Tokyo, Japan: The world’s longest-serving death row inmate is demanding the Japanese government pay him more than $1.3 million in compensation after his conviction was quashed, his lawyer said Thursday. Iwao Hakamada, 88, was declared innocent last year of a 1966 quadruple murder for which he spent over four decades in confinement, mostly on death … Read more
The government is set to present the Union Budget for the next financial year on February 1. With only a couple of days until the next budget is revealed, members of India’s Web3 sector have revealed some of the changes to policy and taxation that they are hoping to see during the coming year. In … Read more
Disgraced Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein asked a court Wednesday to bring forward his retrial for sex offenses arguing that his “hellhole” prison conditions were unbearable, US media reported. Weinstein, 72, looked frail as he appeared in a Manhattan courtroom for a hearing ahead of his retrial for rape and sexual assault that follows last … Read more
Representation of the People Act, 1951 challenged in Supreme Court The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the central government and the Election Commission of India (ECI) on NOTA-related petitions. A provision of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, was challenged in the Supreme Court. The petition claims that if there is only … Read more