NEW DELHI: National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data for 2024 reveals that only 18 cases were registered under the Negotiable Instruments Act nationwide, all pertaining to cheque bounce, and spread across only two states, Jharkhand (10 cases) and Uttar Pradesh (8 cases). The low number of cases raises questions about the Act, as it is […]
Uganda has detected two more confirmed cases of Ebola, bringing the total number of infections in the current outbreak in the country to seven, its health ministry said on Monday, Reuters reported.According to the ministry’s statement, the two new cases are health workers in a private health facility in the capital Kampala and both are […]
Uganda on Saturday confirmed three new Ebola cases, taking the total number of infections in the current outbreak in the country to five, as authorities intensified contact tracing efforts to contain the spread of the rare Bundibugyo strain of the virus.According to Uganda’s health ministry, the new cases include a driver who transported the country’s […]
Africa’s top public health agency has declared an Ebola outbreak in the eastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with 246 cases and 80 deaths reported so far, mainly in the gold-mining towns of Mongwalu and Rwampara.The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said preliminary laboratory tests conducted at […]
Eight people infected in the hantavirus outbreak linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius have tested positive for the Andes virus, the only hantavirus strain known to spread between humans, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday.According to AFP, the WHO said, “eight cases were laboratory-confirmed for Andes virus (ANDV) infection, two are probable, and […]
New Delhi, February 26: The Supreme Court issued a notice on Thursday regarding a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that demands the central government and all states and union territories to install display boards in police stations and public offices. These boards would highlight the punitive consequences of filing false complaints, fabricated charges, and false evidence. […]
After illegal immigrants, the target of the Donald Trump administration is going to be legal immigrants who were not born on US soil. This target group is not any visa holders, neither Green Card holders but are naturalized citizens who were not born in the US. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services has been working […]
File photo: Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina (Picture credit: ANI) A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to a total of 10 years in prison in two separate corruption cases linked to alleged irregularities in the allocation of residential plots under the Purbachal New Town government project near Dhaka.According to news […]
New Delhi, December 19 (Udaipur Kiran) – The Supreme Court has declared a winter recess starting from December 20. However, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant announced on Friday that a bench led by him will convene on December 22 to hear urgent matters during the holiday period. The Supreme Court will resume regular […]
Udaipur, 19 December (Udaipur Kiran) — A legal dispute has emerged over the self-acquired properties of the late Arvind Singh Mewar, a former member of the Mewar royal family. His daughters — Padmaja Kumari and Bhargavi Kumari — have challenged his will before the Supreme Court. The matter was heard on Wednesday in the court […]
