Top news of the day: Prashant Kishor sent to 14-day judicial custody in BPSC exam row after refusing to sign bail bond, T.N. Governor once again walks out of the Assembly without delivering his speech, and more

The Hindu’s top news of January 6, 2025:

Jan Suraaj Party leader Prashant Kishor was on Monday (January 6, 2025) sent to 14-day judicial custody after he refused to sign the bail bond. Earlier in the day, the Patna Civil Court had granted bail to Mr. Kishor on a personal bond of ₹25,000 after he was arrested on Monday (Jan. 6) morning while sitting on an indefinite hunger strike demanding the cancellation of the 70th Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) Combined (Preliminary) Competitive Examination (CCE) following allegations of a paper leak.

Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on Monday (January 6, 2025) left the State Assembly session without delivering his customary address to the House. His complaint was that the national anthem was not played after the State anthem ‘Tamil Thai Vazhthu’. He insisted that the national anthem be played, but it was not.

Eight jawans of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and a civilian driver were killed after Naxals blew up their vehicle with a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Monday (January 6, 2025), police said. This was the biggest strike by Maoists on security forces in the state in the last two years and the first assault in 2025.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (January 6, 2025) granted six weeks to the State government to act on the Union Carbide factory waste disposal as per the safety guidelines. It also directed the media not to give incorrect news on the issue of the waste disposal.

The Embassy of the Republic of Yemen has denied that President Dr. Rashid Al-Alimi ratified the death sentence for Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya. In a communique on Monday (January 6, 2025), the Embassy addressed the recent reports regarding the case of Ms. Nimisha Priya, who is on death row at the Central prison in Yemen’s capital Sanaa.

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Monday (January 6, 2025) alleged that there is a large-scale scam happening to manipulate the electoral roll of the New Delhi Assembly constituency and sought an immediate inquiry into the matter. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal is the current MLA from the New Delhi Assembly constituency and the Delhi Assembly election is due in February.

With growing concerns about the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), following viral reports of an outbreak in China, Hyderabad-based paediatricians are attempting to calm residents: the virus is neither new nor unusual, they say.