The Home Ministry empowered 13 more District Collectors in five States — Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab — to grant citizenship certificates to applicants belonging to six minority communities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
Rajkumar Keswani, an acclaimed journalist who had warned about irregularities that led to the Bhopal gas tragedy much before the world’s worst industrial disaster took place in 1984, died of post COVID-19 complications here on Friday, his son Raunaq said.
Serving as a legal professional for nearly seven decades, Sorabjee occupied the office of the Attorney General of India twice — first from 1989-90 and then from 1998-2004.
Eminent jurist and former Attorney General of India Soli Sorabjee passed away on Friday due to COVID-19 complications.
Mr. Sorabjee was born on March 9, 1930 in erstwhile Bombay to a Parsi family. He was a product of the St. Xavier’s College and the Government Law College. He was admitted to the Bar in 1953.
Sudhir Krishnaswamy is appointed as one of the initial 20 members who will be a part of the first ‘Oversight Board’, which will review content referred to it by both users and Facebook. The content is for both Facebook and Instagram.
The board members are from 27 countries, who speak at least 29 languages. Some are former heads of state, three former judges, six former and current journalists, two former human rights rapporteurs and other leaders etc.
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