India is moving towards decriminalizing minor offenses, replacing jail time with monetary fines. This reform aims to boost ease of doing bu...

Thailand is moving to recriminalize cannabis, reversing its 2022 decriminalization and impacting a marijuana industry valued at over $1 bil...

Thai authorities are tightening cannabis regulations following a surge in smuggling attempts, particularly by tourists. New rules may requi...

To enhance ease of doing business, Budget FY26 proposes significant reforms including the establishment of a High-Level Committee for Regul...

During an industry interaction in Bengaluru, a senior government official emphasized the importance of decriminalizing labour laws, boostin...

Every year on March 1, the United Nations and other international organizations observe Zero Discrimination Day.

The Legal Metrology Act 2009 enforces standards related to weights and measures.

Tomar also said that the government is unhappy that it could not succeed in convincing some of the protesting farmers' unions about the ben...

In the last seven years, several such measures have been taken due to which there is an improvement in competitiveness, innovation, and eas...

The Act missed a recommendation by the committee to permit the government to set higher limits for net worth, turnover, or net profit of co...

Cannabis stock tracker MJ ETF rose 5.5% to mark its best session since early June, while Tilray Inc jumped 19.2% on the Nasdaq. U.S.-listed...

At a time when consensus is rare, political sentiment across the ideological divide appears to favour decriminalizing homosexuality.

Currently, civil defamation is dealt with under the law of torts whereas criminal defamation is an offence under Section 499 of the IPC.

Welcoming the Union home ministry's announcement on decriminalizing suicide on Wednesday, Sampath told TOI there is a strong case for accep...

The Central government on Tuesday changed its stand on homosexuality issue in the SC, saying there is no error in decriminalising gay sex.

Government feels the judgment touched but on a small part of Article 377 when it decriminalized sex between two consenting adults of the sa...

Certain religious leaders on Thursday strongly disapproved of the Delhi High Court judgement which legalized gay sex among consenting adult...