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Devoret and John M Martinis won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for their outstanding research on the weird world of sub-atomic quantum tunnelling that advances the power of everyday digital communications and computing CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOgGA ■ MANGALURU ■ TIRUPATI ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUNELVELI ■ SAMBALPUR ■ HUBBALLI ■ DHARMAPURI ■ KOTTAYAM ■ KANNUR ■ VILLUPURAM ■ KOLLAM ■ TADEPALLIGUDEM ■ NAGAPATTINAM ■ THRISSUR ■ KALABURAGI SC seeks ECI info on 3.66L exclusions in Bihar rolls S U CHITRA KALYAN M OHANT Y @ New Delhi THE Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission to provide details of 3.66 lakh voters who were part of the draft voter list but were excluded from the final electoral roll prepared after Bihar’s voter roll revision, saying there is “confusion” over the matter. The bench asked ECI to submit the list of excluded voters by Thursday Noting that there were . 65 lakh deletions when the draft list was prepared but names were added in the final list, the court asked whether the add-ons are “deleted names or new names”. Senior counsel Rakesh Dwivedi, appearing for ECI, informed the court that most of the names added in the final list after the publication of the draft list on August 30 were of new voters and that no complaint or appeal has been filed till now. A bench of justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi passed the directions after some petitioners, including political leaders from RJD, Congress and CPI (M), said the ECI has not given any notice or reasons to the deleted voters for their exclusion from the final electoral list. “... There is confusion in the general democratic process — what is the identity of the add-ons, are they of deleted names or new names. You have the draft and the final list. Just cull out these details,” Justice Bagchi said. New Overseas Mobility Bill coming Seeks to build a modern framework for safe, legal and orderly overseas employment for Indians H a r p r e e t B a j w a @ Chandigarh The Union government is set to introduce the Overseas Mobility (Facilitation and Welfare) Bill, 2025 in Parliament, aiming to replace the outdated Emigration Act of 1983. A draft of the proposed legislation, currently circulated for stakeholder feedback, seeks to build a modern framework for safe, legal and orderly overseas employment for Indian citizens, amid growing concerns over irregular emigration and a spike in deportations, particularly from the US. It provides for the creation of an Overseas Mobility and Welfare Council, chaired by the Secretary , Ministry of External Affairs, with up to 10 nominated members, including senior officials from the Ministries of Skill Development and Labour. The Council will to The bill mandates the developmaintain a central registry of em- ment of an Integrated Informaigrants, overseas placement agen- tion System to streamline data cies, and foreign employers, con- collection and improve policy duct periodic global labour market planning. It also enables the govstudies, and develop policies to ernment to accredit overseas support migrant welfare and placement agencies, prescribe reintegration. operational rules, A key provision and impose penalpress includes the apclusive ties up to `20 lakh pointment of a Difor violations. rector General of To curb human Overseas Mobility (DGOM) and trafficking, the Council will work Regional Overseas Mobility Of- to devise international agreeficers to oversee implementation, ments, awareness campaigns, support emigrants, and set up and legal pathways for safe miMobility Resource Centres with- gration. It will also manage welin and outside India. fare funds, promote mutual rec- Jaishankar call for complete revamp “Times have changed, and our vistas have expanded,” External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had said in March, stressing the need to promote legal migration and prohibit non-legal channels, citing national security concerns and exploitation risks tied to irregular migration ognition of qualifications, and oversee universal insurance for Indian workers abroad. The move comes amid growing global demand for skilled Indian workers and follows months of inter-ministerial consultations. In March, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had called the 1983 Act “outdated”, highlighting that it was designed for a limited purpose no longer relevant in today’s globalised labour market. The bill complements broader efforts such as the Global Access to Talent from India (GATI) initiative, aimed at improving the global competitiveness of Indian workers through skill development and international placement facilitation. Once enacted, it will mark a significant shift in overseas labour mobility policy, aligning it with contemporary migration dynamics. At least 15 die in Himachal bus wreck e x p r e s s n e w s s e r v i c e @ Chandigarh AT least 15 people were killed while three others were rescued as a private bus they were travelling in was struck by a massive landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur district on Tuesday evening, officials said. The area has been witnessing intermittent rainfall since Monday The accident occurred in the . Bhalughat area in the Jhandutta Assembly segment following a landslide. Around 35 passengers were travelling in the bus that was on its way from Marotan to Rescue personnel evacuate passengers from the mangled remains of the bus in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh | PTI Ghumarwin. The bus was completely crushed by debris and stones falling on its roof. State officials and machinery have been deployed to clear the debris, and a rescue operation has been underway to trace the missing passengers. Officials said that 15 bodies have been recovered so far from the mangled remains of the bus. Eyewitnesses said the mountain came crashing down on the bus, and the chances of survival for passengers are bleak. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex-gratia of 2 lakh to the kin of those dead. Sub Divisional Magistrate Arshiya Sharma said the injured were rushed to a nearly hospital. Rescue operations are on. Ex-judge panel’s terms Justice Aruna Jagadeesan committee probing the Karur stampede will examine the extent of TVK’s compliance with conditions imposed by authorities for holding Sept 27 event | P4 express read `75K-cr investment goal for Def Corridor Chennai: CM M K Stalin on Tuesday said the state is aiming to attract `75,000 crore in investments through the TN Defence Industrial Corridor by 2032. Inaugurating the three-day AeroDefCon 2025 at the Chennai Trade Centre, Stalin said the state has so far attracted `23,000 crore in investments under the Defence Corridor, with projects worth `5,000 crore currently under implementation | P4 TN’s wild elephant count stands at 3,170 Chennai: Tamil Nadu is now home to 3,170 wild elephants, an increase of 107 from the previous count of 3,063, as per the Synchronised Elephant Population Estimation (2025) report released on Tuesday. The state’s elephant population density is estimated at 0.35 to 0.37 elephants per square kilometre — consistent with surveys conducted in 2010, 2017, 2023, & 2024 | P2 HC transfers Kanchi judge to Lok Adalat post Chennai: The principal sessions and district judge of Kancheepuram, Pa U Chemmal, who landed in a controversy for ordering the remand of a DSP for allegedly failing to take action in an FIR registered under the SC/ST Act, was transferred from his post and appointed as chairman of permanent Lok Adalat in Ariyalur. The order was issued by the Madras High Court’s registrar general S Alli on Tuesday | P2