Former Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti received his tumultuous bid to turn out to be US ambassador to India on Wednesday, filling a key diplomatic place that has been vacant for greater than two years.
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Governors can’t precipitate the autumn of elected governments: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday mentioned that Governors significantly undermine democracy in the event that they use their constitutional workplace to name for a belief vote, citing dissension inside a ruling political occasion, and precipitate the autumn of a legitimately established and functioning authorities.
Eric Garcetti confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to India after 20-month struggle
President Joe Biden’s shut aide Eric Garcetti received affirmation Wednesday from a divided Senate because the nation’s subsequent ambassador to India, greater than a yr and a half after he was first nominated by the President and after weathering doubts about his truthfulness in a sexual harassment scandal involving a City Hall adviser.
Foreign attorneys, companies can function in India: BCI
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has opened up legislation follow in India to international attorneys and legislation companies.
The BCI, a statutory physique governing authorized follow in India, has framed the ‘Bar Council of India Rules for Registration of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms in India, 2021’ to allow international attorneys and legislation companies “to practice foreign law, diverse international law and international arbitration matters in India on the principle of reciprocity in a well-defined, regulated and controlled manner”.
SC to listen to plea on OBC quota in U.P. civic polls on March 24
The Uttar Pradesh authorities on March 15 knowledgeable the Supreme Court that the State Local Bodies Dedicated Backward Classes Commission has accomplished its “contemporaneous rigorous empirical investigation” to establish backward lessons who deserve political illustration in native our bodies.
Railways’ video surveillance system challenge stumped by lack of cyber safety clearance
After dealing with hurdles within the implementation of CCTV surveillance programs at main railway stations throughout the nation, the Ministry of Railways has flagged a important cyber security difficulty involving nationwide safety with the NITI Aayog.
436 CAPF personnel die by suicide in three years, authorities units up job power
The Union Home Ministry knowledgeable the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that it has arrange a job power to counsel remedial measures for prevention of suicides and fratricides in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF).
NGOs obtained over ₹22,000 crore international funds in 2021-22: Centre
Despite a crackdown by the Union Home Ministry underneath the stringent Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), non-governmental organisations (NGO) and associations obtained over ₹22,000 crore of international funds within the 2021-22 fiscal yr. The quantity is greater than that obtained within the earlier two years.
Parliamentary panel expresses concern over drastic minimize in MGNREGS price range
Taking observe of the drastic minimize in allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Generation Scheme (MGNREGS) within the Union Budget, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development, in a report tabled on Wednesday, questioned the federal government’s rationale behind the discount within the allocation for the scheme contemplating the important thing function it performs for the distressed populace of the nation.
Increase in minimal age of marriage for ladies to 21 years two years after Bill is notified: Centre
The enhance in minimal age of marriage for ladies to 21 years as provisioned within the Prohibition of Child Marriage Amendment Bill, 2021, would come into impact two years after the Bill is notified following its passage in Parliament, the federal government mentioned on Wednesday. This hole would offer ample time to residents to organize for this “momentous” reform, it added.
79 youngsters died in specialised adoption companies from April-December 2022
A complete of 79 youngsters have died between April to December, 2022, in Specialised Adoption Agencies (SAAs) majorly resulting from unsafe abandonments which uncovered them to hurt like being bitten by animals or asphyxia. Very low beginning weight and untimely beginning had been among the different causes.
Perry and Kanika shine as RCB tastes first success
Virat Kohli gave a pep speak to the beleaguered girls of Royal Challengers Bangalore on Wednesday. That appeared to have labored.
RCB, after shedding 5 matches in a row, lastly received a sport within the Women’s Premier League. Its five-wicket victory in opposition to UP Warriorz got here in a determined scenario: one other loss would have meant the top of the street.
