The Hindu Morning Digest, February 8, 2025

Security personnel vigil in one of the counting centers on the eve of the election of the counted assembly of Delhi | Photo credit: Sushil Kumar Verma

RESULTS OF THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: Delhi waits with contained breathing

The vote counting for the Delhi Assembly elections held on February 5 is scheduled to start at 8 am on Saturday (February 8, 2025) in 19 counting centers. The results, which are expected to be declared in the afternoon, will determine which of the three main games, the AAM AADMI (AAP) party, the Bharatiya Janata (BJP) party and the Congress, will govern the national capital.

The cabinet erases the new income tax bill

The Union Cabinet on Friday (February 7, 2025) approved the new Income Tax bill, which will replace the six decades of IT law, the sources said. The new bill seeks to make direct fiscal law easy to understand and not impose any new fiscal burden. You will not have long supplies and explanations or sentences.

The cabinet approves ₹ 8.8 billion rupees for the Skill India program

The Government of the Union has decided ends in 2025-26. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0 (PMKVY 4.0), the Pradhan Mantri National Learning Promotion scheme (PM-Naps) and the Jan Shikshan Santhan (JSS) scheme will now become the three key components of the Composite Skill India Composite Program.

‘Committed’ United Kingdom to negotiate a commercial agreement with India: Downing Street

The United Kingdom, under the Labor Government, remains “committed” to negotiating a commercial agreement with India, said Downing Street, since it confirmed that the Secretary of Business and Commerce of the United Kingdom, Jonathan Reynolds, will visit India at the end of the month for the Negotiation relaunch.

The extradition of Tahawwur Rana awaits the final authorization of the US administration

Indian research agencies anticipate a favorable decision soon from the newly elected United States government on the extradition of Terrorist attacks by Mumbai 2008 accused of Tahawwur Rana to India. On January 21, the United States Supreme Court rejected Rana Review request, 63, against extradition.

Delhi’s anti -corruption branch team goes to Kejriwal’s residence after his claim for poaching of BJP

The Anti -Corruption Branch (ACB) reached the residence of the head of the AAM AADMI (AAP) Arvind Kejriwal party in the national capital on Friday (February 7, 2025) in the afternoon for an investigation into the AAP statement that the party that the party Bharatiya Janata (BJP) was trying to affirm his candidates.

Hamas launches three hostages names that will be released on February 8

Hamas’ armed wing launched the names of three captives that said it would be released on Saturday (February 8, 2025) in a fifth exchange of hostage prisoners as part of a continuous agreement with Israel for a ceasefire of Gaza.

₹ 1,570 million rupees owed to Bihar under MGNGS, Center tells Rajya Sabha

On a day when the parliamentarians of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of Bihar met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament to express their gratitude for the recent budget announcements for its state, the Ministry of Rural Development of the Union of the Union of the Union Rajya Sabha informed that the center owed ₹ 1,570 crore funds funds to the State under the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme Mahatma Gandhi (MGNGS).

Sheikh Hasina’s comments made in ‘Individual Capacity’, says Mea

He deposed the last speech of Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, pronounced after the demolition of the historic Dhanmondi residence of ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman reflected his “individual” position, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday (7 of 7 February 2025).

Trudeau says that Canada must think “tactically and strategically” in dealing with Trump’s tariff threats

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday (February 7, 2025) that Canada must think “tactically and strategically” on how to deal with the threats of US President Donald Trump to impose strong tariffs on all Canadian imports. Speaking in Toronto at the opening of a one-day summit about the economic relationship of Canada-United States, Mr. Trudeau told the meeting of experts in commerce, businesses and Labor that the country must work with the USA. UU. Avoid tariffs.

Muslim man who wanted to marry a Hindu hit by members of the right in Bhopal Court

The members of a right -wing Hindu outfit on Friday (February 8, 2025) hit a Muslim man who had come to a bhopal court for paperwork for his marriage to a Hindu woman. According to the Police, the incident took place in the afternoon when the man, about 20 years old, a resident of the Narsinghpur village in the Narmadapuram district, and the 19 -year -old woman, who comes from Pipariya in the same district, He arrived at the Court even knows a lawyer for marriage documentation.