The Hindu Morning Digest: June 05, 2025

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) followers who gathered exterior the Chinnaswamy Stadium celebrating because the IPL 2025 profitable RCB Crew arrive, in Bengaluru on June 04, 2025.
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11 die in stampede as RCB victory celebrations flip tragic at Bengaluru

What started as a day of rapturous celebration over the IPL victory of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) changed into one among crushing tragedy in Bengaluru on Wednesday night when 11 folks — all aged under 40 — died and 33 have been injured when a large construct up of followers on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium led to chaos and stampede.

Subsequent census to be accomplished by March 1, 2027: Centre

India will depend its inhabitants by March 1, 2027, in a census to be held after an unprecedented 16-year hole, the Union Ministry of Residence Affairs introduced on Wednesday (June 4, 2025). This would be the nation’s first digital census, and the primary in impartial India to incorporate an enumeration of castes as nicely.

Donald Trump says Putin informed him on name that Russia will reply to Ukrainian assault on airfields

U.S. President Donald Trump stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin informed him “very strongly” in a cellphone name Wednesday that he’ll reply to Ukraine’s weekend drone assault on Russian airfields because the impasse over the struggle drags on and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Russia’s ceasefire proposal.

Centre asks States to make sure provide of medical oxygen, isolation beds, ventilators

Seven extra COVID-19 deaths had been reported within the nation within the earlier 24 hours, as of 8 a.m. on Wednesday (June 4, 2025) morning. Maharashtra reported the best variety of deaths (4). One demise every has been reported from Delhi, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu. The whole demise toll stands at 44, in response to knowledge from the Union Well being Ministry.

Delimitation delay ploy to cut back Tamil Nadu’s voice in Parliament: CM Stalin

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Ok. Stalin on Wednesday (June 4, 2025) stated that whereas the Structure mandates delimitation based mostly on the primary Census performed after 2026, the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP)-led Union Authorities had now postponed the Census to 2027, signalling an alleged try and curtail Tamil Nadu’s Parliamentary illustration.

Assam floods declare two extra lives, Mizoram clocks 675 landslides

Massive swathes of low-lying areas throughout the north-eastern area, primarily Assam and Manipur’s Imphal Valley, continued to reel beneath floods, whereas the hills of Mizoram witnessed extra landslides and mudslides through the previous 24 hours.

Bengaluru stampede: How what was to be a victory celebration led to a tragedy

After an evening of celebrating the victory of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) within the 18th version of the Indian Premier League (IPL), hundreds of followers began gathering close to the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium and Vidhana Soudha, between which a ‘victory parade’ was deliberate, by Wednesday afternoon. Clad within the jerseys of their favorite group, there have been folks from all age teams, together with mother and father with kids and the aged. The banners, music, and dancing within the crowd mirrored the keenness of the followers … all till issues began to take a really tragic flip.

‘Small Issues’: Shashi Tharoor on Kerfuffle Over Trump’s Claims On Brokering India-Pakistan Ceasefire

India didn’t need to jeopardize its relationship with the U.S. over particulars in regards to the stage of US President Donald Trump’s involvement in brokering the Could 10 stop hearth between India and Pakistan, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has stated. Mr Tharoor additionally pushed again towards repeated claims by Mr Trump that he had resolved the newest spherical of combating and used commerce leverage within the course of.

Gukesh, Erigaisi in title competition as Norway Chess enters essential section

World champion D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi have caught the creativeness of chess aficionados by queering the pitch for the likes of Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, because the Indian duo makes Norway Chess title bid when the event recommences Thursday after a relaxation day.