The Hindu Morning Digest: July 15, 2025
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar confirmed the death of the 20-year-old student from Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Odisha's Balasore, who had attempted self-immolation.
Government finds MNREGA digital attendance system is riddled with holes
Nearly four years after introducing digital attendance system for MNREGA workers and three years after making it mandatory, the government has discovered a whole range of ways the National Mobile Monitoring System (NMMS) platform used for the purpose is being 'misused' and has now added four layers of analog monitoring to plug the holes.
Over 83% voters have submitted their enumeration forms as part of Bihar SIR, says Election Commission
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday (July 14, 2025) said that out of the 7.89 crore electors in Bihar, enumeration forms of 6.6 crore or 83.66% have been collected till date as part of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar.
DGCA asks airlines to check fuel switch locking system in Boeing 737, 787 jets
Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday (July 15, 2025) ordered airlines to inspect the lock on the fuel control switches on Boeing 787 and Boeing 737 planes by July 21, a move that comes days after the preliminary probe report into the Air India's Boeing 787 crash found that the switches were cut off before the accident last month.
Group Captain Shukla has completed all seven microgravity experiments onboard ISS: ISRO
Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who is headed back to earth after an 18-day stay at the International Space Station (ISS), has completed all seven microgravity experiments.
Trump says U.S. to send weapons for Ukraine under NATO deal; threatens Russia with tariffs if war isn't resolved
President Donald Trump said on Monday (July 14, 2025) he would punish Russia with tariffs if there isn't a deal to end the war in Ukraine within 50 days, the latest example of his growing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Election Commission's claim of foreign nationals in Bihar voter rolls is meant to 'obfuscate reality' and a 'lame excuse' for SIR: CPI(ML)
Targeting the Election Commission's (EC) for claiming that a large number of foreigners were found in the voter rolls in Bihar, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), or CPI(ML), general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya has said that such claims are made to 'obfuscate the reality and create a lame excuse for the absurd SIR [Special Intensive Revision] exercise'.
Publicise oil and sugar content of Indian snacks, Health Ministry tells government departments
How much oil, sugar, and trans fats are present in your regular evening samosa, pakora, chai biscuit, or jalebi? The Health Ministry has asked all government departments to display such information in their cafeterias, lobbies, and meeting rooms, in a bid to highlight the health risks of popular Indian snacks, especially at a time when lifestyle diseases are a growing burden across the country.
IND vs ENG Lord's Test Day 5: Jadeja's heroics in vain as England snatches a thriller
There couldn't have been a better advertisement for Test cricket. As Lord's went nearly full on the first working day of the week, the players from both the sides gave it their all in the heat of the battle, with England eventually clinching a thriller.
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Bihar Special Intensive Revision: SIR being done to terrorise people, must be withdrawn, says Dipankar Bhattacharya
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya on Tuesday (July 15, 2025) demanded that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar be withdrawn immediately and that the Assembly elections this year be conducted on the basis of the 2024 voter list. He also raised concerns about certain claims of the Election Commission (EC), questioning how suddenly people from Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal were being found by EC sources. 'This is a lie. Elections were held in 2024. Was there any such complaint regarding that voter list? Did any party make such a complaint? How and from where did it appear suddenly?' he asked, addressing a press conference in Patna. He further said, 'In 2019, the Election Commission wrote to the Parliament that there were no foreign voters in 2016-2019. There were only 3 such complaints in 2018. In such a situation, where are foreigners [being] found in Bihar in 2025? Mushars will be found in every village of Bihar, will they be called people of Myanmar?' Mr. Bhattacharya alleged that migrant labourers and Muslims of Bihar were being called Bangladeshi. He added that migrant workers from West Bengal were also facing the same problem because they spoke Bengali. 'Now, how did the labourers who speak Hindi also become Bangladeshi? This is an attempt to throw dust in the eyes of the people. There is a relation of daughter and bread with Nepal. Every day, our every apprehension is being confirmed. This is a mockery of the Constitution,' Mr. Bhattacharya alleged. Criticising the ongoing SIR, he added that the campaign was being run by terrorising people. 'Why is this atmosphere of terror being created?' he asked. 'BLOs under pressure' He also took a dig at the EC over its statement that there were problems with the SIR and they had a large number of Booth Level Officers (BLO) and volunteers. 'One-third time has passed, and the reports coming out from the ground prove that BLOs have not reached many houses, and hardly anyone has received the two forms. Whatever is going on is a game of numbers, a terrible chaos,' he said. Claiming that the BLOs themselves were upset, Mr. Bhattacharya said that one officer had died under pressure, and many were saying they too did not have the required documents. Ganesh Prasad Yadav, 51, a BLO in Kako Panchayat in Madhubani district, had died following a heart attack last Friday. 'One Block Development Officer (BDO) in Katihar resigned, alleging harassment. If a BLO says anything, action is taken against them,' he said, adding that an FIR was filed against senior journalist Anjit Anjum 'just for showing the truth'. EROs' authority questioned Mr. Bhattacharya also questioned the authority given to Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) to take a call when voters were unable to provide the required documents. In such cases, the EROs can decide based on local investigation or other documentary evidence. 'There is a complete attempt to steal this election. That is why people of Bihar have started raising the slogan — chunav chor gaddi chhod (election thieves should leave the throne),' he said. He went on to say, 'The right to vote of every voter should be guaranteed. The Election Commission has also sent a letter to us. We want to meet separately. SIR has to be withdrawn. The 2025 elections should be conducted properly on the basis of the 2024 voter list. There should be peaceful elections in Bihar.'
