Morning Digest | Supreme Court asks Centre, six States to respond to plea on lynchings; INDIA MPs to visit Manipur, and more
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Supreme Court asks Centre, six States to respond to plea on lynchings
The Supreme Court on July 28 asked the Centre and at least six States to respond to a plea about lynchings and mob violence refusing to stop. The plea said gruesome incidents of mob fury and vigilantism continue to happen despite a five-year-old apex court judgment, which had made the government machinery squarely accountable for protecting the lives of victims, including minority community members.
G20 environment meeting ends without a final communique on climate change; outcome document stresses on sustainable blue economy
The fourth and final G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG) and Environment and Climate Ministers meeting concluded on Friday without an agreement on climate change.
INDIA MPs visit to Manipur begins on Saturday
A delegation of 21 INDIA bloc MPs will pay a two-day visit to Manipur beginning Saturday to assess the ground situation first-hand and then make recommendations to the government and Parliament for a solution to the problems in the violence-hit State.
PM Modi to inaugurate ‘Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam’ on Saturday