Top News Of The Day: Did Pegasus Hacks Topple Karnataka Government?

Phone numbers linked to the Janata Dal Secular-Congress government in Karnataka were possible targets for surveillance in 2019, the Wire has said in the latest revelations connected to Israeli spyware "Pegasus". The Wire report links the fall of the JDS-Congress government in July 2019 and the BJP's takeover to alleged snooping; No deaths due to lack of oxygen were specifically reported by states and UTs during the second COVID-19 wave, the government informed Rajya Sabha on Tuesday; Kerala's move to "give in to pressure groups" and announce a three-day relaxation of Covid curbs for Bakrid (Eid-ul-Azha) has alarmed the Supreme Court which today said this was "wholly uncalled for". However, it did not cancel the government notification that eased the lockdown in the state, and other top stories.