Morning Digest | BJP manifesto says CAA to give citizenship to all ‘eligible persons’; Biden tells Netanyahu U.S. would not take part in counter strike against Iran, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on April 15, 2024

BJP manifesto drops NRC, says CAA to give citizenship to all ‘eligible persons’

The BJP has dropped compilation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) from its manifesto that was released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 14. NRC was one of the prominent poll promises in the party’s 2019 manifesto. The 2024 manifesto, however, mentions “implementation of the CAA.”

Biden tells Netanyahu U.S. would not take part in Israeli counter strike against Iran

U.S. President Joe Biden has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States would not participate in any Israeli counter-offensive against Iran, a White House official said on Sunday. In a statement issued late on Saturday following the attacks, Mr. Biden said he told Mr. Netanyahu that Israel had "demonstrated a remarkable capacity to defend against and defeat even unprecedented attacks."

BJP can’t be trusted, its manifesto is just a pack of lies: Mallikarjun Kharge

Criticising the Modi-led government for its failure to fulfil past poll promises such as providing two crore jobs annually and doubling the income of farmers, the Congress chief says the BJP’s manifesto is silent on issues such as rising food prices and unemployment; he also asserts the INDIA bloc’s main aim is to safeguard the Constitution and democracy.

Manipur police register Zero FIRs over killings of two Kuki-Zo men