July 9, 2021

1 Cairns wins order to freeze Indian assets in Paris (Main Page-pg no-1)

2 Religions in India, 'living together separately'-
(Explained-pg no-5)

3 Firewalling Sarkar (Editorial-pg no-6)

4 The Big Reset (Editorial Page-pg no-6)

5 Let's check & Balance (Editorial-pg no-6)

6 On the way down (Editorial-pg no-6)

7 who's afraid of Twitter?(Ideas-Pg no-7)

8 The Judicious Choice (Ideas-Pg no-7)

July 10, 2021

1 why a cooperation Ministry (Explained-pg no-5)

2 The classroom test (Editorial Page-pg no-6)

3 Unease of Business (Editorial Page-pg no-6)

4 The Afghan Knot (Editorial Page-pg no-6)

5 In your Dreams(Editorial Page-pg no-6)

6 How to fix arbitration slump (Ideas-Pg no-7)

7 The pushback on sedition (Ideas-Pg no-7)

July 11, 2021

1 The Power Practice (News-pg no-7)

2 US clampdown on anti- competitive companies (Economy -pg no-9)

3 The ghost takes form and shape (Opinion-pg no-8)

4 G20 Finance chiefs sign off on tax crackdown , warn on virus variants (Economy-pg no-9)

5 Afghan Taliban says it sees China as a friend , promises not to host Uyghur militants (World-pg no-10)

World Population Day, which seeks to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues, was established by the then-Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989, an outgrowth of the interest generated by the Day of Five Billion, which was observed on 11 July 1987.

World Population Day - 11th July 2021

Justice Department launches “Enforcing Contracts Portal”

◼️28th June, 2021 an exclusive “Enforcing Contracts Portal” was inaugurated by Shri Barun Mitra, Secretary (Justice) at the Department of Justice, Delhi 

◼️The portal is envisioned to be a comprehensive source of information pertaining to the legislative and policy reforms being undertaken on the “Enforcing Contracts” parameters.

◼️It includes the latest data related to the functioning and disposal of commercial cases in the Dedicated Commercial Courtsof Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata.

◼️These Dedicated Commercial Courts have been established for speedy resolution of commercial disputesand boast of dedicated infrastructure and exclusive judicial human power.

Portal contains several features such as

▫️ details/links of the Dedicated Commercial Courts in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata ;

▫️ instructive videos related to e-filing, advocate registration;

▫️manuals on using the Electronic Case Management Tools(ECMTs) like JustIS app for judicial officers

▫️ e-Courts services app for use by lawyers (developed by the e-Committee, Supreme Court of India)anda repository of all related commercial laws for ready reference.

◼️New portal also hosts online reporting by all High Courts regarding the Mediation and Arbitration centres annexed to the Commercial Courts in order to monitor and promote institutional mediation & arbitration by way of Pre-institution Mediation and Settlement(PIMS) of commercial cases. 

◼️PIMS has been introduced with the aim of reducing pendency of cases and to promote mediation as a viable dispute resolution alternative in commercial cases.

◼️Enforcing Contracts” indicator is within the Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) index.

◼️Doing Business Report of World Bank Group benchmarks business regulations across 191 economies of the world.

◼️Index is a ranking system which is an indication of an economy’s position relative to that of other economies across 11 areas of business regulation.