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Introduction The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill or CAB, which grants Indian citizenship to the non-Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhist, Jains and Parsis -- from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh who arrived in India before December 31, 2014, was passed by the Rajya Sabha by the President. As many as 125 lawmakers voted in the favour of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and 99 against it. Background The Indian government passed the Citizenship Act in 1955. The Act provided two means for foreigners to acquire Indian citizenship. People from "undivided India” were given a means of registration after seven years of residency in India. Those from other countries were given a means of naturalisation after twelve years of residency in India. Political developments in the 1980s, particularly those related to the violent Assam movement against all migrants from Bangladesh, triggered revisions to the Citizenship Act of 1955. The Citizenship Act was first amende

On 3rd January,2020 when everyone was still in a festive mood, when US President Donald Trump gave approval to kill Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani,62 at the last minute while he was on a vacation at his resort in Florida in a US drone strike in Iraq on Friday. This triggered a sense of fear for World War III amongst the people   round the world. In a statement about the attack, the Pentagon said: “At the direction of the president, the US military has taken decisive defensive action to protect US personnel abroad by killing Qassem Soleimani.” It added: “This strike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans. “The United States will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world. ” The country’s President, Hassan Rouhani, promised Iran would continue to resist “American expansionism” and “take revenge” on the dead general’s behalf . Media ar