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Bihar’s Water Interests Will Be Considered Before Ganga Treaty Renewal, Says Jaishankar
The Centre has assured Bihar that the state’s water requirements will be considered before India takes a decision on renewing its Ganga Water Sharing Treaty with Bangladesh. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar gave the assurance in a letter to JD(U) national working president and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Kumar Jha, who had raised the issue in Parliament. The 30-year agreement, signed in 1996, is scheduled to expire in December 2026.
Supreme Court Says BCI Has No Power to Discipline Law Students Before Enrolment
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Bar Council of India (BCI) and State Bar Councils do not have statutory authority to take disciplinary action against law students before their enrolment as advocates. The ruling came in connection with the controversy involving students of Hyderabad’s NALSAR University of Law and the BCI’s earlier actions against the university’s 2026 graduating batch.
Nepal floods: Indian volunteers take relief to isolated communities as access remains a challenge
A week after the floods, Indian volunteers are travelling up to 10 hours over damaged mountain roads to reach families who have lost homes and livelihoods, while some areas of Rasuwa remain accessible only by helicopter.
What did the Supreme Court say about paid maternity leave?
Why did the Supreme Court strike down Section 60(4) of the Social Security Code, 2020? What did it say about maternity leave for adoptive mothers? What did the Court recommend that the Union government do regarding paternity leave?
Lar gibbon case: Court grants Erode farm owner interim custody of exotic animals, subject to conditions
The court, while dismissing the Forest Department’s petition seeking to shift the exotic animals to a zoo, has permitted officials to periodically inspect them at the place where they are housed
CPI(M) defeat in Keralam Assembly polls not due to single factor, says A. Vijayaraghavan
CPI(M) leader says the party had conducted a comprehensive assessment of the election results, beginning at the grassroots level, following which the State Committee and Central Committee reviewed the findings
Keralam govt raises expenditure ceiling for IT hardware for Ministers, private secretaries, dept heads
Expenditure ceiling on IT hardware increased from ₹1.5 lakh to ₹2 lakh. The order by Electronics and IT department Special Secretary says hike was necessitated by the considerable increase in the market rates of common IT hardware
