BS Yediyurappa loyalist Basavaraj Bommai will be sworn in as the next Karnataka Chief Minister today. The swearing-in ceremony will take placed at 11 am. In an exclusive interview with NDTV, he says he never expected to get the top post. In other news, India reported 43,654 new coronavirus cases, 47% higher than yesterday when fresh cases dipped below 30,000 for the first time in over four months.