Priya Ramani acquitted in defamation case filed by former union minister MJ Akbar. She had accused him of sexual harassment; One month after banker Uday Kotak wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as president of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the private sector has still not been involved in Covid vaccinations across the country; In Punjab, the Congress today made a clean sweep in seven municipal corporations in the state local body polls; In Puducherry, the opposition has demanded a floor test in the assembly; and other top news of the day.