Morning Filter: 89 bodies from Balasore train crash await identification

1. Odisha train crash | 89 bodies await identification at AIIMS Bhubaneswar In addition to the 123 dead bodies that the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar has already received from the triple train collision site in Balasore district since June 2, an additional 39 bodies were ferried in from private hospitals on Wednesday. Railways is also using AI-powered portal, SIM card triangulation to identify unclaimed bodies. 2. Bifurcation demand | 10 Manipur MLAs get showcause notice The Privilege and Ethics Committee (PEC) of the 60-member Manipur Assembly has asked 10 MLAs to explain why they demanded a separate administration for a group of ethnic communities. The 10 MLAs, including seven of the BJP, had raised the bifurcation demand soon after ethnic clashes broke out between the majority Meitei and the Kuki-Chin-Zomi people on May 3. 3. Rajasthan | Congress begins one-to-one meetings with State ministers and MLAs Congress in-charge for Rajasthan Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Wednesday started one-to-one meetings with state ministers and MLAs amid attempts by the party’s central leadership to broker peace between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and dissident leader Sachin Pilot ahead of assembly polls due later this year. 4. Kolhapur violence: Minister holds meeting with local social organisations, civic society groups Tension gripped Kolhapur city on Tuesday after two men allegedly put 18th-century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan’s image along with an offensive audio message as their social media “status”. Wielding lathis, police on Wednesday dispersed hundreds of protesters in Kolhapur after they hurled stones during a demonstration against the alleged use of Tipu Sultan’s image. In view of the protest, internet services have been suspended till Thursday in Kolhapur, a senior police official said. 5. Jharkhand land deals case: ED makes 2 more arrests The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested two more people on Wednesday night in connection with its money-laundering investigation into alleged illegal land deals in the state, official sources said. Kolkata-based businessman Amit Agrawal and his father-in-law Dilip Ghosh were taken into custody under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said. The two arrested accused are expected to be produced before a court on Thursday where the agency will seek their remand for custodial interrogation, sources said. 6. Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann to participate in “Tiranga Yatra” in Haryana’s Jind AAP national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann will participate in a “Tiranga Yatra” in Haryana’s Jind district on Thursday, a party leader said on Wednesday. 7. GGSIPU campus inauguration: Trouble brews between AAP govt and Delhi Lt Governor The Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University’s east Delhi campus is the latest flashpoint between the AAP-led city government and Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena, with both sides claiming that they would inaugurate the newly built campus. 8. CBI says it has prima facie case of extortion and bribery against Sameer Wankhede The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recently moved the Bombay High Court to recall its earlier order granting interim protection from arrest to the Narcotics Control Bureau’s (NCB) former Mumbai Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede in a case of extortion and bribery in connection with the arrest of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in a drug case. The Bombay High Court is likely to hear Wankhede’s plea on Thursday. 9. ‘I can taste the air’: Canadian wildfire smoke spreads hazardous haze at home and in the US Smoke from Canadian wildfires poured into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest on Wednesday, covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze, holding up flights at major airports and prompting people to fish out pandemic-era face masks. Air with hazardous levels of pollution extended into the New York metropolitan area, central New York state and parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Massive tongues of unhealthy air extended as far as North Carolina and Indiana, affecting millions of people. 10. Rishi Sunak goes to Washington with Ukraine, economy and AI on agenda for Biden meeting The war in Ukraine was top of U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s agenda Wednesday as he started a two-day trip to Washington carrying the message that post-Brexit Britain remains an essential American ally in a world of emboldened authoritarian states. The U.S. and U.K. are the two biggest military donors to Ukraine, and the war will be the focus of Sunak’s meeting Thursday at the White House with President Joe Biden. 11. Women’s Jr Asia Cup: India need a draw against Chinese Taipei to make SF Unbeaten India would look to seal their semifinal berth when they face Chinese Taipei in their final pool match of the Women’s Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament at Kakamigahara, Japan on Thursday. [logo] The Morning Filter 08 June 2023 [The Hindu logo] Welcome to the Morning Filter newsletter, your guide from The Hindu on the major news stories and events to follow today. [[Arrow]Open in browser]( [[Mail icon]More newsletters]( Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today 1. Odisha train crash | 89 bodies await identification at AIIMS Bhubaneswar [BALASORE, 03/06/2023: Derailed coaches of the Coromandal express are seen on its accident spot at Bahanaga railway station in Balasore district of Odisha. Photo: BISWARANJAN ROUT] In addition to the 123 dead bodies that the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar has already received from the triple train collision site in Balasore district since June 2, an [additional 39 bodies were ferried]( in from private hospitals on Wednesday. Railways is also using AI-powered portal, SIM card triangulation to identify unclaimed bodies. 