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India news: West Bengal, Tamil Nadu gear up for voting day

This April 22, 2026, news roundup highlights key developments across India and related international ties: West Bengal and Tamil Nadu are in a mandatory pre-vote silence period ahead of elections starting April 23; UN human rights experts have condemned India’s 8.5-year arbitrary detention of Scottish Sikh blogger Jagtar Singh Johal as 'psychological torture' and called for his immediate release; Delhi schools are implementing heatwave precautions like regular water bells amid the city’s first heatwave of the year; a Diet Coke shortage in India is linked to Middle East trade route disruptions; and tributes and nationalistic statements mark the one-year anniversary of the Pahalgam attack in Kashmir, which killed 26 civilians and escalated tensions between India and Pakistan.