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Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill 2019: UIDAI Asked for Exception

Data Protection Bill 2019: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has asked for exemption from the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Law. UIDAI functionaries said the authority is already being governed by the Aadhaar Act and there cannot be duplicity of laws. The Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill 2019: The genesis of this Bill lies […]

Pan-India Legal Awareness Program For Women

Pan-India Legal Awareness Program For Women: The National Commission for Women (NCW), along with National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has launched a pan-India Legal Awareness Program for Women, “Empowerment of Women through Legal Awareness” to impart practical knowledge about legal rights. The programme was launched in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh by Justice UU Lalit, Judge Supreme […]

Indian Telegraph Right Of Way (Amendment) Rules, 2021

Indian Telegraph Right Of Way (Amendment) Rules, 2021 The Central Government has notified the Indian Telegraph Right of Way (Amendment) Rules, 2021. The rule aims to incorporate the provisions related to nominal one-time compensation and uniform procedure for establishment of Overground Telegraph Line in the Indian Telegraph Right of Way Rules, 2016. The amount of […]

The Draft Amendments To Juvenile Justice Model Rules, 2016

The Draft Amendments To Juvenile Justice Model Rules, 2016: The Ministry of Women and Child Development has proposed the draft amendments to Juvenile Justice Model Rules, 2016. This follows the passage of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) (JJ) Amendment Bill, 2021, in Parliament. As per the proposed amendments: Individuals who receive foreign […]

Judicial Review In Matters Related To National Security

Judicial Review In Matters Related To National Security: Supreme Court has made few observations regarding the applicability of judicial review in matters related to ‘National Security’ of the Country. The Court was responding to submissions made by Solicitor-General for the Centre, in the Pegasus snooping case. The government had refused the court’s repeated advice to […]

Amendments To The Registration Of Births And Deaths Act, 1969

Amendments To The Registration Of Births And Deaths Act, 1969: The Centre has proposed amendments to the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 that will enable it to “maintain the database of registered birth and deaths at the national level”. Presently, the registration of births and deaths is done by the local registrar appointed […]

Project Readiness Financing (PRF) Loan for Mizoram

Asian Development Bank (ADB): The Indian government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a USD 4.5 million Project Readiness Financing (PRF) loan to support urban mobility in Mizoram. Earlier, the ADB and the Government of India signed a USD 484 million loan to improve transport connectivity and industrial development in the Chennai – Kanyakumari […]

Barbados Has Elected Its First President

Barbados Has Elected Its First President: Barbados has elected its first President, a key step in preparations to become a republic and remove Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as head of state of the Caribbean island. Sandra Mason, the current governor-general, is set to be sworn in as President on November 30, the country’s 55th anniversary […]

Operation Red Rose

Operation Red Rose: In 2020, Punjab’s Excise Department launched Operation Red Rose to curb illicit liquor trading and nail excise-related crimes. A year-and-a-half later, with the use of precise tracking and monitoring systems to check illicit distillation and smuggling of liquor, the results in terms of the number of suspects booked for crimes, convictions and […]

National Fund To Control Drug Abuse

National Fund To Control Drug Abuse: The Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry has recently recommended that the National Fund to Control Drug Abuse be used to carry out de-addiction programmes, rather than just policing activities National Fund to Control Drug Abuse: It was created in accordance with a provision of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic […]