Ship recycling law passed by India – The recycling of ships Bill 2019 was passed by the Indian Parliament on 9th December 2019. The new act is a part of India’s efforts to boost its ship recycling capacity by 40% by 2024 and is likely to boost jobs to about 90,000
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi defends the new citizenship law – It is India’s cultural and national responsibility to give refuge to Pakistan’s minorities who’ve escaped religious persecution – The protesters should raise their voice against Pakistan instead of protesting against the Parliament of India
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Amit Shah questions, why have non-BJP states in India not seen violence? Shah alleges publicly that the protests against CAA were politically motivated because no violence took place in states where BJP is not in power and this explains the intent behind the protests. Opposition parties, mainly Congress, should explain why protests were violent only in the BJP ruled states
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UP activist Ekta and Ravi Shekhar released weeks after citizenship law protest, reunited with their baby
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Lawyers in Lucknow refused to appear for protesters causing violence against the citizenship law
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A regional passport chief in Chandigarh named Sibash Kaviraj is helping Indian women with runaway husbands who have misled their wife’s in India. Kaviraj realized the law would allow him to suspend and even cancel the passport of overseas Indian men who marry Indian women in India and mislead them
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After a period of 23 years, the Delhi High Court convicted two men for raping a minor girl and abetting the crime respectively. The court said the medical evidence corroborated the victim’s testimony
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The Delhi High Court holds computer-related inventions demonstrating technical effect or technical contribution are patentable even though it may be based on a computer program. The judgment is issued in the case of Ferid Allani versus. Union of India and others
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The Bombay High Court suggests the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to set up complaint boxes in every school under it to tackle the problems pertaining to lack of drinking water and toilet facilities for students. The High Court said issues faced by students could be made to write in complaints and sought orders to the civic authorities to provide better facilities for children
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A magistrate court in Mumbai has issued a non-bailable warrant against a member of Parliament, Gopal Shetty for not appearing during a court hearing. The case pertains to Shetty putting up hoardings in Borivali area of Mumbai which said ‘Lootere Vakilose Savdhan’ (be careful of lawyers who are dacoits)
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The Madras High Court refuses to permit the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation to disburse the penal interest for delay in settling pension benefits to its employees in monthly installments. The interest, cured at the rate of 6%, should be paid within three months
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Maninder Singh, already a murder convict out on bail, murders a 27-year-old nurse working in a hospital in Mohali for refusing to marry him. The reason for refusal was their caste differences
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