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SC agrees to examine BJP leader's plea against AAP MLA's election

India, Aug. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a plea moved by BJP leader Yogender Chandolia challenging the election of the AAP's Vishesh Ravi from Delhi's Karol Bagh Assembly consti... Read More


Nuclear liability cap: SC seeks Govt's stand on compensation

India, Aug. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to clarify whether courts are precluded from granting fair and just compensation under the SHANTI Act in case of a nuclear accident. A b... Read More


Cauvery row: SC tells Karnataka to comply with water release order

India, Aug. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Karnataka Government to ensure compliance of the Cauvery Water Management Authority's (CWMA) direction on the release of Cauvery water to Tamil ... Read More


India protects its neem better than its DNA

India, Aug. 18 -- Section 2(c) of the Biological Diversity Act protects every living thing in India except Indians. The law that might fix it closes in nine months Your DNA is written in a chemical a... Read More


CM launches cleanliness campaign, best wards to get up to Rs 1 crore monthly

India, Aug. 18 -- Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday launched the "Delhi Ko Kude Se Azadi, Swachhta Abhiyan 2026" at Kedarnath Sahni Auditorium, announcing a ward-level cleanliness competition. In ... Read More


Hundreds of sanitation workers protest over Kalyanpuri killing, demand compensation

India, Aug. 18 -- Hundreds of sanitation workers and auto-tipper drivers from across Delhi protested at Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital on Monday over the killing of a on-duty sanitation worker in Kalyan... Read More


Inside MPs plan to ease the pain at petrol pumps

Nairobi, Aug. 18 -- A parliamentary committee has proposed a reduction of the fuel pricing components subject to Value Added Tax (VAT) in a bid to help lower pump prices, especially whenever global co... Read More


Our roads are killing people who cannot afford to drive

Nairobi, Aug. 18 -- In Nairobi, 40 percent of daily trips are made on foot. You would not know it from the infrastructure. A Bill in Parliament, and a template already built in Addis Ababa, offer a wa... Read More


New bill to protect the State from terrorism to be presented to Parliament

Sri Lanka, Aug. 18 -- Cabinet approval has been granted to present to Parliament, the new 'Protection of the State from Terrorism' bill, which was prepared to address the shortcomings of the Preventio... Read More


Namal questions judicial independence over minister's jail remarks

Sri Lanka, Aug. 18 -- Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna National Organiser and Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa raised surprise questioning how can a minister could claim that he will be sent to prison ... Read More