• An image grab taken from a handout video obtained from the Ras Adar diving club in the coastal area of La Marsa on the outskirts of the Tunisia capital Tunis shows the wreck of French submarine Ariane that was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cap Bon in 1917 by a German submarine. AFP
    An image grab taken from a handout video obtained from the Ras Adar diving club in the coastal area of La Marsa on the outskirts of the Tunisia capital Tunis shows the wreck of French submarine Ariane that was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cap Bon in 1917 by a German submarine. AFP
  • A fishing vessel sails on the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
    A fishing vessel sails on the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
  • Director Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed works on the set at the Dar al-Yasmeen hotel during the filming of the long feature fictional film 'A Tale in Damascus' in the Bab Touma neighbourhood in the Old City of Damascus, Syria. EPA
    Director Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed works on the set at the Dar al-Yasmeen hotel during the filming of the long feature fictional film 'A Tale in Damascus' in the Bab Touma neighbourhood in the Old City of Damascus, Syria. EPA
  • Flames of fire rage in Lattakia, Syria. According to media reports, two people were killed and many others suffered suffocation symptoms due to the fires that broke out in the countryside of the coastal city of Latakia, Tartous and Homs. EPA
    Flames of fire rage in Lattakia, Syria. According to media reports, two people were killed and many others suffered suffocation symptoms due to the fires that broke out in the countryside of the coastal city of Latakia, Tartous and Homs. EPA
  • Syrian youth practise their Parkour skills in the village of Qmenas, about 6 kilometres southeast of Idlib city in northwestern Syria. AFP
    Syrian youth practise their Parkour skills in the village of Qmenas, about 6 kilometres southeast of Idlib city in northwestern Syria. AFP
  • An aerial view taken shows Snoopy Island, known for its sandy public beaches for camping and corals that attract snorkelers, off the coast of the Gulf emirate of Fujairah in the UAE. AFP
    An aerial view taken shows Snoopy Island, known for its sandy public beaches for camping and corals that attract snorkelers, off the coast of the Gulf emirate of Fujairah in the UAE. AFP
  • A boy peeks out from a hole in the side of a tent at the Washukanni camp for the internally displaced near the town of Tuwaynah, west of Syria's northeastern city of Hasakah. AFP
    A boy peeks out from a hole in the side of a tent at the Washukanni camp for the internally displaced near the town of Tuwaynah, west of Syria's northeastern city of Hasakah. AFP
  • The King of Morocco Mohammed VI addresses the opening of the 1st session of the 5th legislative year of the 10th legislature of the Moroccan Parliament in the royal Palace in Rabat, Morocco. EPA
    The King of Morocco Mohammed VI addresses the opening of the 1st session of the 5th legislative year of the 10th legislature of the Moroccan Parliament in the royal Palace in Rabat, Morocco. EPA
  • A man uses his mobile phone as wildfires burn a forest in Chbaniyeh village, Lebanon. Reuters
    A man uses his mobile phone as wildfires burn a forest in Chbaniyeh village, Lebanon. Reuters
  • Mask-clad Libyan Muslim worshippers leave the Murad Agha Mosque in the city of Tajura, southeast of the capital Tripoli, after performing the dusk prayers following the easing of restrictions. AFP
    Mask-clad Libyan Muslim worshippers leave the Murad Agha Mosque in the city of Tajura, southeast of the capital Tripoli, after performing the dusk prayers following the easing of restrictions. AFP
  • Mourners recite prayers by the grave of Kuwait's late emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah at Sulaibaikhat cemetary in Kuwait City. AFP
    Mourners recite prayers by the grave of Kuwait's late emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah at Sulaibaikhat cemetary in Kuwait City. AFP
  • Jordanian workers clean the street during the lockdown in Amman. EPA
    Jordanian workers clean the street during the lockdown in Amman. EPA
  • A swarm of desert locusts flies around a neighborhood in Sana'a, Yemen. EPA
    A swarm of desert locusts flies around a neighborhood in Sana'a, Yemen. EPA

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Can NRIs vote in the election?

Indians residing overseas cannot cast their ballot abroad

Non-resident Indians or NRIs can vote only by going to a polling booth in their home constituency

There are about 3.1 million NRIs living overseas

Indians have urged political parties to extend the right to vote to citizens residing overseas

A committee of the Election Commission of India approved of proxy voting for non-resident Indians

Proxy voting means that a person can authorise someone residing in the same polling booth area to cast a vote on his behalf.

This option is currently available for the armed forces, police and government officials posted outside India

A bill was passed in the lower house of India’s parliament or the Lok Sabha to extend proxy voting to non-resident Indians

However, this did not come before the upper house or Rajya Sabha and has lapsed

The issue of NRI voting draws a huge amount of interest in India and overseas

Over the past few months, Indians have received messages on mobile phones and on social media claiming that NRIs can cast their votes online

The Election Commission of India then clarified that NRIs could not vote online

The Election Commission lodged a complaint with the Delhi Police asking it to clamp down on the people spreading misinformation

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