Author: Anushmita Mitra

In an attempt to remove the colonial era laws, the Government proposed that punishments for crimes against women and children will get harsher. Amit Shah, the union home minister, introduced three new measures into the Lok Sabha on Friday in a historic move to overhaul India’s criminal justice system and abolish practices from the colonial era. The proposals have been brought up to bring the spirit of protecting rights to the center stage.  The new laws are believed to bring an overhaul of the criminal justice system wherein the job was to protect the British administration. Hence with the new…

The Supreme Court while hearing the petitions challenging the premature release of the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano rape case clarified that the reintegration of the accused in the society is a constitutional right. The Supreme Court noted on Thursday that an accused person’s reintegration into society is a constitutional right. The court made the remarks as it considered a number of petitions objecting to the early release of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano rape case. A number of appeals were being heard against the Gujarat government’s decision to reduce the life sentences of 11 convicts who had…

The Supreme Court has been receiving a bunch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. A five-judge constitution has been conducting day-to-day hearings. A group of petitions opposing the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution (which granted special status to the former State of Jammu and Kashmir) is currently being heard by a bench of the Supreme Court of India, consisting of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Surya Kant, BR Gavai and Sanjiv Khanna.  The Central government’s 2019 decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution leading to the…

The West Bengal cabinet has approved a proposal to make Bengali their second language in all private English medium schools. Through a series of maneuvers, the West Bengal cabinet has finally accepted the proposal to mandate Bengali as a second language at all private English-medium schools. The decision was made in a cabinet meeting headed over by Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister. The new state education policy, framed for government and state-aided schools, made the three-language formula compulsory for the upper primary level with Bengali being a must for all schools. A senior official stated that although there are options…

Korean actor Park Seo-Jun was forcibly hugged by a fan at a recent event, netizens call it ‘sexual harassment’. Read to know more about the event. Korean actor Park Seo-Jun is a known figure in the South Korean entertainment industry. Seo Jun is known for his charming looks and acting skills which bagged him some of the best K-Dramas of the decade such as What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim, Hwarang, and Fight For My Way. The actor was also seen in the Oscar-winning movie- Parasite. Currently, the Hwarang actor is focused on promoting his upcoming movie Concrete Utopia due to…

Attack in the Northwestern Bajaur district of Pakistan kills 44 people while injuring more than 200 people at an Islamic political party’s meeting. A suicide bomber who targeted a political party conference in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region caused an explosion that resulted in up to 44 fatalities and more than 100 injuries. As per the sources, the blast took place on Sunday when a  conference, hosted by Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), an ally of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s PML-N was taking place. A local party leader called Maulana Ziaullah was also among the casualties. According to district police officials,…

Irish singer Sinead O’Connor who was known for her beautiful voice and provocative actions through her fierce music has passed away at the age of 56. The ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ singer rose to stardom in her mid-20s in the 1990s. Rock, folk, and hip-hop sounds were combined with the late singer’s beautiful voice to create evocative songs about heartbreak, personal trauma, politics, and sex. EARLY LIFE AND CAREER OF O’CONNOR Sinead O’Connor, also known as Shuhada’ Sadaqat was born in December 1966. Unlike other singers, she rather had a life that was more than difficult. Her parents split away…

As the deadline nears, Afghan beauty salons prepare for closure despite rare public protests. On June 2024, the Taliban government announced a ban on all beauty salons in Afghanistan while giving a month-long deadline for the salon owners to shut down their business, despite a rare public opposition by dozens of beauticians and makeup artists, to the edict in Kabul.  The decision is the most recent restriction on the rights and liberties of Afghan women and girls after directives banning them from education, employment, and thus most public places. STORY BEHIND THE BAN The Taliban government issued this ban on…

BTS’s Jungkook crosses yet another milestone with his latest solo ‘Seven’ which crossed over 100 million views in 10 days. On July 25, at 2 am KST, Jungkook’s music video of ‘Seven’; which also features Grammy-nominated American rapper Latto and Korean actor Han So Hee, surpassed 100 million views in 10 days and 13 hours (since the release of the music video at 1 pm KST). JUNGKOOK’S SOLO JOURNEY It’s been over a year since K-Pop band BTS announced their Chapter Two- which consisted of a series of solo releases from each of the members. From RM’s Indigo to Jimin’s…

New Zealand’s Justice Minister Kiri Allan resigns after facing criminal charges for reckless driving and resisting after a car crash. Less than three months before the national elections, a slew of blunders and scandals involving government ministers have occurred, including the event with Kiri Allan. According to opinions, the race is expected to be close because the conservative opposition has caught up to or pushed slightly ahead of the incumbent liberals. New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins reported that Allan was involved in a car crash on Sunday in Wellington and was detained at the central police station before being…