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The Supreme Court on Friday laid down that a Governor cannot sit on key Bills passed by a State Legislature after casting doubts on the validity of the Assembly session in which the proposed laws were passed with overwhelming majority by the elected representatives of the people.
"Real power vests with the elected representatives of the people in a parliamentary form of democracy.
The Governor, as an appointee of the President, is a titular head of the State. The Governor acts on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers save in areas where the Constitution gives him discretion.
The power to take decisions affecting the governance of the state or the nation is essentially entrusted to the elected arm of the state," the court held.

India reiterated the need for a two-state solution to end the current Israel-Palestinian crisis, during a ministerial meeting between India and the United States on Friday.
The Foreign and Defence Ministers of both countries focused on the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and called for the "immediate release" of those being held hostage in the Gaza Strip.
There was no mention of a ceasefire; instead, India and the U.S. called for "humanitarian pauses" in the conflict.

The two-state solution refers to a solution of the Israeli- Palestinian conflict which calls for "two states for two groups of people."
The two-state solution envisages an independent State of Palestine alongside the State of Israel, west of the Jordan River.
India reiterated the need for a two-state solution to end the current Israel-Palestinian crisis, during a ministerial meeting between India and the United States on Friday.
The Foreign and Defence Ministers of both countries focused on the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and called for the "immediate release" of those being held hostage in the Gaza Strip.
There was no mention of a ceasefire; instead, India and the U.S. called for "humanitarian pauses" in the conflict.

The Government has introduced three Bills to replace the core laws, i.e., the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973, and the Indian Evidence Act (IEA), 1872, which form the basis of the criminal justice system.
These Bills are being examined by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs. (The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill will replace the IPC; the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanita Bill will be in place of the CrPC, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill will replace the IEA.)
These Bills will become the basis of the criminal justice system. Parliament should examine them with great care so that they create a fair, just and efficient criminal justice system.

Multiple pieces of legislation and regulations prohibiting ragging on campuses have failed to end the dehumanising ordeals junior students are subjected to by their sadistic seniors.
hat students undergo such traumatic experiences despite civil society being rudely awakened by spine-chilling cases of brutalisation and even the murder of victims of ragging, exposes the gaps in the system that allow a vicious cycle where victims one year become perpetrators the next.
The Supreme Court-appointed R.K. Raghavan Committee had captured the causes, and suggested actionable remedies, in its 2007 report, 'The Menace of Ragging in Educational Institutions and Measures to Curb It'.
In 1999, a University Grants Commission (UGC) Committee had recommended a "Prohibition, Prevention and Punishment" approach to curb ragging.
Despite 'The UGC Regulations on Curbing the Menace of Ragging in Higher Educational Institutions 2009', except for formalities such as conducting freshers' parties, mandating undertakings from students and parents against indulging in ragging, and putting up 'no-ragging' notices, the stakeholders have done little to prevent it.
Institutions must create an encouraging atmosphere where teachers and hostel wardens, and not parents living in a distant place, are the first point of contact for victims.
There must be greater accountability by educational institution to prevent ragging.

Many other patients show a similar pattern, saysDr. Vijay Hadda, Additional Professor (Pulmonary Medicine) at AIIMS. He termedpollution a "hidden killer" that affects "almost every organ." Air pollution has been linked tolung cancer, stroke,heart attack, and many otherdiseases.
About 1.67 million Indians died prematurely in 2019 alone due to air pollution, accounting for 18% of all fatalities, according to a report published by The Lancet last year.
India ranks eighth in the list of countries with the worst air quality index, according to the Annual World Air Quality released by Swiss air quality technology company, IQAir, this year. To make matters worse, of the top 20 most polluted cities in the world, 14 were from north India.
Pollution spikes when pollutants from different sources are not dispersed easily in winter because of a drop in wind speed and temperature. Vehicle and diesel generator exhaust, heavy industry emissions, soil and road dust, open waste burning, and biomass burning are all present in the atmosphere throughout the year.