The art of mandates; curious case of India's governors; India's rapid warming; and more.

[View this email in your browser]( Top Story [The Art of Stealing Mandates]( Harish Khare [By inviting Yeddyurappa, the governor has invited the BJP to suborn the loyalties of non-BJP legislators.]( [Morality, Unambiguity and the Curious Case of India's Governors]( V. Krishna Ananth [Karnataka's fractured mandate ensured that former BJP MLA and Karnataka's governor Vajubhai Vala was pushed into the spotlight. By law, the governor is bound to invite H.D. Kumarasamy to form the government, so which way will he tilt?]( [Karnataka Governor Invites BJP Even as Congress-JD(S) Submit List of 117 MLAs]( Wire Staff [The Congress is likely to move the Supreme Court against the governor's decision.]( [The Karnataka Verdict has Given BJP a Clearer Plank for 2019]( Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay [The BJP has re-opened its southern gateway by mobilising a latent Hindu vote coupled with PM Modi's personal campaign that still attracts people, a framework that the party will follow in the Lok Sabha polls.]( [Meet Vajubhai Vala, the Man Who Currently Holds the Strings in Karnataka]( Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta [Stuck in a situation where's he's caught between loyalty and constitutional responsibility, 80-year-old Vala has had a long political career where he has proven to be indispensable to the BJP many times over.]( [No Mincing Words: India Is Warming Rapidly]( Dinesh C. Sharma [The area of land over which a temperature of 40+º C can be measured has been expanding since the 1970s.]( [Can Our Heritage Be Leased out for Short-Term Political Gain?]( Shahan Sud and Meghna Jalan [While schemes similar to ‘Adopt a Heritage’ have been adopted in the past, they weren't accompanied by the chest-thumping that is being witnessed now, begging the question – is this only to collect brownie points before the 2019 general elections?]( [Why Relying on Parliamentary Panel Reports is Important in Litigation]( Sarojini Nadimpally, Prathibha Siva, Deepa Venkatachalam and Adsa Fatima [The admissibility of parliamentary standing committee reports as evidence is significant as it allows for the reports to foreground a range of issues towards enhancing transparency and public accountability.]( [Recreational Ancestry DNA Testing May Reveal More Than Consumers Bargained for]( Catharine Wang [More people are sending off saliva samples to find out about their genetic roots. But the raw DNA results go way beyond genealogical data – and could deliver unintended consequences.]( [Indian Minister in Pyongyang as North Korea Slams US Again]( Devirupa Mitra [Just when the Modi government thought it diplomatically safe to pay a visit, sharp rhetoric by North Korea has cast a shadow over the forthcoming Kim-Trump summit.]( Copyright © 2018 The Wire, All rights reserved. You're getting this email because you recently subscribed to receive email digests from The Wire via our website. Our mailing address is: The Wire 13, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg Gole MarketNew Delhi 110001 India [Add us to your address book](//thewire.us11.list-manage.com/vcard?u=6b988b13445248b1268a308f2&id=4808224841) Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](