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Guwahati, Assam Police is fully prepared to implement the new penal laws that will replace colonial-era legislation from next month, a senior official said on Tuesday.DGP GP Singh said the force has been preparing for these new laws for the past three years, since the first drafts were made...

Tel Aviv [Israel], The Knesset, the Israeli parliament, approved the revival of the controversial 'ultra-Orthodox' enrollment bill related to the military service of yeshiva students.Lawmakers voted 63-57 early Tuesday (local time) to impose "continuity" in a bill.This comes amid the ongoing...

EU officials were struggling to complete migration reforms ahead of European elections in June. The issue has been politically divisive, especially since the influx of arrivals in 2015 that exposed the weaknesses of the system.The overhaul includes 10 pieces of legislation, which were...

The new body of legislation is the result of years of bitter debate, which culminated in a tense vote in the European Parliament on April 11. Protesters disrupted the vote by throwing paper airplanes into the House and chanting, "It kills PACs, not votes!" ,The new law requires all 27 EU...

TBILISI [Georgia], Tension rose in Tbilisi as Georgian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse thousands of protesters rallying outside the parliament for the third week in a row. The protests were aimed at denouncing a controversial "foreign influence" bill that critics argue...

Washington, D.C. [US], After months of delays, the Senate successfully passed a US$95 billion package aimed at providing aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, CN reported as the bipartisan effort is being led by President Joe Biden in Congress. The sweeping package, which now has President Biden's...

The Prime Minister will hold a press conference ahead of a vote on legislation aimed at legally empowering a plan to send asylum seekers on one-way journey to Rwanda.Several weeks of parliamentary turmoil are set to begin on Monday night.The government has vowed to keep Parliament...

LONDON - The sale of wet wipes containing plastic will be banned in the US following legislation soon to be introduced in Parliament, the British government announced on Monday, as Earth Day was observed around the world.Britain's Environment Secretary Steve Barclay said the Department for...

UK Environment Secretary Steve Barclay is expected to announce plans to introduce legislation before the summer recess in July after a long-running campaign to ban the products.The law will make it illegal to sell or supply wet wipes containing plastic in England, with the rest of the UK to...

New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday claimed that the implementation of the Forest Rights Act has been stalled through a combination of state governments failing to implement it and legislation by the BJP-led Center meant to weaken it, as the party promised. Had said that if voted to power a...

Bipartisan, bicameral legislation promoting the resolution of the Tibet-China dispute, also known as the Tibet Resolution Bill, was approved during a session of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.The law also aims to counter disinformation promoted by the Chinese government regarding...

The House of Commons returned from the Easter recess on Monday, with legislation high on the agenda after a minister insisted flights taking asylum seekers to Kigali could resume "within weeks". There should be.It came as Sunday became the busiest day for Channel crossings so far this year...