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In a First, PM Modi to Chair UNSC Debate

INDIA

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a high-level open debate on "Enhancing Maritime Security A Case for International Cooperation" on Monday via video conferencing. His office said on Sunday the meeting is expected to be attended by several heads of state and government of member states of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), and high-level briefers from the UN system and key regional organisations. "Modi would be the first Indian prime minister to preside over a UN Security Council Open Debate," the Prime Minister's Office said. The open debate will focus on ways to effectively counter maritime crime and insecurity, and strengthen coordination in the maritime domain. The UN Security Council has discussed and passed resolutions on different aspects of maritime securi...

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CJI Says Police Stations Pose Highest Threat to Human Rights and Dignity

INDIA

On Sunday, the Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana said that police stations pose the “highest threat” to human rights and dignity, which are ‘sacrosanct.’ “The threat to human rights and bodily integrity is the highest in police stations... Going by recent reports, even the privileged are not spared third-degree treatment,” the Chief Justice said. The CJI while speaking at the release of the National Legal Services Authority’s legal services app and vision statement at Vigyan Bhawan, said that custodial torture and police atrocities still prevail despite constitutional guarantees. Further, he added that the lack of effective legal representation at police stations was a huge detriment to arrested or detained persons and that the first hours of arrest or detention often decided th...

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Will Make Rahul Gandhi’s Visit to Kashmir a Grand Success: JKPCC

INDIA, Politics, REGIONAL

A meeting of Jammu Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) leaders was held at the former Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed’s residence where they vowed to make the upcoming visit of the AICC leader Rahul Gandhi to Kashmir a grand success. Besides Peerzada Syed, the meeting was attended by senior Congress leaders Mohammad Anwar Bhat, Mohammad Amin Bhat, Ghulam Nabi Monga, Manzoor Ahmad Ganie, Inyatullah Rather (DDC member), Zahid Jan (district president Budgam) and other leaders. “Over the decades, the Congress is the only party which has emerged as a strong unifying and secular force in all regions of Jammu Kashmir and the country. Under the dynamic leadership of Shri Rahul Gandhi ji the party alone can better serve the interest of all sections of the society and lead Jammu Kashm...

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Red Fort Barricaded Ahead of August 15; Police Cites Farmers’ Tractor Rally of Republic Day as the Reason

INDIA

In view of the Independence Day celebrations on August 15, the entrance of the Red Fort has been barricaded with Shipping Containers, that tower like walls. The Delhi Police says that the barricading is being done for security reasons. The police cited the farmers' tractor rally of January 26, and said that the rally took a 'violent turn'. Hence, the police says they're not taking any chances. They also said that the barricades will be decorated ahead of the Independence Day. Many sources, as per NDTV, say this is also being done after the recent drone attacks. Every year, the Prime Minister addresses the country from the ramparts of the Red Fort, on August 15. Earlier this year, the protesting farmers, who have been protesting the Black Farm Laws since almost a year now,...

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Muslim Man Beaten to Death in Gujarat Police’s Custody

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Earlier this week on Wednesday, Irshad Sheikh, resident of Surat, Gajarat was allegedly beaten to death by cops while in custody at Chowk Bazar Police Station in Surat, Maktoob Media reported. The deceased's wife, Saba Khatoon, said that the officers from Chowk Bazar Police Station had called Irshad on Tuesday morning and asked him to report at the police station in regard to a case. She said that she kept on waiting until Wednesday morning. Later, they received his dead body, Saba Khatoon said. She alleges that the police subjected her husband, Irshad, to third-degree torture in custody, resulting in his death. Irshad's mother-in-law said that Sheikh's dead body returned in the same rickshaw in which he had travelled to the police station alive on his own. ABP News had repo...

