Stage set for D.K. Shivakumar to take over as new CM of KarnatakaThe stage is set for eight-time legislator and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president D.K. Shivakumar to be sworn in as the 34th Chief Minister of Karnataka on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) evening at Lok Bhavan, which completes the leadership transition from outgoing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah that started last week. The list of Cabinet ministers – speculated to be between 10 and 15 – to be sworn in along with Mr. Shivakumar is expected to be released by the Congress central leadership on Wednesday.U.S. sanctions Iran’s largest crypto exchange over IRGC linksThe United ⁠States announced sanctions on Iran’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange on Tuesday (June 2, 2026), accusing it of enabling the Iranian government and blacklisted State institutions to circumvent Western sanctions. The new sanctions follow ‌a Reuters investigation published on May 1, which showed how Nobitex had become a central node in a parallel financial ‌system used to process hundreds of millions of dollars for Iran’s ‌central ⁠bank and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.Sarthak Sidhant flags CBSE OSM tender irregularities before Parliamentary panelSarthak Sidhant is too young to be elected to Parliament, but the 17-year-old student from Jharkhand, who flagged alleged irregularities in the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) tendering process for the On-Screen Marking (OSM) system, presented his findings before a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Tuesday (June 2, 2026). The committee on education, women, children, youth and sports, chaired by Congress MP Digvijaya Singh, met to discuss the “use of On-Screen-Marking (OSM) in Grade 12 CBSE exams and issues faced by students”.No place for third parties in border issues: MEA in response to Nepal PM while hosting country’s ruling party chiefResponding to assertions made by Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) said that India and Nepal have bilateral mechanisms to deal with border issues and that there is “no role for any third parties” in such matters. Addressing the media, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal responded to the claims made by Mr. Shah, who had asserted that the boundary issue is a complex one with both India and Nepal having possession of each other’s territory and had sought intervention of countries like the U.K. and China. Social realities belie notion that marriage severs daughter’s ties with parental family, says Supreme CourtObserving that contemporary social realities show that marriage does not sever a daughter’s ties with her parental family or necessarily end her dependency on them, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) held that marital status cannot be a ground for denying compassionate appointment to a married daughter. A Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe observed that the presumption that a daughter, upon marriage, becomes a member of another family and severs all ties with her natal family is rooted in a “gender-based stereotype” and is incompatible with the constitutional guarantee of equality.DRDO, IAF successfully flight-test indigenous RudraM-II air-to-surface missileThe Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) have successfully conducted flight-tests of the indigenous RudraM-II air-to-surface missile, marking a significant milestone in India’s efforts to strengthen its precision strike capabilities and advance self-reliance in defence technology. According to the Defence Ministry, the missile was test-fired from an airborne platform under extreme release conditions, with the trials designed to validate the performance of all critical subsystems and flight parameters.INDIA bloc to meet on June 8 amid strain; Trinamool, DMK set to attend\Leaders of the INDIA bloc are set to meet in the Capital on June 8. Trinamool Congress president and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has often maintained a distance from the Opposition bloc, is expected to attend, among others. Attention will also be on the DMK, which is upset with the Congress after it snapped ties and allied with the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam to join the government in Tamil Nadu. Earlier, DMK Lok Sabha leader K. Kanimozhi had written to Speaker Om Birla urging that her party’s members be allotted seats in the Lok Sabha away from the Congress.Will continue to fight BJP till they are defeated, says MamataFormer West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a protest meeting in Kolkata on Tuesday, declaring that she would continue to fight the BJP till they were defeated. Ms. Banerjee lost the West Bengal Assembly elections to the BJP a month ago. Ms. Banerjee said it was unprecedented that she was facing protests outside her home. She stressed that former Chief Ministers like Jyoti Basu and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee never had to deal with agitators at their homes after losing elections.CBSE Chairman, Secretary replaced amid OSM rowWith the Central Board of Secondary Education facing flak for its controversial new on-screen marking system, the Union government is making changes at the top, replacing the Board’s Chairman and Secretary on Tuesday (June 2, 2026). It also set up a one-member committee to inquire into the CBSE’s procurement of services for the on-screen marking process. Senior IAS officer Lokhande Prashant Sitaram, who has been serving as an Additional Home Secretary in the Home Ministry, was appointed the new CBSE Chairperson, according to the Cabinet Appointments Committee.Trump signs AI order giving government access to powerful modelsU.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) creating a voluntary framework under which AI developers will share advanced models with the government before public release. The central provision allows companies such as OpenAI, Google or Anthropic to give the government access to their most powerful models for up to 30 days before planned release. The order was triggered by concerns over Anthropic’s Mythos model, which the AI startup has held back from the public due to its ability to expose vulnerabilities in computer systems, including those of banks, governments and hospitals.Rubio says Mojtaba Khamenei alive and ‘increasingly engaging’U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) that Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who was wounded in U.S.-Israeli attacks and has not been seen in public since assuming office, is alive and increasingly active. “I think there are indications out there that he is increasingly engaging at some level,” Mr. Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.FIFA World Cup: Norwegian fans confident of a fine show by Haaland & Co.The FIFA World Cup is almost upon us. As lovers of the beautiful game gear up for the biggest tournament, people in the Norwegian capital are looking forward to its golden generation to dribble up some magic on the field. Norway, having qualified for the quadrennial extravaganza after 28 years, will hope to put up a memorable show. Fans here are thrilled to see the nation back among the elite and are eager to see how the team fares.