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The <keyword id="20507886" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Uttar-Pradesh-Assembly" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Uttar Pradesh Assembly" meta.hostid="153" meta.entityid="Uttar Pradesh Assembly">Uttar Pradesh Assembly</keyword> on Tuesday passed the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion (Amendment) <keyword id="19896367" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="bill" source="keywords">Bill</keyword>, 2024 that provides for a maximum <keyword id="20028410" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="punishment" source="keywords">punishment</keyword> of life imprisonment, making the law stricter in cases of fraudulent or forced conversion. Earlier the maximum punishment provided for those found guilty of marrying a woman by deceiving her and converting her religion was 10 years with a fine of Rs 50,000. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Khanna introduced the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in the House on Monday. It has been proposed that if a person threatens, attacks, marries or promises to marry or conspires for it, or trafficks a woman, minor or anyone with the intention of conversion, then his crime will be placed in the most serious category. In such cases, there is a provision of 20 years imprisonment or life imprisonment. Under the amended provisions, now any person can register an FIR in conversion cases. Earlier, to give information or complaint about the case, the presence of the victim, her parents, or siblings was necessary. It has been proposed that such cases will not be heard by any court below the Sessions Court and along with this, the bail plea will not be considered without giving an opportunity to the public prosecutor. Also, all the crimes under the amended Act have been made non-bailable. Chief Minister <keyword id="19898780" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Yogi-Adityanath" source="keywords">Yogi Adityanath</keyword> had taken this initiative with the intention of curbing '<keyword id="20101303" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="love-jihad" source="keywords">love jihad</keyword>', a term coined by some <keyword id="6368818" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="hindu" source="Orion">Hindu</keyword> outfits for alleged forcible conversion. An ordinance was issued for curbing forced conversion in November 2020 and later, after the bill was passed by both the houses of the Uttar Pradesh Legislature, the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act-2021 came into force.

UP Assembly passes amendment bill enhancing punishment under Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The GOP-controlled House moved to cut Pete Buttigieg's salary to just $1 per year.</li><li>An amendment from Marjorie Taylor Greene to do it passed via voice vote and without opposition.</li></ul>The Republican-controlled House of Representatives moved to cut Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg's salary to just $1 per year.An amendment introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia passed by voice vote on Tuesday afternoon — meaning no lawmaker objected to its inclusion in a broader government spending bill dealing with Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.The underlying bill faces an uncertain future; the House was set to vote on final passage on Tuesday evening, but a vote was pulled at the last minute over concerns from New York Republicans over the bill's cuts to Amtrak. Instead, the House voted on the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/which-democrats-voted-for-rashida-tlaib-censure-israel-palestine-2023-11">censure of Rep. Rashida Tlaib.</a>Even if the bill passes, it will almost certainly be blocked by the Democratic-controlled Senate, which is working on its own transportation funding bill.Still, the measure is a sign of Republicans' ongoing animosity towards the transportation secretary, one of the more high-profile members of President Joe Biden's cabinet."I'm proud to announce my amendment to FIRE Pete Buttigieg just PASSED the House," Greene tweeted after the vote, mischaracterizing the nature of the amendment."American taxpayers should not be on the hook for paying for his lavish trips or his salary,"<a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/RepMTG/status/1722029088074797456?s=20"> Greene added.</a>Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, is seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party. He ran as a presidential candidate in 2020 before being appointed to the transportation secretary role by Biden in 2021.But he's faced a difficult time at the Department of Transportation, battling problems<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/flight-delays-cancellations-airline-canceled-airport-passengers-what-to-do?r=US&amp;IR=T"> including waves of commercial</a> flight cancellations, and an <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/east-palestine-train-derailment-estimated-43000-aquatic-animals-dead-2023-2">incident in East Palestine, Ohio, </a>in February when a train carrying toxic waste derailed.In February, the Department of Transportation's (DOT) internal watchdog opened an investigation into Buttigieg's use of private jets. It followed a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pete-buttigieg-flies-taxpayer-funded-private-jets-flight-data-show">Fox News report</a> that claimed Buttigieg had taken at least 18 flights using private jets since taking office in early 2021.It's not the first time Republicans have used an obscure rule allowing Congress to slash the salaries of federal employees to score points against Democrats.In September, Greene successfully passed an amendment to a defense spending bill cutting Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's salary to just $1. That bill also stands little chance of becoming law.Nonetheless, two politically vulnerable Democrats voted for it, and one of them — Rep. Jared Golden of Maine — <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jared-golden-defense-bill-lloyd-austin-majorie-taylor-greene-2023-9">told Insider</a> at the time that he stood by his vote."I doubt Lloyd Austin's spending much time thinking about that," said Golden. "If he is, then he shouldn't be in that position."

