Yoon\’s office mulls raising limit on anti-graft law
South Korea\’s government office is taking a second look at an anti-graft law, also known as the Kim Young-ran Law, to raise the cap on meals and entertainment expenses from 30,000 won ($22.82) to 50,000 won. Lee Do-Won, the spokesperson of the president\’s office, stated that they are considering the economic measures in a special […]
Yoon\’s office mulls raising limit on anti-graft law
South Korea\’s government office is taking a second look at an anti-graft law, also known as the Kim Young-ran Law, to raise the cap on meals and entertainment expenses from 30,000 won ($22.82) to 50,000 won. Lee Do-Won, the spokesperson of the president\’s office, stated that they are considering the economic measures in a special […]
Yoon\’s office mulls raising limit on anti-graft law
South Korea\’s government office is taking a second look at an anti-graft law, also known as the Kim Young-ran Law, to raise the cap on meals and entertainment expenses from 30,000 won ($22.82) to 50,000 won. Lee Do-Won, the spokesperson of the president\’s office, stated that they are considering the economic measures in a special […]
Physicists give the first law of thermodynamics a makeover
West Virginia University physicists Paul Cassak and Hasan Barbhuiya have made a breakthrough in the understanding of the first law of thermodynamics, which states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but can be converted into different forms. Their findings, published in the Physical Review Letters journal, will allow scientists to better understand how […]
Congress’ push for a privacy law is alive and well — in statehouses
[ So she started looking at the state version of ADPPA that EPIC has been recommending. While Yoder isn’t introducing it as a bill, she is using elements of it, like its data minimization requirements, and private right of action. It’s still too early to tell how successful this effort will be, but the federal […]
No law requires ECP to consult governor for election date
LAHORE: Advocate General of Punjab (AGP) Shan Gul told the Lahore High Court (LHC) that there was no provision in the Constitution or any law requiring the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to consult the governor for the announcement of election date in the province. A two-judge bench, comprising Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal and Justice […]
Alarm over proposed law to criminalise institutions’ criticism
KARACHI: Another international media watchdog has expressed alarm over a law proposed by the government that aims to criminalise criticising the country’s military and judiciary. In a statement on Tuesday, the International Press Institute (IPI) said it was alarmed by the proposed bill — under which five-year prison terms can he handed to anyone who […]
Changes to NAB law lessened gravity of offences: CJP
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial said on Tuesday that after the recent amendments to the NAB law, there were definitive features in the law that have lessened the gravity of offences. For instance, properties acquired in the name of family members or spouses had been taken out of the ambit of […]