Author: Sarishma Sureshan

Parliament

Amit Shah, the union Home Minister, introduced three bills to repeal the 151-year-old Indian Evidence Act, the 126-year-old Criminal Procedure Code, and the 163-year-old IPC. He claimed that doing so would rid the laws of their “British hangover” and make them more “people-centric” by putting the desire to uphold Indian citizens’ rights first.

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Pakistan Parliament

The president dissolved Pakistan’s parliament late Wednesday night on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, according to the president’s office, laying the stage for a national election amidst political and economic turmoil. The National Assembly was dissolved in accordance with Article 58 of the Constitution, according to the Aiwan-i-Sadr’s notice of the dissolution of the assembly. The coalition government led by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) would have preferred to stay in power for a few more days and dissolve Parliament on August 11, but it worries that President Alvi, a former leader of imprisoned former prime minister Imran…

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barbenheimer

One is a crazy postmodern comedy about a collection of dolls recognised for their bright pink clothes. The other is a gloomy biopic about the scientist who developed the first nuclear weapon during WWII. One has Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling singing and dancing on a plastic beach. In the other, a skeletal Cillian Murphy is concerned that he will accidently eradicate the world around him. This is Barbenheimer’s summer.

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football

Indian men’s and women’s team is set to represent India at the 2024 Asian games after the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports gave the green signal to participate at the prestigious event. This announcement comes weeks after it was announced that both the teams will not be taking part in the games, the team fails to meet the criteria set by the sports ministry of being ranked in top 8 in Asia. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA), headed by PT Usha, had previously declined to allow the Indian football teams for the Asian Games, stating that it would follow…

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