Daily briefing: Latest on Manipur violence and the wrestlers’ protest; PM Modi’s impending visit to the USl; churning in Rajasthan Congress; and more

📰 From the Front Page

👉🏽A Delhi Police team went to the residence of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday and recorded the statements of his “close associates” and employees.

👉🏽Meanwhile, with its perception at stake and the Prime Minister’s impending visit to the US, there is a growing sense in both the Central government and the BJP that the issue that has got protracted needs to be addressed urgently. Sports Minister Anurag Thakur said he has invited the wrestlers for a discussion over their issues.

👉🏽A late-19th century school, which was functional till 2018, has been restored by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as part of a mega redevelopment plan for Gujarat’s Vadnagar. Here, PM Narendra Modi received his elementary education. Over the next year, two children from each district in India will visit the school, and get trained on “how to live a very evolved life”.

👩🏽‍💻 Must Read

✍️Ahead of Modi’s visit to Washington, C Raja Mohan writes: “the unfolding geopolitical churn in Asia triggered by China’s rise will form a critical background to his talks with US President Joe Biden… Removing the Asian fear by explicitly challenging China’s claim to regional hegemony has been at the core of the US Indo-Pacific strategy in the last few years. This is beginning to generate rewards of its own…”

With the Rajasthan Assembly elections scheduled later this year, the Congress is struggling to find a solution to the deadlock between Sachin Pilot and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. Amid speculations that Pilot might announce a new party, the Congress did not seem closer to finding a way to accept his core demands without antagonising the Gehlot government.

It was the Odisha government’s years of investment in capacity building and procuring state-of-the art equipment which paid off during the rescue operations post the train accident in Balasore last week. Read how the Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) became a frontline responder in the case of disasters in and outside the state.

The global response has never kept pace with the worsening of the climate crisis. An annual meeting to discuss ways to strengthen the collective response to climate change is underway at the UN Climate Change headquarters in Germany’s Bonn. Amitabh Sinha explains the objectives of the summit, what it’s likely to achieve this time, and India’s stance on the issues discussed.

⏱️ And Finally…

Days after BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur took a girl to watch ‘The Kerala Story’ in an attempt to dissuade her from continuing a relationship with a Muslim man, the 19-year-old has gone missing from home and is thought to have eloped with him.

🤫Over a month after its defeat in the Karnataka Assembly elections, a top-level meeting of the BJP leadership has triggered speculation over a possible organisational revamp. Read in today’s Delhi confidential!

🔊In today’s 3 Things episode, we talk about the ongoing wrestlers’ protest, allegations of sexual harassment against BJP MP and Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and why the BJP has been reluctant to take any action so far.

Until tomorrow,
Sonal Gupta and Varsha Sriram

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