The Supreme Court today paused a controversial order by the Allahabad High Court that held “grabbing breasts” and “breaking the strings of a girl’s pyjamas” don’t constitute rape or attempt to rape.
The top court said the judgment showed a lack of sensitivity.
In a recent interview, UP CM Yogi Adityanath said that if Hindus are safe in the state, so are Muslims, adding that communal riots in the state have stopped since the BJP came to power in 2017.
Reliance Industries has paused further purchases of Venezuelan crude oil after US President Donald Trump authorised a 25% tariff on countries buying the South American country’s oil.
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended their 7-day winning streak falling nearly 1% due to profit-booking in banking and IT stocks.
US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has taken responsibility for a group chat leak on Signal app, in which high-ranking officials planned military strikes in Yemen, with a journalist added mistakenly.
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