Here is the daily weather report. Roughly speaking, there may be some chances of partly cloudiness here-and-there in isolated parts of the kingdom in the next 24 hours or so approximately. Or there may be not. Let's face it: no one really knows. In fact, there is a fat chance that strong storms will rake the not-so-isolated parts of the kingdom as well, but we can't say that because this is a government-controlled weather report, and we have made it a habit to err on the side of caution. But what we can say with some degrees (between 30-32 Celsius maximum and 10-12 Celsius minimum) of certainty is that the temperature on the streets of Kathmandu will rise as a result of a high-pressure system bringing a lot of hot air from a certain large country in the vicinity which has requested anonymity.

Meanwhile, across the Himalaya, moisture-laden clouds that could bring some welcome relief are stuck in Khasa because of a customs dispute over VAT. That may be the end of today's weather report, but we're not too sure. And now, to end the news here are the main points once again:

The Defensive Minister has said he is working with the NC CWC, HMG/N, MOFA, CPN-UML, RPP, NSP, NMKP, ETC to have the NSC get the APF, IDAD and the ISDP to counter the CPN-M/PP through its SWISH strategy, building on past KS-II, IRDP, RNAC, CPRDPPED, the NWSC and last but not least, the MWSP.

The Minister of Culture and Agriculture has stressed the role of media in the under-development of the country. Speaking at the inauguration of the All-Nepal Non-working Journalists' Society (Counter-revolutionary) he said: "Journalists should try not to make anything up. But if they want to, they should check with me first."

The executive committee of the Nepal chapter of the International Union of Parliamentarians Who Boycott Parliament but Still Collect Their Daily Allowances (ICPWBPSCDA) held a meeting in Singha Darbar this week. The meeting was presided over by the parliamentary party's Chief Whipping Boy, who demanded a CIAA inquiry into the deteriorating quality of the samosas served during executive committee meetings. The meeting also prepared a strategy White Paper to be presented by a 14-member Nepali delegation attending the next ICPWBPSCDA World Congress to be held in Acapulco which this year has the theme: "Case Studies of Effective Methods to Bring the House Down".

The World Meteorology Day Celebration Main Committee held its first preparatory meeting today and decided to celebrate World Meteorology Day in a grand manner by hosting various programmes, walkathons and talkathons. A sub-committee under the Chairmanship of the Department of Environment and Supernatural Resources is organising a special prayer vigil to draw up a petition to Lord Indra to ensure a hale and hearty monsoon this year so that things will be generally unfair throughout the kingdom.