The Supreme Court has held that office of the Chief Justice of India is a public authority under the transparency law, the Right to Information Act 2005. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi gave the ruling. The Supreme Court is a “public authority” and the office of the CJI is part […]
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India, Russia and China are exploring an alternative to the US-dominated SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) payment mechanism. Russia’s financial messaging system SPFS will be linked with the Chinese cross-border interbank payment system CIPS. While India still does not have a domestic financial messaging system, it plans to link the Central Bank of
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Supreme Court has Directed Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to prevent their farmers from stubble burning owing to the severe dip in air quality in Delhi. State government had planned to set up bio-fuel plants in every district. Farmers could sell the stubble, along with other agricultural waste, to these plants instead of burning it
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