10,000+ THURSDAY 11 CRITICAL SECURITY FLAWS REPORTED SO FAR BY MYTHOS USERS JUNE, 2026 epaper.morningstandard.in facebook.com/TheMorningStandard X.com/TheMornStandard ANTHROPIC RELEASES VERSION OF ITS MOST POWERFUL AI TOOL TO PUBLIC WEST ASIA Claude Fable 5 is now available to the general public, despite Anthropic previously saying the model was too powerful for a broad release TRUMP WARNS OF MORE STRIKES First Mythos class model open for all Iran and the US again traded fire following the downing of an American helicopter, further straining a ceasefire that took effect in April. A CAPITAL VIEW OF NEWS PAGE 9 LAST HURRAH WATCH OUT FOR THE PRODIGIES For Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, playing in their sixth WC, this is the last dance. Joining them there will be Luka Modric (Croatia), Manuel Neuer (Germany) and Neymar (Brazil) Lamine Yamal (18) is set to make his WC debut for Spain with huge expectations on his shoulders. He will be among the 891 WC debutants with the likes of Michael Olise (France), Florian Wirtz (Germany) and Nico Paz (Argentina)  NEW DELHI Record number of players from 449 domestic clubs in 71 countries GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS Even on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iran’s infrastructure as a very fragile truce plays out in the backdrop on the eve of the 23rd installment of the World Cup. With travel bans and visa restrictions in the US, the stage is set for this being a very politically-charged event and three host countries make this the largest ever FIFA World Cup. A look... ARTIST WITH KERALA ROOTS HITS FIFA GOAL WITH WC SONG R O N N I E K U R I A K O S E @ Kochi FRANCE, SPAIN BETTORS’ TOP PICKS France and Spain are the consensus favourites to win the World Cup, both listed at +450 at BetMGM and Caesars. DraftKings also lists Spain at that price with France close by at +475. England, Brazil, Argentina and Portugal are 9-1 or better at all three sportsbooks. Co-hosts US are anywhere between 40-1 and 60-1 TODAY'S MATCHES (IST) Group A: Mexico vs South Africa (June 12, 12.30 am) Group A: South Korea vs Czechia (June 12, 7.30 am) WHEN the carnival of the beautiful game kicks off in Mexico City on Thursday, it will carry an Indian imprint unlike any before. Siir Siir, choreographed by Rajit Dev, a Mumbai-based artist with Kerala roots, is one of the 18 songs in the official World Cup album and is set to be played at the opening ceremony . Rajit becomes the first Indian, and the first Malayali, to be associated with an official FIFA World Cup album.Though born and raised in Mumbai, he traces his tryst with dance to his roots in Kerala. “My family hails from Shornur. And like every south Indian family, my parents too wanted my sister to learn dance. My connection with dance began almost by accident. When my mother enrolled my sister in Bharatanatyam classes, I had to accompany her,” Rajit told this J8.00  newspaper. However, what began as a sibling responsibility soon turned into a passion. Rajit underwent formal Bharatanatyam training and completed his arangetram. He went on to collaborate with actors such as Ranveer Singh and Nora Fatehi. It is his decade-long creative partnership with the latter that has now led him to football’s biggest stage. According to Rajit, the FIFA opportunity presented a unique challenge. Featuring artists from diverse backgrounds, the song Siir Siir demanded a visual language that could resonate globally while retaining a distinctive identity . “I wanted to make it look global, yet the energy and soul had to be Indian,” he said. “When I listen to a song, I let my body react to it. The music dictates the moves. That’s what I’ve done here as well,” said Rajit. blow in RS; more exits in LS likely Sushmita Dev resigns as member of the Upper House, meets Assam CM Himanta P R E E T H A N A I R @ New Delhi THE exodus in Trinamool Congress (TMC) continued with Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev resigning from the Upper House on Wednesday dealing another blow , to the embattled party Dev is the . second TMC Member of Parliament to step down within a week, following the resignation of Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, a close aide of party chief Mamata Banerjee. Dev’s resignation has been accepted by Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan. Adding to the uncertainty, names of Mamata’s loyalists including Saayoni Ghosh, Mala Roy, Mitali Bag, Yusuf Pathan and Shatrughan Sinha are being linked to the rebel bloc. Sources said Dev, who earlier quit the Congress 2021 to join the TMC, is likely to join the BJP as she met Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma after tendering her resignation. Dev joined the TMC in 2021 after leaving the Congress. A former Lok Sabha MP from Assam’s Silchar constituency, she quit the Congress following her defeat in the 2019 general elections. The TMC later appointed her as its national spokesperson and subsequently nominated her to the Rajya Sabha. While she declined to comment on Mamata or her future political