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Bharat Biotech to launch Covaxin by 2021 after approval

Pharmaceutical Company Bharat Biotech is planning to launch its vaccine for Covid-19 in the second quarter next year if it gets the requisite approvals from the Indian regulatory authorities. The…

Kamal Nath in SC against EC, wants his star campaigner tag back

A writ petition has been filed by Congress Leader and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath before the Supreme Court challenging the order of the Election Commission of…

Special POCSO Court acquitted rape accused and directed his release from jail after 1 year

Special POCSO Court judge Priti Kumar (Ghule) in Mumbai acquitted a 24 years old Nashik resident who was accused of charges of rape and kidnapping. The prosecutrix after one year…

Fake Twitter Handle of Actress Ravina Tandon used to defame Mumbai Police

A First Information Report FIR has been filed by bollywood actress Raveena Tandon against an unknown person for creating a fake Twitter profile in her name. The twitter handle was…

Religious Conversions just for the purpose of Marriage is not acceptable

The Allahabad High Court has held that conversions of religion just for the sake of marriage will not be accepted. On September 23, a couple’s writ petition was dismissed and…

Supreme Court has held that depression cannot be considered as unsound mind under section 84 of IPC

The petition was filed by an ex-army officer who was dismissed by the Lucknow bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal in 2018 after attacking his senior officer with stones. The…

10 booked for registering fake trust in PM’s name, 4 taken into custody

A case was lodged against 10 people for committing a fraud by registering a trust in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and asking public representatives to…

New Zealand votes for legalising euthanasia but not marijuana

In a binding referendum, the New Zealanders voted to legalise euthanasia. However, they rejected a measure to legalise marijuana in preliminary findings. New Zealanders strongly supported the measure of euthanasia…

Officers Designated U/s 53 NDPS Act Are ‘Cops’ Says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court by 2:1 has held that the officials who are contributed with powers under section 53 of the NDPS Act are "cops" inside the importance of section 25…

FIR need not be an encyclopedia, only reporting of crime is required: Karnataka High Court

On November 20, 2018, the sister of the deceased (Keshava) reported to the police that her brother-in-law Govindaraju informed her that Keshava had been assaulted near Hennur Bande. She went…