Bihar voters challenging deletions will get mandatory hearing, says Election Commission of India Bihar voters challenging the deletion of their names from the draft electoral rolls by submitting Aadhaar cards in the absence of any of the 11 indicative documents, as directed by the Supreme Court, will get a mandatory hearing with the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO). Will never allow harm to small businesses, farmers, says PM as 50% U.S. tariffs loom Two days before the U.S.’ 50% tariffs on Indian goods take effect, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a gathering in Ahmedabad on Monday (August 25, 2025) that the welfare of small entrepreneurs, shopkeepers, farmers and cattle-rearers is his government’s foremost priority. Supreme Court forms SIT to examine complaints against Vantara The Supreme Court on Monday (August 25, 2025) constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) chaired by former apex court judge, Justice J. Chelameswar, to conduct an “independent factual appraisal” of complaints and allegations of violations raised against Vantara, a zoological rescue and rehabilitation centre conceptualised by Anant Ambani at Jamnagar in Gujarat. Government offers one-time switch from UPS to NPS The Finance Ministry on Monday (August 25, 2025) introduced a one-time, one-way switch facility from the newly introduced Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) to the National Pension System (NPS). Tender minds being fed distorted history: Indian History Congress The Indian History Congress (IHC) has attacked the NCERT’s new Partition Horrors Remembrance Day modules, alleging that they spread “falsehoods with a clear communal intent” by depicting the Congress party as complicit in Partition while absolving the British. The IHC warned that “tender minds” were being fed “distorted and polarising history”. Children are dying in clinics from starvation in Gaza: WFP’s Carl Skau With the The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the institute that assess food insecurity, officially declaring famine in Gaza, the situation in the region is desperate and difficult, said Carl Skau, Deputy Executive Director of World Food Programme (WFP), in an interview to The Hindu in New Delhi on Monday (August 25, 2025). Supreme Court offers death row convict facility in jail to grieve virtually for his deceased mother The Supreme Court on Monday (August 26, 2025) offered a grieving death row convict the facility to virtually participate in the 13th day rituals and prayers for his departed mother, rather than allow him to make the journey from a Surat jail to the “Naxalite” area of Buxar in Bihar. OYO to file DRHP in November, targets $7-8 billion IPO valuation: report Global travel tech firm OYO plans to file its Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP) in November, eyeing a $7-8 billion valuation for its IPO, sources said. The company is expected to approach its board with the proposal next week, people familiar with the matter told PTI. Police take charge of Delhi CM’s security, set up two-layer protection The Delhi police have been tasked with providing security to Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, an officer said on Monday, adding that orders have been issued to set up two protection rings comprising nearly 40 personnel around the CM at all times. Visitors will now have to pass through multiple layers of frisking before being allowed entry to her events, including the “jan sunwayi [public hearing of grievances]” programmes. Mirabai breaks no sweat, clinches top spot in style Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu, competing after a year since her fourth-place finish at Paris 2024, warmed up for next month’s World championships with the women’s 48 kg gold in the Commonwealth weightlifting championships at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex, Naranpura, in on Monday (August 25, 2025). Israeli bulldozers uproot hundreds of trees in West Bank village Israeli bulldozers uprooted hundreds of trees in the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir on Sunday (August 24, 2025) in the presence of the Israeli military, according to AFP journalists who witnessed the scene. Most of the felled vegetation appeared to be olive trees, essential to the economy and culture of the West Bank, while olive groves have also long been a flashpoint for violent clashes between farmers and encroaching Israeli settlers. Two more suspects arrested in Greater Noida dowry murder case The Greater Noida police on Monday (August 25, 2025) arrested the father-in-law and brother-in-law of Nikki Bhati, the 28-year-old woman who was allegedly beaten and set ablaze by her in-laws at their house over demands for dowry. Satveer Bhati and his son Rohit Bhati were on the run since Nikki’s death.