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Celebration Of Tiger Census As of 2022, India has 3,167 wild tigers, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 5th Tiger Census. In July 2019, the 2018 Tiger Census reported 2,967 Indian tigers. The country’s animal population has grown by 200 or 6.7 percent in four years. The nation had 1,411 tigers in 2006, 1,706 in 2010, and 2,226 in 2014. Celebration Of Tiger Census To celebrate Project Tiger’s 50th anniversary, PM Modi launched the Tiger Census in Mysuru, Karnataka. The three-day meeting will safeguard and conserve tigers, lions, leopards, snow leopards, pumas, jaguars, and cheetahs. At the opening session of…

Quick HighlightsSame-Sex Adoption: A Growing Trend Across the GlobeDCPCR Petitions for Normalizing Same-Sex WeddingsLegal Parenthood in Same-Sex RelationshipsSame-Sex Marriage: Adoption and Surrogacy Rights Image Source: Telegraph India The Delhi Council for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) has petitioned the Supreme Court for same-sex marriage legalization and adoption and succession rights. On April 3, the child rights organization supported the batch of appeals made by homosexual couples seeking same-sex marriage legalization in an intervention application. Same-Sex Adoption: A Growing Trend Across the Globe The Commission noted that over 50 nations allow same-sex couples to adopt children. The background to, and the…

Indian-Americans protested Democratic senator Aisha Wahab’s measure to expressly bar caste-based discrimination in California with a peaceful gathering. Protesters displayed placards and banners against the measure, urging California politicians not to outrightly target Hindus or assume they are repressive due to their birth. Image Source – Scroll.in The first Muslim and Afghan American state senator, Aisha Wahab, introduced the measure in the California Senate on March 22. The bill might make California the first state to ban caste-based racism. At Wednesday’s Coalition of Hindus of North America (CoHNA) peace demonstration, activists stated Senator Wahab’s proposal violates equity and justice for…

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court (SC) rejected a plea by 14 opposition parties, led by the Congress, citing “arbitrary use” of government investigative agencies like the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against opposition leaders and requesting new arrest, remand, and bail standards. Image Source – The Economic Times The petition stated that the Union Government is using the ED and CBI to arrest opposition leaders to stifle dissent. SC stated politicians cannot have distinct guidelines. The division bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala declined to hear the plea because it cannot provide broad directives without…

On Monday, the Ministry of Planning informed the Parliament that SC and ST HDIs have improved over time, even though they still lag behind other social groups. Over the past 30 years, such social groups have increased their literacy rates.

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The Supreme Court in a recent decision, acquitted a man convicted of murdering his wife almost 22 years ago, after concluding that spouse was found guilty on the basis of mere suspicion. [Guno Mahto v. State of Jharkhand] In August 1988, nearly 35 years ago, the appellant’s wife was found murdered. Her body was discovered in the village’s well. The prosecution alleged that the defendant murdered his wife and then dumped her body in a village well in an effort to destroy evidence. Later, the alleged perpetrator supposedly decided to approach the police with dirty hands by manufacturing a ridiculous…

The Finance Bill, 2023 was passed by the Lok Sabha today with over 45 amendments, amidst opposition members’ sloganeering for the establishment of a Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Adani-Hindenburg issue. Image source : Freeths Several amendments were made to the Finance Bill, which contains proposals regarding taxation and government spending. In addition, twenty new sections were added to the Bill. It authorises the central government’s financial proposals for the fiscal year 2023-24 to be taken into account. This comes one day after the grant request was approved by the legislature. Thursday, the Lok Sabha approved grant requests authorising expenditures…

In response to new pro-Khalistan demonstrations at the Indian Mission in London, the British Foreign Secretary requested a security review. In light of recent protests by Amritpal Singh’s supporters, the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom stated that the Metropolitan Police is reviewing security at the Indian High Commission to ensure the safety of its staff. James Cleverly, the foreign secretary of the United Kingdom, responded on Wednesday to the demonstrations held by Khalistan supporters, who descended upon the Indian High Commission in London waving Khalistan flags and chanting slogans amid a heightened security presence and barricades. Reportedly, they threw…

The Supreme Court has agreed to form a special bench to hear the appeal of Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped during the Gujarat riots of 2002, against the commutation of sentence for eleven of the case’s convicted parties. A bench composed of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala, and Ms. Bano’s attorney Shobha Gupta assured Ms. Bano that a new bench would be formed. Ms. Gupta brought up the matter for an urgent hearing and stated that a new bench must be formed. Bilkis Bano challenged the Supreme Court’s May order allowing the Gujarat government to…