May heat wave was 1.5° Celsius warmer than previous extremes saturdAY 08 Findings of a new rapid attribution study underscore that heat waves in India are reaching unbearable temperature thresholds june, 2024 epaper.morningstandard.in facebook.com/TheMorningStandard 56 X.com/TheMornStandard yemen houthi rebels detain 9 un staff Others working for UN-led aid groups are also likely to have taken as rebels face increasing financial pressure and airstrikes from a US-led coalition Page 9 deaths due to heat reported in india since the start of March human-driven climate change blamed A CAPITAL VIEW OF NEWS l New Delhi l J8.00 Swearing-in of the new council of ministers to be held tomorrow at 7.15 pm Modi appointed PM-designate by President Murmu leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party, NDA leaders submitted their letters of support. President Droupadi Murmu The delegation included J P on Friday appointed Narendra Nadda, Rajnath Singh, Amit Modi prime minister-designate Shah, Ashwini Vaishnaw and C after the latter staked his claim N Manjunath (all BJP), TDP to lead the NDA government chief N Chandrababu Naidu, for the third consecutive time. JD(U)’s Nitish Kumar, Shiv The ceremony to administer Sena chief Eknath Shinde, the oath of office and secrecy to JD(S) leader H D Kumarashim and his ministerial col- wamy, LJP(Ram Vilas) leader leagues will begin at 7.15 pm on Chirag Paswan. Sunday at Rashtrapati The day began with Bhavan.After Modi met the NDA ParliamentaMurmu, she satisfied ry Party electing Modi herself about the NDA as its leader. Nitish was If we look at coalition commanding seen trying to touch numbers, then majority in the 18th Modi’s feet but the latthis is the Lok Sabha before issuter stopped him. strongest ing the appointment coalition In his address, Modi government in letter. The letter said spoke about the vital the history of the BJP was the single role of consensus in coalitions largest party and the running the governNDA the largest prement. Having a “bahuNarendra Modi, poll coalition. mat (majority)” is necPM-designate Emerging from Rashessary to form trapati Bhavan, Modi told the government but “sarvmat (conmedia, “As NDA partners have sensus or unanimity)” is much entrusted me with their leader- needed for running the counship once again, I will take try he said. , “I want to assure people of oath as the PM on June 9. NDAIII will put in even more efforts the country that you have given for developments of India and us the good fortune to run the the realisation of people’s government by handing us a majority, and it has then beaspirations.” Earlier in the day, an NDA come our responsibility that we delegation called on Murmu. continuously strive to ensure While the BJP handed her a let- unanimity in taking the counter on Modi’s election as the try forward,” Modi said. P7 7 Maoists killed, 3 jawans hurt in C’garh encounter EJA Z KA I SE R @ Raipur At least seven CPI (Maoists) were killed in an exchange of fire with the security forces at Mungedi village along the inter-district border of Narayanpur, Dantewada and Kondagaon on Friday night. Three security personnel also sustained bullet injuries and were sent to the hospital. A joint team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) from Narayanpur, Kondagaon, Jagdalpur and Dantewada along with the 45th Battalion of ITBP were out on anti-Maoist operations near forested terrain of Thulthuli close to Orcha in Abujhmad area. Seven bodies of Maoists in uniform have been recovered so far, a police officer said, adding automatic weapons were found from the encounter site. Three DRG personnel suffered bullet injuries and their condition is stated to be stable. “The success achieved by the jawans is commendable. I salute their indomitable courage. Our battle to eliminate Maoists will ultimately reach to its logical end and our government remains committed to it,” CM Vishnu Deo Sai said on ‘X’. Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das at a press meet in Mumbai | PTI The decision to hold the rates was not unanimous, as two of the six members on the panel — Dr Ashima Goyal and Prof Jayanth R Varma — voted for a rate cut by 25 basis points and change in the policy stance. Expecting the economy to fare better on the back of the unexpected jump in the growth numbers to 8.2% in the just concluded fiscal 2024, Reserve KarnaTAKA Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays respects to the Constitution of India at the NDA Parliamentary Party meeting at Samvidhan Sadan in New Delhi on Friday | PTI Nitish suggests names of JD(U) ministers President expected to get final list today Nitish Kumar and other NDA leaders went to BJP chief J P Nadda’s house to discuss the probable candidates for the Union cabinet. Nitish is learnt to have submitted the names of his three party MPs who could be inducted as Cabinet ministers and ministers of state from the JD(U) quota TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu, too, met the BJP chief and handed over his list of five MPs who could be inducted as ministers. There is no clarity yet on the post of LS Speaker. The final list of the council of ministers is expected to be submitted to the President by Saturday evening Action shifts to Delhi for Odisha CM selection As June 10 inches closer and preparations for the first BJP government’s swearing-in get intense in Odisha, action shifted to Delhi on Friday. Sources said a number of MLAs have been summoned to the national capital where the