NEW DELHI: The central public works department (CPWD) procured 405 air purifiers in past four years. These were provided to offices, chambers, VIP lounges, dining halls, courtrooms, ministers’ chambers and Constitution Club of India, govt told Lok Sabha on Thursday.In a written reply, housing and urban affairs ministry said during 2023–24 and 2024–25, CPWD procured…
Supreme Court stays UGC equity regulations 2026 (image source: PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the implementation of the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) Equity Regulations 2026, halting a contentious framework that triggered campus protests, political reactions and multiple legal challenges within days of being notified.According to PTI, a bench of Chief Justice of India…
NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court has heeded a suggestion of a woman district judge, which came a few years ago, and cleared a proposal on the use of gender-neutral terms in court-related documents. In a communication on Jan 15, the court administration told all district courts to replace the requirement of the father’s/husband’s name with…
NEW DELHI: Amid Poland’s efforts to step up ties with Pakistan, external affairs minister S Jaishankar told his visiting Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski that Poland should display zero-tolerance for terrorism instead of fuelling the terrorist infrastructure in India’s neighbourhood.Warsaw has been looking to expand its trade, defence and energy ties with Pakistan and Sikorski visited…
New Zealand and Kenyan courts have dismissed India’s attempts to claim exclusive rights over basmati rice using WTO’s TRIPS provisions. New Zealand and Kenyan courts have rejected India’s attempt to secure exclusive marketing rights for basmati rice by invoking the WTO’s Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement. In separate rulings issued last month,…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that constitutional courts cannot prescribe timelines for the President or governors while they decide on bills passed by state legislatures. Calling such directions unconstitutional, the court delivered its opinion on a presidential reference that sought clarity on whether courts could mandate time-bound action under Articles 200 and…
NEW DELHI: Two CRPF schools and several courts in the national capital received bomb threats via e-mail on Tuesday, prompting immediate security alerts and precautionary measures, officials said.The schools, located in Prashant Vihar and Dwarka, received the threats around 9 am, the Delhi Fire Services said.Three court complexes in Delhi, including the Saket District Court…
Two separate courts have ordered US immigration authorities to halt the deportation of Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam, a 64-year-old Indian-origin man from Pennsylvania who spent more than four decades in prison for a murder conviction that was later overturned.Vedam, is a legal permanent resident who has lived in the United States since he was nine months…