Habib Siddiqui

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  BJP and Gender Question : Amendment to Women’s Reservation Bill   Ram Puniyani The Women's Reservation Bill aiming at 33% of Lok Sabha seats for women in Lok Sabha was passed in 2023, but was not implemented so far. Despite the crocodile tears of PM Narendra Modi when the amendment to the bill fell, the fact is that since it was passed in 2023, it could have been implemented in 2024 elections as well, with necessary steps in the direction. Now the amendments, which needed 2/3 rd. of the votes, fell through as the opposition could see the game of the Government. The Government had linked this amendment to delimitation and increase in the number of seats in Lok Sabha. All those who voted against the amendment are for the 33% reservation for women, but as this move was linked to delimitation, they had no option except opposing it. The issue was the discrepancy in the rise of population in Northern and Southern states. Roughly in Northern states the TFR (Total Fertility rate) be...

  Marianne Crielle G. Vitug is a Legal Fellow at the Global Justice Center (GJC)] In January 2026, the International Court of Justice held hearings on the merits in the case concerning the  Application on the Convention Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) . While the proceedings are historic in many respects, one notable yet often overlooked aspect of the case is The Gambia’s arguments on  sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)  in the commission of genocide by Myanmar’s military forces against the Rohingya community. The ICJ has previously dealt with allegations of SGBV in  Bosnia Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro   and  Croatia v. Serbia . In both  Bosnia  and  Croatia , the ICJ found that SGBV was committed. However, the Court concluded that these acts were not violations of the Genocide Convention, as they were not done with the specific intent to destroy...

  Nigerian authorities have charged six people, including a retired major-general and a serving police inspector, with “terrorism” and treason, over an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu, according to documents filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The six were all in custody on Tuesday while the seventh suspect, former Bayelsa State Governor Timipre Sylva, who is accused of helping to conceal the plot, is still at large. The government had initially denied the existence of the alleged coup, before announcing in January that the military would try several officers for planning “to overthrow the government”. They were part of a group of 16 military officers arrested in 2025 over what military authorities described as “acts of indiscipline and breaches of service regulations”, prompting rumours of a coup plot, which was initially denied by the government. Shortly after denying the alleged coup plot, President Tinubu reshuffled the country’s top military generals. Pla...

  In the nearly two months since the start of the Iran war, prices of fuel and fertiliser have surged worldwide. The question now preoccupying economists and policymakers is when – and how hard – the fallout will hit the cost of food. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4 From Pakistan to Egypt, Iran war drives up prices in Global South list 2 of 4 ‘It all depends on the crop’: Gulf crisis hits South Asia farmers list 3 of 4 World faces food ‘catastrophe’ if Strait of Hormuz disruption persists: FAO list 4 of 4 Why Pakistani farmers are suing two German companies for deadly 2022 floods end of list Analysts are in broad agreement that the true impact of the conflict has yet to be felt, due to the lag between rising agricultural input costs and higher prices on shelves. They also agree that the severity of the fallout largely hinges on how long disruption to shipping continues in the Strait of Hormuz, which normally carries about one-third of global seaborne fertiliser and ...