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India’s invisible workforce gets a new safety net: Key labour reforms for migrant employees decodedIndia's inter-state migrant workers gain significant protections under new labour code rules notified on May 8, 2026. The Occupational Safe...- Florida man Kayle Bates to be executed by receiving lethal injection. Here's what is happening on Tuesday evening?Death sentence in USA: A total of 28 men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and at least 10 other people ar...
- China says acted 'in accordance with the law' after 4 Canadians executedChina has defended its recent execution of four Canadians convicted of drug offences, despite condemnation from Canada. Beijing argues thes...
- Repeat offenders beware: Three or more violations & you could lose your driving license in DelhiDelhi may soon implement stricter traffic regulations, penalizing habitual traffic offenders with license cancellation. Approximately 178,0...
- Lethal injection, electrocution, now firing squads. Look at US execution methodsSouth Carolina is set to execute a man by firing squad, a method unused in the US for nearly 15 years. The article reviews the various exec...
- Iran executed 975 people in 'horrifying' 2024 escalation: Human rights groupsIran executed at least 975 people in 2024, marking a significant increase and the highest number since 2008, according to reports by Iran H...
- Number of Indian citizens awarded death sentences by foreign courts stands at 54: GovtThe Ministry of External Affairs reported that 54 Indian citizens have been sentenced to death by foreign courts. The government is activel...
- 561 inmates on death row, highest in two decades: ReportA report by Project 39A at National Law University, Delhi reveals a concerning rise in death row inmates in India, reaching a two-decade hi...
- 165 death sentences by trial courts in 2022, highest since 2000: ReportTrial courts across the country imposed 165 death sentences in 2022, which is the highest in a single year in the last two decades, a repor...
- Over 400 death row prisoners in Indian jails till 2020: DataOut of 29 convicts whose death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, 24.1 per cent (seven) were reported from Maharashtra followed by...
- UN: Iran executes people at 'alarming rate' -- 250 in 2020Javaid Rehman told the U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee that Iran continues to implement the death penalty "at an alarming ra...
- Five months since new Motor Vehicles Act, road accidents come down by 10%Since the passage of the amended Motor Vehicles Act five months ago, the cases of road accidents have reduced by ten percent in India as in...
- Roads to be Audited to identify Black Spots, assess cause of accidents: Nitin GadkariRoad accidents in India claimed over 1.5 lakh lives in 2018, a recent report by the transport ministry revealed. India ranks 1st in the num...
- Over 38 lakh traffic violation cases booked in last 2 months, Nitin Gadkari informs the ParliamentAs per information available in the database of National Informatics Centre (NIC), 38,39,406 traffic challans in 18 states were issued sinc...
- Speed up cases under pocso: SC to High CourtsThe government had recently issued an ordinance to make rape an offence punishable with death penalty if the child is 12 years or younger.
- 27% drop in award of death penalty in 2017: NLU reportOut of the 109 death punishments awarded by sessions courts last year, the high courts commuted 53 cases and acquitted 35 persons.
- India carried out no executions in 2016: AmnestyIndia carried out no executions last year, but was among the few countries to hand out capital punishment for drug- related crimes.
- End death penalty and endless death rowThe Supreme Court’s commuting to life imprisonment the death sentence should be seen as a step towards abolishing capital punishment in Ind...
- Statistics on pending mercy pleas disturbing: Supreme Court"Disturbing" is how the Supreme Court termed the statistics which showed that 17 mercy pleas filed between 1999 and 2011 remained pending.
- Bogus drug victims to get govt supportThe government is planning to compensate victims of the spurious drug trade using the monetary penalty levied on the guilty.
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