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Tuesday, April 7, 2026
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Topic: MHA

‘Detailed & reliable’—India’s assurances thwart Nirav Modi’s extradition challenge before UK High Court

Fresh bid to reopen case by fugitive diamond merchant rejected as court says assurances ‘cognisable’ at diplomatic level

No platform’s ever lost safe harbour despite cases of delayed compliance with takedown notices—House panel

Panel also sharply rebuked MHA say its responses to several questions on fast-track courts, prosecution data & a unified cybercrime law were delayed, deflected or curtly dismissed.

Lawyers write to MHA over Nora Fatehi’s work permit in India— ‘misusing privilege of stay’

The song, written by Raqueeb Alam, have phrases, supposedly about a beer bottle. It has been called out for crude double meaning and graphic sexual innuendos.

Cybercrime saw 24% spike in 2025. Indians lost Rs 22,495 crore, mainly in investment scams

The data signals a worrying trend of cybercrime widening in scale, even though enforcement agencies manage to contain financial damage through real-time intervention.

Centre revises Vande Mataram version adopted by Constituent Assembly, Oppn slams ‘rewriting of history’

MHA order states that when both national song and anthem are played together, Vande Mataram will be played first, with everyone required to stand at attention.

How a PCR call led to unravelling of IPS officer’s 2023 illegal raid, detention of Nigerian national

Shankar Choudhary, a 2011 batch IPS officer of AGMUT cadre, was booked by Delhi Police after Ministry of Home Affairs, in July last year, recommended a detailed probe against him.

NIA drops human trafficking charge in US deportation case, 2 Karnal ‘agents’ get bail

Ravi Kumar and Gopal Singh were arrested in August last year by NIA, which took over the case from the Haryana Police on the order of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Months after SC’s firm stance, Centre directs CAPFs to carry out cadre review of Group A officers

In October, SC had dismissed appeal of MHA to reconsider its order to carry out cadre review in all Central Armed Police Forces within six months.

Centre considers appointing retired judges to speed up NIA trials

Justice Secy Niraj Verma & Add'l Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati made the proposal in October, citing shortage of at least 4,000 judges in trial courts & long list of undertrials.

Village fair tattoo may cost man his CRPF future; MHA says can’t bend rules, HC to decide

MHA has told the Delhi High Court that tattoos on the right forearm—the saluting arm—violate uniformity and secular neutrality in the CAPF.  

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Air India CEO Campbell Wilson steps down amid turbulent times, to remain till successor is announced

Development comes days after Air India’s biggest rival IndiGo hired aviation industry veteran Willie Walsh as its next CEO replacing Peter Elbers.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.