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EU divided on rape definition in bloc-wide law combating violence against women

EU divided on rape definition in bloc-wide law combating violence against women

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BRUSSLES: EU member states and lawmakers are sharply divided over how to define rape, as negotiators head into last-stretch talks ...

IN looks to repeal driver's license law for Ukrainian immigrants after ruling

IN looks to repeal driver’s license law for Ukrainian immigrants after ruling

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One year after passing a law that allows Ukrainian immigrants on humanitarian parole to receive driver’s licenses, Indiana lawmakers are ...

Law enforcement agencies shouldn't consider borders as hindrance: Amit Shah

Law enforcement agencies shouldn’t consider borders as hindrance: Amit Shah

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NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said crimes and criminals do not respect geographical borders and hence, ...

US secretly spied on Venezuelan officials and President Maduro, flouting international law

US secretly spied on Venezuelan officials and President Maduro, flouting international law

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MIAMI: A secret memo obtained by The Associated Press details a yearslong covert operation by the US Drug Enforcement Administration ...

Thai court rules Move Forward party must stop trying to change defamation law

Thai court rules Move Forward party must stop trying to change defamation law

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Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the Move Forward party must stop advocating for amendments to the law on royal ...

Hong Kong launches consultation on national security law

Hong Kong launches consultation on national security law

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Hong Kong has initiated public consultation on a national security law, over three years after Beijing imposed a similar law.The ...

Allahabad HC rejects protection pleas by 8 interfaith couples, citing violation of UP anti-conversion law

Allahabad HC rejects protection pleas by 8 interfaith couples, citing violation of UP anti-conversion law

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Justice Saral Srivastava, while dismissing the petitions, noted that these interfaith marriages were not in accordance with legal provisions as ...

Law Commission may not submit draft report on Uniform Civil Code before Lok Sabha polls

Law Commission may not submit draft report on Uniform Civil Code before Lok Sabha polls

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NEW DELHI: Even as the Uttarakhand government is preparing to bring a draft bill on Uniform Civil Code (UCC) next ...

Scholars should write to govt for strong Maratha quota law: Jarange

Scholars should write to govt for strong Maratha quota law: Jarange

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CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Monday appealed to scholars to put forth their suggestions in writing before ...

Committee Headed by Maharashtra Speaker to Review Anti-defection Law

Committee Headed by Maharashtra Speaker to Review Anti-defection Law

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Mumbai: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday announced to constitute a committee headed by Maharashtra speaker of legislative Assembly ...