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SC shocked at issuance of black warrants for death penalty execution February 21, 2020 13:15

Black warrants have been issued for execution of a death penalty by a trial court even before the expiration of the 60- day time period which has been provided in order to file an appeal before it.SA Bobde who is the Chief Justice of India has headed a bench which had referred the verdict given by the top court which has said that the issuance of a death warrant could not be done before the expiry of the 60- day mandatory period which is to file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the judgement of the high court confirming the death penalty.It has stayed the death warrant that has been issued by a sessions court in Gujarat against convict Anil Surendra Singh Yadav. Anil Surendra Singh Yadav is said to be a convict in a case of rape and murder where in the 22 year old accused has raped and murdered a three year old girl in Surat.It has said that, “We want to know as to how such orders issuing black warrants are being passed by the trial court despite a reported judgment in this regard. Someone has to explain this. The judicial process can’t be allowed to happen like this.”Tushar Mehta who is Solicitor General has said that the ignorance of law could not be a ground which has led to the judges passing such an order.One of the death row convicts of the 2012 Delhi rape and murder case Vinay Sharma Is said to have injured himself by banging his head against a wall in Tihar jail.The lawyer of the convict Vinay Sharma has told the court that the convict had been on hunger strike in Tihar jail and has also claimed that Vinay Sharma had been assaulted in jail and was suffering with head injuries. He had also saying that the convict has been suffering from acute mental illness and therefore the death sentence cannot be executed.Later, a Delhi court has sought the replies that were given by the authorities of the jail regarding the plea by Vinay Sharma for better treatment for the mental illness, schizophrenia and the injuries in his head and arm.It has been directed by the court that the four men named Mukesh kumar Singh of 32 years old, Pawan Gupta of 25 years old, Vinay Kumar Sharma of 26 years old and Akshay Kumar of 31 years old to be hanged by their neck during the early hours of the day on March 3 at 6 am.The four convicts of the Nirbhaya Delhi rape and murder case are said to be accused of raping a young woman of 23 years old in a moving bus and torturing her and later the body of the victim has been thrown on the streets of Delhi.By Shrithika Kushangi

Accord on Intellectual Property Rights with US has been cleared by India February 19, 2020 18:09

The approval of a plan in order to sign an initial pact on the intellectual property rights withe the United States has been signed by the cabinet of India, as said by a government minister, few days prior to the visit made by the President of the United States Donald Trump to India.India has been urged since long by the United States in order to strengthen the protection for the intellectual property and also has been a cause for the friction that has been caused on top of the disputes due to trade between the two countries of India and the United States.Prakash Javadekar who is the minister of Information and Broadcasting has said that the approval for an MoU with the United States has been secured at the cabinet meeting which has been presided over by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.By Shrithika Kushangi

SC Orders Centre to Grant Permanent Commission in Army to Women Officers February 17, 2020 13:26

The Supreme Court has passed an order on Monday which has ordered the Indian Army to grant permanent commission to women within three months and will also be eligible for command posting on par with the male officers and has rejected the stereotypes which say that women are only responsible for the domestic duties.A time period of three months has been granted to the Centre by a bench of justices D Y Chandrachud and Ajay Rastogi. The bench has granted the time period to the Centre in order to implement the orders that have been made and has also slammed the Centre for denying the provision of equal opportunities to the women officers by raising the ground of social norms, the limitations that are based regarding the physiology and also the family obligations that are associated with women.The bench has said that the permanent commission in Army must also be provided to the women officers and also a change of mindset is required on part of the government in order to put an end to the discrimination based on the gender in the armed forces.The Supreme Court has ruled that the permanent commission would be granted to all the Short Service Commission (SSC) women officers who are less than 14 as well as beyond 14 years of service as it has noted that there exists no ground which would deny the permanent commission to the women officers even though they have completed 14 years.At present, the women officers can only serve for 10-14 years in the Short Service Commission and the entry of women were said to be allowed into Army Service Corps, Ordnance, Education Corps, Judge Advocate General, Engineers, Signals, Intelligence and Electrical and the branches of Mechanical Engineering and there exists no option for the allowance of women in the combat roles like infantry, armoured, mechanized infantry, aviation and artillery.The Supreme Court has said that the arguments that have been made by the Centre which has raised the issue of limitations based on physiology and the social norms and has denied the opportunities for the women officers is now not acceptable as the women officers have performed exceptionally well and brought laurels.The Supreme Court has cited the examples of Captain Tanya Shergill and Captain Madhumita and also the other women officers who are convoy commanders in Leh and Udhamnagar and also among the other places.By Shrithika Kushangi

