National record holder Animesh Kujur clocked his season best time (20.46 seconds) to qualify for the 200m semi-finals.

The death toll in the NHPC Teesta Stage VI Hydropower Project tunnel incident in Sikkim's Namchi district has risen to 22 after nine more bodies were recovered. Rescue teams, including the NDRF and Eastern Coalfields Limited experts, continue intensive operations to locate the remaining trapped workers despite difficult conditions.