Republicans approved an amendment cutting Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg's salary to just $1

<ul><li>The monsoon session of the Indian Parliament is all set to begin on September 14, with over 20 bills on the agenda for discussion.</li><li>Amongst the key ones is the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020.</li><li>Some of the major highlights of the Bill include the decriminalization of minor offences and direct overseas listing for certain prescribed classes of companies.</li><li>The government has also proposed an evolved CSR policy, allowing companies to carry forward excess CSR spendings to future financial years.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/monsoon-session-2020-of-the-indian-parliament-will-debate-these-important-bills-and-ordinances/slidelist/77800892.cms">Check out the latest news and updates on Business Insider.</a></li></ul>In March 2020, the Indian government introduced the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020, recommending further measures aimed at improving the ease of doing business. Key amongst its recommendations include aspects like decriminalizing minor offences, allowing companies to list overseas directly, and more. With the monsoon session of the Indian Parliament all set to begin on Monday, September 14, we took a look at some of the crucial highlights of the Bill that will be tabled for legislation. “This Bill is a net positive, these are good steps and will enhance the ease of doing business,” Tarun Gulati, senior advocate, Supreme Court, told Business Insider. Also read: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/monsoon-session-2020-of-the-indian-parliament-will-debate-these-important-bills-and-ordinances/slidelist/77800892.cms">Monsoon session 2020 of the Indian Parliament will debate these important bills and ordinances</a> Highlights of the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020 Decriminalizing minor and technical offences The Bill includes 72 proposed amendments which decriminalize minor and technical offences. For example, it suggests doing away with jail time for offences which involve shareholder rights or reduction in shares, among others. It also suggests converting 23 compoundable offences which involve imprisonment, into a civil wrong with civil penalties. According to Gulati, this will improve ease of doing business and benefits startups and small companies which don’t have large teams to check compliance. It is worth noting that only those offences which are minor, technical, and do not involve fraud or affect public interest are proposed to be decriminalized. In addition to this, the government has also proposed removing penalties for certain offences and reducing penalties for others. Direct overseas listing and exclusion from listed companies The government has proposed to allow a certain class of companies to list directly in foreign jurisdictions, allowing them to raise capital easily. In addition to this, it has also proposed allowing companies to list debt securities on stock exchanges without having to list the company itself. This will allow companies to raise debt funds without attracting the compliance burden of listed companies. Set-off of excess corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending Companies that have a net worth, turnover, or profits above a specified amount are required to spend 2% of their average net profits of the last three years towards CSR in a financial year. If companies spend more than 2%, the excess amount does not count towards their past or future obligations. However, the government has now proposed that any excess amount over 2% of the current CSR obligation will be allowed to be carried forward and set off against future CSR obligations. This is likely to encourage companies to better spend on their CSR obligations instead of restricting themselves to the 2% target. Setting up of benches of National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) The government has proposed setting up benches of NCLAT to ease the burden and speed up the resolution of pending cases. Further, the maximum limit on the number of members in NCLAT, which is currently 11, is proposed to be dropped. Overall, Gulati believes that these proposed amendments will help in reducing the compliance burden on companies and allow them to focus on their business. It remains to be seen how effective the government’s execution is, though. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/this-monsoon-session-parliament-will-have-no-question-hour-weekend-breaks-or-private-members-bills/articleshow/77888123.cms">This monsoon session, Parliament will have 30-minutes of question hour, no weekend breaks or private members’ bills</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/monsoon-session-2020-of-the-indian-parliament-will-debate-these-important-bills-and-ordinances/slidelist/77800892.cms">Monsoon session 2020 of the Indian Parliament will debate these important bills and ordinances</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/governments-new-gst-compensation-formula-may-raise-unconditional-borrowing-limit-by-0-5/articleshow/78035700.cms">Government's new GST compensation formula may raise unconditional borrowing limit by 0.5%</a>

Key proposals of Companies Amendment Bill 2020 include decriminalising offences, direct overseas listing and more

