Article 51 News Today

Irans response to Israels attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus was effective, demonstrating its resolve to defend itself.

Without a supporting Security Council resolution, I believe it would be beyond the authority of Article 51 to use force directly against Iran, even though there is a connection between Iran and the proxies.

The Bombay High Court has rejected a petition seeking a total ban on Pakistani artists performing or working in India, stating that being a true patriot doesn't mean being hostile to foreigners. The court maintained that promoting cultural harmony and peace takes precedence over nationalistic animosity, and that arts and culture transcend nationalities and nations.

Justice Vivek Agarwal's "tum log" comment seems to be directed at lawyers who file frivolous petitions, and not the caste of the lawyer appearing before him.

In the Rig Veda, 'grhapatnī’ and ‘grhapati’ are co-eval. The ‘lordship’ or ‘ladyship’ is a relation, jointly, of custodianship, of ‘ruling the household’. If grhapati and grhapatni can be used to signify equal forms of sovereign power within the household, why can rashtrapati and rashtrapatnī not do the same in relation to the state?

UNSC Watch: COVID-19 Resolution Finds Record Sponsors, Council Loses its ‘Guernica’ The UN Security Council adopted two more resolutions – sanctions on Yemen and resolution reauthorising deployment of the African Union Mission in Somalia. The United Nations Security Council meets about the situation in Syria at United Nations Headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., February 28, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Carlo Allegri/File Photo World01/Mar/2021 New Delh...