Good morning! The Big Story Father Stan Swamy, a 84-year-old Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist, died in a Mumbai hospital waiting for medical bail in the Elgaar Parishad case. Swamy’s lawyer told the Bombay High Court, which was hearing an urgent plea for bail, that he had no complaints against the court or the hospital, but could not say the same about the NIA and jail authorities. The NIA, which arrested Swamy in October last year, did not seek Swamy’s custody for interrogation even for a "single day", he said. Only in the Express Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to revamp his Cabinet later this week, more than two years after he returned to a second term. Party sources said issues of governance during the pandemic will be as much a factor as the coming Assembly elections, especially in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh. Four years ago, the Bargari sacrilege case paved the way for the return of Congress to power in Punjab. Now, it's the biggest stumbling block on the party’s road to the next election less than a year ahead. From the Front Page In just under two weeks since India returned to centralised procurement and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, 6.77 crore doses have been administered across the country, at a daily average of 52.08 lakh, official data show. And the official data on usage of FASTags show that the traffic seems to be hurrying back to the highways as the country recovers from the second wave of Covid. Daily toll collections through this electronic mode are just short of the all-time daily high of Rs 107 crore in March, just before the second wave hit. Must Read Five years after their daughters left India to join the Islamic State (IS), and eventually got jailed in Afghanistan, two mothers in Kerala have chosen two separate paths for their return home. Neither might figure in the scoresheets, or the assist charts, yet for both Italy and Spain, the keys to winning Tuesday's Euro 2020 semifinal are saddled with their holding midfielders, Jorginho and Sergio Busquets. And Finally... Delhi confidential: As a mark of friendship and goodwill, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sent 2,000 kg of Bangladesh-origin seasonal mangoes (Haribhanga) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ramnath Kovind — 1,000 kg each. In today's podcast episode, we discuss Pak's accusations of “India-sponsored terrorism.” We also talk about Punjab's power crisis and the death of activist Father Stan Swamy. Until tomorrow, Leela Prasad G 
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