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Parliamentary Panel Asks Government to Renegotiate Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan

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In a notable suggestion, a parliamentary panel on Thursday has asked the government to renegotiate the Indus Water Treaty(IWT) with Pakistan, observing that crucial issues like climate change, global warming and environmental impact assessment are absent from the pact that divides the Indus Basin waters. The standing committee on water resources said the treaty was framed on the basis of knowledge and technology existing in 1960 when the perspective of both nations was merely confined to river management and usage of water through the construction of dams, barrages, canals and hydropower generation. Any recommendation of "renegotiating" the IWT is seen in a political aspect and is not likely to be welcomed in Pakistan. Even though India has not moved to change it, PM Narendra Modi ha...

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Muslim Clerics Call for Formation of Law to Curb Insulting Remarks Against Prophet Muhammad and Quran

INDIA

Prominent Muslim clerics organized a ‘Tahaffuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat Conference’ at Khanqah-e-Ashrafia Hussainia near the Dargah of famous Sufi saint Syed Makhdum Ashraf Jahangir Ashrafi in Ashrafpur Kichhauchha town of Uttar Pradesh’s Ambedkar Nagar district on Thursday. They called for the formation of a law to curb insulting remarks being made against Prophet Muhammad and the Quran. ”We are ready to give every kind of sacrifice to pass the ‘Tahaffuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat Bill’. No Muslim in the world can tolerate any insulting comment or activity made against the prophet.” Islamic organisation Raza Academy chief Mohammad Saeed Noori said at the conference. In a joint statement, Noori and Maulana Moinuddin Ashraf Ashrafi said that the government should form a law to punish people who ...

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“Respecting the sentiments of citizens across India,” Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award to be known as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award: P.M. Modi

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On Friday, P.M. Modi announced that the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award will be known as Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, "respecting the sentiments of citizens across the country." Khel Ratna Award happens to be the highest honour in sports in India, instituted in 1991-1992. The first recipient of the award was the legendary Chess player Viswanathan Anand. The other recipients over the years included Leander Paes, Sachin Tendulkar, Dhanraj Pillay, Pullela Gopichand, Abhinav Bindra, Anju Bobby George and Mary Kom. Major Dhyan Chand was known as The Wizard. He was a field hockey player who played international hockey from 1926 -1949. He had scored over 400 goals in his career. He was part of the Olympic team that won gold medals in 1928, 1932 and 1936. The renamed Major Dhyan Chan...

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8.5 KM Qazigund-Banihal tunnel completed, thrown open for traffic on trial: Nitin Gadkari

INDIA, REGIONAL

The union minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said that the 8.5 km tunnel between Qazigund and Banihal has been completed and thrown open for traffic on a trial basis. Gadkari, on his official Twitter handle, said that the tunnel between Qazigund and Banihal has been thrown open for traffic on a trial basis, which is another milestone in the infrastructure development of Jammu Kashmir. “Under the leadership of PM Shri @narendramodi Ji, another milestone in infrastructure development of Jammu & Kashmir is fulfilled. The 8.5 km tunnel between Quazigund and Banihal has been completed and open to traffic for trial,” he tweeted. In another Tweet, he said: “Built at 5800 feet above sea level, the tunnel will replace Jawahar tunnel and will provide al...

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Kashmiri Pandits Furious at BJP Minister Meenakshi Lekhi’s Remarks that KPs Were at Fault for Failing to Return to the Valley

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Union minister Meenakshi Lekhi has raised a controversy by inferring that Kashmiri Pandits were at fault for failing to return to the Valley, comparing their issue to migrant labourers who have returned to their workplaces after having gone home during the first wave of coronavirus pandemic. The return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits has always been leading on the ruling BJP’s agenda and the party has often forcefully criticized its opponent Congress for their failure to ensure their return. Most Kashmiri Pandits are claimed to be supporters of the BJP. As per a report by Telegraph India, the minister, while attending an online interaction with Kashmiri Pandits, was questioned by a speaker when they would be rehabilitated in Kashmir to “save their culture”. “I am really sur...