Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju told the Lok Sabha on Friday that the Home Office (MHA) has no proposal under consideration to remove Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that deals with sedition. Mr. Rijiju also informed the House that "the question of law" regarding Article 124A is pending before the Supreme Court.
With the detection of seven new cases of the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus in Maharahstra, the total number of cases in the country reached 32 on Friday. Maharashtra now has 17 cases, followed by nine in Rajasthan, three in Gujarat, two in Karnataka and one in Delhi.
Democracies must deal jointly with social media and cryptocurrencies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Official Remarks at the Summit for Democracy convened by US President Joe Biden.
The first thing that hits Travelers landing at Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok Airport it is the void. Hong Kong International Airport (HKG to frequent fliers) used to be among the busiest in the world. It handled 71.5 million passengers in 2019, about 2 million per day. Now a busy day means 1,500 passengers at most. On a lean day, sometimes only half that number walk through the airport gates.
On Friday, the government avoided a direct answer to the question of whether there was an increase in malnutrition during COVID-19. At Lok Sabha, Congressman Deepak Baij asked if malnutrition among children had increased during the period of the pandemic.
Ten days after the protest against the government by the "illegals" suspension of 12 members of Rajya Sabha, a section of the Opposition believes that there should be a parallel agitation outside Parliament to make an impact.
The nation said goodbye to its 1st Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat since he was cremated with full military honors along with his wife Madhulika Rawat. CDS military advisor Brig LS Lidder also died in the Mi-17V5 helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu he was also cremated with full military honors.
The government on Friday warned of declining mask-wearing compliance in the country amid concerns about the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and urged people to follow appropriate COVID behavior and get vaccinated to avoid an increase in cases.
The Union government was working on a plan to use stubble as biofuel and manure as part of an effort to deal with the burning of stubble that is often cited as a source of pollution in northern India, said on Friday the Minister of the Environment, Bhupender Yadav, al Lok Sabha. .
President Ram Nath Kovind said on Friday that time was running out to preserve nature for future generations and called for a debate on the right to climate justice. Speaking at the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Human Rights Day event here, Mr. Kovind said that while the world was waking up to harsh realities, no decisive changes had yet been made.
The western half of Meghalaya, which comprises five Garo Hills districts, has become "without Congress." The damage has been done by the Trinamool Congress (TMC), not the BJP that had coined the slogan. Garo Hills is dominated by Garos, one of Meghalaya's three matrilineal communities.
The Supreme Court in an order has said that the "force of the state" should not be used to "intimidate a political opinion" and that journalists should not suffer the consequences of reporting on what is already in the public domain.
As United States President Joe Biden hosted world leaders on Friday, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the second day of a democracy summitThe Chinese government culminated a week-long campaign criticizing liberal democratic systems by attacking the "democratic malaise" in the United States.
Joe Root and Dawid Malan formed a defiant undefeated partnership of 159 to give England hope of salvaging a draw in the opening Ashes Test at the Gabba on Friday. A rejuvenated England was 220 for two late in the game, with the pattern Root at 86 and Malan 80, just 58 runs behind Australia.
As anticipated, Magnus Carlsen ended Ian Nepomniachtchi's agony with three games to spare after winning the 11th game of his best-of-14 world chess championship match in Dubai on Friday.
