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World–Japan, EU sign free trade agreement

July 17, 2018 Tokyo:Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and European Union (EU) leaders signed a free trade agreement on Tuesday, eliminating tariffs on a majority of their products to enhance business between the two sides.…

Law–SC reserves order on Sec 377

July 17, 2018 New Delhi:The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that criminalises homosexuality. The court asked…

Politics–Modi seeks opposition’s cooperation in Parliament session

July 17, 2018 New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday sought cooperation of opposition parties for smooth running of Parliament during the monsoon session, saying the opposition raising its issues also gives the government…

Law–SC issues guidelines to check lynching, mobocracy

July 17, 2018 New Delhi:The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued 22 guidelines for the central and state governments to put an end to “horrendous acts” of vigilantism, lynching and mobocracy and directed them to work…

Trump, Putin content with summit despite lack of concrete results

July 17, 2018 Helsinki:US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday voiced their satisfaction with their first one-on-one meeting here, though acknowledged problems remain. Although the summit was described by Trump…

Environment–Google teams up with UN to track environmental changes

July 17, 2018 New York:The UN has entered into a partnership with Google to monitor the impacts of human activity on global ecosystems by using sophisticated online tools. The aim of the partnership is to…

world–Sharif challenges his 10-year jail term

July 16, 2018 Islamabad:Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was given a 10-year jail term this month in a corruption case, challenged his conviction and sought suspension of the guilty verdict, media reports said…

Governance–Finance Commission may incentivise states for better population management

Kolkata: The 15th Finance Commission’s Chairman N. K. Singh on Monday said it may consider incentivising states which have made “good and rapid” progress in population management. “One of the terms of reference for the…

Environment:–SC seeks experts, environmentalists’ report on reducing garbage at landfill sites

New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday sought a report of experts and environmentalist on reducing the gigantic mounds of garbage at the landfill sites at Ghazipur, Bhalswa and Okhla here in…

Law–People are more important than industries, SC tells Centre

July16, 2018 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, while taking into note of a report that 60,000 people have died due to pollution, told the Centre that “people are more important than industries”. A…

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