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The newly revised Section 150 of the sedition law was introduced in the Lok Sabha yesterday along with two other bills. The revamp in the criminal laws comes on the last day of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament. The bill is to be sent to a parliamentary panel for extensive discussion and approval. Union Home minister Amit Shah announced a set of three new amendments on Friday which overhauls the current existing criminal law. Previously decreed ‘Sedition’ law under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code  has also gotten a revamp under Section 150. Amit Shah claims that the…

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) condemned the Union government for passing a bill which excludes the CJI (Chief Justice of India) from the selection committee of the Election Commission of India.  The Centre has passed a bill concerning the selection body for recruiting election commissioners as well as the Chief  Election Commissioner. AAP openly criticised this bill claiming that this bill undermines the status of the Chief Justice of India in a fully functioning democracy. This bill exhibits a clear mistrust and disrespect for the Supreme Court and the CJI, said AAP leaders. The Bharatiya Janata Party has very recently…

The Digital Personal Protection Data Bill was approved in the Rajya Sabha on August 9, after being passed in the Lok Sabha two days prior to that. The Opposition MPs walked out after the session. Rajya Sabha gave a nod to the new Digital Personal Protection Bill yesterday after the bill was already passed in the Lok Sabha on Monday. While the NDA, BJD (Biju Janata Dal) AND YSR Congress party stood in its favour, the opposition MPs walked out in unanimous discordance after the session in Rajya Sabha.The bill states the creation of a Data Protection Board of India…

A fire broke out at a Sofa factory in Mayapuri Phase II, west Delhi. The fire erupted at 2AM last night and officials reached the location immediately. Two policemen and seven civilians have been injured as per the officials. A three storey sofa factory store caught fire at Mayapuri in West Delhi. A call was received at around 2:05 AM at this market. 9 people aged between 23-60, have been hurt out of which two are policemen and the rest are workers of the factory. Currently, they’re being treated at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital. This market in Phase II specially…

The Delhi Services Bill 2024, an Amendment to the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi has been cleared in Rajya Sabha with a majority of 131. The number of MPs against the bill stood at 121 whereas four have abstained. The sought after Delhi Services Bill has finally been passed in Rajya Sabha with a majority of 131 votes. The bill had been debated extensively in the Parliament with scathing attacks from both alliances. The President’s signature is needed for the final approval of the bill. WHAT DOES THE BILL STATE?Delhi Services Bill: The Government of National Capital Territory…

Article 368 of the Islamic Penal Code, stated as Iran’s Hijab Law has further aggravated the preexisting oppression faced by women. Women who refuse to wear the hijab in Iran are now being sent to psychiatric centres to be medically treated as “ill”.  State authorities in Iran are now exercising their judicial power over psychiatric health care as a medium to oppress womens’ rights. The implementation of the law itself has garnered widespread criticism and revolt within the country itself. Women who are now refusing to wear the Hijab at all times and properly, are being sent to psychological wellness…

More than 100 mercenaries of the Russia-linked Wagner group that were closer to the Belarus border, have now started marching towards the Polish border, said the Polish Prime Minister Matseuz Moraweicki. He spoke during a visit to Gilwice (South Poland), at an arms factory where special tanks called Leopard are getting repaired for the Ukraine army. At a recent press conference held by the Polish Prime Minister Matsuez Moraweicki, expressed his concern over the Wagner mercenaries approaching closer towards the Polish border. The mercenaries have reached the Suwalki Gap, a territory of the Polish land positioned between Belarus and Kaliningrad…

The Supreme Court agreed to hear the plea against mob violence caused due to cow vigilantism on Friday. The bench of justices (BR Gavai and JB Pardiwala) notified the Centre and DGPs of six states: Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana, soliciting their responses to the same. The National Federation of  Indian Women filed a petition in the Court against the alarming rise in mob lynching/violence cases of Muslims under the garb of Cow Vigilantism. Citing the Tehseen Poonawalla case of 2018 (Tehseen Poonawalla v. Union of India, 2018), the petitioners demand an interim reparation for the kins…

A grain silo exploded in Brazil on Wednesday, at an agricultural co- operative in the south of Brazil killing about eight people and leaving a dozen injured. The blast is reported at C.Vale , co-operative in Palotina. Eight people were killed and about a dozen have been left injured after an explosion at a grain silo, in Southern Brazil. C.Vale is the company where the blast has taken place. This storage unit lies in Palotina- south to Curitiba (State Capital). Palotina is home to about 35,000 people in Brazil. The state of Parana is one of the top agricultural states in…

Nigeria’s President Mohamed Bazoum has been sacked by a Military coup led by Colonel – Major Amadou Abdramane announcing complete dissolution of the constitution, on Wednesday night. The coup was announced via a televised address by the Colonel. Informing the world through National Television, a group of soldiers led by Colonel Amadou Abdramane, have removed the Nigerian President Bazoum from power and taken full control of the regime henceforth. The Colonel addressed the nation by decreeing to overthrow a government which deteriorated the “security situations” of the country and exhibited “poor economic and social governance”. Mohamed Bazoum affirmed that the…