The Hindu Morning Digest, April 7, 2024

CAA Rules open the door to dual citizenship, anti-CAA petitioners tell SC The Rules of the Citizenship Act do not require foreign applicants to effectively renounce the citizenship of their native country, creating a possibility for dual citizenship which is directly violative of the Citizenship Act, petitioners argued in the Supreme Court. Former AAP Minister moves Delhi High Court, seeks removal of Kejriwal from CM’s post Former Aam Aadmi Party Minister Sandeep Kumar has moved the Delhi High Court “seeking to dislodge” Arvind Kejriwal from holding the office of the Chief Minister. Peter Pellegrini to be Slovakia’s President as ex-Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok concedes defeat A close ally of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico beat a pro-Western career diplomat to become Slovakia’s new President, and succeed Zuzana Čaputová, the country’s first female head of State. Parliamentary Speaker Peter Pellegrini received 53.85% of the vote with the ballots from over 98% polling stations counted by the Statistics Office in Saturday’s runoff election, topping former Foreign Minister Ivan Korčok who had 46.14%. Israeli troops recover slain Gaza hostage; Egypt to host new truce talks Israel said on Saturday its special forces had recovered the body of a hostage killed while being held captive in Gaza, as the Palestinian enclave’s dominant Islamist movement Hamas said it would take part in a new round of ceasefire talks in Cairo.