After four months, Maharashtra reported over 8,000 cases of COVID-19 in a 24-hour period. The country reported 16,738 new cases in 24 hours, the highest in six weeks; A school in Maharashtra was declared a containment zone after 225 hostel students and four teachers tested positive for coronavirus. Nirav Modi, accused in the Punjab National Bank scam, can be extradited to India, a court in the UK said; India and Pakistan have released a joint statement agreeing to strictly observe all ceasefire agreements along the Line of Control (LoC) and other sectors; the government announced regulations for digital content and streaming platforms with a strict oversight mechanism and code of ethics. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee rode an electric scooter to office in Kolkata in protest against rising fuel prices.