Morning Digest | PM Modi emphasizes “detailed, impartial and extensive” inquiry into Morbi tragedy; Jaishankar takes aim at Belt and Road Initiative at SCO meet, and more

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Morbi bridge tragedy: PM Modi emphasises “detailed and impartial inquiry” 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 1, 2022, emphasized on “detailed, impartial and extensive” inquiry to identify all aspects relating to the Morbi bridge collapse tragedy, in which as many as 140 people lost their lives, in the worst such catastrophe to have occurred in Gujarat in recent years. He is understood to have told the officials that the inquiry must be impartial, it must bring out the truth and its findings must be implemented.

At SCO meet hosted by China, Jaishankar takes aim at Belt and Road Initiative

Connectivity projects must respect sovereignty issues, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar said, in a reference to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), at a virtual meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of Government hosted by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. In a series of tweets outlining his speech, Dr. Jaishankar took aim at China’s BRI, which passes through parts of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) claimed by India, saying that, “Connectivity projects should respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Member States and respect international law”.

Considering ways to facilitate NRIs to cast vote, Centre tells SC

The Union government on November 1, 2022, in the Supreme Court, said it was considering ways to facilitate non-resident Indians (NRI), especially migrant laborers, to cast their votes remotely while ensuring the integrity of the electoral process. Allowing NRIs to vote from abroad may see expatriates — a bulk of whom are migrant laborers, mostly from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and northern parts of the country — emerge as a decisive force in the country’s electoral politics.

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