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...