This is the Catch Up on 3 Things for the Indian Express and I'm Flora Swain.
It’s the 7th of February and here are the headlines.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi while replying to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address in Rajya Sabha today alleged that the opposition had not come with the intent of listening to the parliament and they could not suppress his voice. He accused the Congress of creating narratives to divide the country, and says the party is now trying to create a north-south divide.

After Uttarakhand, another BJP-ruled state is now planning to introduce the Uniform Civil Code with Rajasthan’s ministers indicating that the UCC Bill will be tabled in the next Assembly session after the Lok Sabha polls. Talking to journalists on Tuesday, School Education Minister Madan Dilawar said, quote, "If not today, then tomorrow, but we will bring it. When we will bring it, I cannot say. There should be a uniform law for everyone. Different laws for people damage the people and the unity is not visible. The entire country should be united." Unquote.

An Indian-origin student who was pursuing a doctoral degree at Purdue University in Indiana, United States, has been found dead, reported local media on Wednesday. 23-year-old Sameer Kamath was found dead at a nature preserve on Monday evening. He is the fifth Indian-origin student to be killed in the US since January 2024. Last week, Neel Acharya, an Indian computer science and data science student at the same university, was found dead on the campus.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and several other Congress ministers, MLAs and MPs from Karnataka protested at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Wednesday against the “injustice” done to the state in the devolution of taxes and grants-in-aid over the past few years. The protesters demanded that the Centre set right the losses to the tune of Rs 1.87 lakh crore allegedly incurred by Karnataka under the 15th Finance Commission. Siddaramaiah said the protest was not against the BJP but the discrimination against Karnataka.

Hamas has proposed a ceasefire plan that would quiet the guns in Gaza for four-and-a-half months leading to an end to the war. As per reports, the Hamas counter proposal envisions three phases lasting 45 days each. The proposal would see militants exchange remaining Israeli hostages they captured on 7th of Oct for Palestinian prisoners. The reconstruction of Gaza would begin, Israeli forces would withdraw completely, and bodies and remains would be exchanged.

This was the Catch-Up on the 3 Things by The Indian Express.