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The media reports concerning a mother pulling a suitcase with her small child hung over it, is hitting the headline. The media persons captured the images on Agra highway. The lady was walking all the way from Punjab to...

The National Human Rights Commission took suo moto cognizance of the media reports; alleging that a 20-year-old girl hailing from Manipur was subject to racial discrimination and violence. The locals from Faizapur, Gurugram attacked her while she was passing from...

The Ministry of Home Affairs has decided that all the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) canteens and stores across the country will now sell only indigenous products, from June 01, 2020; in light of Prime Minister’s appeal for making...

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has been engaged with counterparts from US, Australia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, and Vietnam; in weekly telephonic conversations to share ideas and best practices in the Indo-Pacific region. For responding to COVID-19 pandemic....

Earlier today, the Supreme Court stayed the Gujarat High Court order; allowing the election of former state law minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama as void. A Bench comprising of Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar issued a notice in the petition filed by...

The Delhi High Court heard a petition against GooglePay on May 15, 2020. Shubham Kapaley filed a petition in the High Court after GooglePay did not allow him to contribute to the PM CARES Fund; without making another VPA/UPI...

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on May 13, 2020, participated in a video-conference of foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO); in light of situations arising due to coronavirus pandemic. According to a statement from the External Affairs...

Bombay High Court reprimanded City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO). CIDCO made gardeners work for them for several years; during the lockdown without pay and without protective gear. Despite an award by the Industrial Tribunal against them...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 12th May went on television for the fourth time in recent months; to talk about the novel coronavirus pandemic. PM Modi's address to the nation came a day after a six-hour meeting with Chief...

India strongly condemned the multiple terror attacks that took place in Afghanistan; including those on a maternity hospital in a Shia-dominated area in Kabul; on a funeral procession in Nangarhar, and on a military check post, in the last...

The National Human Rights Commission took suo moto cognizance of a complaint accompanied by media reports. The reports highlighted the negligence in the treatment of Delhi Police Constable, Amit Kumar who died due to Corona infection. In effect, it...

The Supreme Court will hear the bail plea filed by Sajjan Kumar on May 13, 2020. Sajjan Kumar, a former Congress leader is serving a life sentence in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. He is an Indian...

The death of former Congress MLA Jitendra Deshprabhu has raised many questions. After a senior doctor was suspended for allegedly delaying the treatment of Deshprabhu. The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Girish Chodankar demanded a  judicial probe into Deshprabhu's...

The National Informatics Centre developed the Aarogya Setu App amid COVID-19 pandemic. It collects the personal details of the users to alert them. Being that, the Kerala High Court heard public interest litigation filed by John Dayal. The petition...

Amid COVID-19, on 11 May, 2020, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) for the migration of people by train. The Ministry of Home Affairs in its order dated 11.05.2020 asked the Ministries/Department of...

The Delhi High Court granted interim protection to Zafarul Islam Khan, the Chief of Delhi Minorities Commission. It is to protect him against any coercive action. The Single Bench consisting of Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri held that no coercive...

The Bombay High Court directed the state to issue a clear directive to the police administration. It says not to stop or obstruct ambulances or pet taxies for ferrying sick animals to and from veterinary clinics. Further, the Court...

A Public Interest Litigation is filed in the Kerala High Court, challenging the Centre’s "unconstitutional and privacy infringing" directives; which make 'Aarogya Setu' app mandatory for public and private employees and persons residing in containment zones. Jackson Mathew, the...

Earlier today, the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Tomar launched the integration of 177 new mandis; with the National Agriculture Market (eNAM). Especially, to strengthen agriculture marketing and facilitate farmers to sell their harvested produce...

Government of India launched Mission Sagar on May 10, 2020, as part of the government’s outreach initiative; towards five Island nations in the Indian Ocean amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The deployment is in consonance with the Prime Ministers...

The Supreme Court questioned the Government of Haryana over a policy of granting remission in view of the release of a murder convict. This is directed towards convicts who are imprisoned for life, aged 75 years (in case of...

The National Crisis Management Committee under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary, Shri Rajiv Gauba met for the second consecutive day; to review the situation arising out of the Vizag gas leak that took place in Vishakhapatnam on May 7. The...

As the COVID-19 death toll exceeded 30,000 mark in Italy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with his Italian counterpart Giuseppe Conte. Prime Minister Modi conveyed his condolences to Mr. Giuseppe Conte for the loss of lives...

Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah chaired a review meeting of Directors General of All Central Armed Police Forces on May 9, 2020. He appreciated the CAPFs commendable work in this difficult situation of COVID-19 management. Home...

A rather ghastly incident occurred between Badnapur and Karmad stations in Nanded Division in the early hours of May 8, 2020. In the said incident, an empty goods train ran over 16 migrant workers lying on the railway tracks;...

The Aarogya Setu app remains, purportedly, a big part of India's multi-pronged approach to tackling the coronavirus pandemic. Developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC), the government has been pushing aggressively for its adoption. According to the current lockdown guidelines,...

According to The Gazette of India on 5 May 2020, the Central government constituted the "Andhra Pradesh Coastal Zone Management Authority" using the powers given under sub-section (1) and (3) of Section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986....

Telugu Desam Party President and former Chief Minister Chandraprabhu Naidu while taking a dig at Andhra Pradesh government, accused it of facilitating the sale of liquor over farm produce. Expressing his concern for the farmers, he claimed that the...

The National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) took suo moto cognizance of the incident of leakage of styrene gas in the State of Andhra Pradesh. Explicitly, of the media reports about the death of eight persons and over five thousand others...

The Ministry of Defence issued a notice in the Office Memorandum on May 5, 2020. It proposed the donation of one day salary every month from May 2020 to March 2021, to the Prime Minister Citizens' Assistance and Relief...