'Investigating agencies are not acting as independent authorities; they have stopped being neutral.' IMAGE: Protesters at Bhima Koregaon near Pune in Maharashtra. Photograph: PTI Photo Senior counsel and advocate of the Bombay high court and Supreme Court of India, Mihir Desai is advising lawyers representing the 13 accused in a case that has charged them with hatching a conspiracy to kill Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi The charge of hatching this conspiracy -- known infamously as the Bhima Koregaon case -- has been pressed by the National Investigation Agency, and the Pune police before the NIA in 2018, against Sudhir Dhawale, Mahesh Raut, Sudha Bharadwaj, Professor Shoma Sen, Surendra Gadling, Rona Jacob Wilson, Professor Varavara Rao, Gautam Navlakha, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Sagar Tatyaram Gorkhe, Ramesh Gaichor, Jyoti Raghoba Jagtap, Anand Teltumbde and Professor Hanybabu Tarayil is based on a piece of electronic evidence, a typed letter, ... » Learn More about ‘Democracy in India is being killed very fast’
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Ligia Noronha of India appointed as UN assistant secretary-general, head of UNEP’s New York Office
Video Player Close UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday announced the appointment of Ligia Noronha of India as assistant secretary-general and head of the New York Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). She will succeed Satya Tripathi of India to whom the secretary-general is grateful for his leadership and dedicated service during his tenure, according to a press note issued by the UN chief's office. Noronha is an economist with more than 30 years of international experience in the field of sustainable development. She has worked since 2014 as director of UNEP's Economy Division based in Nairobi, leading UNEP's work on climate mitigation and energy transitions. She has also led the UN Nairobi office on inclusive green economies, sustainable consumption and production, as well as on trade and sustainable finance, and the nexus of environment, pollution and health. Prior to joining UNEP, ... » Learn More about Ligia Noronha of India appointed as UN assistant secretary-general, head of UNEP’s New York Office
Explained: Why Akhilesh, Mayawati joined hands
'Emboldened by the BJP victory, the upper castes feel they must assert themselves and regain dominance over the rural power structure.' IMAGE: Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, left, and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati Realpolitik can make political parties do the unthinkable, and that is what the BJP has forced upon the two arch rivals of UP politics. The coming together of Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav for the March 11 by-election in Uttar Pradesh marks a big shift in the politics of the Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party, two bitter enemies in UP politics. Twenty-three years after the BSP-SP alliance ended bitterly, the two parties have come together to counter the BJP in the Lok Sabha by-election in Gorakhpur and Phulpur. The Gorakhpur seat was represented by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from 1998 to 2017. Phulpur, represented once by Jawaharlal Nehru, was won by Keshav Prasad Maurya, now UP's deputy CM by a record margin in 2014. "Akhilesh and ... » Learn More about Explained: Why Akhilesh, Mayawati joined hands
Bharat Bandh today: Day-long strike evokes lukewarm response, here’s what all was affected
The day-long 'Bharat Vyapar Bandh' called by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) evoked a lukewarm response with most shops and commercial establishments open through the day. The traders' body, however, claimed that shopkeepers supported its nationwide business shutdown call to protest against issues related to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and "unethical business practices of foreign e-commerce companies". Delhi: Various markets in the national capital were open on Friday during the Bandh with many saying that despite supporting the cause, they did not want to suffer another day of losses. However, CAIT in a statement said the shutdown was a "grand success" as more than 8 crore small businesses belonging to about 40,000 trade associations across the country kept their shutters down and no trading activity took place in any commercial market. Brijesh Goyal, president of the Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI), said most of the markets in Delhi were open but ... » Learn More about Bharat Bandh today: Day-long strike evokes lukewarm response, here’s what all was affected
Climate change a big challenge, disaster resilient infra need of hour: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said climate change and the resultant natural disasters posed a huge challenge to the world and asked the IITs to help develop disaster resilient infrastructure that can withstand their effects. He said India presented to the world its concept of International Solar Alliance for safe, affordable and environment friendly energy. Addressing the 66th convocation of IIT (Kharagpur), Mr Modi referred to the global Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), which he announced at the UN Climate Action Summit in 2019. "Climate change is a major challenge before the world. India drew the attention of the world to the issue of disaster management. You can see what happened recently in Uttarakhand. “We should focus on improving disaster resilient infrastructure that can withstand natural disasters," he said. The CDRI envisages partnership of national governments, UN agencies and programmes, multilateral development banks, financing ... » Learn More about Climate change a big challenge, disaster resilient infra need of hour: PM Modi