Author: Mike Harrison

Committee debars him from entering the precincts of the apex court for three months. The Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee (GSICC) of the Supreme Court found a clerk of an advocate guilty of sexual harassment within the precincts of the top court and debarred from entering the precincts.Pursuant to a complaint, GSICC conducted an inquiry against Ashok Saini under Regulation 11(1)(b) and (c) and 11(2)(a) of the Gender Sensitisation and Sexual Harassment of Women at the Supreme Court of India (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal), Regulations, 2013, a notice uploaded on the apex court’s website said.“Ashok Saini has been found…

Legitimate questions about the virus created perfect conditions for conspiracy theories. In the absence of knowledge, guesswork and propaganda flourished. As the coronavirus spread across the globe, so too did speculation about its origins. Perhaps the virus escaped from a lab. Maybe it was engineered as a bioweapon.Legitimate questions about the virus created perfect conditions for conspiracy theories. In the absence of knowledge, guesswork and propaganda flourished.College professors with no evidence or training in virology were touted as experts. Anonymous social media users posed as high-level intelligence officials. And from China to Iran to Russia to the United States, governments…

Ms. Suu Kyi will now be remanded until February 17, when she will likely appear in court by videoconference. Myanmar’s military leaders have extended their detention of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose remand was set to expire February 15 and whose freedom is a key demand of the crowds of people continuing to protest this month’s military coup.Ms. Suu Kyi will now be remanded until February 17, when she will likely appear in court by videoconference, according to Khin Maung Zaw, a lawyer asked by Ms. Suu Kyi’s party to represent her.Ms. Suu Kyi’s extended detention is likely…

While the digital giants can afford the likely cost of paying for the Australian news they link to, they are concerned about the international precedent that Australia could set. Google and Facebook were close to striking “significant commercial deals” to pay Australian media for news ahead of Australia creating world-first laws that would force the digital giants to finance journalism, a minister said Monday.Parliament is scheduled to consider the draft laws on Tuesday after a Senate committee last week recommended no changes to the proposed regulations that Google and Facebook have condemned as unworkable.  Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, one of ministers…

Myanmar’s new military regime warned the public not to harbour fugitive political activists on Sunday after issuing arrest warrants for veteran democracy campaigners supporting massive nationwide anti-coup protests. Much of the country has been in uproar since last week when soldiers detained Aung San Suu Kyi and ousted her government, ending a decade-old fledgling democracy after generations of junta rule. Security forces have stepped up arrests of doctors and others joining a civil disobedience movement that has seen huge crowds throng streets in big urban centres and isolated frontier villages alike.Police are now hunting seven people who have lent vocal…

An out-of-sorts Manchester United could only draw 1-1 at struggling West Bromwich Albion on Sunday, leaving them second in the Premier League but seven points adrift of Manchester City.West Brom, who need a remarkable turnaround to avoid relegation, stunned their visitors with a second-minute goal from on-loan Senegalese striker Mbaye Diagne who beat defender Victor Lindelof to head home.United looked lethargic for the rest of the half, but their inspirational Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes stepped up yet again in the 44th minute with a spectacular volley from near the penalty spot.Fernandes has now been directly involved in 38 goals in…

70% of Republicans approve of the former President’s job performance, according to a recent poll It is still Donald Trump’s Republican Party — at least for now.The vote by 43 of the 50 Republican Senators to acquit Mr. Trump on the charge of inciting last month’s deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, with only seven voting for conviction, highlights just how powerful a grip he has on the party he remade in his image over the past five years.The former President, who has largely stayed out of sight at his Florida home since leaving the White House on January 20,…

All Central government employees must attend office on all working days, according to a new order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training, bringing to an end most of the exemptions allowed during the pandemic.The decision has been taken on the basis of the Home Ministry’s January 27 guidelines for the containment of COVID-19, said the February 13 order.“The government servants at all levels are to attend office on all working days without any exemption to any category,” said the order. “The officers/staff shall follow staggered timings to avoid overcrowding in offices/workplaces as decided by the Heads of Department.”However,…

In an official statement, the SKM said it condemned the arrest of the 21-year-old activist and “demanded her immediate unconditional release”. Protesting farm unions condemned the arrest of Bengaluru-based climate activist Disha Ravi, who has been charged in connection with a “toolkit” to coordinate support for their protest.“They are charging her for sedition. This is a very serious issue. This government is bent on punishing people who are in support of farmers,” said Darshan Pal Singh, president of the Krantikari Kisan Union, and a senior leader of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the joint front of unions which has been negotiating…

“Only implementation of strategies is being monitored, rather than actual outcomes” In the last year of its mission to double farmers income, the Centre admits that no actual assessment of farm income has been carried out since 2013. Ashok Dalwai, head of the committee on doubling farmers income, told The Hindu that only the implementation of strategies is being monitored, rather than actual outcomes. He cautioned that the impact of the pandemic could have a dampening effect on reaching the income target.In response to multiple pointed queries on the topic in Parliament this week, the government did not provide any…