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Uttar Pradesh is witnessing a political heat soaring fast on communal lines. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has issued a new order on Friday, July 19, 2024 for eateries on the route of Kanwar Yatras in the Hindu religious month of Shravan beginning from July 22 this year, to display the names of their owners, only a day after Muzaffarnagar Police had to modify such an order after a backlash to just an appeal urging “voluntarily display”.

A transgender, Manvi Madhu Kashyam, has become a police sub-inspector. Coming from a small village, Manvi is the first transgender in India to secure a police job. She is among the three transgender persons selected for the post. While Manvi is a trans-woman, the other two are trans-men. They have chosen not to speak up and identify themselves in public.

Only four days are left for the presentation of the first budget of the Narendra Modi 3.0 government on July 23. The fundamentals of the economy are currently strong, but the distress areas include the huge unemployment problem with the educated youth and the women feeling the intensity of the distress most. The number of billionaires has gone up in great speed while the real wages of the workers and the rural poor have declined. In sum, there has been growth in the Indian economy under the ten year rule of the NDA led Narendra Modi government with lack of social justice and widening of inequalities.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Moscow on July 9-10 saw the revival of the annual summit meetings between the leaders of India and Russia. The last summit had been held in 2021 when President Putin visited Delhi. The visit has resulted in further strengthening the strategic partnership between India and Russia.

The first policy speech of the new Labour Government in Britain given by the King Charles in the Parliament on July 17 was welcomed by the powerful trade unions of the country which were eagerly waiting for the unfolding of the package for building a robust economy by simultaneously improving the living standards of the workers and the common people.

By initiating a veiled attack on BJP’s central leadership and Uttar Pradesh party leaders of his opposing group on Sunday in BJP’s State Executive meet, Yogi Adityanath has himself unwittingly chosen with arrogance a path that will eventually cross through a litmus test soon, when byelection to the 10 legislative seats is held, the result of which will decide his fate as Chief Minister of the state.

In Nepal, a new government under CPN-UML leader KP Sharma Oli has assumed power. Oli is set to seek a vote of confidence on July 21 in the parliament. Together, the coalition of CPN UML and Nepali Congress holds a comfortable majority with a combined total of 167 seats in the lower house, surpassing the required threshold of 138 seats. This makes Oli's confidence vote a seemingly straightforward process.

The subordinate judiciary established by the Constitution plays a crucial role in ensuring justice for all citizens and attaining the main objectives stated in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. The subordinate judiciary is indispensable as the primary fact-finder and essential component in the execution of the fundamental constitutional principle of the rule of law and the administration of justice.

Will the Bharatiya Janata Party recover in time for the bypolls in Uttar Pradesh? July 18’s morning news reports said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya have been convinced to stop the squabbling and get ready for the bypolls in 10 assembly seats of which five are confirmed Samajwadi Party strongholds and the remaining five, the party of Yadavs is hungering to make a meal of.

KOLKATA: What was scheduled to be a brainstorming session of West Bengal BJP on July 17 to locate the lacuna which stands between it and electoral triumph in the state turned into a slugfest. Strong words were voiced which deviated from the party line laid down by Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself and fisticuffs were also reported.