The Daily Catch-Up: Jharkhand SIR, Ram Mandir and more

Dear reader, welcome to The Daily Catch-Up. In Jharkhand's Godda district, BJP agents are being accused of attempting to remove minority voters from electoral rolls. A probe found agents submitting numerous Form 7 applications to delete these voters. At one booth, a BJP agent allegedly burned 75 forms after being questioned by an election official.

A new report by the UN Environment Programme warns that the world may have no choice but to allow for an overshoot of the 1.5°C warming threshold, with the focus shifting to limiting the scale and duration of the overshoot.

India's Air Vice Marshal Shakti Sharma has become the highest-ranking woman officer from the non-medical branches of the Indian armed forces. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has called for a consistent approach to combating terrorism while also addressing wider geopolitical conflicts and the principle of national sovereignty.

In a bizarre case, a suitcase containing a woman's dismembered body traveled 2,000 kilometers from Agra to Chennai, leading to arrests in Manipur.

A remarkable 47-year-old woman ran barefoot in a saree to support her daughter's dream of becoming a civil servant. Three new members are expected to be inducted into the Ram Mandir trust following a controversy over alleged theft of offerings.

China and the US are competing to connect science with industry, an area where India needs to catch up. Vande Mataram, once a song of Hindu-Muslim unity, gradually acquired sharper communal associations.

India has reduced its Russian oil imports by 26% in August due to tighter availability of supplies and stronger competition from Chinese refiners.

Indian professionals applying for a US green card could face an extraordinarily long wait due to a backlog and annual country limits.

Thailand has cut its visa-free stay for Indians from 60 days to 30 days, effective September 15. Thai authorities have also increased policing in Pattaya due to the arrival of thousands of US sailors and Marines.

A retired railway employee and his wife were allegedly kept under a seven-day "digital arrest" by fraudsters posing as NIA officers before being subjected to a financial loss of Rs 30 lakh.

A young doctor died after allegedly facing political pressure following his refusal to issue a medical fitness certificate for a firearm licence and disciplinary action.