SATURDAY GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS: DONALD TRUMP NOW A CONVICTED FELON 01 JUNE, 2024 A jury found the ex-US president guilty on each of the 34 counts of falsifying records to hide a payment to silence porn star Stormy Daniels epaper.morningstandard.in facebook.com/TheMorningStandard X.com/TheMornStandard JULY 11, 2024 INDIAN-AMERICAN WINS SCRIPPS SPELLING BEE TITLE WHEN JUDGE JUAN MERCHAN WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO SEND TRUMP TO JAIL OR NOT FIRST EX-PREZ TO BE CONVICTED OF A CRIME Bruhat Soma, 12-year-old 7th-grade student from Florida, has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee after he spelt 29 words correctly in the tiebreaker A CAPITAL VIEW OF NEWS PAGE 9 NEW DELHI J8.00 According to the grand jury, Donald Trump paid $130,000 to the adult film star to prevent her from publicising an alleged sexual encounter with him that could have been fatal to his 2016 presidential campaign. Trump, 77, is the first ex-US president to be convicted of any crime. This, however, does not bar the Republican presumptive nominee from running for president PAGES 12 25 on poll duty among 74 heatstroke deaths RAMASHANKAR AND ASISH M E H TA @ Patna/ Bhubaneswar Roadside vendors rest in the shade beneath a stationary train coach on a hot summer day in Mumbai | AP DGCA NOTICE AI flyers faint as AC inside aircraft fails E X P R E SS N E WS S E R V I C E @ New Delhi AMID blistering heat, passengers aboard a San Franciscobound Air India flight faced a harrowing time while waiting in the aircraft for hours with failed air conditioner (AC) after their flight was delayed by nearly 24 hours at IGIA. Unable to withstand the heat and suffocation, many flyers fainted. Due to a technical snag, the AI 1183, expected to fly to San Francisco on Thursday was re, scheduled to Friday noon. According to passengers who posted their ordeal on social media, the crew members made the passengers sit in another aircraft for a couple of hours, and the AC was not functioning, causing dizziness to many . Later, they were shifted to aerogate between the airport terminal and the aircraft. However, that space too, was devoid of AC exposing the people to extreme temperature amid heatwave for over an hour. Passengers claimed that the deboarded passengers were prohibited from entering the terminal because the immigration formalities were completed. Later, they were allowed by the airport authority . An Air India spokesperson said the flight had to be rescheduled due to a technical snag. Taking note of the incident, aviation watchdog DGCA has issued a show-cause notice to the AI for “inordinate delay” and failure to take due care of passengers. “Air India is hereby called upon to show cause as to why enforcement action shall not be initiated against the airline,” DGCA said. Popularity test for VIPs in final phase of polls Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking third consecutive term; five ministers in the fray Prasad Yadav’s daughter Misa @ New Delhi Bharti and Congress’ Manish Tiwari. The prestige of actor A clutch of VIPs will face their Kangana Ranaut and Himachal popularity test in the last of minister Vikramaditya Singh seven phases of the general Singh is at stake in Mandi. elections on Saturday At stake . Taranjit Singh Sandhu, is the reputation of big hitters former envoy to the US, is pitsuch as Prime Minister ted against Akali Dal’s Anil Narendra Modi, his five Joshi from Amritsar. Union cabinet colleagues and minister R K Singh is aiming at Opposition leaders a hat-trick from Arrah, like the Trinamool where his challenger is Congress’s Abhishek Sudama Prasad, a sitting Banerjee. While Modi MLA of the CPI(M-L) is meditating at the Liberation. Vivekananda Rock In Varanasi, those conmemorial in KanniyaParliamentary testing against Modi are kumari, his party constituencies Ajay Rai (Congress), leaders are managing (General 41; ST 3; SC 13) in Ather Jamal Lari (BSP), 8 States/UTs go to polls the Varanasi joust. Kolisetty Shiva Kumar In all, 57 Lok Sabha (Yuga Thulasi Party), seats spread across 42 Assembly constituencies Gagan Prakash Yadav, seven states — Bihar, (General 27; ST 6; SC 9) of (Apna Dal, Kameravadi), Uttar Pradesh, West Odisha assembly, too, will and independents Dinesh Beng al, Himachal have simultaneous polling Kumar Yadav and Sanjay Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kumar Tiwari. 10.9 lakh polling Odisha, Punjab — and officials deployed In Patna Sahib, BJP the Union territory of veterRavi Shankar PrasChandigarh will go to Over 10.06 cr electors ad is aiming at a second polls. Modi is seeking to cast their ballots - 5.24 consecutive term. his third consecutive cr male; 4.82 cr female and In Bengal, the seventh re-election from Vara- 3,574 third gender phase will cover Dum nasi. His cabinet colDum, Barasat, Basirhat, league Anurag Thakur Jayanagar, Mathurapur, is seeking re-election from Diamond Harbour, Jadavpur, Hamirpur. He is pitted against Kolkata Dakshin, and Kolkata Congress’ Anand Sharma. Uttar, where the Trinamool seOther prominent BJP leaders cured victories in 2019. in the fray are Anupriya Patel, Late Mukhtar Ansari’s brothR K Singh, Mahendra Nath Pan- er Afzal Ansari is in the fray dey, Pankaj Chaudhary, Lalu from Ghazipur. P8 RAJESH KUMAR THAKUR PHASE 7 