New Delhi, Sep 23 Following are the top stories at 1.00 pm:
NATION
DEL16 EC-LD SIR (11.42 am)
**** Election Commissioners flagged issues but poll body unanimous on SIR decisions: Officials
New Delhi: Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had flagged multiple issues, including deletion of names, in various states during the voter roll cleanup but the poll body was unanimous in its decisions related to the pan-India Special Intensive Revision of voters’ list, officials claimed on Wednesday. ****
DEL14 HEALTH-PM-AYUSHMAN BHARAT (11.06 am)
**** Record savings on medical expenses under Ayushman Bharat: PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said more than 60 crore beneficiaries now have access to Rs 5 lakh annual health cover under Ayushman Bharat, as the flagship healthcare programme completed eight years. ****
DEL17 EC-SIR-EX CEC RAWAT (11.50 am)
**** Form 6 changes ‘illegal’, differences within EC ‘very serious’: Former CEC O P Rawat
New Delhi: Changes to the statutory voter registration Form 6 are “absolutely wrong and illegal”, former chief election commissioner O P Rawat said on Wednesday while describing revelations of differences within the Election Commission as “very serious” and “unfortunate”. ****
DEL23 EC-RAHUL (12.48 pm)
**** ‘Vote chori’ direct attack on Constitution; BJP, RSS, EC committed act of treason: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said “vote chori” is a direct attack on the Constitution, and the BJP, the RSS and the Election Commission who organised it have committed an act of treason. ****
DEL25 EC-SIR-LD REAX (12.42 pm)
**** ‘One-man autocracy’ under CEC, Gyanesh Kumar must be removed: Oppn after report on differences in poll panel
New Delhi: Expansive red flags raised by two Election Commissioners within the poll panel over the Special Intensive Revision of voters list triggered a massive political storm on Wednesday, with the Opposition accusing CEC Gyanesh Kumar of indulging in “one-man autocracy” and demanding his removal. ****
DEL27 EC-SIBAL (12.53 pm)
**** CEC should be suspended, FIR filed to probe who in govt is behind his actions: Sibal
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar should be suspended immediately, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal demanded on Wednesday after a media report stated that the two election commissioners had questioned the poll panel’s steps on the SIR 14 times in 10 months. ****
DEL5 CONG-LADAKH (9.44 am)
**** Cong firmly supports meaningful constitutional safeguards in Ladakh: Kharge
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said the party stood firmly with the demand of the people of Ladakh for meaningful constitutional safeguards, including the Sixth Schedule, to protect Ladakh’s land, employment, fragile environment, culture and identity. ****
DEL7 CONG-UCC (9.46 am)
**** UCC bulldozer is to permanently polarise society: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday alleged that for the Modi government, the UCC is not an instrument of considered legal reform but an instrument of division, disruption and diversion, as well as a tool for stoking prejudices and keeping society in a state of permanent polarisation. ****
DEL18 ABVP-RAHUL GANDHI (12.01 pm)
**** Rahul Gandhi interested in student mobs, not their issues: ABVP
New Delhi: Accusing Rahul Gandhi of trying to mobilise student mobs for political purposes, RSS’ student wing ABVP has alleged that the leader of opposition is trying to bring people to his “concerts” by paying them and making girls dance on stage. By Komal Sharma ****
BOM5 MH-IIT-SUICIDE-PROFESSOR (11.53 am)
**** IIT Bombay Prof Doolla sent on leave for impartial probe into student’s death
Mumbai: IIT Bombay Professor Suryanarayana Doolla, an accused in the alleged suicide of student Sahil Wakode, has been sent on leave to facilitate an impartial probe into the case, sources said on Wednesday. ****
BOM7 MH-EC-SIR-SENA (UBT) (12.32 pm)
**** CEC Gyanesh Kumar will go to jail, claims Raut after report on ‘differences’ in poll panel over SIR
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday claimed that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar “will go to jail”, following a media report claiming that the two Election Commissioners objected to the poll body’s steps several times on SIR. ****
CAL9 BH-FLOOD(11.44 am)
**** 50 lakh people affected in 15 Bihar districts as flood crisis deepens
Patna: More than 50 lakh people were affected as 576 gram panchayats in 15 districts of Bihar were inundated by floodwaters, with rivers flowing in spate showing no signs of receding. ****
CAL10 JH-KARAM-FESTIVAL-2NDLD DROWN (12.12 pm)
**** 6 drown in two Jharkhand villages during immersion ceremony after tribal festival Karam
Medininagar (Jharkhand): Six people, including four minors, drowned in two separate incidents in Palamu district on Wednesday during the ceremonial immersion of tree branches worshipped at the tribal festival Karam, police said. ****
BUSINESS
DEL15 BIZ-BRICS-TAX (11.29 am)
**** Transfer pricing disputes ‘disproportionately’ burden developing nations: Sitharaman
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said transfer pricing disputes “disproportionately” burden developing countries, as India advocated for setting up two new BRICS working groups dedicated to taxation. ****
DEL22 BIZ-ADB-GROWTH (12.41 pm)
**** ADB raises India’s GDP growth forecast to 7pc on stronger-than-expected Q1 growth
New Delhi: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday raised its forecast for India’s economic growth in the current fiscal to 7 per cent, up from 6.6 per cent projected in July, citing stronger-than-expected economic performance in the first quarter despite supply-side disruptions caused by West Asia crisis. ****
LEGAL
LGD7 SC-SOCIAL MEDIA-PLEA (12.21 pm)
**** SC rejects plea for identifying, removing, blocking anti-national content on social media
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking directions to the Centre and social media platforms to identify, remove and block content and memes related to anti-national slogans and speeches. ****
FOREIGN
FGN21 UN-JAISHANKAR-GLOBAL SOUTH (9.51 am)
**** Global South may be in front row of global crisis, but is in ‘back row’ of decision-making: EAM Jaishankar
United Nations: The Global South may be in the front row of the global crises but is in the “back row” of decision-making, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said, as he called for greater solidarity among developing countries of the region. By Yoshita Singh ****
FGN23 UN-TRUMP-IMEEC (10.12 am)
**** President Trump voices strong support for India-Middle East-Europe economic corridor
United Nations: US President Donald Trump has said that his administration strongly supports the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEC), saying there is a need to shift energy infrastructure away from Iranian checkpoints amid multiple strikes on West Asian countries. By Yoshita Singh ****
FGN25 UN-TURKIYE-KASHMIR (10.44 am)
**** Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan again raises Kashmir issue in UNGA address
United Nations: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has again raised the issue of Kashmir during his address to world leaders at the high-level 81st session of the UN General Assembly.
(PTI News)
