Morning Digest: India pushing back ‘illegal’ immigrants to Bangladesh; 27 injured after Liverpool car ramming, and more

India pushing back ‘illegal’ immigrants to Bangladesh; 27 hospitalised after car ploughed into celebration of Liverpool football fans, and more on Morning Digest of May 27, 2025

As many as 160 undocumented migrants from Bangladesh were flown on an Indian Air Force (IAF) plane to Agartala from Ghaziabad on Sunday (May 25, 2025) to be sent across to the neighbouring country, a senior government official told The Hindu. The special flight took off from Ghaziabad and landed at the Agartala airport on Sunday (May 25, 2025).

A 53-year-old British man ploughed his minivan into a crowd of Liverpool football fans who had been celebrating the city team’s Premier League championship on Monday (May 26, 2025) and was arrested, police said. An air ambulance and other emergency vehicles swarmed the scene to respond to reports that multiple pedestrians had been hit. Police said 27 are hospitalised after being hit by the car that ploughed into the crowd.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (May 26, 2025) asked the people of Pakistan to raise their voices against terrorism, asserting while India believes in tourism, “Pakistan considers terrorism as tourism,” a mindset he warned was not only ruining their nation, but also posing a grave danger to the world.

The armed forces of Bangladesh will not be party to decisions that may harm the country’s national security, a spokesperson of the Bangladesh Army said on Monday (May 26, 2025). Speaking at a press briefing in Dhaka, Lt. Col. Shafiqul Islam hinted at divergence with the interim government’s initiatives to start a humanitarian corridor to Myanmar’s Rakhine province and said that the Bangladesh Army will “not compromise” on the matter.

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Deputy National Security Adviser Pavan Kapoor will visit Washington this week for meetings with the U.S. government amid a strain in ties over President Donald Trump’s remarks about mediating a ceasefire between India and Pakistan. 

YouTube channels in India complained over the last week that the newswire agency Asian News International (ANI) was “threatening” to issue copyright complaints against them for using footage published by them without licensing arrangements. ANI and newswire agencies engage in newsgathering, photography and videography alongside journalists from other publications, and syndicate their reporting to others for a fee. 

Heavy rain threw normal life out of gear in many parts of Kerala, especially in the central and northern parts of the State, for the third consecutive day on Monday (May 26, 2025), flooding many low-lying areas. However, the rain relented by evening, although isolated brief spells of rain continued to lash many parts.