Author: Pooja Sah

According to polls released on Friday, Israel’s former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu would come within one seat of a clear majority in his bid to retake office in the upcoming election, which will be the fifth in less than four years.

In response to allegations that girls are “being auctioned on stamp paper” in six districts of the state and that refusing to do so leads to the “rape of their mothers to settle financial disputes on the diktats of caste panchayats,” the NHRC sent a notice to the Rajasthan government on Thursday. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued a statement stating that it has taken suo motu attention of a media story. The Rajasthan chief secretary and director general of police (DGP) has been given four weeks to respond to the commission. Media report claiming auction of girls According…

The US Embassy in New Delhi has nominated Elizabeth Jones as its sixth interim Chargé d’Affaires in the past 21 months. Elizabeth Jones, 74, is the sixth temporary US representative to be asked to fill the position in the past 21 months (since January 2021). The position is only temporary until a permanent ambassador is confirmed by the US Congress. Since the last US ambassador to India, Kenneth I. Juster, resigned in January 2021, following President Biden’s inauguration, Washington has posted five CDAs in its mission in Delhi: Don Heflin, Edgard Kagan, Daniel Smith, Atul Keshap, and Patricia A. Lacina.…

As Brazil prepares to vote in a presidential run-off on Oct. 30, the surveys continue to show Bolsonaro trailing his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a former president, although the race seems to be tightening. The polls were inaccurate in the first round of this month’s keenly watched elections in Brazil. They vastly overestimated the backing given to other conservative contenders nationwide as well as the far-right incumbent president, Jair Bolsonaro. Many on the right were incensed and accused the pollsters of being disconnected from the Brazilian electorate. Presidential Election of Brazil Every four years, Brazil holds general…

On Sunday, Viktor Orban, the prime minister of Hungary, made oblique analogies between the European Union’s current institutions and the Soviet forces who invaded Hungary during the 1956 revolution. On the 66th anniversary of that put down the rebellion, Orban predicted that the European Union, which has worked to contain Hungary’s democratic slide, will collapse like the Soviet Union, which broke up more than three decades ago. His absence from the nation’s capital on one of Hungary’s most significant national festivals coincides with his government coming under increasing pressure as a result of a protracted wave of demonstrations by teachers…

To deal with the issue of freebies, the election commission called members from every legitimate political party to help create standards for giveaways mentioned in election manifestos. 

Recently Supreme court express its anguish over hate speeches while calling this very disturbing and wondering “what have we reduced religion to”. Here, the supreme court has addressed the growing issue of hate speech within the country while addressing the writ petition. Authorities were forewarned that “necessary action shall be taken against the erring officers” if they “hesitate to act in compliance with this directive.” The police chiefs of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand were ordered by the Supreme Court in interim directives issued on Friday to take “prompt” suo-moto action against the offenders by filing criminal cases without first…

On September 6, Truss took office as prime minister after being chosen as the leader of the Conservative Party and defeating Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson’s chancellor of the exchequer, whose resignation finally forced the outgoing leader to resign.

The revenue police system has gained attention again after the recent brutal death of receptionist Ankita Bhandari which shows the failure of the system. Her death has exposed the issue of the Uttarakhand revenue police system. The failure of the revenue police system has come into debate many times even in 2018 high court ordered the Uttarakhand government to take action in this matter. This issue has already been a part of various debates. And this revenue police system demands the attention of the Uttarakhand government.  The Incident of the Ankita Bhandari murder has forced the government to take action,…

Child marriage free India is an appeal that has been initiated by Kailash satyarthi where people from across the nation are coming together and protesting against child marriage. The initiative was introduced on Sunday at a public gathering in the village of Navrangpura in Rajasthan’s Virat Nagar, more than two hours north of Jaipur, along with another Nobel Peace Laureate, Leymah Gbowee. He launched a nationwide campaign against child marriage from Rajasthan where he appealed to the nation to initiate collective action against child marriage to end the social evil. Who is Kailash Satyarthi? Kailash satyarthi is a human right…