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Tanvi Deshpande  and   Mithilesh Dhar Dubey (IndiaSpend) 28 May 2025
In a year when India braced for blistering heat waves, May 2025 unleashed unprecedented rainfall activity, catching the country off guard with almost double or 85.7% more rainfall than usual. In fact, central India has seen five times the usual rainfall this month (by May 27) and south India...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 May 2025
In a significant reshuffle of the higher judiciary, the Supreme Court collegium, headed by chief justice of India BR Gavai, has recommended the appointment of five new chief justices to various high courts (HCs) and proposed the transfer of 21 judges across the country.   The recommendations,...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 28 May 2025
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to relax the conditions earlier imposed by it on Ashoka University's Ali Khan Mahmudabad while granting him protection from arrest in connection with his Facebook post on Operation Sindoor.   Khan had specifically objected to the condition which...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 May 2025
The India meteorological department (IMD) has issued its updated long-range forecast for the 2025 southwest monsoon season, projecting an 'above normal' monsoon with expected rainfall at 106% of the long period average (LPA). This forecast, which includes a model error margin of 4%, signals a...

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Sahyaja MS (Bar  and   Bench) 27 May 2025
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of a 19-year-old engineering student who was arrested and subsequently rusticated earlier this month for allegedly sharing a controversial Instagram post on the recent Indo-Pak tensions.   The student, a fourth-semester student at...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 May 2025
Taking suo motu cognisance of the shocking murder of Dharmendra Singh Chauhan, a journalist, in Haryana’s Jhajjar district, the national human rights commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the state’s top police official, demanding a detailed report on the incident within two weeks.   Mr...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 May 2025
In the early hours of 25 May 2025, the Liberia-flagged container vessel MV MSC ELSA 3 sank about 15 nautical miles off the coast of Kerala. The maritime incident has raised environmental concerns, including the potential for an oil spill and the drifting of debris and cargo ashore along...

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Radha Malani (IndiaSpend) 26 May 2025
The Indian government budgeted over Rs 1.67 lakh crore– nearly 70% of India’s agriculture budget–for fertiliser subsidy for the financial year 2025-26. Fertiliser subsidies are nearly 40% of India’s total subsidy spending, data show.   But these subsidies have not incentivised the industry to...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 May 2025
Supreme Court (SC) judge justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka retires on Saturday, leaving behind a formidable legacy of judicial integrity, fierce protection of constitutional liberties, and unwavering dedication to duty. His last working day on Friday was marked by moving tributes, a packed...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 23 May 2025
In a signification development, the Supreme Court on Thursday slammed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for its raids at the headquarters of Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) and stayed the action by the central agency in the money laundering case initiated by it in connection with...

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Ummar Jamal (Bar  and   Bench) 22 May 2025
The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that the Central government has an obligation to maintain National Highways and keep them safe for highway users (Gyan Prakash v. Union of India & Ors.)   A Bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan held that highway maintenance entails not...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 May 2025
The Maharashtra Cabinet has approved the state housing policy 2025, marking the state’s first comprehensive housing roadmap in nearly two decades. The policy, cleared on 20 May 2025, sets ambitious targets to address the state’s growing urban housing demands and lays emphasis on affordable,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 May 2025
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who was arrested over his social media posts on Operation Sindoor, even as the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) took suo motu cognisance of his arrest, citing possible violation of his...

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Dimple Behal  and   Chirag Patel (IndiaSpend) 22 May 2025
Indian cities and towns produce about 72,368 million litres of sewage per day (MLD)--enough to fill 30,000 Olympic-size swimming pools--but has the operational capacity to treat only 37% of it, and actually treats only 28%. Even the sewage treatment plants India has are often unable to cope...

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Moneylife Digital Team 21 May 2025
The Delhi High Court on 19 May 2025 dismissed a contempt of court petition filed by Vantara, a wildlife project backed by Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and led by the Ambani family, against independent media outlet Himal Southasian and its editor. The petition, filed by the Greens Zoological,...

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SN Thyagarajan (Bar  and   Bench) 21 May 2025
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sharply criticised the social media posts of Abhijit Iyer-Mitra referring to Newslaundry women journalists as "prostitutes".   During the hearing, Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav had a heated exchange with Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai, appearing for...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 May 2025
Dr Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, one of India’s most distinguished astrophysicists and a global name in theoretical cosmology, passed away in Pune on Tuesday at the age of 86. His death marks the end of an era in Indian science, leaving behind a towering legacy of intellectual brilliance, fearless...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 May 2025
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI), has voiced strong opposition to the inclusion of former Union minister MJ Akbar in an all-party delegation visiting Europe following Operation Sindoor, calling it a 'regressive signal' that undermines India's global stance on gender justice.   In a...

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Debayan Roy (Bar  and   Bench) 19 May 2025
The Supreme Court on Friday censured Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister Kunwar Vijay Shah for his remarks against Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, who briefed the media during India's recent cross-border military response, Operation Sindoor, against Pakistan.   The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and...

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Ritwik Choudhury (Bar  and   Bench) 19 May 2025
The Supreme Court on 16 May 2025 restrained the Central government from issuing any notification, circular, orders etc. that could allow the retrospective grant of environmental clearance to development projects that could pollute the environment (Vanashakti vs. Union of India).   The Bench...

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