The last rites of Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar were performed with full state honours in Baramati, and his mortal remains were wrapped in a Tricolour. His sons Parth and Jay performed the last rites. Union Ministers Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis were among those who attended. Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash.

Investigators have recovered the black box of the Learjet 45 aircraft, which crashed on Wednesday morning killing Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and others on board. The black box, which comprises the Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder, will now be analysed to determine the cause of the crash.

IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals (RR), which are on sale, have received $1.3 billion (around ₹12,000 crore) takeover offer. The offer has come from a consortium led by US-based entrepreneur Kal Somani, who is already an investor in the team. The owner of RR has invited four groups to proceed to the next round of bidding.

A plane crashed in Colombia on Wednesday, killing all 15 people, including lawmaker Diogenes Quintero, Reuters reported. The Beechcraft 1900 twin-engined turboprop plane took off from Cucuta near the Venezuela border for a short flight to Ocana, but air traffic control lost contact with it 12 minutes after takeoff. The wreckage was later found in the Catatumbo region.

Sarah Mullally has been officially confirmed as the first woman to lead the Church of England in centuries. Mullally took an oath of allegiance in a traditional ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral in London and will serve as spiritual head of 85 million Christians across 165 countries. "These are times of division," Mullally, who became 106th Archibishop of Canterbury, said.