WEF’s Gender Gap Report 2022: India Ranks 135 Out Of 146 Worldwide
The World Economic Forum’s latest Gender Gap Report showed that India improved its overall ranking in attaining gender parity in 2022, climbing five spots to reach 135 out of 146 countries. India was ranked 140 out of 156 countries in 2021. In the Global Gender Report 2022, which includes the Gender Gap Index, the gender […]
Delhi HC Slams Centre Over One Page Response To PM CARES Fund Plea
On Tuesday, the Delhi High Court was baffled by the Union government’s “one-page” reply arguing that the PM CARES Fund is a “Trust” rather than a “State”. The reply submitted by the Centre in the petition last year, was rejected by a bench comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad, who said […]
Shiv Sena Challenges Governor’s Order For Floor Test, SC To Hear Plea Today
Sunil Prabhu, chief whip of the Shiv Sena, has approached the Supreme Court after the governor of Maharashtra directed CM Uddhav Thackeray to prove a majority tomorrow in the legislative assembly, as per latest reports. Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi has mentioned the matter before the apex court for urgent hearing on Wednesday evening. The […]
Gujarat Riots: SC Rejects Plea Challenging SIT’s Clean Chit To PM Modi, 64 Others
The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition by Zakia Jafri, who contested the clean chit provided by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others, in the 2002 Godhra massacre related riots. Zakia is the widow of Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, who was slain during the 2002 post-Godhra violence at the […]
Who Are The Candidates In The Race To Become The President Of India?
On Tuesday, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance named Droupadi Murmu as its presidential candidate. The 64-year-old leader from Odisha could become the second woman, and first tribal community leader to be elected as the President of India. Who Is Droupadi Murmu? Murmu has many firsts to her name as a grassroots politician. She was the […]
Côte d’Ivoire Welcomes Repatriated Families As Refugee Status Expires
Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, is in Côte d’Ivoire this week, to help commemorate World Refugee Day alongside former refugees who have returned home before the formal end to the Ivorian refugee status later this month. The process of legally terminating the refugee status – the application of cessation clauses – begins […]
UN Agency To Cut Back Food Assistance For 1.7 Million People In South Sudan
As the conflict in Ukraine drains funding from the world’s youngest country and causes prices of staples to soar, the food assistance branch of the United Nations – the World Food Programme (WFP) – has suspended aid to 1.7 million people in South Sudan. More than 6 million acutely food-insecure individuals in South Sudan are expected […]
Jal Jeevan Mission: Centre Claims Over 50 Percent Of Rural Households Have Tap Water Supply
As the Modi government recently completed eight years in power, the Centre announced that more than 50 percent of rural households in India now have access to tap water. The Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 15, 2019, intends to provide safe drinking water to every rural family and […]
Why Is The Representation Of Muslims In Indian Politics Dwindling?
After the tenures of three sitting Rajya Sabha MPs — Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Syed Zafar Islam, and MJ Akbar — expire in the next two months, the BJP will have no Muslim members in the Parliament. The ruling party has 301 Lok Sabha members, out of which none belong to the Muslim community. On July […]
Explained: The Gandhis’ Involvement In The National Herald Money Laundering Case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has called Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and party president Sonia Gandhi for interrogation in connection with a money laundering case involving the National Herald newspaper. According to sources, the investigation agency intends to record the two Congress leaders’ remarks under criminal provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). […]
