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Key judgments puncture government’s defense on marital rape

Jagriti Chandra

The Centre argues criminalising marital rape will destabilise the institution of marriage

A view of the Delhi High Court in New Delhi. File

India extends $900 mn aid to Sri Lanka

Meera Srinivasan

It includes a $400 mn currency swap and deferred payment of $500 mn

India, U.K. launch negotiations for ambitious FTA

The Hindu Bureau

Both sides express confidence of gains from multi-dimensional economic partnership

Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal with British Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan during a meeting, in New Delhi on January 13, 2022.

Novak Djokovic's visa cancelled for a second time by the Australian government

Djokovic would not be able to secure a visa to come to Australia for three years, except in compelling circumstances that affect Australia's interest

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Novak Djokovic. File

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A view of the Delhi High Court in New Delhi. File

Key judgments puncture government’s defense on marital rape

India extends $900 mn aid to Sri Lanka

Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal with British Secretary of State for International Trade Anne-Marie Trevelyan during a meeting, in New Delhi on January 13, 2022.

India, U.K. launch negotiations for ambitious FTA

Novak Djokovic. File

Novak Djokovic's visa cancelled for a second time by the Australian government

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Sanitisation at Lucknow University Mahmudabad hostel, in Lucknow on January 13, 2022.

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India records 2,59,291 new cases on Thursday

Vaxzevria given as third dose ups antibody response to Omicron: AstraZeneca

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Seven Indian shuttlers test positive

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A view of the Delhi High Court in New Delhi. File

Key judgments puncture government’s defense on marital rape

Jagriti Chandra The Centre argues criminalising marital rape will destabilise the institution of marriage

There had been a 1,540 sq km increase in forest cover and 721 sq km increase in tree cover. File

Forest, tree cover in India up by 2,261 sq km in two years

The Hindu Bureau A.P. followed by Telangana, Odisha saw most increase: report

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India extends $900 mn aid to Sri Lanka

Meera Srinivasan It includes a $400 mn currency swap and deferred payment of $500 mn

Syrian Fadwa Mahmoud holds a photo of her son and partner as she leaves the courthouse in Koblenz, western Germany, on January 13, 2022 where former Syrian intelligence officer Anwar Raslan was sentenced to life in jail for crimes against humanity in the first global trial over state-sponsored torture in Syria.

German court finds Syrian official guilty of crimes against humanity

AP “The verdict is a breakthrough for Syrian victims.”

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Ban on ritual bath on Makar Sankranti due to COVID spread

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA With a surge in COVID-19 cases in Uttarakhand, the Haridwar and Dehradun authorities have prohibited devotees from taking a dip in the Ganga in Haridwar and Rishikesh on Makar Sankranti on January 14.For the safety of devotees, in view of the recent spike in pandemic cases in the State, there will be a ban on devotees gathering at Har ki Pauri in Haridwar, Triveni ghat in Rishikesh, and other ghats for a ritual bath on Makar Sankranti, orders issued by Haridwar District Magistrate Vinay Shankar

Safety first: A health worker collects a passenger’s swab sample at Anand Vihar bus terminus in New Delhi on Monday.

Now, only takeaways at Delhi bars and restaurants

Jatin Anand DDMA rolls out more restrictions as COVID graph rises rapidly in the Capital

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A member of a Bomb Disposal Squad attempts to defuse an IED bomb found inside a bag at Ghazipur flower market in New Delhi on January 14, 2022.

IED found at Delhi’s Ghazipur flower market; defused

PTI The incident comes ahead of the Republic Day celebrations in the national capital on January 26.

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KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar arrives for a meeting before starting the 5th day of the padayatra from Mekedatu to Bengaluru to demand implemention of Mekedatu water project, in Ramanagaram near Bengaluru on January 13, 2022. Later in the day, the Congress suspended the padayatra.

No political gathering, rally in Karnataka till COVID-19 guidelines are in force: HC

Special Correspondent High Court of Karnataka directed the government to execute the mandate of the guidelines issued on January 4, till they are in operation, for preventing the spread of COVID-19

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The four-part docuseries charts India’s unprecedented jailbreak in Australia not too long ago

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Netflix developing two ‘Red Notice’ sequels

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This handout photo released by the University of Maryland School of Medicine on January 10, 2022 shows surgeons performing a transplant of a heart from a genetically modified pig to patient David Bennett, Sr., in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 7, 2022. Photo: University of Maryland School of Medicine via AFP

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