🔴Meanwhile, China on Tuesday blocked a proposal by India and the US at the United Nations to designate Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Sajid Mir, wanted for his involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, as a global terrorist.

⚡Only in the Express

✍️In our opinion section today, C Raja Mohan writes on PM Modi’s US visit and what it could mean for bilateral ties between the two countries: ‘Modi and Biden have turned the traditional discourse on India-US relations in Delhi and Washington on its head. This can open the doors to technological and defence collaboration.’

📰 From the Front Page

👉🏽 The Supreme Court dismissed objections of the West Bengal government and State Election Commission to a Calcutta High Court order for requisitioning Central forces and deploying them in all districts of the state for the July 8 panchayat polls.

👉🏽 Amid the ongoing violence in Manipur, nine Meitei MLAs submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister’s Office, highlighting that the “public have lost complete faith in the present state government”.

👉🏽 Amid a war of words between the Congress and the BJP over the selection of Gorakhpur-based Gita Press for the prestigious Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that though he was a member of the jury as the leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha, he was kept in the dark about the decision.

👩🏽‍💻 Must Read

“We made an Instagram reel saying: All those who sat in their cars and cried that day because you couldn’t go to Delhi for the farm morcha, this is your chance”.

From making reels, to organising a 18-day dharna, here’s how Greater Toronto Area, a support group that mobilises students and advocates for their rights, played a pivotal role to halt deportation of Indian students from Canada.

☀️Amid heatwave deaths being reported in several parts of India, we explain why a heat stroke kills, how it affects your body and what you can do to stay safe.

⏱️And Finally

📚In an era where most activities are conducted online, a group of bibliophiles in Delhi-NCR schedule time every month to meet at a public place to read a book. Read the story of the Silent Book Club, whose doors are open to people of all age groups and walks of life but with a singular goal: To meet and read in silence.

🤫Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s directive to the state police to crack down fake news mechanisms and people who spread misinformation on social media has given ammunition to the Opposition BJP to attack him. What did they say? Read in today’s Delhi Confidential

🎧In today’s episode of 3 Things, we talk about how Bihar’s National Ambulance Service contract was awarded to a company owned by relatives of a JD(U) MP, how two Indian badminton players made history by winning the men’s doubles title at the Indonesia Open and WHO flagging 20 toxic medicines as part of their investigation into the deaths of 300 people across the world.

Until tomorrow,
Rahel Philipose and Varsha Sriram