plans, Dev said, “It’s my individual decision, what kind of politics I want to do and who should be my leader. I have my reasons and that’s why I have made my decision.” On reports of her joining the BJP she said, “When I take a , decision I will let you know.” RAJESH KUMAR THAKUR @ New Delhi THE Union Cabinet passed a special resolution hailing Narendra Modi for becoming India’s longest-serving elected prime minister on Wednesday. Titled ‘Abhinandan Prastav’, the resolution described June 10 as a historic day in the country’s democratic journey It was . adopted hours before the ruling NDA met to celebrate 12 years of the government under Modi’s leadership. The Cabinet meeting began with a standing ovation to the prime minister for having completed 4,399 consecutive days in office, surpassing the record of Jawaharlal Nehru, who served continuously for 4,398 days between 1952 and 1964. The resolution described the occasion as “a symbol of India’s democratic consciousness, public trust, and the power of pub- Videograb of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his NDA colleagues at a felicitation event in New Delhi on Wednesday | PTI NDA, Cabinet hail Modi for crossing longest-serving elected PM milestone lic participation”. It said the milestone reflected the strong support of the people to a leader who is always guided by the ‘Nation First’ principle. The resolution pointed to another approaching milestone — Modi’s 25 years of continuous PAGES 12 1,248 TMC suffers fresh World's biggest sporting carnival begins 104 matches, 48 teams  service as the head of government, adding his leadership has been marked by sensitivity, restraint, deter mination and decisiveness. At the NDA meeting, the ruling alliance resolved to continue working towards the goal of a Viksit Bharat under Modi’s leadership. A resolution was moved by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and seconded by Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, congratulated Modi on reaching the milestone and de- Swapan Dasgupta gets finance portfolio West Bengal minister Swapan Dasgupta was on Wednesday handed the finance portfolio. Chief Minister Subhendu Adhikari retained home along with law and judicial affairs, land, power, information and cultural affairs, personnel and administrative reforms, and hill affairs. While Jagannath Chattopadhyay was assigned higher education, Dipak Barman got charge of school education department | P8 The daughter of veteran Congress leader and former Union Cabinet minister Santosh Mohan Dev, Sushmita previously served as president of the All India Mahila Congress. Earlier, Sukhendu Sekhar Roy , TMC’s chief whip in the Rajya Sabha for 13 years, cited widespread public dissatisfaction with the party while announcing his resignation. Mamata’s meeting with Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Abhishek Banerjee’s meeting with Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday also , sparked chatter over the future course of the diminished Mamata-led TMC faction. However, Congress has dismissed reports of merger of the two parties. “Some news reports on what supposedly transpired in the meeting between Sonia and Mamata are completely inaccurate. The meeting was very cordial and many personal matters were talked about,” Jairam Ramesh said. scribing his leadership as the epitome of delivery, accountability and integrity . Naidu remarked that history’s most enduring leaders are those who confront the challenges of their era and convert them into opportunities for national resurgence. The NDA expressed its confidence in the PM’s leadership, noting that his government has pursued bold reforms. “As a result, India began to dream again and dream big. The spirit of enterprise found renewed energy ,” the resolution stated. In his address, Modi said the nation must always take precedence over political interests. “The nation is greater than any party, and when we work with the spirit of ’Nation First’ no decision is too difficult.” Several world leaders congratulated him, with Russia describing Modi as the “doyen of all Indian PMs”. P7 SAFETY PUSH Draft standards out for vehicles that can talk to each other PA R V E Z S U LTA N @ New Delhi THE Centre on Wednesday released draft standards for vehicle-to-vehicle (v2v) communication system to enhance road safety. It will review comments and suggestions from stakeholders before finalising the standards. The v2v communication system allows vehicles on the road to exchange real-time information such as speed, location, and braking patterns over shortrange radio frequencies. It is designed to alert drivers to potential hazards, including stationary vehicles, sudden braking by vehicles ahead, and potential collisions. The draft standard specifies the minimum technical, functional, performance, environmental, and security requirements for the communication device and only covers factoryinstalled On-Board Units. The Department of Telecommunications has already allocated 30 GHz radio frequency for the development of the v2v system. According