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Final G-20 disaster risk meeting starts today

Why in NEWS The G20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group, under the Indian presidency, is set to hold its third and final meeting in Chennai from July 24 to 26. This is the first time a dedicated working group on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) has been constituted, signifying India’s commitment …

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NCW was informed of 6 incidents of violence in Manipur

Context The National Commission for Women (NCW) had been apprised of the alleged incident of women being paraded naked and brutally assaulted in Manipur on June 12, more than a month before a video of the incident surfaced on social media on July 19. Two women activists and a civil …

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A job and career right the disabled cannot be denied

Justice delayed is justice denied’ is a statement often used in the context of judicial cases that have been or are pending for long in courts of law. There could be several factors responsible for such a situation to arise. These include the complex nature of cases; a lack of …

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A Bill that fences in the right to information

The news that the Union Cabinet has approved the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill and will table it in the monsoon session of Parliament raises certain issues. The draft Bill was placed in the public domain in December 2022 but the final Bill has not been placed before the public. …

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Shanghai Cooperation Organisation -Virtual summit

To emphasise India’s commitment to the SCO, India dwelt on the political, economic and cultural initiatives the country had taken and the 134 meetings and events which it had convened during its SCO presidency. China’s acts as reason China’s actions towards India in 2020 and the evolving international order have …

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PRESIDENT’S RULE

Imposition of President’s Rule in Manipur and creation of a separate administration for tribals were among the key demands from tribal leaders who met Union Home Minister recently. What is President’s Rule? President’s Rule refers to the suspension of a state government and the imposition of direct rule of the Centre. The central …

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BRICS FM MEETING IN SOUTH AFRICA

India’s External Affairs Minister is in Cape Town, South Africa, to attend a meeting of the foreign ministers of BRICS. The foreign ministers’ meeting will finalise the agenda for the 15th BRICS summit scheduled to be held in South Africa this year. The theme of BRICS 2023 is: “BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development, …

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INDIA AND SHANGHAI CO-OPERATION ORGANIZATION (SCO)

India will host the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the virtual format in July. The last SCO summit took place in the Uzbek city of Samarkand that was attended by all top leaders of the grouping ie Modi, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. India had assumed the rotating chairmanship of the SCO at …

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SEDITION AND ITS ROOTS

On March 30, the Lahore High Court annulled the offence of ‘sedition’ in the Pakistan Penal code. Embarrassingly, around the same time in India, the police registered a series of complaints in Delhi and in Ahmedabad The detainees were not accused of ‘sedition,’ but were booked for criminal conspiracy to …

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INDIA, NEPAL MAY SIGN PACTS ON ENERGY AND WATER

As Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda prepares for an official visit to India, the “southern neighbour” maintained silence as fast paced developments in Nepal remain the talk of the town here. The air of caution around Mr. Prachanda’s visit is partly due to the volatile political condition in Nepal …

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