The Daily Catch-Up: Courts, politics and rescue operations

4 min readUpdated: Jul 31, 2026 07:49 PM IST Police call vehicle owners to remove cars stranded on the submerged riverside road near the PMC headquarters after water released from the Khadakwasla Dam inundated the stretch following incessant rainfall, in Pune. (Express Photo by Arul Horizon) Dear Reader,Welcome to The Daily Catch-Up, your three-minute evening briefing from The Indian Express. Questions around the independence of public institutions returned to the spotlight today, even as the political aftershocks of the student protests continued to play out across the country. Today’s news in 30 seconds Supreme Court: The court heard challenges to the law governing appointments of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners, raising key questions about institutional indepe