India’s three COVID-19 Patients of Kerala Successfully Recover February 15, 2020 14:32

Three patients who have been identified as being infected by the deadly COVID-19 have been successfully recovered from the infection as on the 14th of February.Thomas Isaac who is the Finance Minister of Kerala has confirmed the recovery of the three patients who have been diagnosed with coronavirus as he had posted in his twitter handle where in he has said that Kerala has won the battle with coronavirus. Just as in the case of Nipah, Kerala has won battle with Corona Virus. All the 3 patients identified have been confirmed by Central authorities to have fully recovered. No case of secondary spread. Number under quarantine observation drastically coming down.Congats Health Dept. — Thomas Isaac (@drthomasisaac) February 14, 2020 The health officials of the state of Kerala had declared that the first two cases which have been tested positive of the deadly COVID-19 from the districts of Thrissur and Alappuzha have been completely recovered after they have been tested negative for the COVID-19 infection. It has also been said that the third student from Kasargod who has been tested positive for the virus has now recovered but remains under observation for some more time.The health officials of Kerala have relieved about 1,062 people who have been suspected to be infected by the coronavirus and about 2,397 patients are said to continue to be in observation and are quarantined out of which 2,375 are said to be quarantined in homes and the 22 have been isolated in the hospitals.The coronavirus outbreak has been declared as a state disaster on the 3rd of February as the number of COVID-19 cases have increased to three and the declaration has been later on withdrawn on the during last week as there had been no more cases recorded of being infected with the coronavirus.The COVID-19 has started in the Wuhan City of China and the first case has been reported on the 31st of the month of December last year and the count has come up to around 64,000 people being infected around the world and the death toll has increased to around 1,380 people in China.By Shrithika Kushangi

Passenger onboard SpiceJet flight Suspected of Coronavirus February 13, 2020 15:23

A passenger who was on board a SpiceJet flight which was from Bangkok to Delhi has been suspected of having infected with the deadly coronavirus. The person who was suspected has been quarantined after he had landed at the airport in Delhi.A spokesperson of the SpiceJet has said that on the 13th of February, a passenger who was travelling on the SpiceJet flight SG-88 which was said to be operating between Bangkok and Delhi, was suspected of being infected by the coronavirus which is now named as COVID- 19. The passenger had been quarantined after landing in Delhi by the Airport Health Organization (APHO).Earlier, a study has been made regarding the list of countries that are more likely to import the cases of the deadly COVID- 19 by a team of researchers from the Humboldt University in Germany. It has been stated that India ranks in the 17th position among the list of countries.The relative import risk of the deadly coronavirus for India has been found to be 0.219 per cent based on the study that was conducted by analysing the patterns of the sir traffic which connected 4,000 airports across the world and with over 25,000 direct connections between them.The death toll in the outbreak of the China’s novel coronavirus has increased up to 1,369 and the cases that have been confirmed as being infected with the deadly coronavirus has risen up to 60,347.The Wuhan city of China is said to be the epicenter of the disease and the coronavirus had been spread to various countries where as the first death regarding the coronavirus has been recorded in Philippines. It is said that the coronavirus has spread across 25 countries.India has confirmed three cases of the deadly COVID- 19 and all the three cases have been recorded in Kerala.By Shrithika Kushangi

