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The Hindu Morning Digest, February 19, 2025

The Hindu Morning Digest, February 19, 2025

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Gautam Adani. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. SEC seeks help from Law Ministry to serve complaint to Gautam Adani, nephew Sagar in Adani bribery case The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has requested assistance from Indian authorities in its investigation of Adani Group founder Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani over alleged securities fraud and a $265 million bribery scheme, a court filing showed on Tuesday (February 18, 2025). Gyanesh Kumar to take over as CEC on February 19; Supreme Court to hear plea against law under which he was appointed Senior Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar would take over as the 26th Chief Election Commissioner of India (CEC) on February 19, a day when the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a petition challenging the law under which he was appointed CEC by a three-member panel led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rahul Gandhi says it is ‘disrespectful and discourteous’ to appoint the CEC at midnight, makes his dissent note public The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asserted that the midnight appointment …

The Hindu Morning Digest, February 16, 2025

The Hindu Morning Digest, February 16, 2025

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Passengers crowd to board a train for Maha Kumbh from the New Delhi railway station on Saturday. New Delhi railway station stampede: 15 dead, 11 injured  Fifteen people, including three children, lost their lives in a stampede at the New Delhi railway station on Saturday night (February 15, 2025).  Eleven others were injured, according to the Chief Casualty Medical Officer, LNJP Hospital. Speaking to The Hindu, Delhi Fire Services chief Atul Garg said the cause of the stampede was unclear, but initial reports suggested that cancellation of two trains to Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh led to crowding and chaos on two platforms.  U.S. flight brings second batch of 116 deportees A United States aircraft carrying a batch of 116 alleged illegal migrants from India, who were deported from the U.S., landed at Punjab’s Amritsar International Airport on Saturday night .This was the second group of Indian citizens to be sent back from the U.S. after President Donald Trump started a crackdown on illegal immigrants. On February 5, a U.S. military plane brought 104 illegal immigrants, in handcuffs …

The Hindu Morning Digest, February 15, 2025

The Hindu Morning Digest, February 15, 2025

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Former Biju Janata Dal MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda’. File | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA BJP MP Baijayant Jay Panda to head 31-member select committee to examine Income Tax Bill The select committee of the Lok Sabha, which will examine the Income-Tax Bill, 2025, was constituted on Friday with BJP MP Baijayant Jay Panda appointed as chairman of the panel. Manipur Police to intensify drive against extortion rings As President’s Rule commenced in Manipur on Friday (February 14, 2025), police officials said that the crackdown against extortion rings will be intensified in the coming days without “political interference”. Protesting farmers-Centre hold ‘positive’ meeting, plan to meet again on February 22 While farmers kept up their protests in Punjab, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and farmer leaders Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Sarwan Singh Pandher among others met on Friday (February 14, 2025) in Chandigarh to deliberate on their demands, including a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP) on crops. Donald Trump ruffles feathers with offer to help ties between India and China The government rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s offer to “help” in …

The Hindu Morning Digest – April 20, 2024

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Unidentified miscreants destroyed the EVMs at the Khongman polling booth during the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections, in Imphal East, Manipur on April 19, 2024 | Photo Credit: ANI Despite heatwave, Phase I of Lok Sabha polls registers 62.37% polling The voter turnout in the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls on April 19, which sealed the fate of candidates in 102 constituencies across 21 States, was 62.37%. The voting percentage is likely to go upwards when reports from all polling stations are obtained, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said in a statement. The poll body also commended the “high” voter turnout “despite the heatwave”. T.N. registers 69.46% as polling passes off largely incident-free The fate of 950 candidates in 39 Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu was sealed on April 19, with 69.46% of the electorate turning up to exercise their franchise in a four-cornered contest. Except for a few minor incidents, there was no major untoward incident during the polling, Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo told journalists.  Manipur Lok Sabha elections | Over 72% votes …

The Hindu Morning Digest – April 18, 2024

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin on the last day campaigning for the first phase of the Lok Sabha election to be held on April 19, 2024 | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran Campaigning ends for 102 seats in first phase of Lok Sabha polls Political parties held their last rallies in 102 Lok Sabha constituencies on April 17 as campaigning came to an end for the first phase of the general election. Voting will be held in these seats, scattered across 21 States and Union Territories, on April 19. While the BJP based its campaign on the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Opposition INDIA bloc targeted the ruling party by raising issues such as unemployment, farmers’ distress, and price rise.  Election Commission halts proposed visit of West Bengal Governor to Cooch Behar Acting tough, the Election Commission of India (EC) on Wednesday advised a halt to the proposed tour of West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose to Cooch Behar on April 18-19 saying it would violate the Model Code of Conduct. Worker …