to the draft, the standard applies to vehicles of The model is the first to be made widely available from the company’s new Mythos class, its most advanced lineup of AI technology, unveiled in April, but restricted over cybersecurity concerns. Anthropic said Fable 5 is exceptionally good at writing and debugging software code, answering complex research questions and analysing images. Vehicle-to-vehicle communication system can help reduce risk of collision | PTI categories L (motor vehicles with less than four wheels, primarily 2-3 wheelers and light quadricycles), M (motor vehicles with at least four wheels used primarily for the carriage of passengers) and N (motor vehicles with at least four wheels that are used primarily for the carriage of goods). The v2v communication system was discussed in the Transport Development Council meeting held earlier this year. Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadakri chaired the meeting, following which the government planned the installation of the device as mandatory by the end of this year to prevent collisions and improve safety by providing 360-degree awareness beyond a driver’s line of sight. Gadkari called the initiative “revolutionary” and claimed it could reduce accidents by 80%. The cost of the equipment is between `5,000 and `7,000. As reported by this newspaper earlier, initially the mandate will apply to new vehicles, with provisions later being made for retrofitting older vehicles. EXPRESS READ IIT-D to carry out structural analysis today A foreign national, who had suffered severe burns in a fire at a hotel in Malviya Nagar, died of injuries on Wednesday, taking the toll to 23, while police are searching for another employee of the B&B. Meanwhile, the IIT-Delhi is likely to conduct a structural and fire-propagation analysis to determine the cause of the rapid spread of the blaze on Thursday. P3 After L-G nod, 142 DDA properties and lands sold for `1.3K cr E X P R E S S N E W S S E R V I C E @ New Delhi LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR Taranjit Singh Sandhu’s push to position Delhi as a preferred investment destination has received a strong market endorsement, with Delhi Development Authority’s Mega e-Auction fetching `1,321 crore—nearly three times the reserve price. In line with the L-G’s vision, the DDA has concluded its e-Auction of land and property assets, witnessing participation from investors, institutions and businesses. The e-Auction achieved a total highest bid value of `1,321.21 crore against a cumulative reserve price of `480.38 crore, realising nearly three Asset times the reserve value and generating categories a premium of approximately 175% over the aggregate reserve price. Competitive The e-Auction offered 142 properties bidding was seen and land assets, comprising residential, across multiple asset categories, commercial, industrial and institutional plots, group housing sites, commercoupled with cial estate built-up shops, multilevel the substantial parking facilities, kiosks and other lipremium cence-fee-based assets located in variachieved over ous parts of the national capital. reserve prices. The e-Auction ensured fair competition and efficient price discovery while providing opportunities for a wide range of stakeholders. The intense competition witnessed for several prime properties reflected the strong demand for strategically located land assets across Delhi. A commercial plot in Karkardooma (21-22 Pocket) attracted 36 bidders and achieved a value more than 10 times its reserve price. Another institutional plot at Karkardooma (Plot No. 3A) emerged as the most actively bid property in the eAuction, attracting 20 bidders and recording 3,160 bids during the bidding process. HIMACHAL Biz establishments and shops can operate 24X7 to businesses and enable consumers to shop at their SHOPS and commercial es- convenience,” he said, addt a b l i s h m e n t s a c r o s s ing the government would Himachal Pradesh will make the compliance sysnow be allowed to operate tem effective to improve the round the clock following ease of doing business amendments to while strengthenthe state’s labour ing the protection laws. Chairing a of workers. review meeting of Sukhu directed The amended the labour departthe department to provisions will ment, Chief Minfully digitise the provide greater ister Sukhvinder delivery of all its flexibility to Singh Sukhu said services, including businesses and that his govern- enable consumers certificates and liment has amended cences. He asked to shop at their the Himachal officials to ensure convenience Pradesh Shops benefits of welfare Himachal CM and Commercial schemes reach all Establishments eligible beneficiarAct, 1969. ies in a timely manner. “Under the amended proSukhu also asked offivisions, shops and commer- cials to notify the new incial establishments have dustrial policy within two been permitted to operate months to enhance HP’s round the clock. This will competitiveness with the provide greater flexibility neighbouring states. H A R P R E E T B A J WA @ Chandigarh