Author: Taskeen Nazir

On Friday, federal judges in Texas and Washington plunged the future of mifepristone into legal uncertainty. Mifepristone is a crucial drug for abortion, and people of colour and those from low-income backgrounds consider it a less costly option. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Texas, appointed by Trump, ruled and halted the government’s drug approval, which reduced access to the medication across the nation. Within some other minutes, there was an order by the other federal judge, Thomas O. Rice, in Washington, who is an appointment of the Obama government; he ordered the FDA not to make any changes to…

In March, United Development acquired crude carrier Nautica has been set to sail to prevent an environmental and humanitarian disaster. The ship is in the process of evacuating millions of barrels of oil from the troubled 47-year-old FSO supertanker. The supertanker was purchased to remove the oil from an abandoned ship off the coast of the war-torn area of Yemen. This supertanker ship came to an abandoned state after the Yemen civil war broke out in 2015, and it has not received any service since then. After receiving a standard repair on Wednesday with the help of foreign assistance in…

Congress grills significant oil companies for spreading climate disinformation. They are facing a lawsuit in municipal courts against the damages done by burning fossil fuels and concealing the dangers of greenhouse gases. On Wednesday, major oil companies like Big Oil accused the federal government of evading cases concerning climate change. The lawsuit was filed by several municipalities in Colorado seeking damages related to climate change in state court. The case was presented to the Supreme Court of the U.S. The Justices have requested the Biden administration’s opinion on the petition filed by ExxonMobil Corp. and Suncor Energy Inc. The petition…

A migrant was found dead at the border between the U.S. and Canada. After this incident, the demands for ending the asylum pact between the U.S. and Canada have reverberated. The Safe Third Country Treaty (STCA) signed in 2004 granted refugees the right to seek asylum in the first safe country they arrived in. On Tuesday, dozens of protestors assembled in front of Toronto’s Canadian Public Safety Minister’s office. They demanded to end the asylum treaty between Canada and the United States. The demands came right after eight people drowned and died. The deceased people were trying to cross into…

The UK GCHQ revealed a report on how it is developing its cyber-power capabilities to counter terrorist disruptions and disinformation spread amidst the elections by running online propaganda. The intention of strengthening cyber power is to compete and contest with adversaries in cyberspace On Tuesday, the hackers in the British government launched an operation against militants who campaigned to spread state-backed disinformation and interfered in the elections. The government further disrupted child sexual abuse material distributors and opponents of the military, as stated by the GCHQ (government communication headquarters) spy agency. Jeremy Fleming, the director of the government communication headquarters,…

The increase rate touched 16.9%, with 429 new covid cases. The ICMR has noted the rise of COVID testing and indicated that cases of H3N2 are the leading cause behind more hospitalisations. Further, we witnessed a surge in cases due to the XBB.1.16 variant. On Sunday, cases of COVID saw a positive rise to 16.9%, with the mark touching 429 new cases in New Delhi. These cases are one of the highest records in seven months. So far, one COVID-related death has been reported in the capital; however, the primary cause was not COVID. There are 7989 beds prescribed for…

The Supreme Court has stayed the Bharatpur Bar Association’s decision to suspend legal aid defence counsel. The petitioners seek a contempt proceeding against the association for disobedience of professional ethics, as stated in the Ex. Capt. Harish Uppal v. Union of India, AIR 2003 SC 739, judgement. The Supreme Court has stayed the Bharatpur Bar Association’s decision to suspend legal aid defence counsel. Three legal aid defence counsels exhaled a sigh of relief following the Supreme Court’s stay of the letter that had suspended their association. The bench, comprising the Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and…

A new nuclear underwater attack drone that could launch a nuclear attack and possibly cause a radioactive wave is said to have been tested by North Korea. They assert that the action was retribution for the current military drill between the United States and South Korea. On Thursday afternoon, the warhead test exploded in Hongwon Bay. According to the state-run media, the drone can launch a nuclear attack that might result in a radioactive tsunami. The state has blamed South Korea and the United States for brewing the tension in their region after the two countries conducted joint military drills.…

The Supreme Court has upheld that the single eyewitness can be considered a sufficient eyewitness beyond reasonable doubt for the murder trial and confirmed the case with previous judgments that merely based on the close relation of the witness to the deceased could not be the basis for discarding their testimony. In a Murder trial, a single eyewitness is enough to be taken as credible testimony to prove a case beyond doubt, as observed by the Supreme Court. The prosecution can establish a case beyond a reasonable doubt, even in cases involving several accused. Justice B.R. Gavai, Justice Vikram Nath, and Justice Sanjay Karol…

One death due to covid reported in the capital city of Delhi, and another 34 cases were reported, people had similar symptoms of influenza, therefore refrained from coming for tests, now when tests for influenza surfaced negative, they were declared positive for covid. Delhi Health Department has witnessed a rise in the number of new cases of Covid in the capital city. Amidst the rise, it records one death and another fresh 83 covid cases, the positivity rate stands at 5.83%. Further, there has been a sharp increase in H3N2 influenza cases in the country recently. Thirty-four new covid cases…