FACTS 57 AT least 74 people, including 25 polling personnel in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, died of heatstroke in the last 48 hours. The maximum casualty was in Odisha, where the suspected heatstroke toll stood at 36. UP followed with 20, Bihar 14, and Jharkhand four. In UP, 15 poll personnel (13 in Mirzapur district and two in Sonbhadra district) died following high fever and high blood pressure amid heatwave conditions. As for Bihar, most of the deaths were reported from Bhojpur where five polling personnel succumbed to heatstroke. Three other polling officials died in Rohtas, while Kaimur and Aurangabad districts reported one such death each. In Odisha, sunstroke fatalities were reported in Rourkela city, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur and Balangir districts. In Jharsuguda, most of the victims were drivers by profession. In Jharkhand, over 1,300 people were admitted to hospitals due to heat-related issues. Heat wave conditions are expected to persist during the last phase of polling on Saturday . The temperature sensor at Nagpur recorded a maximum of 56°C on Thursday, but it was attributed to a sensor error a day later. P3 & 7 POSITIVE STORY EXPRESS READ GDP BEATS ESTIMATES, LOGS 8.2% EXPANSION IN 2023-24 EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ New Delhi INDIA’s real GDP grew at a fabulous 8.2% in FY24 against 7% in FY23. This is 60 bps higher than the second advance estimates, which pegged growth at 7.6%. This is also the third successive year of 7%-plus growth. It beats both RBI’s forecast of 7% and consensus estimates of 7.6-7.8%, and retains India’s position as the world’s fastest growing major economy for the third year in a row. However, Q4 growth slowed marginally to 7.8%, lower than the 8%-plus growth registered in each of the previous three quarters of FY24. According to provisional estimates released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on Friday, real GDP, in abso- Stellar growth 8.2% 9.7% 7% 3.9% FY24 FY23 FY22 FY21 FY20 `173.82L cr GDP size in FY24, up from FY23’s `160.71 lakh cr -5.8% GDP growth (%) lute numbers, stood at `173.82 lakh crore in FY24 against `160.71 lakh crore a year before, while gross value added was `295.36 lakh crore. Likewise, Q4 real GDP stood at `47.24 lakh crore against `43.84 lakh crore a year ago. On the expenditure side, FY24’s growth was driven by domestic investments, which grew by 8.9%, while private consumption and government consumption remained subdued. Sources said private consumption will likely fare better given that it recorded a decent growth of 9.4% between FY21 and FY23, notwithstanding the postpandemic affects on spending. On the supply side, the agriculture sector saw a heart-sinking 1.4% growth; services sector growth too was less than desired at 7.6%. Industries sector turned in a relatively better performance of 9.7% growth in FY24. Manufacturing saw 9.9% growth against a 2.2% contraction in FY23. Mining sector grew 7.1% in FY24 compared to 1.9% a year ago. Delhi-Srinagar flight gets bomb threat call A Srinagar-bound Vistara flight carrying 178 passengers from New Delhi received a bomb threat on Friday afternoon. The call, which turned out to be a hoax, led to suspension of air traffic at the Srinagar airport for about an hour and security agencies pressing bomb disposal squads and sniffer dogs into service. A security official said investigation has been launched to ascertain the source of the bomb threat call. Death toll in hospital fire rises to seven The death toll in a fire in the Baby Care New Born Hospital in east Delhi’s Vivek Vihar rose to seven on Friday after a 50-day-old infant, who was rescued from the site, succumbed during treatment. “A 50-day-old girl child was under treatment. She succumbed on Friday morning,” a police officer said. The fire at the neonatal care hospital on May 26 had earlier claimed the lives of six newborns and left five babies injured. P3 Kejriwal’s ‘high spirit’ message ahead of June 2 A N U P V E R M A @ New Delhi CHIEF Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday sought to reach out to people saying that his government’s flagship welfare schemes on electricity, education, health, would continue unhindered. His interim bail ends on June 1. “The Supreme Court had given me 21 days to campaign for the elections, which will get over tomorrow (Saturday). I have to surrender on Sunday. I will go back to Tihar. I don’t know for how many days I will be locked up this time. But my spirits are high,” he said in a video message. Kejriwal said that he would leave his residence at around 3pm on Sunday to surrender. “You take care of yourself as I worry a lot about you. If you are happy your Kejriwal will be , happy too. I will not be among you, but all your work will continue. Your free electricity Mo, halla clinics, medicines, free bus travel for women, and all other works will go on. After my release, I will start giving `1,000 every month to every mother and sister,” he said. The AAP chief claimed that he was tortured and lost 6 kgs during his 50-day stay in jail. “When I went to jail, I weighed 70 kgs, which has come down to 64. Even after being released on bail, my weight hasn’t gone up. Doctors are saying that this can also be a symptom of some major diseases,” he