Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was sentenced to death by a special court in Pakistan over a high treason case. The special court in Peshawar convicted the 76-year-old Musharraf of high treason and sentenced him to a death penalty. This comes after the special court
United States President Donald Trump has signed into law the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), authorising the creation of the US Space Force as the sixth branch of the country’s armed forces. The NDAA was signed at a ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
The Shenzhen Nanshan District People’s Court convicted and sentenced researcher He Jiankui and two collaborators, Zhang Renli and Qin Jinzhou, for carrying out human embryo gene-editing and reproductive medical activities. In a closed court session, the trio were criticized for illegal medical practices and violations
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found on that the District Court for the Eastern District of New York erred in sentencing Fareed Mumuni to 17 years of imprisonment rather than the 85 years recommended by federal guidelines. Mumuni, an American-born citizen, pledged allegiance
Federal prosecutors filed a criminal complaint against Grafton Thomas, the suspect in the attack at the home of a rabbi in Monsey, New York. The attack at issue took place on Saturday, when “dozens of Congregants from the Synagogue were inside the Rabbi’s home at the time,
An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, Binay Ketan Upadhyay, at Bhubaneshwar in Odisha was arrested on Monday for allegedly taking bribes to pass government bills. Upadhyay, a 2009 batch IAS officer serving as the director of the Odisha Government’s Horticulture Department, was allegedly taking bribes
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has told the Supreme Court that a pregnant woman’s right to abort is not absolute. “A pregnant woman’s right to abort her pregnancy is not an absolute right, and the right to abortion must be balanced against the
The date of linking Permanent Account Number (PAN) with Aadhaar has been extended from December 31, 2019, to March 31, 2020. A notification from the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said: “In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (2) of section 139AA of
It was an eventful year for the Supreme Court that decided matters of constitutional and political importance. Below is our pick of some of the key judgments in 2019: Ayodhya verdict The judgment on November 9 brought to conclusion a dispute that had spanned more
The Jammu and Kashmir high court has invited applications from candidates from all over the country to fill 33 vacancies in districts courts of the Union territories of J&K and Ladakh, triggering an opposition outcry against the opening of the state employment to all Indians