PM Modi podcast, L&T Chairman 90-hr-workweek, LA wildfire, Trump hush money case & more

PM Modi made his podcast debut on a YouTube show today, hosted by Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath. During the two-hour conversation, he discussed his personal journey, leadership philosophies, and India’s technological progress. Delhi Police today detained a Class 12 student for sending a series of hoax bomb threat emails to dozens of schools over the past few days. He sent at least six such emails to avoid taking school exams. L&T Chairman SN Subrahmanyan’s recent 90-hour work-week remark has sparked widespread criticism, with industry leaders and celebrities dismissing his comments on social media. The death toll in Los Angeles wildfires rose to 10, with nearly 10,000 structures destroyed. Private forecaster AccuWeather estimated the disaster’s economic loss at 135-150 billion dollars. US President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sentenced today in the hush money case, marking a historic first for a US president after the Supreme Court denied his bid to cancel the sentencing.