Morning Digest | PM Modi reviews preparedness for heatwave conditions; CSDS Lokniti Survey: remarkable support for religious pluralism, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on April 12, 2024

PM Modi chairs meet to review preparedness for heat wave conditions

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reviewed India’s heat preparedness plans with senior officials on Thursday. The India Meteorological Department earlier this month had forecast summer temperatures in most parts of the country to be “above normal”, particularly in Central India and western peninsular India.

PM Modi’s comments on China ‘highly significant’, denote readiness for post-poll re-engagement, say experts

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comments about tensions at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) are “highly significant”, according to Indian foreign affairs experts. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) also reacted to his remarks on Thursday, calling for India to work with China to “put the bilateral relations forward on a sound and stable track”.

CSDS-Lokniti 2024 pre-poll survey | Despite the economy, how is the BJP sitting pretty?

Reports based on the pre-poll survey of the Lokniti-Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), published in these pages on April 11, focused on the factors that had the potential to work in favour of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha elections. They indicated the possible chinks in the BJP’s armour. Popular disapproval of the economic situation should be cause for worry for the BJP. However, the tenor of its rhetoric indicates that the BJP is confident of retaining its electoral ascendance. What makes the party feel so confident?

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