Central leadership is likely to take the call on the new leader of the BJP legislature party . Separate meetings of the MLAs and all the MPs of Odisha have reportedly been fixed RBI keeps rates unchanged for eighth consecutive time Resolute inflation policing despite stronger growth indicators persuaded the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank on Friday to stand pat on the rates front as well as the policy stance for the eighth time in a row. Ever since the February 2023 review, the Reserve Bank’s panel has left the repo rate — the benchmark rate below which a lender cannot extend loans and the rate at which banks borrow from the central bank — unchanged at 6.50%. The policy boosted both the equity and money markets with indices closing at record highs while the rupee gained 14 paise against the greenback. However, fearing delayed rates cut, the bond yield remained above 7% to close at 7.016%. @ New Delhi with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J P Nadda on Saturday over the selection of chief minister of the BJP government which will take oath on June 10 as announced by Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi. All the newly-elected MPs from the state had left for Delhi on Thursday for the meeting of the NDA members held at the Central Hall of the old Parliament on the day The . BJP parliamentary board was PAGES 12 B e n n K o c h u v e e d a n @ Mumbai R AJESH KU M A R THAKU R B i j o y P r a d h a n @ Bhubaneswar l Researchers at ClimaMeter said the intense heat wave India endured in May was a result of the naturally occurring El Nino phenomenon and the rapidly increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere due to fossil fuel burning. They called it “a largely unique event” that can be ascribed to human-driven climate change p7 scheduled to meet in the evening after the PM designate Modi and leaders of NDA partners met President Droupadi Murmu. Apart from working out details of the council of ministers, sources said the BJP parliamentary board is likely to take a call on the new chief minister of Odisha. The BJP state unit chief Manmohan Samal and Sambalpur MLA Jayanarayana Mishra, both members of the BJP parliamentary board, are already in the national capital. “Meeting of the legislators in Bhubaneswar will be a mere formality as it would be attended by two Central observers who will announce the name decided and approved by the Parliamentary board of the party the sources said. ,” “The BJP legislature party will approve the name decided by the parliamentary board at its meeting on Saturday new,” ly-elected MLA Rabi Narayan Nayak said. Express read Prajwal’s mother gets anticipatory bail Bibhav Kumar’s bail plea rejected Keeping in abeyance the nonbailable warrant issued against JDS leader Prajwal Revanna’s mother Bhavani Revanna in a kidnapping case, the Karnataka HC on Friday granted her interim anticipatory bail and directed her to appear before the SIT by 1 pm the same day. After the HC issued the order around 11 am, Bhavani appeared at the SIT office with her lawyer at 12.40 pm on Friday. P5 A Delhi court on Friday dismissed the bail plea of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar for allegedly assaulting AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal, saying he was facing “serious” charges and that there were concerns that he could influence witnesses. Kumar who was sent to 14-day judicial custody last Friday, was accused of assaulting Maliwal on May 13 at the CM’s residence. P4 4 Indian students drown in Russia Four Indian medical students drowned when they entered a fastflowing river near St Petersburg in Russia, authorities said on Friday. The deceased students—Harshal Anantrao Desale, Jishan Ashpak Pinjari, Jia Firoj Pinjari and Malik Gulamgous Mohammad Yakub, all from Jalgaon, Maharashtra—were studying at the Novgorod State University in Veliky Novgorod city. A fifth student was rescued. P7 Rahul pulls up ministers for cong poor show D e v a r a j B Hir e h a l l i @ B’luru Rahul Gandhi on Friday expressed dissatisfaction over the party’s “dismal” performance in the Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka and sought a report from Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and DCM DK Shivakumar, according to sources. Action against the ministers, who failed in ensuring the victory of the party candidates, is likely soon. Rahul also expressed his discontent over a dozen ministers’ failure to ensure good leads for the party candidates in their respective assembly constituencies, sources said. Rahul interacted with the newly-elected party MPs and defeated candidates at the KPCC office. Later, he met the ministers and took those, who failed in ensuring the victory of the party candidates, to task. A report on the party’s defeat in Chitradurga, Kolar, Tumakuru and Bagalkot because of internal rift was with Rahul. AICC general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala had acted upon it, according to a source. “Rahul discussed this with all ministers. The high command has sought a report on the election results. We will discuss with all our leaders and submit it,” Shivakumar told reporters. He said that Rahul expected 5-6 seats more for the party in the state. He along with Siddaramaiah will take part in the Congress Working Rahul gets bail in defamation case Rahul Gandhi on Friday was granted bail by a Bengaluru court in connection with a case filed by the BJP’s Karnataka unit for issuing “defamatory” advertisements in newspapers. The ads ahead of Karnataka Assembly polls last year accused the then BJP govt of indulging in corruption during its 2019-2023 rule. P5 Committee meeting in Delhi on Saturday. After returning, they will prepare an action plan to resolve all issues within the party he added. , Shivakumar, however, clarified that the impact of five guarantees on the party’s performance did not come up for discussion. Rahul asked the newly-elected MPs to raise issues related to Karnataka in Parliament. Home Minister Dr Parameshwara, despite being in Bengaluru, did not attend the meeting. He must be upset over the party’s defeat in his home district of Tumakuru. Bank governor Shaktikanta Das revised upwards the central bank’s growth forecast by 20 basis points to 7.2% for the current fiscal. In the past two reviews, the GDP projection was maintained at 7%. Underlining the MPC’s resolve to fight inflation, which it fears may spike from the third quarter partly due to the low base effect and partly due to the still adamant food prices, the panel also decided to maintain the policy stance of withdrawal of accommodation to ensure that inflation progressively aligns to the target, while supporting growth. On the rationale for raising the growth numbers, Das said high frequency indicators of domestic activity are showing resilience in FY25. And the Southwest monsoon is expected to be above normal. Alliance with AAP was only for LS polls: DPCC chief A s h i s h Sri v a s ta v a @ New Delhi A day after senior AAP leader and Minister Gopal Rai said that the party would contest the Assembly election independently Delhi Congress chief , Devender Yadav on Friday asserted that the alliance with the grand old party was limited to the Lok Sabha polls. He said that the party will be a strong opposition and work towards its revival in the city’s political landscape. “I would like to clarify that our alliance was for the Lok Sabha elections. We have discussed the issue at length. We will work on the shortcomings and, by playing the role of a strong opposition, bring Congress back to Delhi, too,” he said. The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee chief termed the short stint a “good coordination”. “I think, before elections, we tried to make a strong alliance in the form of INDIA bloc. In the fight to save democracy, many like-minded people came together. The AAP, too, joined us in Delhi. We contested in good coordination,” he added. On Thursday, Rai said his party’s alliance with the Congress was only for the LS elections and that the AAP has decided to contest next year’s assembly poll independently. He, however, also asserted that the advantage of the AAP-Congress alliance was a reduction in the victory margins of the BJP candidates. Once rivals, the Congress and AAP reached a seat-sharing pact in February The AAP . contested on four seats, while the Congress on three. CBI final chargesheet against Lalu, others in land-for-jobs case M u k e s h R a n j a n @ New Delhi The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed its conclusive chargesheet in the alleged land-for-jobs scam involving Lalu Prasad. The third and final chargesheet submitted by the probe agency before a special court in Delhi names 78 accused, including Lalu, his wife and former Bihar CM Rabri Devi, son Tej Pratap Yadav and daughter Hema Yadav. It covers all railway zones where the recruitment was made alle gedly in retur n for land taken by members of Lalu Prasad’s family according , to a CBI official. “During the investigation, it has been found that the accused in conspiracy with the Railways officials and engaged persons as ‘substitutes’ in lieu of land either in their name or in the name of their close relatives. This land was acquired at prices lower than the prevailing circle rate and much lower than the market rate,” another senior CBI official said. The official added that no public notice or advertisement was issued for these appointments, yet candidates from Patna were employed in Mum- ‘Complete violation’ Besides Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi, son and daughter, 29 Railways officials — 37 candidates and six other private persons — have been named in the chargesheet. The CBI found that the accused engaged candidates as Group D substitutes in complete violation of extant guidelines. bai, Jabalpur, Kolkata, Jaipur and Hajipur. The CBI found Lalu Prasad, in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy along with officers of the Railways, his family members and others, engaged candidates as Group D substitutes in 11 zones of Indian Railways in complete violation of the extant guidelines, the CBI spokesperson said. Meanwhile, the central agency informed the court that prosecution sanction from competent authority was still awaited. The court cannot take cognizance of the case without such sanction. Officials said the court will take cognisance and hear the matter on July 6. Earlier, on May 29, the court had directed the CBI to file its conclusive chargesheet at the earliest and expressed displeasure over the delay . Besides Lalu and family, 29 Railways officials, 37 candidates and six other private persons have been named in the chargesheet, they said. israel on un blacklist for harming kids The UN has informed Israel that it is added to a list of countries that harm children in conflict zones, a decision the Israel ambassador to UN called ‘disgraceful’ | P9
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