The Hindu Morning Digest, February 7, 2024

Affluent sub-castes amongst backward lessons could also be excluded from quota record, observes Supreme Court

A seven-judge Constitution Bench on Tuesday questioned why prosperous sub-castes amongst backward lessons shouldn’t be “excluded” from the reservation record and made to compete with the overall class.

PM Modi-headed committee to fulfill on February 7 to pick out new Election Commissioner

A committee, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, mandated to pick out the Chief Election Commissioner and different Election Commissioners would meet for the primary time on Wednesday.

T.N. extends assist to Kerala’s swimsuit in Supreme Court looking for to retain fiscal autonomy

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Okay. Stalin wrote to his Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan on February 6, 2024, appreciating Kerala for transferring the Supreme Court towards the Union authorities’s makes an attempt to “stifle State governments” over funds, and additional hoped to collaborate to deal with this “crucial challenge”.

Amid protests in Jammu, Lok Sabha passes Bill to incorporate Paharis in J&Okay’s ST record

Amid avenue protests led by the Scheduled Tribe Gujjar-Bakarwal neighborhood in Jammu towards the inclusion of the Pahari Ethnic group within the Union Territory’s Scheduled Tribes record, Lok Sabha on Tuesday handed the Bill to incorporate this neighborhood within the UT’s ST record, with Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda categorically asserting that advantages meant for current STs within the UT won’t be disturbed by any means. 

Govt will fence total border with Myanmar: Shah

The Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated on Tuesday that the federal government has determined to assemble a fence alongside the 1,643-kilometre border with Myanmar.

After 5 months of pause as a result of Israel-Gaza conflict, authorities hopes to maneuver on the IMEC

After months of a pause on the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) that was launched in the course of the G-20 summit in September 2023 however stalled as a result of Israel-Hamas battle, the federal government is anticipated to take talks on the mission ahead this month, when Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits India.

Ajit Pawar’s faction is actual NCP: Election Commission

The Ajit Pawar faction is the true Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the Election Commission (EC) introduced on February 6, ending months of hypothesis over the factional struggle along with his occasion founder and uncle Sharad Pawar.

Congress ranks need senior leaders to contest Lok Sabha Polls

With the Lok Sabha elections across the nook, there’s rising strain from the Congress ranks egging the senior leaders, together with the 2 former Chief Ministers Ashok Gehlot and Bhupesh Baghel, to guide from the entrance by contesting the polls.

Rahul Gandhi performs down INDIA divisions, says Mamata Banerjee is “very much” a part of the bloc

There have been no desertions from the Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) apart from by the Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi stated on Tuesday, insisting that Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee is “very much” nonetheless part of the Opposition bloc.

Mid-flight non secular music with refrain and drum raises security issues

A video went viral on social media on Tuesday exhibiting a passenger aboard an IndiGo plane singing a devotional music on Ram and enjoying the dholak as others joined him, resulting in calls from pilots to finish shows of “religious fervour” throughout flights because it might change into a security subject.

Trump not immune from election subversion prices, U.S. appeals courtroom guidelines

A federal appeals courtroom on Tuesday dominated that Donald Trump doesn’t have immunity from prices that he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat, bringing the previous U.S. President a step nearer to an unprecedented legal trial.