Rush Hour: Indians advised to leave Iran amid fresh stir, US to halt tariffs ruled illegal & more
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The Indian Embassy in Tehran asked Indian nationals to leave Iran by plane and all other means of transport available. This came after fresh protests in the country, with Iranian students shouting anti-government slogans and clashing with counter-protesters.
All Indian students, pilgrims, business persons and tourists were advised to have their passports and identity documents ready. The embassy also reiterated its January 14 advisory, asking Indian nationals to avoid travelling to Iran.
The Union government has that there are approximately 9,000 to 10,000 Indians in Iran, but it does not consider them “stranded”. Read on.
More than 74 lakh persons have been removed from the final voter lists of Tamil Nadu as part of the special intensive revision of electoral rolls. The state has 5.6 crore voters, according to the Election Commission. It had 6.4 crore electors when the exercise began on October 27.
In December, when the draft rolls were published, the names of 97.3 lakh persons were removed.
The poll panel said that 27.5 lakh eligible voters were added to the lists during the claim and objection period, which concluded on January 30. A total of 4.2 lakh names were deleted. Read on.
The United States said that it will stop collecting global tariffs from Tuesday, four days after the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump had exceeded his authority in imposing the levies. The halt does not affect other levies imposed by Trump.
Soon after the ruling on Friday, Trump signed a proclamation imposing a temporary 10% levy on articles imported into the US, and a day later, said he was increasing global tariffs to 15% with immediate effect.
However, it was unclear as to when the increased tariff rate would take effect. Read on.
The Delhi Police called Indian Youth National President Uday Bhanu Chib for questioning in connection with a protest at the India AI Impact Summit. The Congress’ youth wing posted on social media later that he had been “unlawfully detained”.
The police also claimed to have arrested another member of the Indian Youth Congress from Gwalior. This was the fifth arrest in the case. Four other party workers were sent to five days of police custody on Saturday.
Congress MP KC Venugopal condemned the detention of Youth Congress members, including Chib, describing it as “completely illegal”. Read on.
The Supreme Court directed the Lucknow district election officer to examine the grievances of 91 residents who said that they had been excluded during the special intensive revision of voter rolls in Uttar Pradesh after their homes were demolished in September 2023. The petitioners claimed they were removed because they lacked “identifiable addresses” following the demolition and rehabilitation process.
The bench allowed the petitioners to approach the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court if they did not get relief from the poll officer. Read on.
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