Category: Newspaper

The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL India largely safe from cyberattack: The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT— In), which on Saturday issued an advisory asking organisations to install updates to Windows systems, had, in fact, released a vulnerability note with a “Severity Rating of High” on March 15 for “a possible remote exploitation of this…

The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL SC: No mutual consent in triple talaq: If triple talaq comes to an end, whatever the consequences are, will be decided later. There is no mutual consent in triple talaq. People debating, reasoning, thinking and interventions by arbitrators with families are present in other forms of talaq, but not in…

The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL Supreme Court to examine triple talaq validity, won’t go into issue of polygamy: Hearing a batch of petitions challenging triple talaq, a 5-judge bench of the Supreme Court says it would look into the aspect whether triple talaq is constitutional. (Live Mint) Govt. regulator gives nod for GM mustard: The…

The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL Funds to political parties: Govt. may amend FCRA again: Home Ministry will seek the Attorney-General’s opinion to amend the repealed Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) 1976, which barred foreign donations to political parties. Supreme Court plans to go paperless: The Integrated Case Management Information System (ICMIS) will allow a litigant to…

The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL Tax processed foods: FSSAI panel: A committee of medical experts and nutritionists has recommended a tax on “highly-processed” foods and sugar-sweetened beverages. The body, tasked by the Food Standards and Safety Authority of India (FSSAI), which is a Union Health Ministry body, has also advocated a ban on advertisements promoting…

The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL China offers to rename OBOR to allay India’s fears: China is prepared to consider renaming the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) if it would end India’s reservations over its One Belt One Road (Or Belt and Road Initiative) passing through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Different offences cannot be boxed into one trial: Says…

The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL Glut ruins farmers trapped in ‘cobweb phenomenon’: When prices of a commodity increase during a season of scarcity, more of it is cultivated leading to a problem of plenty. Japan pitches for Chabahar port: Indo-Japan civil nuclear cooperation agreement is still on track. Editorial/OPINION This time with feeling: The Centre has empowered…

The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL We have doubts on China’s OBOR project: India has “serious reservations” about China’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR) plan given that there are issues of “sovereignty” at stake. Nirbhaya: Juvenile lives in anonymity: At the time of the juvenile’s release, a new Juvenile law, which called for treating juveniles aged…

The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL SC upholds death in Nirbhaya case: ‘If at all there is a case warranting award of death sentence, it is the present case’. Set up database of children in orphanages, SC tells govt.: Complete registration of child care institutions by year-end: Bench. Space bonding hits a new high: India successfully launches South…

The Hindu Front Page / NATIONAL U.S., Germany slam India for NGO funding norms: Rohatgi defends India’s record at UN Human Rights Council. HC upholds life for 11 in Bilkis Bano case: The court convicted them under Section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender) and Section 218 (public servant…