-The Telegraph Ashis is accused of being in an SUV belonging to his father that mowed down four farmers and a journalist on October 3 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government why it had not appealed for the cancellation of bail to Lakhimpur Kheri accused Ashis Mishra despite such a recommendation from Justice (retd) Rakesh Kumar Jain who is monitoring the probe. Ashis, son of Union minister...
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NPRD Welcomes SC Order Allowing Physically Disabled Persons to Apply for IPS, IRPFS, DANIPS Services
-Newsclick.in The rights group in its writ petition had contended that the blanket exemption given to these services of a non-combatant nature from recruiting people with disabilities was unconstitutional. After a writ petition by the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD), the Supreme Court on Friday passed an interim order allowing physically disabled persons, who have cleared the civil services exam, to provisionally apply to the Union Public Service...
More »SC-Appointed Pegasus Probe Committee Seeks Responses from Public on 11 Queries
-TheWire.in The queries pertain to the safeguards in place to check state surveillance, the extent to which state surveillance is justified and seek suggestions on how to strengthen cyber security and balance individual rights with national security interests. New Delhi: The expert committee appointed by the Supreme Court to probe the alleged use of Pegasus spyware against journalists, opposition politicians, judges and others, has sought comments from the public on 11 queries...
More »Sonia Gandhi asks government to resume midday meal
-The Telegraph She demanded that nutritional food be provided to kids below three years who don’t come to school under the Integrated Child Development Scheme New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday requested the Narendra Modi government to immediately resume the midday meal scheme, arguing that children had been the worst affected by the pandemic both in terms of education and food. Raising the matter during Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha,...
More »Covid Vaccines Not Mandatory, Centre Tells Supreme Court
-PTI/ NDTV.com At the outset, Advocate General for Tamil Nadu Amit Anand Tiwari submitted that Tamil Nadu has come out with the vaccination mandate for the reason that vaccination against COVID-19 is essential to prevent serious disease in the population. New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday clarified in the Supreme Court that it has not made COVID-19 vaccines mandatory and has only said that the vaccination should be 100 per cent. The...
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