The Human Rights Watch says countries which deepen ties with Modi govt by ignoring India’s ‘troubling human rights record’, squanders leverage to protect country’s ‘endangered civic space’.
Court also ruled that civil action can be brought against govt if statement made by minister results in act of omission or commission by officers, leading to harm or loss to a person.
The judge, in her dissent, said that a statement made by a minister can be vicariously attributed to the government if it represents the view of the government as well.
Leena Manimekalai’s poster for documentary, showing a woman dressed as Goddess Kali smoking a cigarette, has led to calls for her arrest. I have nothing to lose, she says in response.
At conference to negotiate UN cybercrime treaty, Indian proposal echoes Section 66A curbs, calls for criminalisation of sharing ‘grossly offensive’ messages, among other things.
According to government reply in Lok Sabha, the pilot phase of PMIS is being used to test concepts, strategies and systems before a full-scale implementation of the scheme.
Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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