WhatsApp is not a weapon of mass destruction; bolster law enforcement to stop lynching

Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp is in the crosshairs of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology as rumours spread on the platform led to mob killings across the country. Following a spike in lynchings triggered by fake videos

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Israel Passes Law Anchoring Itself as Nation

JERUSALEM — Israel passed a contentious basic law on Thursday that anchors itself as the nation-state of the Jewish people, promotes the development of Jewish communities and downgrades the status of Arabic from an official language to one with a ... Israel passes controversial 'nation-state' bill with no mention of equality or minority rightsCNN Israel passes controversial 'nation state' lawNew York Daily News

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Israel Passes 'National Home' Law, Drawing Ire of Arabs

Israel's Parliament passed legislation early Thursday that declared Israel to be the “national home of the Jewish people,” drawing heavy opposition from those who said it also harmed the rights of Israeli Arabs. The legislation, adopted by a vote of 62

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States Sue IRS, Treasury To Strike Down SALT Cap Under New Tax Law

In the days following tax reform, leaders in some states complained loudly about feeling targeted by deduction caps imposed on state and local taxes (SALT). Now they've taken action. Today, four states (Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York) ... States challenge federal deductions cap on state and local taxesThe Hill New York and three other states claim Trump tax law is unconstitutionalCNN States sue US to void state and local tax deduction capReuters Bloomberg -National Review -CNBC -NJ.com

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New York and three other states claim Trump tax law is unconstitutional

(CNN) New York, Connecticut, Maryland and New Jersey filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming last year's tax overhaul violated the constitution by unfairly targeting Democratic states. The law puts a new cap on how much Americans are allowed to deduct for

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Horrendous acts of mobocracy can't be allowed, create law against it, SC asks government

"Horrendous acts of mobocracy" cannot be allowed to overrun the law of the land, the Supreme Court today said and asked Parliament to consider enacting a new law to sternly deal with mob lynching and cow vigilantism, warning that such incidents may

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Supreme Court order on mob lynching strong, but new law will be useless unless existing rules are enforced

A Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, termed incidents of mob lynching in India as 'horrendous acts of mobocracy' and observed that individual citizens cannot take law into their hands. The bench, while directing Parliament to

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Mob lynching: 'Draft new legislation to stop people taking law into own hands', says SC to Parliament

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday condemned lynching incidents and recommended to Parliament to enact a separate law to punish offenders participating in lynching. It also said that horrendous acts of mobocracy cannot be tolerated and ... SC tells Parliament to bring special law against lynchingThe Hindu "Mobocracy Can't Become New Norm": Supreme Court On Cow VigilantismNDTV Supreme Court asks Parliament to create law against lynching; CJI Dipak Misra says 'mobocracy' can't take overDaily News & Analysis The Indian Express -The New Indian Express -Economic Times -News18

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