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Crime against women increased by 15.3% in 2021 from previous year

July 25, 2023

According to NCRB statistics Crime against women in 2021 increased by 15.3% from the previous year. The number grew from 56.5% in 2020 to 64.5% in 2021, (incidents per 1 lakh population). Rajasthan stood second in crimes against women in 2021. For the third consecutive year, the state had reported...

Raut opposes Sanjay Singh’s suspension from Upper House

July 25, 2023

Rajya Sabha MP and Shiv Sena Party (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Monday opposed the suspension of Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh for the remainder of the Monsoon Session of Parliament for “repeatedly violating” the Chair’s directives and asked for ‘taking it back’. The Parliamentarian said that there was...

You are challenging the Chair’: RS Chairman to TMC’s O’Brien

July 25, 2023

The Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for almost an hour on Monday following heated exchanges between Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and TMC’s Derek O’Brien over the chair not mentioning the party affiliations of opposition members seeking a discussion on the Manipur issue. Dhankhar read out the names of the MPs and...

Delhi govt tells HC about steps taken to provide relief to flood victims

July 25, 2023

The Delhi government told the high court on Monday that it has taken steps to provide relief to those affected by the flooding of the Yamuna river this month. The counsel for the government submitted before a bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, which was hearing a public...

Delhi govt to install 500 water ATMs near slum areas: cm

July 25, 2023

The Delhi government has planned to install 500 water ATMs to provide drinking water treated using the Reverse Osmosis (RO) process to people in slums and other densely populated areas, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday. The chief minister, who inspected an RO plant and inaugurated a water ATM...

India to launch seven Singaporean satellites on 30 July

July 25, 2023

India is set to launch a Singapore-made satellite carrying a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) capable of taking images under all weather conditions, on 30 July. The Indian rocket PSLV-C56 will put into orbit a DS-SAR satellite, along with six co-passenger Singaporean satellites, from...

Rajnath speaks with senior opposition leaders to end Parliament logjam

July 25, 2023

On Monday, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had a conversation with senior opposition leaders over the phone to address the disruptions in Parliament over their demands related to the situation in Manipur and urged them to ensure the smooth functioning of Parliament. According to sources, the Union Minister contacted several...

Centre to amend Reorganisation Law to reserve seats for PoK displaced, Pandits

July 25, 2023

The Central government is planning to amend the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 to allocate one seat in the state Assembly for displaced persons from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and two seats for Kashmiri Pandits. Displaced persons are those who migrated from parts of J&K in 1947 and are now...

Big blow to Mamata Govt: SC upholds Calcutta HC order for NIA probe into Ram Navami violence

July 25, 2023

The Supreme Court has upheld the Calcutta High Court’s decision and directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to investigate the violence that occurred on the day of Ram Navami in West Bengal. This order has dealt a huge blow to the Mamata government in the state. Previously, the Calcutta High...

SC refuses to put Assam delimitation exercise on hold

July 25, 2023

The delimitation process in Assam will continue, but the Supreme Court will examine whether the Election Commission can carry out the process on its own. Delimitation used to be a joint effort that also included courts, but the government had handed the power to the Commission in 2008. Redrawing the...

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