Author: Ayush Gala

Many tribunals were operating with just one member because no appointments were made for months, if not years. The Supreme Court (SC) pulled up the Central government on Monday over the delayed appointments to various Tribunals and also for enacting a new law on Tribunals despite the SC quashed similar provisions in the law earlier. A Special Bench of the SC led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) N.V. Ramana said that it wasn’t interested in a “confrontation with the government” but now the SC was running out of patience and the Central Government should conform and fill the long-pending…

The new rules are part of China’s latest efforts to preach morality through censorship. The new domain for a crackdown by the Chinese government on the tech and entertainment sectors has now turned on to “sissy idols,” “effeminate men” and all things “overly entertaining.” Wanting to become a country of macho men, China is trying to make this happen by banning “effeminate” males and “sissy” boybands from all media throughout the nation. The National Radio and TV Administration released a new set of rules recently which mandated the broadcasters to resolutely put an end to sissy men as well as…

Virat Kohli achieved this milestone in his 490th innings across all formats, which is 32 innings less than the cricketing legend and Kohli’s idol Sachin Tendulkar. Despite the unending wait for a noteworthy big score in cricket, its very difficult to keep the Captain of the Indian Team Virat Kohli away from record books. In a major milestone, Indian skipper Virat Kohli became the fastest player to score 23,000 runs in international cricket on Thursday. Kohli achieved this feat in his 490th innings played on day one of the 4th Test against England. He was on 22,999 at the start…

Venkaiah Naidu, the Honourable Vice President of India, recently appealed to the voters of India to discipline the 5,000 elected representatives of India in the Parliament and various Legislative Assemblies and Legislative Councils by naming and shaming the legislators who act as “disruptors”. Disrupted and non-functional legislatures have the potential to disrupt the lives of the people and the dreams of our nation, Mr Naidu said. He spoke at the first Pranab Mukherjee Memorial Lecture, which Pranab Mukherjee Legacy Foundation organised on the former president’s first death anniversary. The theme for the lecture was ‘Constitutionalism : The Guarantor of Democracy…

Amidst its long-dormant nuclear diplomacy with US, North Korea openly threatens to enlarge its atomic arsenal. The Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) seems to have restarted operating its main nuclear reactor used to produce nuclear weapons fuels, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in its report. The annual report of the IAEA refers to a 5-megawatt reactor at Yongbyon – North Korea’s main nuclear complex, north of Pyongyang. The reactor produces plutonium, one of the two key ingredients required to build nuclear weapons along with highly enriched uranium. North Korea’s nuclear activities continue to remain a cause…

The SC advised that the “police must uphold the rule of law” and should not behave as an extension of the party in power. Chief Justice of India (CJI) N.V. Ramana on Thursday mentioned the plight of police officers caught between the rivalry of the political parties who come to power one alternatively. The CJI led Bench highlighted how the police officers become targets of political vendetta. CJI Ramana orally stated that, when a political party is in power, the police officers side with the ruling party. Then when a new party gets into power, the new government initiates action…

The Paralympics are being held without the audience allowed. The Paralympics have returned back to Japan for the 1st time in 57 years, making Tokyo, the Japanese capital the first city ever to host the Paralympics twice. The Paralympics are about athletic powers. The origin of the word is derived from “parallel” – an event happening alongside the Olympics. The Opening Ceremony The Paralympics began on Tuesday in the same empty National Stadium, and during the same Covid-19 pandemic as the opening and closing ceremonies of the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics.  The opening ceremony of the 16th Paralympic Games began…

A triangular nexus between the terrorists, Hurriyat and the Pakistani establishment exists. The government is considering imposing a ban on both the factions of the secessionist group, the Hurriyat Conference, under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The conglomerate has been spearheading for over two decades the separatist movement in Jammu and Kashmir. The ban is likely to be under Section 3(1) of the UAPA 1967. The Central Government is authorized to declare any association to be unlawful if it is of such opinion. While discussions about banning both the hard-line and the moderate factions of Hurriyat as “unlawful…

It’s a historic paradigm shift in the healthcare services in India where a patient will get the best treatment without any expense. Ahead of the local body elections next year, the Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik on Friday launched the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) Smart Health Card from the tribal-dominated district of Malkangiri. As per the Odisha CMO, this Smart Health Card is an initiative to change the face of healthcare services for the people of Odisha and is a first-of-its-kind service in the entire country. The Smart Health Card Scheme: – Handing the first such intelligent health…

Cadila Healthcare (Zydus Cadila) received the Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) yesterday from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for ZyCoV-D, the world’s first and indigenously developed a ‘DNA-based’ vaccine for the treatment of Covid-19 to be administered in adults and children above the age of 12. ZyCoV-D would thus become the fifth vaccine cleared for usage in India Covishield, Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, Sputnik V by Russia and the US-made Moderna. It will also become the world’s first DNA-based vaccine to be approved in any country. Three-Dose Vaccine: – The vaccine will be administered in 3 doses – the first…