According to the Supreme Court’s Sessions Judge, the trial for Lakhimpur Kheri murders is expected to take at least five more years. Justice Surya Kant led a Bench that passed information to Mukul Rohatgi (senior advocate), who was appearing for Ashish Mishrira and advocate Prashant Bahushan. Mishra, who is the son and grandson of a Union Minister, … Read more
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar, on January 11, stated that Parliamentary sovereignty must not be diminished or compromised by the Executive and the Judiciary. The public posturing or “one upmanship” that is frequently being observed in this matter isn’t “wholesome.” “In a democracy, the basic of any basic structure’ must be the supremacy or mandate of … Read more
On January 11, 2023, a sign was seen on an unsafe building in Joshimath’s Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. It was there after cracks had appeared in a landslide affected area. Chief Minister Pushkar Sing Dhami stated Wednesday that the Uttarakhand government will provide an interim relief amounting to Rs45 crore for each of the 3,000 … Read more
File photo of the Change of Guard ceremony in the Rashtrapati Bhavan’s forecourt, New Delhi. Photo credit: Shanker Chakravarty Officials have stated that there will be no change in guard ceremony between January 14th and 28 because of rehearsals for Republic Day parade and Beating Retreat ceremonies. The weekly ceremony of the changing of guard, … Read more
Bhupender Yadav, Union minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, made the announcement in New Delhi. File Union Cabinet approved three new cooperative societies, Union minister Bhupender Yadav said during the Cabinet Briefing held in New Delhi. These societies will focus on exports, seed availability, and organic farming to benefit farmers. The meeting of the Cabinet Committee … Read more
Union Minister Bhupendra Yodav announced that the Union Cabinet approved Rs2,600 crore to encourage payments using RuPay and the Unified Payments Interface. In a press release, the Cabinet stated that banks will receive this incentive money in order to promote digital payments. Due to the inability of banks to receive a Merchant Discount Rate, (MDR) — … Read more
Metropolitan Magistrate Komal Garg made the reservation on Shankar Mishra’s bail application. File Shankar Mishra the man accused of urinating upon an elderly female passenger on an Air India Flight told a Delhi Court on January 11 that his act wasn’t motivated by sexual desire or aimed to upset the complainant’s modesty. The counsel for the complainant, who … Read more
Students of Visva Bharati University participated in a protest rally in solidarity with suspended student, at Santiniketan (Birbhum) on Wednesday night, January 4, 20,23. Students have been protesting at the campus since November in protest against the denial of hostel accommodation to six of their peers. Photo credit: PTI Over 250 academics including Noam Chomsky the linguist … Read more
Representational image from a statue of founder of Bhartiya Jana Sangh, Syama Prasad Mookerjee. Photo credit: A. M. Faruqui The government announced Wednesday that the National Centre for Drinking Water, Sanitation and Quality has been renamed Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee National Institution of Water and Sanitation in Kolkata. The Union Cabinet approved the proposal to … Read more
Pradhanmantri Garib Kalyanya (PMGKY), New Delhi: A worker distributes ration to the needy. Photo Credit: PTI The Pradhan Mantri Karib Kalyan Ann Yojana is the Central Government’s integrated food safety scheme. This program provides free foodgrains for more than 80 percent of the poor starting January 1. This move comes amid criticism from the Opposition over the government … Read more