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SC upholds interview criteria for designation of senior advocates, issues
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Friday issued fresh guidelines relating to the process for designation of senior advocates and upheld the interview criteria for it and recommended diversity, particularly with respect to gender and first-generation lawyers.
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Statement of WFI president Brij Bhushan recorded by Delhi Police
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Delhi Police filed two FIRs on April 28 following the notice by the Supreme Court. Earlier this year, prominent wrestlers came forward to lead a protest against the WFI chief, following which the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur announced the formation of an 'overs
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West Bengal CM proposes "diploma doctors" for primary healthcare centres t
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Stressing the need for meeting the shortage of doctors and nurses at hospitals, she asked the health secretary to form a committee to decide on the legal aspects of such diploma courses to train more doctors for primary healthcare units.
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Israel Defence Forces apologizes for death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Al Jazeera journalist was tragically gunned down on May 11, 2022, while another journalist Ali Al Samudi who was present with Akleh was also shot, according to CNN.
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Rajasthan PCC chief calls Sachin Pilot's Jan Sangharsh Yatra "personal jou
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee president Govind Singh Dotasara on Thursday called Sachin Pilot's 'Jan Sangharsh Yatra' a "personal journey", and said that it has nothing to do with a party.
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Delhi HC directs for surprise checks at Tihar Jail; seeks report on food s
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Justice Prathiba M Singh directed the committee to check what food is being provided to inmates in a day for breakfast, lunch and dinner and file a detailed report.
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Mpox is no longer a "global health emergency": World Health Organisation
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
He said that on Wednesday, the emergency committee for mpox met and recommended him that the multi-country outbreak of mpox no longer represents a public health emergency of international concern.
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Bank of England raises interest rate by 25 bps to 4.5 pc
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Bank of England's monetary policy committee hiked key interest rates by 25 basis points (100 basis points is equal to one percentage point) to 4.5 per cent, the highest in over a decade or so.
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"Failure of Punjab govt": SGPC chief over Amritsar blast
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
After a low-intensity blast took place in the vicinity of the Golden Temple in Punjab's Amritsar in the early hours of Thursday, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee chief Harjinder Singh Dhami accused the state government of being a "total failure" in preventing such incidents.
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Drug use by students in Pakistan's Sindh, a cause of concern
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Sindh Assembly Standing Committee on Home Department recently decided to establish a task force to tackle drug use in educational institutions across the province, Pakistan based The Express Tribune newspaper reported.
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Chhattisgarh: Congress starts exercise to select speakers ahead of assembl
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CPCC) launched the exercise to select good speakers under the campaign 'Congress Ki Aawaz' to ensure the propagation of the state government's achievements during the upcoming assembly elections and highlight the shortcomings of the Bharatiya Janata P
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Unstable, volatile Afghanistan causes worry to UN
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Worsening human rights, in particular women's and girls' rights, poverty, hunger, terrorism and the spread of drug trafficking are among the issues that the people of Afghanistan have been facing under Taliban rule.
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