Overview

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday at Rashtrapati Bhavan, and no official readout was issued.
• The meeting followed Modi’s return from Japan and China, including the SCO gathering in Tianjin where he met Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.
• Severe monsoon flooding in northern India prompted the cancellation of planned dinners for NDA MPs at the prime minister’s residence and at BJP chief J P Nadda’s home.
• Modi is expected to travel to Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to review relief and rescue operations, according to reports.
• News18 reports more than 500 flood-related deaths this monsoon season, and President Murmu has voiced concern and praised emergency responders.