Author: Vivek.Rajurkar

Recent Developments A Tunisian judge freed two influential political opponents of President Kais Saied from prison. According to their lawyer, the leaders were arrested on suspicion of being involved in plotting against state security. The leaders, Chaima Issa and Lazhar Akremi were released on Thursday after their detention in February along with 20 other political leaders in an organised attack on the country’s opposition. Both leaders were charged with conspiracy against state security. The leaders who were released Chaima Issa is a writer and leader in the National Salvation Front, which is the main opposition coalition to Tunisian President Kais…

Recent Developments On Thursday, Open AI, the creator of ChatGPT, and The Associated Press announced their collaboration. Within this deal, OpenAI would obtain a licence to access Assoc. Pres.’ extensive archive of news stories. In the joint statement put out by Open AI and the Associated Press, they confirmed an agreement outlining Open AI’s licencing of a portion of the AP’s text archives. On the other hand, AP will benefit from OpenAI’s advanced technology and product expertise. Analysis of the deal As a part of the collaboration, OpenAI will have access to AP news archives dating back to 1985. According…

Recent Developments Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of Thailand’s Move Forward party, failed in his initial bid to become the country’s next prime minister. In a parliamentary vote, he struggled to gather the required support from the bicameral parliament, despite the backing of his eight-party alliance. Another vote is expected to take place next week, giving Pita another opportunity to contest if nominated again. The election results in May showed a clear rejection of the pro-military parties, with Move Forward and its ally Pheu Thai emerging as winners. Thursday’s vote tested Pita’s political influence and revealed opposition to his party’s anti-establishment…

Recent Developments Microsoft has revealed that China-based hackers have successfully breached the email accounts of approximately 25 U.S organizations, including government agencies. While Microsoft did not disclose the specific locations of the targeted government agencies, the U.S Department of Commerce confirmed that it was notified about the attack. Various sources confirmed that Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo was among those affected by the breach. The State Department, another potential target, has not yet responded to requests for comment. The Chinese embassy in London dismissed the accusation as “disinformation” and criticized the U.S government as the “world’s biggest hacking empire and…

Recent Developments On Tuesday, the Allahabad HC, while considering a plea to terminate a 25-week pregnancy carried by a 12-year-old who was raped, held that a woman cannot be coerced or forced to give birth to the child born as a result of rape.  The Allahabad High Court further stated that to burden the responsibility of motherhood on women who are sexually assaulted or molested leads to a violation of their right to live with dignity, further resulting in unexplained miseries.  The Allahabad HC Bench composed of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Prashant Kumar. They further stated that a…

Recent Developments Uzbekistan’s incumbent president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has won a new seven-year term in a snap election in which he was pitted against three weaker opponents from the Ecological Party, The People’s Democratic Party, and the Adolat Democratic Party.  Mirziyoyev received more than 87% of the vote, and each of the other challengers had about 4% of the vote share, Uzbekistan’s election commission stated. Uzbekistan has been the most populous Central Asian nation since 2016.The election on Sunday was based upon the constitutional referendum, which increased the existential presidential term from five years to seven years. Election & Constitutional Amendment…

Recent Developments Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and the owner of Tesla and SpaceX, took legal action against the law firm Wachtell,Lipton,Rosen& Katz. He claims that the law firm took advantage of the company while charging him an exorbitant $90 million bill. Role of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, and Katz in Musk’s Twitter Saga The firm represented Twitter during a court case related to his attempted takeover of the social media platform last year. Wachtell was initially hired by the previous management of Twitter to enforce his agreement to acquire the company. He had initially considered backing out of his…

Background On April 21, seven female wrestlers, including a minor, lodged complaints of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation against Brij Bhushan at Connaugh Place Police Station. Initially after the police refused to register their FIRs, wrestlers approached the Supreme Court stating that the police were adamant on not registering FIRs, and subsequently the court directed the police to register their allegation and as a result two FIRs were filed against the WFI chief on April 28 describing at least two instances wherein Brij Bhushan had asked for sexual favours in exchange for professional assistance. One of the cases involved a…

Recent Developments On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden, during a meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at the White House, reassured his Swedish counterpart of his support for Sweden’s NATO membership. Biden further expressed his anticipation for Sweden to strengthen their alliance and align with the ideas and values of NATO,  Sweden’s bid for NATO membership has faced obstacles from NATO members Turkey and Hungary, which pose hurdles in attaining the membership. NATO  NATO, formed in 1949, is the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, consisting of 31 members, including France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Finland (the latest addition), among…

Recent developments On Wednesday, In a shocking turn of events, the incident of firing was reported at the Tis Hazari court in Delhi. According to Delhi Police, the shooting took place after some lawyers engaged in heated arguments.Fortunately, the Delhi police reached the spot on time, and no injuries were reported in the firing incident. Chairman of the Bar Council of Delhi, KK Manan condemned the firing incident and further assured the public that a detailed inquiry would be launched into the matter, and additionally stated that no lawyer can use weapons like this within or near the court premises.…