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US President s resistance threatens other key financial help, could result in govt shutdown
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A file photo of lawyer Mehmood Pracha. | Mehmood Pracha/Twitter
The Supreme Court Bar Association on Monday criticised the Delhi Police for raiding the office of lawyer Mehmood Pracha, who is representing several accused persons in cases related to the large-scale communal violence that took place in the Capital in February,
Live Law reported.
The association said in a statement it was shocked and dismayed by the action against Pracha, which was an “arbitrary, illegal and brazen exercise of brute power”.
The bar association added that the seizure of confidential information from Pracha’s office was a blow to a lawyer’s right to work freely. “A search and seizure conducted by the police at the premises of an advocate in a proceeding not pertaining to or relating to a Member of the Bar is a malicious act which defeats the rights of an advocate to practice his profession without fear or favour,” the association said.
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Dec 28, 2020 10:49 AM EST
In order to muster stronger public loyalty in him and layout new economic and foreign policies, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set to open a massive ruling Workers Party congress next month despite currently grappling with the toughest challenges of his nine-year rule.
According to some experts, it is so far the toughest year for the Supreme leader as the coronavirus restrictions that have limited his public appearances also warned signals for a battered economy due to the border closures recently imposed due to the threat of the virus.
According to South China Morning Post, despite the grip on power by Kim, there is still a possible worst outcome for the Hermit state especially once the world fails to find a way out of the global health crisis, as it would prolong the self-imposed lockdown of North Korea which could possibly end up in an economic storm that could destabilize the markets of food and exchange, which cou
2020-12-28 16:20:55 GMT2020-12-29 00:20:55(Beijing Time) Sina English
After delaying for nearly a week and under pressure from all sides, United States President Donald Trump finally signed a massive US$900 billion stimulus bill on Sunday, in a long-sought boost for millions of Americans and businesses battered by the coronavirus pandemic.
The package “providing coronavirus emergency response and relief” is part of a larger spending bill that, with Trump’s signature, will avoid a government shutdown today.
“I am signing this bill to restore unemployment benefits, stop evictions, provide rental assistance, add money for Paycheck Protection Programs, return our airline workers back to work, add substantially more money for vaccine distribution, and much more,” the president said in a statement from his Christmas vacation at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
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Palm Beach/Florida – Millions of Americans are about to see their jobless benefits expire on Saturday as United States President Donald Trump has so far refused to sign into law a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package, insisting that it did not do enough to help everyday people.
Trump stunned Republicans and Democrats alike when he said this week he was unhappy with the massive bill, which provides $892 billion in badly needed coronavirus relief, including extending emergency unemployment benefits that expire at the close of December 26, and $1.4 trillion for normal government spending.
Without Trump’s signature, about 14 million people could lose those extra benefits, according to Labour Department data. A partial government shutdown will begin on Tuesday, putting millions of government workers’ incomes at risk, unless Congress can agree a stop-gap government funding bill before then.