The apex court sought response from Union Government on a petition challenging the Constitutional validity of Section 66A of the Information Technology Act. What’s the matter? What is...
The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 – was passed by Parliament in May, 2012 to address the evil of child sexual abuse. Definition of a...
Dr Madhav Chavan has won the WISE Prize. The WISE Prize is considered to be the "Nobel prize for Education". Prize of $500,000 (£314,000) In recognition for his...
Figures released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) show that Uttar Pradesh topped: the list death convicts lodged in various jails in the country in 2011 the...
The British tax authorities launched an investigation into allegations of money laundering against HSBC. HSBC Bank has been accused of opening offshore bank accounts in Jersey for serious...
India Against Corruption (IAC) charged HSBC Bank with unning ‘hawala’ (money laundering) transactions. IAC members alleged that Mukesh and Anil Ambani among others, had crores of rupees sitting...
The Assam State Election Commission in order to politically empower the womenfolk in the State has announced 50% reservation of seats in the panchayats for women. This verdict...
Government has given its approval for granting retired paramilitary personnel from forces like CRPF, CISF, BSF, ITBP and SSB the status of ex-servicemen which will enable them to...
The Union Cabinet approved amendments made to the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 and Building and Other Construction Workers’...
Primitive Tribal Groups (PTGs) have been denied of sterilization facilities for three decades. It was happening due to misinterpretation of an order issued in 1979 by the then...
