With the decriminalisation of Section 377, kinship patterns among same-sex couples need to be viewed as a historical transformation, wherein the individual’s identity becomes the foundation for forging a sense of unity and belongingness with a totality, mediated by the symbolism of love and friendship.
While United Nations resolutions against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine were nothing more than lip service, the military support from North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and humanitarian assistance from the United Nations (UN) has been critical to Ukraine’s defence and survival of war-ravaged communities in Ukraine.
Weather extremities such as cold wave conditions have a multifaceted impact on not just human lives, but the Earth's systems as a whole. The need of the hour is to ascertain, comprehend, and act upon each prong of the issue in order to really swim through the tough tides.
Several successive judgments have sufficiently drawn a distinction between 'blabbering' and 'healthy criticism' and have in fact backed the latter as means to promote fair, transparent, and just governance. While acknowledging their great power and great responsibility, the judiciary has urged restraint in the kind of restrictions imposed on public functionaries.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Sunday emphasized upon the need for a 'refresh' of the 77-year-old UNSC structures, noting that 'large parts of the world do not believe anymore that the UN system speaks fairly for them.'
The resolution, adopted by the UN General Assembly will empower the International Court of Justice to determine the legality or illegality of Israel's prolonged occupation of Palestinian territory as well as address the responsibility of third states to bring the occupation to an end.
It has been argued that the practice of Jallikattu is a key component of the cultural heritage of Tamil Nadu, and that it should be granted constitutional protection as a fundamental and collective cultural right under Article 29 (1) of the Constitution.
With a relaxation of the controversial policy, mass testing, mandatory hospitalization, blanket lockdowns etc. have been scrapped as Beijing moves to a 'living with the virus' approach. But experts have cautioned that the storm is far from over in China.
His release order on Wednesday was in keeping with a Nepalese law that allows inmates who have shown good character and completed 75% of their jail term to be prematurely released on compassionate grounds.
An endless saga comprising mass layoffs and mass resignations, multiple lawsuits, suspension and restoration of accounts, release of ‘twitter files,’ blue ticks, and so on, has mired Elon Musk's roughly two-month long stint as Twitter CEO.
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