Morning digest: SIR notices to Jaishankar, Election Commissioner Sandhu in Delhi; Iran shuts French language centre, and more

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani, Election Commissioner Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia were among several prominent names on Delhi’s draft electoral roll to be identified for notices either for “logical discrepancies” flagged by the Election Commission’s (EC’s) software or under the “no mapping” category.

Iranian authorities on Sunday (September 20, 2026) announced the closure of a French language centre associated with the embassy, accusing it of having undertaken “illegal activities”, drawing a sharp response from Paris.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday (September 20, 2026) that she’ll soon introduce a measure to her government to cap the number of foreign students in classrooms and ban the wearing of burkas and niqabs in schools.