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A state has filed a suit at the Supreme Court claiming that the Centre is withholding national disaster relief funds, after Cyclone and consequent floods rocked the state in December 2023. Just last month the Karnataka government had also filed a plea with the apex court, claiming that the Centre is denying disaster relief funds that are necessary to aid drought-affected areas in the state.
Funds for disaster relief are available to states from two sources — the State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) and the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF). These funds were created with the enactment of the Disaster Management Act, (DMA), following the devastating tsunami of December 2004.
Source – https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-law/ta
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Passage 2
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on April 22 said he would push through a parliamentary vote on his government’s highly controversial deportation legislation, as he promised that flights would begin taking asylum seekers back in 10-12 weeks.
A record number — just under 5,000 — people had arrived in the U.K. on boats via the English Channel in the first quarter of this year according to U.K. Government data. Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh were the top five countries of origin for migrants arriving in boats in 2023.
“Parliament will sit there tonight — and vote — no matter how late it goes,” Mr. Sunak said a press conference in Downing Street on Monday.
Source- Rishi Sunak says first migrant flight from U.K. to Rwanda will leave in 10-12 weeks – The Hindu
