The Delhi Police Special Cell has registered a case under sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) into the major security breach that happened in the Parliament on Wednesday, on the anniversary of the deadly 2001 Parliament terror attack. The officials said the case has been registered under IPC sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 452 (trespass), 153 (wantonly giving provocation, with intent to cause riot), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions) and 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and UAPA sections 16 and 18 at the Parliament Street police…
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By Nava J Thakuria Repeatedly harassed and abused by the current regime in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s lone Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has brought laurels to the south Asian nation once again and this time the award comes from the world of football. The founder of Grameen Bank (of Bangladesh), which shared the Nobel peace 2006 award with Prof Yunus, is honoured with the World Football Summit Award in Jeddah of Saudi Arabia. A brilliant economist turned the banker to the poor turned social entrepreneur and motivator Prof Yunus was handed over the WFS lifetime achievement award as a recognition to…
As UN member states gather in Geneva this week to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the IPI global network calls on states and the international community to take urgent and concrete action to protect freedom of the press and journalists’ safety — and to recommit to upholding the fundamental human rights and principles enshrined in the UDHR. This anniversary comes at an especially dark time for journalists around the world. An unprecedented number of journalists have been killed in Gaza as a result of Israeli airstrikes and ground raids into the territory over…
India was among the 153 member states which voted in favour of the United Nations resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza on Tuesday. The resolution saw overwhelming support for the ceasefire with only 10, including the US, Israel and Austria, voting against it. There were 23 abstentions. The draft resolution, sponsored among others by Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Palestine, demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and reiterated its demand that all parties comply with their obligations under international law, notably with regard to the protection of civilians.” It…
In an unprecedented breach of security on the 22nd anniversary of Parliament House attack, a youth from the visitors’ gallery jumped into the House chamber and started climbing up desks and raising slogans and the other dangled from the visitors’ gallery and sprayed some yellow-coloured fumes. An unidentified man jumped from the visitor’s gallery number four of the Lok Sabha into the chamber around 1pm on Monday while the Winter Session was progressing. Another was seen dangling from the public gallery spraying some foul-smelling yellow gas, when Zero Hour was in progress, reports said. The development comes on the anniversary of…
* A spectacular display of ancient musical instruments Krishnaveni Sangeetha Neerajanam, a one of its kind music and cultural festival organized by the Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Culture, Government of India in collaboration with the Government of Andhra Pradesh and Sangeet Natak Akademi and Ministry of Textiles concluded on a colourful note on Tuesday at Tummalapalli Kalakshetram, Vijayawada, in the presence of Smt Manisha Saxena, Director General, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India and Smt.Uma Nanduri, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Government of India. This three-day cultural extravaganza celebrated the legacy of the rich heritage of Indian classical music…
Stating that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionise India’s tech landscape, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also cautioned that it can also become the biggest danger of the 21st century too. He inaugurated the India chair of the Global Partnership for Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) in Delhi on Tuesday and said “Last century, we faced uneven growth due to unequal access to technology. We know when technology comes together with democratic values, it will work as a multiplier in inclusion.” He added that the right use of AI can bring in great advantage and equality in society. “AI can help in growth, but it…
Nine days after the election results were declared, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday picked first time MLA Bhajanlal Sharma, 56, as the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan. Jaipur royal Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa will be the two deputy chief ministers. The move signals a generational change in the state leadership in sync with the BJP’s earlier decisions of picking up chief ministers in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The party has kept the caste calculations in mind as it picked a Brahmin as the chief minister of the state, while a Rajput and a Dalit as the deputy chief…
The BJP legislative party in Madhya Pradesh elected Mohan Yadav – former higher education minister in Shivraj Singh Chouhan cabinet – as the new chief minister. The 58-year-old Yadav has been elected an MLA from Ujjain South constituency for the third time in the recently concluded assembly polls and his name was nowhere even on margins of speculative discussions on chief ministerial face for Madhya Pradesh. That his name was decided by the top leadership before the legislative party was asked to stamp an approval, is apparent. Meanwhile, eight-time MLA and former finance minister Jagdish Devda who represents the scheduled caste reserved…
At a time when Indian cities are struggling to control their air pollution levels, a new report by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has found that most of them lack institutional preparedness to carry out systematic and scientific management of construction and demolition (C&D) waste, one of the key sources of pollution in urban areas. Titled Construction and Demolition Waste: Closing the loop for sustainability, the report was released here today by CSE at a national conference. Releasing the report, CSE director general Sunita Narain said: “C&D waste management is a potential game changer. A decade back, the concern…