Overview

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday, and no details of their discussion were released.
• The meeting came days after Modi’s return from Japan and China, where he attended the SCO summit in Tianjin and held talks with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.
• Sources said a planned dinner for NDA MPs at the prime minister’s residence was canceled because of the flooding, and a similar event at BJP chief JP Nadda’s home was also called off.
• More than 500 people have been reported dead in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab since the start of the monsoon season.
• Modi is expected to visit the rain-hit states to review relief and rescue efforts, and President Murmu has expressed concern and praised emergency personnel.