LOS ANGELES — Federal lawmakers have changed 19th-century maritime liability rules for accident victims and their families in response to the 2019 boat fire off the coast of Southern California that killed 34 people. The Small Passenger Vessel Liability Fairness Act was included in the $858 billion defense spending bill that President Joe Biden signed Friday. Now owners of small …
Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections, the government issued its reservation policy that would do away with reservation of seats that were till 2015 blocked for Scheduled Caste, backward classes and women. Instead, the old system of ‘rotation of seats’ would kick in, whereby seats that were reserved for SC or SC women will either not be reserved at …