Chechen law enforcement officers in Russia had physically attacked human rights defenders and lawyers Sergey Babinets and Oleg Khabibrakhmanov and woman human rights attorney Natalia Dobronravova, while they were providing legal assistance for their clients in Nizhnii Novgorod, on January 20. During the incident, Chechen officials abducted the human rights defender’s client, Zarema Musaeva, who is the mother of human rights defender Abubakar Yangulbayev. Front Line Defenders (FLD) says that it believes that these attacks and the abduction are related to the human rights defenders’ human rights work. Both Sergey Babinets and Oleg Khabibrakhmanov are human rights lawyers working with the Russian-based NGO Committee Against Torture” (CAT).…
Author: Editor's Desk, Tattva News
India’s exports of Gems and Jewellery shot up by a whopping 71% during the first three quarters of the current Financial Year, April-December 2021(Provisional) over the same period previous year. The sector clocked USD 28.9 Billion exports as compared to USD 16.9 Billion during the same period in the year 2020. Compared to the same period before the Covid pandemic struck, the Gems and Jewellery sector registered a growth of 3% over USD 28.0 Billion achieved in April-December 2019. In the month of December, 2021 alone, India exported Gems and Jewellery worth $2.99 Billion, registering a growth of 16.38% over $2.57…
Modern scholars stated that the 800-year-old Magna Carta, a document that constitutes a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges, laid the foundation of democracy. But much before the Magna Carta came into existence in 1215, the Indian subcontinent was already replete with several independent republics, some as old as 6th century BC. Mohan Guruswamy wrote in 2015, “The main characteristics of these were a raja, elected or hereditary, and a deliberative assembly. These assemblies met regularly and passed laws pertaining to finances, administration and justice….While the assemblies mostly comprised the nobility and landowners, in some cases, they included all free…
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, in association with ICEA, released a 5-year roadmap and Vision Document for the electronics sector today, titled “$300 bn Sustainable Electronics Manufacturing & Exports by 2026.” This roadmap is the second volume of a two-part Vision Document – the first of which titled “Increasing India’s Electronics Exports and Share in GVCs” was released in November 2021. This report provides a year-wise break-up and production projections for the various products that will lead India’s transformation into a US$300 billion electronics manufacturing powerhouse, from the current US$75 billion. Amongst the key products that are expected…
India’s swashbuckling opener Smriti Mandhana was named asthe ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year, for her incredible run of form across all formats in 2021. Mandhana was short-listed for the top award — the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy — along with Tammy Beaumont of England, Lizelle Lee of South Africa and Gaby Lewis of Ireland, the ICC said in a statement. Despite India enduring a difficult 2021, Mandhana’s stock continued to rise this year. In the limited-overs series against South Africa where India won just two of the eight matches at home, Mandhana played a major role in both of the wins. She…
Paying floral tribute to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 125th birth anniversary, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sar Sanghachalak Dr Mohan Bhagwatsaid that Bose was a symbol of courage, sacrifice and patriotism, who dedicated his entire life for the freedom expectant people of Bharat. Addressing a distinguished gathering in Imphal of Imphal, on Sunday, he pointed out that even though the RSS celebrates Netaji’s birth anniversary regularly this year’s celebration is important as it falls with the 75th year of India’s independence, for which Netaji sacrificed his entire life. “For the sake of independence, Netaji left home to go abroad…
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) approves acquisition by GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Overseas Limited and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare UK Trading Limited (Acquirers) of shareholding in GlaxoSmithKline Asia Private Limited (Target) under Section 31(1) of the Competition Act, 2002. The Proposed Combination involves collective acquisition of 100% shares of the Target by the Acquirers. Further, prior to the proposed combination, GSKAPL will acquire the trademarks pertaining to “Iodex” and “Ostocalcium” brands in India alongwith the legal, economic, commercial and marketing rights of such brands and other associated assets (GSK Consumer Brands) from GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited. GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Overseas Limited is a…
National Girl Child Day is celebrated in the country on January 24 every year with an objective to provide support and opportunities to the girls of India. It aims towards promoting awareness about the rights of the girl child and to increase awareness on the importance of girl education, and their health and nutrition and also to promote the girls position in the society to make their living better among the society. Gender discrimination is a major problem that girls or women face throughout their life. National Girl Child Day was first initiated in 2008 by the Ministry of Women…
Quoting Netaji that “Never lose faith in the dream of independent India, there is no power in the world that can shake India”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that today we have a goal to fulfil the dreams of independent India. We have the goal of building a new India before the hundredth year of independence. Modi unveiled a hologram statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at India Gate, last evening. This hologram would be in place till the work of the statue of Netaji is completed. The statue would be unveiled in the same place to mark the year-long…
The Samajik Samarasata Manch (SSM) has welcomed the Narendra Modi- government decision for extending the tenure of the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) by three years. SSM All India Convenor Shyam Prasad said that the Government of India has taken a historic decision. He recalled that the previous government used to extend it’s term by one year and sometimes for six months, due to which the NCSK could not function effectively. He recalled that the Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment has stated in the Lok Sabha on last December 2 that 43,797 manual scavengers have been identified,…