Shots Fired at AAP MLA Naresh Yadav’s Convoy February 12, 2020 10:29

Shots have been fired at Naresh Yadav who is an MLA of Aam Admi Party while returning from a temple visit. This attack on the MLA and the volunteers of the Aam Admi Party has been done hours after the landslide victory in the 2020 Delhi Assembly elections where in the party has won 62 of the Capital’s 70 seats.The MLA has escaped unhurt where as one volunteer has died while another has been injured.The Aam Admi Party has posted in its official twitter handle saying that shots have been fired at AAP MLA Naresh Yadav and the volunteers who were accompanying him while they were on their way back from the temple. It has also mentioned that at least one volunteer has passed away due to the wound caused by the bullet that has been shot and another volunteer being injured.The post in the official twitter handle of the party has added saying “Volunteer Ashok Mann has passed away in the attack at AAP MLA Naresh Yadav. Today we have lost one of our family member. May his soul rest in peace.”The attack on the MLA of Aam Admi Party and his supporters has been done at around 10:30 pm on Tuesday night when Naresh Yadav was said to be in the Kishangarh village of south Delhi. He was standing in an open car along with his supporters after he left the temple when unknown persons had opened fire at his car.Mr Naresh Yadav has said that there were celebratory fireworks in the area when his car was passing and he had initially thought that the sound was that of the fireworks that were being lit as a part of the celebrations. The MLA Naresh Yadav has made a move to another car when he had realized that his car has been shot at.Mr Naresh Yadav has demanded the police to check the CCTV footage thoroughly in order to identify the assailants who shot at his convoy in an attempt to kill him, as said to the news agency ANI.“The incident is really unfortunate. I do not know the reason behind the attack but it had happened all of a sudden. Around four rounds were fired. The vehicle I was in was attacked. I am sure if the police probes properly, they will be able to identify the assailant,” Naresh Yadav had been quoted as saying by the news agency ANI.Naresh Yadav had won from Mehrauli assembly seat with the Aam Admi Party winning with a voting percentage of 53.57 in 62 constituencies where as Bharatiya Janata Party has got eight seats with a vote share of 38.51 per cent and Congress party has drawn a blank in the successive elections for the second time in the assembly elections in Delhi.The Mehrauli MLA, Naresh Yadav has defeated Kusum Khatri of the Bharatiya Janata Party with a margin of 18,161 votes.The police sources has said that the attack is believed to be a gang war between two groups as Ashok Mann who has been the victim in the fire that has been shot had earlier shot at another group who have now shot at the convoy of Naresh Yadav.By Shrithika Kushangi

3 Suspects of Coronavirus Admitted to Delhi’s RML Hospital February 11, 2020 10:22

Three patients with the suspected symptoms of coronavirus have been admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi on Monday.The two persons among the three who have been suspected are identified to be Chinese nationals who have come to India on the 1st of the month January and 29th of the same month, based on the information released by the health officials.The third suspect has been identified as a 34- year old had been in Beijing from 30th of the month November last year and is said to have returned to India on Sunday.Tests have been conducted on the suspected individuals and the samples have been sent for the confirmation. The reports are still awaited.India has recorded three confirmed cases of coronavirus as of now and all the three cases that have been confirmed were recorded in Kerala.Preeti Sudan who is the Secretary of Health has chaired a video conference with the other Secretaries of Health from various States/ Union Territories along with the senior officials from the Ministries of Shipping, Civil Aviation and Home Affairs in order to review their actions and the preparedness for the prevention and the management of the novel coronavirus.She has asked the Health Secretaries of all the States and Union Territories to stay alert and be prepared regarding the outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus and has also asked to review the availability of the isolation rooms and isolation beds, personal protective equipment kits and the N95 masks.The government of Kerala has declared the coronavirus epidemic as a “state calamity”, a few days ago.The deadly novel coronavirus has been recorded as started in the Wuhan city of China and has spread at an alarming rate to various other countries as well. The virus has been claiming the lives of several people and several thousands are being affected by the deadly novel coronavirus.By Shrithika Kushangi

