Hungary Plans Referendum on Anti-LGBTQ law
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a right-winger, has proposed a referendum on the country’s contentious anti-LGBTQ law. The move is a rejoinder to the European Union which condemned the law.
Israel’s Supreme Court Rules In Favour Of Same-Sex couple Surrogacy Rights
The Supreme Court of Israel in a landmark judgement has ruled that the legal restrictions on same sex couples and single men from becoming parents through surrogacy are unlawful.
US State Department to add gender marker for nonbinary and intersex persons
Written by Arshita Anand On Wednesday, the US State Department issued a statement that it is working to add a gender marker to U.S. passports thus including nonbinary, intersex and gender non-conforming individuals. Secretary Antony Blinken stated that their department would be working “to promoting the freedom, dignity, and equality of all people.” As of now, the passport applicants will […]
European Union Council approves greenhouse emissions law
Written by Himani Baid On 28th June European Union countries gave the last seal of approval to European climate law making the bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions targets lawfully restricting. This action ends the adoption procedure and sets into enactment the objective of a climate-neutral EU by 2050. EU agriculture ministers voted the bill through in Luxembourg following its approval by […]
Madras HC refused to quash deportation order of Srilankan Tamil
The court while hearing found that Bhaskaran is no longer a refugee in India, as he already left the camp in 2010 “ on verification of the available records, it is learnt that he had been in a refugee camp, however, he has left camp on his own accord years back and at present, he is no longer registered as a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee in the records of the Commissionerate. Hence, the claim of the individual that he is still enjoying the refugee status is false.”
Banning of Chinese telecom giant Huawei 5G sales can’t be lifted: Swedish Court
The Swedish telecom regulator PTS earlier banned Huawei and its Chinese counterpart Telecommunication equipment Corporation (ZTE), in October last year when the Swedish Intelligence agency raised concern over installations of 5G supporting infrastructure by ZTE.
‘Ecocide’: Crime put up for adoption by International Criminal Court.
“For the purpose of this Statute, “ecocide” means unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts.”
Republicans block Democrats’ sweeping voting rights bill
As CNN Politics reported, Vice President Kamala Harris has told reporters that she and President Biden intend to continue to push for voting reform, including the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which is likely to come to the Senate floor later this year.
Octopus and lobsters have feelings, need to be included in Sentence Bill: UK MPs
According to the MPs who are proposing inclusion of invertebrates under the sentience bill, “some invertebrates are extremely intelligent and should be included in the bill”. MPs including Sir David Amess and Sir Roger Gale, after producing a report on this issue, argues that these animals are discriminated against in legislation because their “neurological architecture differs from our own”. This report concludes the bill places these invertebrates outside the sentience because they process information outside the brain (as in ganglion), however this anthropocentric view failed to say about sentience of animals.
El Salvador becomes first country to accept Bitcoin as Legal Currency
A proposal of permanent residency for individuals who launch Bitcoin-related ventures in El Salvador will be given. Furthermore, Bitcoin will be accepted in all transactions, yet it will not replace El Salvador’s current official currency which is the US dollar.