Author: Ishita Panwar

People in Ecuador were casting their votes in the presidential elections on Sunday in the hope of electing a president to help bring the country out of this turmoil and assure security. The government has been experiencing crime and violence, which has left many dead. The country has transformed into a significant drug-trafficking hub with frequent clashes between the local criminal gangs to obtain maximum control and power and to gain control of the streets, drug routes and the prison. The country was an exception to the large-scale drug trafficking despite being geographically falling between the largest cocaine-producing countries of…

Manipur has been witnessing violent clashes between the different ethnic groups that reside in this Indian state for many years. Recently the tension between two ethnic groups, namely the Meitei and the Kuki community, had escalated, which ultimately resulted in a highly heinous and shameful act involving two women belonging to the Kuki community being paraded naked and assaulted by a group of men who belonged to the Meitei community. The video capturing this gut-wrenching incident surfaced online only after 2-3 months of this incident. The entire nation expressed their anger and frustration towards this incident, indicating how women are…

On Tuesday, the government declared an emergency in Canada’s Northern city of Yellowknife. This Canadian City, also the capital of the Northwest Territories, is at risk due to the nearby unprecedented wildfires that have caused immeasurable damage this year. Almost 13 Canadian territories have been engulfed by these blazing wildfires that have spread to various provinces and territories throughout this year. It has caused the residents to forcefully evacuate their houses, has caused disruption of the energy production along with the drawing in of firefighting resources, both federal and international resources. The emergency was declared to prepare the residents for…

Revolución Ciudadana’s local leader Pedro Briones was assassinated in the park of San Mateo parish, Esmeraldas, as per the reports released by the Ecuadorian police in their statements issued to the local media. Mr Briones was shot twice on August 15 by the members of a criminal gang that was operating in Esmeraldas. Less than a week ago, the killing of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in broad daylight was reported. He was assassinated at the end of a rally conducted in Quito’s capital city. The killing occurred even in the presence of a brutal security detail involving bodyguards and police…

Two undergraduate students studying at Jadavpur University were arrested on Sunday. Both of them are second-year students detained after being suspected in the death case of an 18-year-old student who had recently joined the university. The victim had jumped off the second-floor balcony of the university’s central hostel on Friday and was found lying naked. He succumbed to death at a hospital while undergoing treatment for the injuries sustained after falling from the balcony. The two students accused and arrested were identified as the Sociology student Mantosh Gosh and the Economics student Dipsekhar Dutta. They were arrested after the police…

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill was introduced by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Lok Sabha on Friday. It will replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that has been embedded in our legal system since the year 1860. According to the provisions of this bill, a person can be imprisoned for 10 years if they attempt to marry a woman by concealing their identities or demand sexual intercourse under the pretext of marrying, promoting or employing the women. It is happening for the first time that being accused of sexual intercourse with a woman under any of the three false…

Freedom Filling Station India’s first women-run retail petrol outlet was inaugurated in Chennai by S Reghupathy, Tamil Nadu’s Minister for Law, Courts and Prisons, on Thursday. The retail petrol outlet has been named ‘Freedom Filling Station’ and is located near the Special Prison for Women in Puzhal Central Jail, Chennai. It will be entirely run and managed by the women convicts. Thirty female convicts will be employed in the petrol outlet and will receive Rs 6,000 as the monthly salary. This is the sixth outlet that the women prisoners will manage. Five petrol outlets have been functioning under the same…

Chandrababu Naidu, national president of Telugu Desam party (TD) and the former Andhra Pradesh chief minister, was booked as the accused number 1 in an attempt to murder case. Other 15 party leaders have also been booked in the case. He was booked by the Mudiveedu police on Wednesday. The First Information Report (FIR) of the murder case was filed against him by R Umapathy Reddy, leader of Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress party (YSR Congress), in response to the violence that broke out at the Three Roads junction near to Angallu, Annamayya District where Mr. Naidu was addressing a rally…

A 23-year-old man who had been in custody since October 15, 2021 has been granted bail by the Delhi High Court this week. He was around 20-years-old when he was tried under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) after being accused of establishing a physical relationship with a minor girl on the pretense of marrying her. The girl, who was a little over the age of 17 years, then discovered that she was pregnant and that it was too late for her to go ahead with the abortion as per her medical examination. Justice Vikas Mahajan…

The news of contaminated cold syrups being sold by an Indian company in Iraq came to light when Bloomberg News tested the syrup’s purchased sample from a Baghdad pharmacy in March this year. Valisure LLC, an independent lab based in Connecticut, conducted the test. These test results were conveyed to WHO, Iraqi, and Indian authorities last month. Five syrups manufactured by Indian companies have come under scrutiny, yet no illness has been reported by the Iraqi officials so far. These products were confiscated to stop their circulation in the market amidst the news of contamination. The WHO has issued a…