India Post to start a Digital Parcel Locker in Kolkata February 10, 2020 19:04

The India Post has decided to help the ones miss out receiving their parcels as they would have to leave for their work and there would be no one at home in order to receive their parcels.The Kolkata Circle will be launching a free digital parcel locker service by the end of this month which works with the addressees collecting their respective parcels from the lockers in specified post offices at their convenient time.Amitabh Singh who is the Postmaster general of the Kolkata Circle told The Hindu that the locker system is common in several countries in the southeast Asia region and in the Europe and now it would be made available in India with Kolkata being the city to start with.It has been said that the facility will be made primarily available in two post offices where in one would be situated in the New Town and the other in Sector 5 of the Salt Lake City. These locations have been chosen as these are the places where in hundreds of IT companies are concentrated and therefore those regions are filled with several number of IT professionals working and living in the areas.The addressee will have to provide the locker number as their address and the India post would be dropping their parcels at the locker numbers that have been provided by the addressees and that would be remained accessible for a week and at any hour of the day or night. The locker can be accessed with the help of an OTP as in the locker can be accessed once the OTP that has been sent is entered, with no human involvement.It has been said that the service would be now available only for the consignments that will be received through the registered post or the speed post but in the future, extending the facility to the private courier companies can be considered.By Shrithika Kushangi

SC says, Protesters at Shaheen Bagh can’t Block Public Roads February 10, 2020 17:53

The Supreme Court has said that the protesters who are protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act at the Shaheen Bagh in Delhi cannot block the public roads and create inconvenience for others.Notices has been issued by the apex court to the Center, Delhi government and the police on the pleas as they seek in removing the protesters from the Shaheen Bagh.A bench has mentioned that there exists a law and people have grievance against it and therefore the matter has been pending in the court. With no concern of the existence of the matter in the court, few anti- Citizenship Amendment Act protesters are still conducting protests, said a bench that comprised of Justice S K Kaul and Justice K M Joseph.The bench has also said that the protests cannot be held on the roads as it would cause inconvenience for the public and if the protests are to conducted, it should be done in an area that is identified for the protests.The bench has added saying that no direction would be passed by the court without hearing the other side and the matter has been posted for 17th of February.Amit Sahni who is an advocate and one of the petitioners in the case has said that the extent of right to protest is the question that is to be looked on.The court had replied saying “It can’t be done ex- parte” when the bench has been urged in order to pass some direction, by the advocate Shashank Deo Sudhi who has been appearing for another petitioner and Nand Kishore who is the former BJP MLA.The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Center and the government of Delhi8 saying that the protesters at the Shaheen Bagh cannot block the public roads as it is leading to inconvenience being caused for the public.By Shrithika Kushangi

Indian Ambassador to the US presents his Credentials to Donald Trump February 07, 2020 14:31

Taranjit Singh Sandhu who is the Ambassador of India to the United States has presented his credentials to the President of United States Donald Trump in his Oval Office of the White House.The career foreign service official Taranjit Singh Sandhu has been warmly welcomed by Trump during the Oval Office credentials ceremony. The President of the United States has also wished Sandhu success in fulfilling the responsibilities as India’s ambassador to the United States.The Indian Ambassador designate has conveyed the greetings of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President Ram Nath Kovind to Donald Trump. He added saying that India and the United States are at greater strategic convergence and that has been developed by the vision and the guidance that has been provided by the the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and the President of the United States Donald Trump.The statement has said that Mr Taranjit Singh Sandhu has affirmed his commitment to work towards strengthening the strategic partnership between the two countries of India and the United States which can be attained with mutual trust between the two countries and the friendship that is being shared, the democratic values and the people- to- people ties.Alice G Wells who is the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia has extended her welcome to the India’s new ambassador to the United States through her twitter handle Extending my warmest welcome to @SandhuTaranjitS, India’s new Ambassador to the US. A strong champion of #USIndia ties, Amb. Sandhu’s proven record & deep experience augurs well for the future of our partnership. Welcome back to Washington! AGW pic.twitter.com/rPDQWe67I7 — State_SCA (@State_SCA) February 6, 2020 Mr Taranjit Singh Sandhu is said to be one of the most experienced Indian diplomats on the US affairs. He was the Deputy Chief of Mission in t5he United States from July 2013 to January 2017.He was born on 23rd of January in the year 1963 in a family of educationists and had studied at The Lawrence School and has done his graduation with History Honors in St Stephen’s College in Delhi. Sandhu had pursued a Master’s degree in the subject International Relations at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.By Shrithika Kushangi