New Indian Express
37 minutes ago
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Chhattisgarh deports 30 undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh on Tuesday deported 30 Bangladeshi nationals following an ongoing verification exercise in the state, with the individuals being sent back to their homeland. The undocumented Bangladeshi migrants were taken by flight to Guwahati, where they will be handed over to the Border Security Force (BSF), a police officer said. After initiating the necessary action and completing the process of deportation, all illegal immigrants will be sent across the border into the neighbouring country. The thirty immigrants found staying 'without valid documents' were traced from the districts of Raipur, Durg, Rajnandgaon and Raigarh. They were apprehended following intelligence inputs and some complaints received from local inhabitants about the foreigners staying illegally. According to a senior intelligence officer, some Bangladeshis had even procured Indian passports in Chhattisgarh, travelled to their country, and returned to the state. On Tuesday, the issue of Bangladeshi and Rohingya undocumented immigrants was raised by senior BJP MLA Ajay Chandrakar in the House, claiming that their strength is consistently on the rise in different districts of the state. Chandrakar claimed that illegal immigrants are accessing the benefits of government schemes after they secured documents illegally on the basis of 'false documentation' and the official machinery failing to enforce stringent regulations.
India.com
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86.32% Enumeration Forms Collected So Far In Bihar SIR: ECI
NEW DELHI: With ten more days left for the last date of submission of the filled Enumeration Forms (EFs) in the ongoing Bihar SIR out of the 7,89,69,844 electors in Bihar, Enumeration Forms (EFs) of 6,81,67,861 or 86.32 per cent have been collected, a press release said. According to a press release by the Election Commission of India (ECI), accounting for the deceased, permanently shifted, and people enrolled in more than one place, the EF collection phase of the SIR has covered 90.84 per cent of the nearly 7.9 crore strong electorate in Bihar. Only 9.16 per cent of electors remain to submit their filled EFs before the July 25 deadline. Sparing no effort to ensure that all eligible electors are included in the draft electoral roll, the third round of household visits by the nearly 1 lakh BLOs will soon begin to collect the filled Enumeration Forms (EFs) of the remaining electors in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar. The BLOs shall again visit those households where the electors were temporarily absent in the previous visits. Special camps have been established in all the 5,683 wards of` all 261 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) of Bihar and newspaper advertisements issued to ensure that the remaining electors fill their EFs well in time and have their names also included in the Draft ER to be published on August 1, 2025, the press release said. Such electors are also being encouraged by the BLOs to fill up their forms online (as per para 3(d) of SIR guidelines) using their mobile phones through the ECINet App or through the online form on Through ECINet, the electors can also fill their EFs online and search for their names in the 2003 ER wherever applicable. The electors can also connect with their election officials, including their BLOs, using the ECINet App. Uploading of forms on ECINet has further picked up with over 6.20 crore Enumeration Forms uploaded in the platform as at 6.00 PM today. A new module to check the status of submission of their EFs will be live tonight on The BLOs are being supported in their efforts by the 1.5 Lakh BLAs appointed by all political parties, each one of whom can certify and submit up to 50 EFs per day. To ensure that no eligible urban voter is left out the ER, special camps are also being set up in all the 5,683 wards of all 261 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) of Bihar, the release said.
