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Pakistan misusing anti-terror laws to silence Baloch voices, Amnesty Inter
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Amnesty International condemned the Balochistan government for adding 32 activists, including women, to Pakistan's terrorist watchlist, calling it a violation of rights. The group urged removal from arbitrary lists, an independent probe into civilian deaths in Zehri, and amendments to anti-t
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Centre notifies amendments to IT Rules, 2021 to enhance transparency, acco
Updated : 5 months ago IST
These amendments strengthen the framework of due diligence obligations of intermediaries under the Information Technology Act, 2000 ("IT Act"). Specifically, the amendments to Rule 3(1)(d) introduce additional safeguards to ensure that removal of unlawful content by intermediaries is carr
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Centre notifies amended IT rules to enhance transparency, accountability
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Specifically, the amendments to Rule 3(1)(d) introduce additional safeguards to ensure that removal of unlawful content by intermediaries is carried out in a transparent, proportionate and accountable manner.
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TRAI issues draft amendments to Telecommunication Tariff Order and Account
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Thursday released draft amendments to the Telecommunication Tariff Order, 1999 and the Reporting System on Accounting Separation Regulations, 2016, aimed at strengthening compliance and ensuring transparency in the telecom sector.
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RBI eases rules to facilitate cross-border trade and export payments
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
An RBI release said that Authorised Dealer (AD) banks in India and their overseas branches can now lend in Indian Rupees to individuals and institutions in Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, including banks in these jurisdictions, to facilitate cross-border trade transactions
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Congress credits Sonia, Manmohan for RTI, accuses BJP of weakening law thr
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
As the Right to Information (RTI) Act completed 20 years since its implementation on October 12, 2005, senior Congress leaders on Sunday credited former Congress President Sonia Gandhi and then former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for introducing one of India's most transformative transpa
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Shops, businesses closed amid protests in PoJK
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Demonstrators chanted slogans as they held small rallies in front of closed shops during a week of the unrest, which started on September 29.
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After talks, PoJK protesters, Islamabad come to negotiating table
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The intense negotiations between the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC) and a high-profile team from Islamabad came to results on midnight on Friday as both sides agreed on a draft with some minor amendments, as reported by Dawn, citing one of the participants.
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Union Minister Jitendra Singh appeals to uphold Central Adminstrative Trib
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Speaking at the 10th All India Conference of the Central Administrative Tribunal at Bharat Mandapam, Jitendra Singh urged members of the judiciary to voluntarily come forward to take up assignments in CAT "in the interest of administration of justice and in the service of the nation." He obs
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Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch slams Pakistan's "weaponised" anti-terror a
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch condemned Pakistan's amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act, calling them a tool to silence peaceful dissent. She highlighted enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and attacks on Baloch civilians, urging her community to resist fear and continue the
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"Major step towards undoing unconstitutional, illegal amendments made by B
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's order on staying certain provisions of the Waqf Amendment Act and said that this decision is a major step towards "undoing the unconstitutional" amendments which have been incorporated in the Waqf Amendment Act.
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"High chance that religious conversion bill will be reintroduced in Vidhan
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Rajasthan Minister Jogaram Patel on Thursday said that several key bills, including those related to religious conversion, universities, and amendments to the law on MLAs' pensions, are likely to be introduced during the upcoming monsoon session of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, schedul
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