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🛞 Inside the Delhi Police’s old security unit at Central Delhi’s Vinay Marg is a graveyard of sorts for vehicles used by the force over the years. Amid the crowd of rusted cars are police’s last two Ambassadors which, after years of lying idle, are set to be auctioned. The vehicles, incomparable in terms of design and raw power, have long surpassed their operational tenure of six-and-a-half years. After tenders are floated to auction the iconic cars, private bidders will take the vehicle to get it scrapped, which can take about one-to-two months.
With that, let’s move on to the top 5 stories from today’s edition:
🚨 Big Story
For the first time ever, the net can now be cast wider when it comes to selecting the successor to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). This is as per the Chief Election Commissioner And Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service And Term of Office) Act, 2023.
The Ministry of Law will set up a Search Committee chaired by the Law Minister to prepare a panel of five names for the Selection Committee. Even as Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar remains a potential candidate for the top post, the Act gives the selection committee the option of considering names from outside the poll body.
⚡ Only in Express
An economic juggernaut: From luxury tents that cost up to Rs 1 lakh a night to budget homestays, from corporate firms to small businesses that hope the event will keep them afloat — days ahead of the Maha Kumbh, The Indian Express travels to Prayagraj, where a pop-up economy has taken shape on the banks of the Ganga. Kumbh has become as much about living as it is about faith, attracting businesses from across India and transforming the stretch of the Ganga into a sprawling arena of spirituality and trade.
📰 Express Explained
It’s official: 2024 was the first year to breach the 1.5 degree Celsius threshold. With global emissions continuing to grow, this was very much expected. The planet will only get warmer in the coming years. Global emissions are still on the rise, and the 2030 emission cut targets are almost certain to be missed. Therefore, there is every likelihood that the breach that has happened in 2024 would become a norm within the next decade.
✍️ Express Opinion
In our Opinion pages today, Jagdish Bhagwati reminisces his days with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as their paths kept crossing since 1954. He writes: “No reminiscence of Manmohan would be complete without my recalling that he once told me that, while economists were taught to get prices right, it was equally important to get values right.”
🎥 Movie Review
Wondering what to binge-watch this weekend? Well, we’ve got you covered! Black Warrant, a seven-part series based on a book about an insider’s account of his time at Tihar Jail, is now out on Netflix. Shubhra Gupta reviews the series: “‘Black Warrant’ goes the full yard in attempting to unpack the intricate power structure, showcasing caste-and-religious hierarchies between gangs comprising hardened criminals and innocents dumped there by sloppy or malicious police work, a power-keg which needs to be controlled day and night by hard-pressed wardens, peppered by the social-political happenings in the outside world, and keeps it watchable.”
That’s all for today. Have a lovely weekend!
Until next time,
Ariba