Ranjit Bachchan murder case: shooter among the three suspects arrested in Mumbai February 06, 2020 10:40

A man has been arrested as a suspect in the murder case of Ranjit Bachchan by a joint team of police and the special task force (STF). The man has been suspected to be the one who has shot the Hindu Mahasabha leader.The man who is said to be suspected to be the shooter in the murder of Vishwa Hindu Mahasabha leader Ranjit Bachchan has been arrested on Wednesday from Mumbai.The source has said that Mumbai being taken into consideration as being connected with the murder of Ranjit Bachchan was done after the call details of the relatives of Bachchan were scrutinized based on which the shooter has been nabbed by the team of police and the special task force on Wednesday.According to the sources, the shooter who has been the accused has allegedly gone into hiding in the city of Mumbai after the incident had taken place.The sources from the police has also said that two other persons have also been taken into custody from the neighboring areas after the shooter was arrested. They had also added saying that the joint team would be reaching Lucknow on Thursday.The Hindu Mahasabha leader also known as the right wing Hindu outfit leader Ranjit Bachchan was shot dead while he was out for a morning walk in Hazratganj. Four persons have been detained earlier on Wednesday by the Special Task Force of the Lucknow police from the places of Gorakhpur and Raebareli.The founder of Vishwa Hindu Mahasabha Ranjeet Bachchan who was 40- years- old had been shot in the head by an unidentified assailant. Aditya Srivastava who is the cousin of Ranjeet Bachchan has also been injuring in the attack that has been made by an unidentified assailant who has also snatched their mobile phones.An eyewitness to the incident of the attack on Ranjeet Bachchan has been quoted. Based on the statement given by the eye witness, the police has said that the attacker had covered himself in a shawl and was on foot.Suspension of four police personnel which also included a sub- inspector has been made regarding the alleged laxity and a case has also been registered at the Hazratganj police station in connection with the incident that had occurred near the Collectorate building.A CCTV footage has been later released by the police in which the suspect has been shown and a reward of Rs 50,000 cash has also been announced by the police for providing any information.By Shrithika Kushangi

Nirbhaya Case: Delhi HC to give the Verdict on Hanging of Four Convicts Today February 05, 2020 10:50

The verdict on the central government’s plea regarding the hanging of the convicts in the Nirbhaya case will be pronounced by the High Court of Delhi on Wednesday.The future of the convicts is said to be decided by Justice Suresh Kaith who has been hearing the case. It would also be made clear whether if all the convicts can be hanged together or those with the mercy petitions that have been rejected can be executed earlier.The applications of the convicts had been submitted to the Delhi High Court by the central government with the reasons of the four guilty regarding the case misusing the judicial system which in turn made a delay in their hanging. Their order had been reserved by the high court of Delhi after the completion of the special hearing on Sunday.The verdict is said to be pronounced by the Delhi high court at 2:30pm on Wednesday on the application by the Center. The Nirbhaya’s parents have mentioned the issue before Justice Kaith on Tuesday and had pleaded that the decision to be taken quickly.The curative petition of the three from the four convicts in the Nirbhaya case have already been rejected by the Supreme Court.However, the mercy petitions that have been filed by Mukesh and Vinay were rejected by the President where as the mercy petition that has been filed by Akshay is still pending with the President’s office at the moment.New applications are being submitted repeatedly by the guilty and the mercy petitions are being pending at the court is in turn leading to the postponement as their death warrant has already been stopped twice by the Patiala House Court.A death warrant has been issued by the Patiala high court in order to hang the guilty on the 1st of February but it has been later stopped from being executed as the mercy petition that has been filed at the President’s office by Vinay who is one among the four guilty.The Nirbhaya case is about a gang rape case that took place in the year 2012 and has shook the entire nation. A young woman who was a 23- year- old physiotherapist intern had been gang raped by four men in a moving bus on the night of the 16th of December, 2012 in South Delhi and had been tortured and was later thrown on the streets of Delhi. She has struggled hard for life and has died on the fortnight at a Singapore hospital.By Shrithika Kushangi

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