Triple Talaq bill passed in Lok Sabha
- The reworked bill makes instant divorce among Muslims a punishable offence.
- The bill was passed with 245 members voting for the bill and 11 members voting against the bill.
- Majority of opposition parties boycotted the vote.
- The bill will now be sent to Rajya Sabha.
Government bans Khalistan Liberation Force under UAPA Act
- The centre said that the group has been involved in murders and bombings.
- The Ministry of Home Affairs said that several modules of the KLF have been found in Punjab over the past few years.
- The militant organisation was banned under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967.
Court rejects Baba Ramdev’s company’s plea for exemption from sharing revenue with farmers
- Ramdev’s company, Divya Pharmacy claimed that since it’s an Indian company, it should be exempt from sharing benefits with local communities.
- Uttarakhand Biodiversity Board had said that the company is liable to share its revenue with the farmers under the Fair and Equitable Benefit Sharing of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
- Uttarakhand High Court rejected the claim saying that it defeated the very purpose of the law.
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