NEW DELHI: Even as the world grapples with the challenge of vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV), instances of which have been reported sporadically from countries using the oral polio vaccine, including India, a case has been reported from Kerala where the VDPV was transmitted from an immune-deficient child to his healthy father.The discovery was made during an…
NEW DELHI: For the first time, Supreme Court will test the constitutional validity of immunity from criminal proceedings accorded to the President and governors.On Friday, it entertained the plea of an woman ex-employee of Kolkata Raj Bhavan who said the constitutional provision (Article 361) had prevented police from probing her charge of sexual harassment against…
WASHINGTON: A federal appeals court on Tuesday unanimously ruled that former President Donald Trump does not have immunity from criminal charges related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.In a 57-page ruling, the three-judge bench said it “cannot accept that the office of the Presidency places its former occupants above the law for…