The Hindu Morning Digest – April 17, 2024

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An Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) displayed outside the office of the Election Commission of India | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP Supreme Court says EVMs are accurate unless they are maligned by human bias The Supreme Court on Tuesday disagreed with the idea of a return to paper ballots to restore the “little man’s” confidence in the electoral process, saying machines give “absolutely accurate results” unless human bias maligns them. “Human weaknesses, including bias, may lead to a problem. Machines without human intervention would give absolutely accurate results,” Justice Sanjiv Khanna, heading a two-judge Bench, observed. X takes down four posts by leaders of BJP, AAP, YSR Congress, TDP on Election Commission of India order Social media platform X (formerly Twitter), released a letter by the Election Commission of India (EC) ordering a takedown of four posts on the platform by political leaders in the YSR Congress Party, the Telugu Desam Party, the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party. The company said that it disagrees with the takedown order issued by the EC, and that …

The Hindu Morning Digest – April 16, 2024

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Tirunelveli on April 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Country being pushed towards black money; everyone will regret attacking Electoral Bond scheme, says PM Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 15 said that the country had been pushed towards black money in elections after the Supreme Court scrapped the electoral bonds scheme, and that on honest reflection, “everyone will regret it”. In his first detailed take on the electoral bond scheme after its scrapping, Mr. Modi in an interview to news agency ANI said that the scheme should also be viewed a success story as it had shown who made contributions to political parties. Modi and Shah visiting TN to make up for the loss that awaits them in the North, says Stalin DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on April 15, in an interview with The Hindu said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah had been visiting southern States, particularly Tamil Nadu, to make up for the loss awaiting them in the northern States that used to be their stronghold. …

The Hindu Morning Digest – April 14, 2024

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An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel on April 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel closes airspace as Iran launches drones in first-ever full-scale military assault Iran launched drones toward Israel late Saturday, the Israeli military announced, and Iran’s state-run media reported that dozens had been fired. Iran had been threatening to attack Israel since an airstrike last week killed two Iranian generals in Syria. CBI books officials of Megha Engineering and Infrastructure, Steel Ministry on corruption charge The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an alleged case of corruption against Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd (MEIL), eight officials of NMDC Limited and NMDC Iron and Steel Plant (NISP) Limited, and two officials of MECON Limited, which come under the Ministry of Steel, in connection with a work contract worth over ₹314.57 crore. Iran-Israel tensions cloud plans for thousands of Indian workers recruited for Israeli construction sites War clouds between Iran and Israel have cast a shadow over the future of more than 5,000 Indians who …

The Hindu Morning Digest, April 2, 2024

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Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice DY Chandrachud addresses during the 20th D.P. Kohli Memorial Lecture on Adopting Technology to Advance Criminal Justice, in New Delhi on April 1, 2024 | Photo Credit: ANI Interplay between law and technology can ensure criminal justice reform: CJI Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on April 1 said that in the era of digital transformation, the interplay between law and technology can result in better crime detection and also ensure criminal justice reform. Sounding a cautionary note, he said: “From issues of jurisdiction and privacy to questions of accountability and transparency, the integration of technology into our criminal justice system requires careful consideration of the ethical, legal, and societal implications at play.” Lok Sabha elections | Katchatheevu issue unlikely to have electoral impact in Tamil Nadu On March 31, Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked up a controversy over Katchatheevu, a few weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha election in Tamil Nadu. Citing a report in a daily and posting it on “X” (formerly Twitter), he said: “Eye-opening and …

The Hindu Morning Digest, March 31, 2024

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Members of All Assam Student Union (AASU) Sonitpur Unit participate in a Mashal Rally as a protest march after the Central Government notified the rules for implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019, at Tezpur in Sonitpur. | Photo Credit: ANI Citizenship (Amendment) Act Rules silent on fate of rejected applicants As applications start coming in through the online citizenship portal of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), some potential applicants are worried about their fate if rejected. The law’s Rules, notified earlier this month, are silent regarding any review process for applications rejected by the empowered committees which have the final authority to accord citizenship under the Act. Lok Sabha elections | BJP names 11 more candidates; Mahtab from Cuttack, ex-ambassador Sandhu from Amritsar The BJP on March 30 named its candidates for 11 more Lok Sabha constituencies, fielding a number of leaders who joined it from different parties recently such as Bhartruhari Mahtab, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Sushil Kumar Rinku and Preneet Kaur. All these leaders have been fielded from the seats they represent in the outgoing Lok Sabha, …