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Derek O’Brien’s Old Speech Goes Viral Amidst His Suspension From Rajya Sabha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sebv_iD_UqA  |
Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament Derek O'Brien has been suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the remainder of the current session due to "disorderly conduct," as Parliament reconvened amidst heightened tension following a significant security breach in the Lok Sabha the previous afternoon. O'Brien had called for a debate on the incident, during which two individuals leaped from the visitors' gallery into the Lok Sabha and released yellow smoke canisters. The Rajya Sabha Chair, Jagdeep Dhankhar, expressed strong disapproval, identified the politician from Bengal, and ordered his immediate exit from the House.

Why new criminal bills are worse than colonial ones https://pucl.org/manage-writings/why-new-criminal-bills-are-worse-than-colonial-ones/   Mihir Desai, Vijay Hiremath Oct 01, 2023

Three new major offences have been added to the IPC. These are terrorism, organised crime and petty organised crime, and mob lynching. The sections dealing with terrorist acts and organised crime are so widely defined that any dissenter can be brought within its sweep, and the definition of terrorist act is even wider than under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) as it includes even disturbance to public. ..A terrorist organisation is not confined to those listed in the schedule to the UAPA and thus an ordinary trade union or civil society organisation can be branded as such.

Mob lynching has been defined as an offence if five or more people commit a murder, but the punishment ranges from seven years to life imprisonment and death sentence. However, the punishment for ordinary murder is either life imprisonment or death sentence. Thus mob lynching is treated as a softer offence..

The courts are given discretion to conduct all proceedings, including the trial, in electronic mode. This will imply that an undertrial accused will not be brought to court while the lawyer may be in court or conducting the trial from a completely different place.

This can cause three problems. First, the accused may not be able to give adequate and prompt instructions to the lawyer. Second, client confidentiality gets compromised. Third, most of the time, the accused who are undertrials look forward to being brought to the court because that is one way in which they can easily spend some time with their lawyers, relatives and friends. While video conferencing may be the future, especially in the case of undertrials it should be resorted to only if the accused agrees.

The existing laws do require substantial rehauling keeping in mind the rights of the accused as well as the rights of victims. More particularly command responsibility for offences by public servants and corporate homicide for acts of corporations which lead to deaths needed to be added.

74.1% of Indians unable to afford a healthy diet: FAO Report https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/741-of-indians-unable-to-afford-a-healthy-diet-fao-report/article67631605.ece December 12, 2023.  31.7% of children of the country under five years of age suffered with stunted growth. “Stunted growth and development are the result of poor maternal health and nutrition, inadequate infant and young child feeding practices, and repeated infections interacting with a variety of other factors over a sustained period,” the report said.

The Centre had rubbished those data by claiming that the methodology was wrong.

UN की इस रिपोर्ट ने बता दी देश के विकास की हकीकत ! | UN Repoert On Food https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f10OS-u9qkM