said. Kejriwal suspected that he might be subjected to more torture this time, but said he will not bow down. “I have always fulfilled my duty as a son of your family To. day I want to ask something for my family My parents are old, . my mother is very ill. Take care of my parents and keep them in your prayers. If you pray for my mother daily, she will definitely remain healthy,” Kejriwal added. When I went to jail, my weight was 70kg. Now it is 64kg. Even after being released on bail, my weight is not going up. Doctors say this can be a sign of some major disease Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister Abhineta queers Neta’s pitch in Bihar’s Karakat Escorted by women cops, Prajwal R A M A S H A N K A R @ Patna ILLUSTRATION: MANDAR PARDIKAR WHEN the going gets tough, the tough gets going.” This old saying holds true for former Union minister and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) chief Upendra Kushwaha, the NDA candidate in Bihar’s Karakat Lok Sabha constituency. The seat is witnessing a close triangular fight after popular Bhojpuri actorcum-singer Pawan Singh entered the fray as an Independent. Paw a n w a s earlier with the BJP and positioned himself as a rebel candidate against the NDA pick Upendra. He was expelled from the BJP sacked after he ignored the party’s order to stand down. He belongs to the dominant Rajput upper caste, the traditional vote bank of the NDA with an estimated strength of around 1.5 lakh. Before the Bhopuri star’s entry , Upendra was pitted against CPIML’s Rajaram Singh. But the dramatic entry of Pawan, who has a From left: Rajaram Singh, Pawan Singh, and Upendra Kushwaha huge fan following, alarmed NDA leaders. “The former had an edge considering the caste equation in the constituency,” says Dinesh Kushwaha, a resident of Dehri-onSone. Sensing trouble, the NDA brass called in Rajput leaders including Union defence minister Rajnath Singh, former MP and NDA candidate from Sheohar Lovely Anand, and MLC Sanjay Singh to campaign for Upendra, who had won Karakat in 2014. The sitting MP is JD(U)’s Mahabali Singh, who had defeated Upendra in 2019 when the latter was contesting on a Rashtriya Lok Samta Party ticket. This time, Mahabali vacated the seat under NDA’s seat-sharing pact. Caste is a major factor in this election as voters consider the victory of a candidate from their caste a prestige issue. Kushwahas contribute a little over 2.40 lakh in the constituency followed by Ya- davs (3.5 lakh), Brahmins (1 lakh), Bhumihars (80,000), Paswan (30,000) and Ravidas (1.5 lakh). While Upendra is mainly banking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity and development works, Rajaram is relying on the Muslim-Yadav combination of RJD besides CPI-ML cadre votes. “We have a strong support base in the constituency,” claimed Subhankar Rai, a CPI-ML supporter. On his part, Pawan promises to generate employment, promote organic farming, develop film industry, re-open closed factories, and establish IT park if elected. He has made the contest pretty colourful by roping in a host of Bhojpuri actors and singers, including Khesarari Lal Yadav, Pakhi Hedge, Manoj Tiger, Sona Singh, Shilpi Raj, Astha Singh, Aayaz Khan and Shivani Singh. It needs to be seen if the crowds will turn into votes. (This is the concluding piece of the series that began on April 10, capturing the ground situation and giving readers a sense of the pulse of the nation.) sent to police custody till June 6 Protection for complainants G Parameshwara said those who have faced trouble from Prajwal Revanna should file complaints with the SIT and police. “We will provide them protection.” Considering potency test SIT is considering putting Prajwal Revanna through a potency test, which will involve physical examination and other tests. His vital parameters were normal when checked at Bowring & Lady Curzon Hospital. EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Bengaluru HASSAN MP Prajwal Revanna, facing sexual abuse cases, was on Friday remanded in police custody till June 6 in a case registered against him at the Holenarasipur Town police station. The 33-year-old, who had been absconding for 34 days, was taken into custody by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) as soon as he landed at the Kempegowda International Airport. Escorted by women police officers, Prajwal was taken to the SIT office on the CID premises in the city He was subjected to . medical tests in the afternoon before he was produced at the 42nd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court. The prosecution appealed to the court to grant his custody for 15 days, while Prajwal’s advocates argued that he had surrendered and was cooperating with the SIT. Hence, there was no need to remand him in police custody for 15 days. Earlier, while he was being brought to the SIT office from the airport, Prajwal is said to have asked for his phone to talk to his advocates. But the police refused to give it. The SIT officers took his two trolley bags into their custody. It is learnt that the SIT officers had a tough time questioning Prajwal as he did not cooperate with them. However, Prajwal’s counsel Arun Kumar said that the MP responded to the questions of the investigating officers.
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