2. Bifurcation demand | 10 Manipur MLAs get showcause notice The Privilege and Ethics Committee (PEC) of the 60-member Manipur Assembly has asked 10 MLAs to explain[why they demanded a separate administration]( for a group of ethnic communities. The 10 MLAs, including seven of the BJP, had raised the bifurcation demand soon after ethnic clashes broke out between the majority Meitei and the Kuki-Chin-Zomi people on May 3. 3. Rajasthan | Congress begins one-to-one meetings with State ministers and MLAs [Ajmer: Congress leader Sachin Pilot during his Jan Sanghrah Yatra in Kishangarh tehsil in Ajmer district, Friday, May 12, 2023. (PTI Photo) (PTI05_12_2023_000164B)] Congress in-charge for Rajasthan Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Wednesday started one-to-one meetings with state ministers and MLAs amid attempts by the party’s central leadership to broker peace between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and dissident leader Sachin Pilot ahead of assembly polls due later this year. 4. Kolhapur violence: Minister holds meeting with local social organisations, civic society groups [Tension gripped Kolhapur city]( on Tuesday after two men allegedly put 18th-century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan’s image along with an offensive audio message as their social media “status”. Wielding lathis, police on Wednesday dispersed hundreds of protesters in Kolhapur after they hurled stones during a demonstration against the alleged use of Tipu Sultan’s image. In view of the protest, internet services have been suspended till Thursday in Kolhapur, a senior police official said. 5. Jharkhand land deals case: ED makes 2 more arrests The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested two more people on Wednesday night in connection with its money-laundering investigation into alleged illegal land deals in the state, official sources said. Kolkata-based businessman Amit Agrawal and his father-in-law Dilip Ghosh were taken into custody under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said. The two arrested accused are expected to be produced before a court on Thursday where the agency will seek their remand for custodial interrogation, sources said. 6. Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann to participate in “Tiranga Yatra” in Haryana’s Jind AAP national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann will participate in a “Tiranga Yatra” in Haryana’s Jind district on Thursday, a party leader said on Wednesday. 7. GGSIPU campus inauguration: Trouble brews between AAP govt and Delhi Lt Governor The Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University’s east Delhi campus is the latest flashpoint between the AAP-led city government and Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena, with both sides claiming that they would inaugurate the newly built campus. 8. CBI says it has prima facie case of extortion and bribery against Sameer Wankhede [Mumbai: Former NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede at CBI office for questioning in a bribery case in connection with Aryan Khan's arrest, in Mumbai, Saturday, May 20, 2023. (PTI Photo)(PTI05_20_2023_000205A)] The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recently moved the Bombay High Court to recall its earlier order granting interim protection from arrest to the Narcotics Control Bureau’s (NCB) former Mumbai Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede in a case of extortion and bribery in connection with the arrest of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan in a drug case. The Bombay High Court is likely to hear Wankhede’s plea on Thursday. 9. ‘I can taste the air’: Canadian wildfire smoke spreads hazardous haze at home and in the US [NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 06: Manhattan is enveloped in a dense haze caused by wildfires in Canada on June 06, 2023 in New York City. Over 100 wildfires are burning in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and Quebec resulting in air quality health alerts for the Adirondacks, Eastern Lake Ontario, Central New York and Western New York. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)] Smoke from [Canadian wildfires]( poured into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest on Wednesday, covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze, holding up flights at major airports and prompting people to fish out pandemic-era face masks. Air with hazardous levels of pollution extended into the New York metropolitan area, central New York state and parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Massive tongues of unhealthy air extended as far as North Carolina and Indiana, affecting millions of people. 10. Rishi Sunak goes to Washington with Ukraine, economy and AI on agenda for Biden meeting The war in Ukraine was top of U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s agenda Wednesday as he started a two-day trip to Washington carrying the message that post-Brexit Britain remains an essential American ally in a world of emboldened authoritarian states. The U.S. and U.K. are the two biggest military donors to Ukraine, and the war will be the focus of Sunak’s meeting Thursday at the White House with President Joe Biden. 11. Women’s Jr Asia Cup: India need a draw against Chinese Taipei to make SF Unbeaten India would look to seal their semifinal berth when they face Chinese Taipei in their final pool match of the Women’s Junior Asia Cup hockey tournament at Kakamigahara, Japan on Thursday. 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