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Bangladesh violence: UN rights main calls for extremity to revenge attacks successful Bangladesh
Soon aft the instrumentality of the mortal remains of Sharif Osman Hadi, the upcoming person of the Inquilab Mancha, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk called for a “transparent investigation” into the sidesplitting and urged “everyone to refrain from violence”. “Retaliation and revenge volition lone deepen divisions and undermine the rights of all. I impulse the authorities to behaviour a prompt, impartial, thorough and transparent probe into the onslaught that led to Hadi’s death, and to guarantee owed process and accountability for those responsible,” Mr. Turk said.
U.S. Justice Department releases thousands of records successful Epstein case, including photos, telephone logs
U.S. Justice Department releases thousands of records on Jeffrey Epstein case connected Friday (December 19, 2025) afternoon, including photos, telephone logs; immoderate heavy redacted. The convicted enactment offender and affluent financier was known for his connections to immoderate of the world’s astir almighty people, including President Donald Trump, who had agelong tried to support the files sealed.
U.S. announces cognition to ‘eliminate’ Islamic State fighters successful Syria aft deaths of Americans
U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the commencement of an effort to “eliminate ISIS fighters, infrastructure, and weapons sites” successful Syria pursuing the deaths of 3 U.S. citizens. “US forces commenced OPERATION HAWKEYE STRIKE successful Syria to destruct ISIS fighters, infrastructure, and weapons sites successful nonstop effect to the onslaught connected US forces that occurred connected December 13th,” Mr. Hegseth wrote connected X, utilizing an acronym for the group.
Parliament Winter Session: 8 retired of 10 Bills tabled walk some Houses, 2 sent to Standing Committee
The 15-sitting wintertime league of the Parliament held betwixt December 1 and 19 this year, saw the instauration of 10 caller Bills successful the Lok Sabha, transition of 8 by some Houses and 2 sent for further scrutiny by a Standing Committee. Of the 8 Bills passed, 3 were ‘Money Bills’ (i.e. don’t necessitate transition by Rajya Sabha) - The Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025, The Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025 and The Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Bill, 2025. While the archetypal 2 dealt with levying cess and excise connected baccy manufacturing plants, the past 1 revised the GST slabs into 2 – 5% and 18%, according to the Council’s decision.
Child trafficking and commercialized intersexual exploitation a ‘deeply disturbing reality’ successful India: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, successful a judgement connected Friday (December 19, 2025), observed that kid trafficking and commercialized intersexual exploitation of children by organised cartels is simply a “deeply disturbing reality” successful India which continues to flourish contempt protective laws. The tribunal said kid trafficking networks person a analyzable and layered operation which run astatine assorted levels of recruiting, transporting, harbouring, and exploiting insignificant victims.
Govt. to summation preservation for Agniveers successful CAPFs to 50%
Months earlier the archetypal batch of Agniveers retires from service, the Union Home Ministry has decided to heighten preservation for ex-Agniveers successful the Group C posts of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) from the existing 10% to 50%, a elder authorities authoritative told The Hindu. On Friday (December 19, 2025), the Ministry notified that 50% vacant constable posts successful the Border Security Force (BSF) volition beryllium reserved for ex-Agniveers.
Centre plans portal to instrumentality process of wood rights’ recognition, absorption online
The Union Government is processing a nationalist web portal to effort and instrumentality the full process of wood rights designation and absorption online, elder officials told The Hindu on Friday (December 19, 2025). According to a presumption prepared by the Tribal Affairs Ministry, this caller portal is projected to enactment arsenic a azygous model for all Forest Rights Act (FRA) processes, which see filing and processing of claims (from the Gram Sabhas’ Forest Rights Committee to State-Level Monitoring Committees), issuing integer rubric deeds, storing bequest information connected titles granted, and mapping imaginable wood areas implicit which FRA rights could beryllium claimed successful the aboriginal successful the signifier of an FRA Atlas.
Police contradict support for NREGA activists’ Jantar Mantar protest
The Delhi Police denied support for a protestation planned by the NREGA Sangarsh Morcha, a consortium of civilian nine groups moving with agrarian workers, astatine the Jantar Mantar connected Friday (December 19, 2025), citing “existing guidelines” that necessitate applications seeking support for a protestation to beryllium filed 10 days ahead. The radical wanted to protestation against the repeal of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
