“From this year, Tele-Law service is being made free of cost for citizens in the country,” announced Kiren Rijiju, Minister of Law and Justice at the 18th All India Legal Services Meet at Jaipur. Tele–Law mainstreams legal aid to the marginalized seeking legal help by connecting them with the Panel Lawyers through the tele/video-conferencing infrastructure available at Common Service Centers (CSCs) across 1 lakh Gram Panchayats. For easy and direct access Tele- Law Mobile Application (both Android and IoS) has also been launched in 2021 and it is presently available in 22 scheduled languages. Benefitting from this digital revolution, Tele-Law…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned that this freebies culture is very dangerous for the development of the country. He cautioned that people of the country have to be very careful with this freebies culture (‘Rewri’ Culture). Those with freebies culture will never build new expressways, new airports or defense corridors for you, he added. Inaugurating Bundelkhand Expressway at Kaitheri village in Orai tehsil of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh, he said that people of freebies culture feel that they can buy the votes by distributing freebies to the common man. He gave a call to defeat this thinking collectively and remove freebies…
By Nava Thakuria, Senior Journalist from North East Prakash, the acclaimed Assamese literary monthly magazine, has come with a special issue on Tibetan (refugee) literature and culture mesmerizing its vivid readers who otherwise had never experienced the literary taste of neighboring Tibet (pronounced as Tibbat in Assamese), which has been occupied by the Chinese Communist regime in Beijing for decades. Published by Pramod Kalita, secretary of Publication Board Assam, a literary institution-established and run by Assam government since 2 May 1958 at Bamunimaidan in the city, the impressive July 2022 issue of Prakash (literary meaning light, expression, manifestation, etc )…
India is determined to boost cooperation with Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), said Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Union Minister, Heavy Industries while virtually attending the 2nd meeting of Ministers of Industry of the member states of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Uzbekistan. The 2nd meeting of Ministers of Industry of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was held in Uzbekistan with Uzbekistan being the host nation. SCO has China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India & Pakistan as full- time member nations. During the meeting, the Minister highlighted that India will continue to play an active, positive and constructive role in the organisation. He…
In the 75th year of India’s Independence when the nation is celebrating ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsava’ under the visionary leadership of Narendra Modi Ji, Doordarshan is also undergoing a major revamp based on the theme of “Naye Bharat Ka Naya Doordarshan” with the launch of a number of new high quality serials fulfilling its mandate as the Public Service Broadcaster of India. Doordarshan is slated to air a mega historical show titled “Swaraj- Bharat Ke Swatantrata Sangram Ki Samagra Gatha”. As a build-up to the show, its promo was launched today at an event organized at Akashvani Bhawan, New Delhi,…
The Union government plans to change its foreign trade policy (FTP) soon to allow exporters to enjoy export benefits while settling commerce in rupees. Following the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) announcement of a system to settle foreign trade transactions in local currency, exporters have demanded that the Ministry of Commerce and Industry provide clarification on the topic. Except in the instance of Iran, our FTP states that export incentives such as the Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies (RoSCTL) and Remission of Duties and Taxes on Export Products (RoDTEP) are not available for settling trade in rupees.…
Under the vaccine ‘Maitri’ initiative, India has supplied over 235 million total supplies of COVID-19 vaccines to 98 countries of the world, said Dr. Suman K Berry, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman. With nearly 1.98 billion doses reaching all parts of the country, including the most remote areas, India’s vaccine manufacturing ecosystem has produced the most extensive free vaccination programme in the world, according to Dr. Berry. Only four days after launching its own vaccination programme, India started sending the vaccines overseas on January 20, 2021. The first nations to get vaccines as a gift from India were Bhutan and the Maldives. Bangladesh, Myanmar,…
Committee to Project Journalists (CPJ) will honor four remarkable journalists from Cuba, Iraqi Kurdistan, Ukraine, and Vietnam with its 2022 International Press Freedom Awards. All four have withstood immense challenges, including government crackdowns, aggression, and imprisonment to bring the public independent reporting amid rampant disinformation and war. “Our award winners exemplify the best of journalism: work that shines a light on the impacts of war, corruption, and abuse of power on everyday lives,” said CPJ President Jodie Ginsberg. “We look forward to honoring these inspirational journalists, who demonstrate the central role journalism plays in serving the public good.” In recognition…
The regime of Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus has brought the formal process of abolishing the country’s independent trade union movement to its conclusion. Through a sham court process the government is deregistering the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) and its affiliates. Dozens of union leaders detained in the coordinated purge against independent trade unions are also expected to go on trial later this month as the regime forcefully dissolves their organisations. ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow said: “We condemn outright this latest step in the Lukashenko regime’s campaign to destroy the independent trade unions of Belarus. This will only…
It has been nearly five months since President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine. As Russia’s war against Ukraine rages on, resounding international solidarity that emerged in response to Ukrainians’ heroic resolve has begun to mix with war fatigue, and a growing impatience for answers about how and when the fighting will conclude.This week, Freedom House experts Aimee Chen and Mike Smeltzer suggest now is the time for Ukraine’s democratic allies to start planning for how to support the country’s democratic progress when the day comes that brings the war to an end. With entire cities reduced to rubble and a devastating casualty…