DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PATNA, PUNE, VADODARA At BRICS, Jaishankar red-flags ‘linking of trade measures to non-trade matters’ JOURNALISM OF COURAGE `7.00 (`8 RAIPUR, `15 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 HOME MINISTER QUITS; REPORT AFTER MIDNIGHT SAYS BAN LIFTED ‘SHALL BE TREATED AS THE 12TH DOCUMENT’ Accept Aadhaar as ID proof in Bihar SIR, top court tells poll panel Authorities shall be entitled to verify authenticity of Aadhaar, says bench EAM S Jaishankar and other BRICS leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russia President Vladimir Putin and Brazil President Lula da Silva during the virtual summit. PTI SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 8 INANobliquereferencetotheUS administration’s decision to imposeanadditional25percenttariffonIndiaaspenaltyforpurchase of Russian oil, External Affairs MinisterSJaishankaronMonday expressedconcernatthe“linking of trade measures to non-trade matters”.Callingfora“stableand predictableenvironmentfortrade and investment”, he underlined that economic practices should be “fair, transparent and to CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Zelenskyy: Tariffs on countries making deals with Russia right idea SHUBHAJIT ROY NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 8 SUPPORTING US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose an additional 25 per cent tariff on India as penalty for purchase of Russian oil — taking the total tariff to 50 per cent — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that such action on countries who “make deals” with Russia was the “right idea”. Also sought sanctions against Russia His remarks come nine days after his phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin. Asked if he thought the plan CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Riot police disperse protesters outside Nepal’s Parliament in Kathmandu on Monday. AP 19 killed in ‘Gen Z protests’ against Nepal social media ban, corruption YUBARAJ GHIMIRE NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 8 AT LEAST 19 protesters, including16inKathmandu,werekilled andover200injuredonMonday as police opened fire on youths demonstratingagainsttheNepal government’s recent decision to ban over two dozen social me- INSIDE GRAFT & GAG: WHY BAN TRIGGERED NEPAL’S GEN Z P 13, 14 dia platforms. The Army was deployed in the capital as the situation deteriorated. India to Belgium: Enough light, personal jail space for Choksi, if extradited EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 8 FOUR MONTHS after Mehul Choksi, the fugitive diamond trader wanted in India for the alleged Rs 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank loan fraud case, wasarrestedinBelgium,Indiahas MehulChoksi wasarrested in April sent a letter of assurance to the country’s government, saying it CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 The protesters, under the banner of “Gen Z”, also targeted the “rampant corruption” in the government and sought accountability. The protests were held in Kathmandu, Pokhara, Bhairahawa,ItahariandChitwan.Police arelearnttohaveopenedfireinat least two places — Kathmandu ANANTHAKRISHNAN G NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 8 THESUPREMECourtMondaydirected the Election Commission to accept Aadhaar as a 12th document,inadditiontothe11ithas permittedforidentificationinorder to be included in the final electoral roll during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar ahead of Assembly elections. The bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, however, made it clear that Aadhaar “is not proof of citizenship”, and statedthattheECwillbeentitled to assess its authenticity. “There is no quarrel that as perthestatutory status assigned to Aadhaar Card under the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, itisnotaproof of citizenshipand therefore shall not be accepted as proof of citizenship. However, keeping in view Section 23(4) of theRepresentationof PeopleAct, 1950, Aadhaar Card is one of the documents enumerated for the purpose of establishing the identity of a person,” the court ordered. The court directed the EC “and its authorities to accept Aadhaar Card as a proof of identity for the purpose of inclusion CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 No citizenship proof, but SC raises bar for exclusion by EC APURVA VISHWANATH NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 8 HOW HAS the Supreme Court's intervention on Monday moved the needle on the Bihar Special Intensive Revision exercise? In terming Aadhaar as the “12th document” to establish proof of identity, ● the SC effectively raises the bar for the Election Commission (EC) to exclude an E EXPLAINED TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2025, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 20 PAGES CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY In a first, J&K AAP MLA detained under PSA for ‘disturbing public order’ ARUN SHARMA JAMMU. SEPTEMBER 8 JAMMU AND Kashmir’s lone Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Doda, Mehraj Malik, was apprehendedbythepoliceonMonday on charges of disturbing public order and detained under the Mehraj Malik named in 18 FIRs, 16 Daily Diary reports stringent Public Safety Act for one year. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 EXPRESS NETWORK V-P POLLS TODAY: BJD, BRS TO ABSTAIN, YSRCP TO SUPPORT RADHAKRISHNAN TWO SOLDIERS KILLED IN KASHMIR ENCOUNTER PAGE 6, 8 CIVIL SERVICES EXAM RESULT 1 MILLION APPLY FOR UPSC. 1000 QUALIFY. www.rebouncecareers.com REGISTER FOR FREE MENTORSHIP