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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Bureau of Immigration that arrival of corpses and remains of Indian nationals/OCI cardholders from foreign countries are allowed. However, this also depends on directions issued by various departments in relation to...
The Ministry of AYUSH declared a scheme to support short-term research projects for evaluating the impact of AYUSH response and medicines in the treatment and prevention of COVID-19. Meanwhile, the Ministry of AYUSH recently recommended self-care guidelines for preventive...
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) published the FAQs surrounding the 'Innovative Challenge for Development of a Video Conferencing Solution'. The FAQs published in view of the extensive use of video conferencing amid COVID-19 lockdown. Video-conferencing is being...
The Press Council of India urges the Government to mitigate the hardship of the journalists who contracted the COVID-19 virus. They expressed concern over a large number of journalists who contracted COVID-19 while on-call duty. On April 16 and...
A Public Interest Litigation was filed in the Supreme Court. It stated that the entire vegetarian class is facing COVID-19 because of the violent eating habits of non-vegetarians. Vishwas Jain Sanghatan represents the class of vegetarian people. He asserted...
The government has laid down guidelines about decontamination of hotels and lodges where the suspect or confirmed cases of COVID-19 have housed. According to an advisory by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). The Ministry of Tourism...
A PIL favoured in the Supreme Court seeks intervention and directions to the central government to issue guidelines to prevent the attacks on certain communities by religious, racial and caste profiling.
Restrain Religious & Community Profiling
The abovementioned PIL is preferred...
NHRC, (National Human Rights Commission) has taken cognizance of a complaint; with regard to infringement of human rights of the mentally ill people stranded on the streets. NHRC seeks an account from the Ministry of Home Affairs of the...
The Union Cabinet approved the promulgation of an ordinance on April 22, 2020. The President has given his assent for the promulgation of the ordinance. The Ordinance is to amend the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897. In effect, there would...
India strongly condemned the attack by Pakistan maritime forces carried on two Indian boats off the coast of Gujarat. Explicitly, Pakistan Agency attacked Indian fishermen onboard two Indian fishing boats, 'Omkar' and 'Mahasagar'. According to reports, there were eight...
In a press release dated 18.02.2020, the Indian Ministry of Earth Sciences expressed the signing of a letter of intent on Integrated Ocean Management and Research with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway and the Ministry of Climate and Environment,...
The National Human Rights Commission has asked the Centre to issue an advisory. They asked the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to issue guidelines/ advisory to all the states and Union Territories. The advisory must emphasize on the implementation...
Although food is not identified as a potential carrier of the novel coronavirus, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued guidance on food hygiene and safety amidst the pandemic. This is done with a view...
Jharkhand High Court directed the State Government to ensure that proper necessities are provided to the community of transgenders. The basic necessities include food and shelter. The direction issued is in light of the prevailing lockdown.
Counter Affidavit Regarding Basic...
The office of Special Inspector General of Police, Maharashtra issued an advisory warning on April 08, 2020. The warning stated that admins of WhatsApp groups along with users could be punished for posting objectionable content on WhatsApp groups. The...
The government warned its officials about the Zoom app, according to an advisory sent by the Cyber Coordination Centre (CyCord) of the Ministry of Home Affairs. This step by the government comes days after the national cyber-security agency, Computer...
A doctor through his PIL has moved the Supreme Court against the Ministry of Health. The reason being subjecting the patients to the controversial, unproven, fatal, non-specificย andย potentially toxic 'off-label' use of drugs, Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and Azithromycin (AZM).
The PIL filed...
Following the Prime Ministerโs address to the nation announcing the extension of the lockdown till 03.05.2020, the Ministry of Home Affairs has released revised guidelines. These guidelines include a list of activities permitted with effect from 20.04.2020. The list...
The Ministry of Human Resource Development has postponed the National Institutional Rankings 2020. The announcement has been on the National Institutional Rankings Framework website. The delay is due to COVID-19 crisis and the subsequent lockdown. However, no future date...
On April 14, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the lockdown has been extended till May 3, 2020. The lockdown is extended to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. The PM began his address, saying that India is doing well...
The Supreme Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) questioning the very basis to form a PM-CARES Fund set up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for COVID-19 relief measures. Advocate ML Sharma, who had filed the Public Interest Litigation...
As the number of deaths from COVID-19 reaches 17,838 in the US, a PIL has been filed in the SC seeking directions to the Government to organize special flights and formulate specific evacuation measures to airlift distressed Indian citizens...
In the wake of COVID-19 outbreak, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has suspended certain rules that were made under Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994. The suspension was on account of the...
Union Government approved an ordinance slashing the salaries, pension, and allowances of MPs (Members of Parliament). The slashing will be by 30% for one year. The salary and allowances of MPs come under The Salary, Allowances & Pension of...
Shaleen Kabra, IAS, Principal Secretary to the Government of J&K issued an order dated 03.04.2020 stating that the internet speed restrictions as imposed earlier shall continue till April 15. The move comes with a view to maintain public order...
Centre assured Supreme Court of publicizing helpline numbers for implementation of its earlier notification. The notification also mentioned controlling of prices of hand sanitizers and masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Justice For Rights Foundation, an NGO, filed a...
A petition was filed in the Supreme Court by Shashank Deo Sudhi highlighting the urgency to level up the testing facilities in light of the COVID-19 Outbreak. This is essential due to "escalating mortality" and "morbidity rate" across the...
The Ministry of External Affairs issued an awaited notification on 2nd April 2020, allowing the transit of foreign nationals stranded in India in the lockdown. The Ministry of External Affairs shall determine and allow the transit on a case-to-case...
Social activist Harsh Mander and Anjali Bharadwaj filed a writ petition before the Supreme Court of India seeking relief for migrant workers in the nationwide lockdown.ย
In an additional affidavit filed by Harsh Mander, he claims that despite orders passed...
The Marriages (Compulsory Registration and Prevention of Wasteful Expenditure) Bill, 2016, was introduced by Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan wife of MP Pappu Yadav on 15th Feb , 2017. It may be taken up as a private memberโs Bill in...