<ul class="summary-list"><li>President Joe Biden signed the TikTok divest-or-ban bill into law on Wednesday.</li><li>TikTok said it would challenge the law in court, citing First-Amendment violations.</li></ul>Congress passed a bill this week that will<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-ban-explainer-bill-courts-2024-4"> force TikTok's owner to sell its US assets</a> or face removal from mobile-app stores. President Joe Biden signed the bill into law on Wednesday. Parent company ByteDance now has between 9 months and a year to sell or spin off the app in the US.What comes next will be an all-out legal battle.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-leaked-memo-sent-staff-congress-stepped-up-ban-2024-4">TikTok has vowed to "move to the courts,"</a> where it plans to challenge the law as "a clear violation of the First Amendment rights of the 170 million Americans on TikTok," per an internal memo sent to staff on Saturday. The company will likely ask for a preliminary injunction, stopping the countdown clock on its sale until legal questions are sorted out.Other parties, like<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-creators-file-the-first-lawsuit-against-montanas-ban-2023-5"> TikTok creators</a>, may launch separate legal challenges in the coming weeks, as they have done in the past. First-Amendment-focused organizations like the ACLU or the EFF could file amicus briefs defending TikTokers' free-speech rights.Will these legal challenges work? Maybe…Earlier attempts to ban or force a sale of TikTok often haven't stood up in court.Trump's 2020 order to ban TikTok was<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-ban-injunction-federal-judge-says-donald-trump-exceeds-ieepa-2020-9"> halted by a federal judge</a> who said it likely exceeded executive authority. A Montana law that attempted to ban the app was<a target="_blank" href="https://www.npr.org/2023/11/30/1205735647/montana-tiktok-ban-blocked-state"> struck down</a> in 2023 by a federal judge who said it overstepped state power and "likely violates the First Amendment."This time, however, could be different. The reason? Congress is arguing that TikTok poses a national-security risk, and the courts tend to defer to that governing body when it comes to issues of national security, experts told Business Insider. The federal government has more authority on that subject than a state like Montana does."The court will look at the merits of the case, but really driven by deference to Congress as having much more understanding of the national-security risks than the judges themselves do," Matthew Schettenhelm, a senior litigation analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, told BI. Schettenhelm estimated the law had a 70% chance of surviving a legal challenge.<h2>It's a coin toss when national-security interests come up against speech protections</h2>If this law wasn't about protecting national security, TikTok's case would be a slam dunk. Its argument that the law violates free speech is clear, as passing a bill that could lead to a ban will box out tens of millions of Americans from an app they use to say things every day.While the bill is framed around forcing new ownership of TikTok, it's likely to result in a ban, which strengthens the free-speech argument. The Chinese government has signaled it opposes a TikTok divestment. Its foreign ministry said last month that a forced sale was "sheer robbers' logic." Its government has the<a target="_blank" href="https://www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1246391855/tiktok-ban-congress-biden-china-lawsuit"> final say</a> on the export of TikTok's algorithm, which would make the app much harder to spin-off.Restricting free speech would be a big problem for the bill if it didn't have national-security interests at its core. While First-Amendment arguments are well supported in court, national-security concerns also have a lot of sway, legal experts told BI."The First Amendment is the trump card that basically allows you to prevail if you can plausibly make a First-Amendment argument," said G.S. Hans, an associate clinical professor of law at Cornell Law School and associate director of its First-Amendment clinic. "National security also is a trump card, and the government often wins when it claims that. The question for me is, which trump card does the court think is more valuable?"Security arguments have stood up in the past for more narrow cases against TikTok. A federal judge<a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-upholds-texas-tiktok-ban-state-owned-devices-2023-12-11/"> upheld a Texas law</a> that blocked state employees from using the app on state-owned devices and networks, saying it was a "reasonable restriction on access to TikTok in light of Texas's concerns."<h2>Show us your smoking-gun evidence, Congress</h2>Legal experts said the evidence the US government brings to court to prove that TikTok is a national-security risk will be central to its case. It has to demonstrate that a forced divestiture or outright ban is necessary."It can't be just conclusory, or in other words to say, 'We think there's a national security threat. Therefore we should ban the app,'" said Lena Shapiro, director of the First Amendment clinic at the University of Illinois College of Law. "They have to provide evidence."Congress' bipartisan bill is the culmination of years of<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-employees-feel-numb-latest-political-attacks-washington-2024-3"> political attacks from Washington on TikTok's operations</a>. Politicians fear its owner ByteDance, which is headquartered in China, could be forced to share US user data with the Chinese Communist Party because of a standing National Intelligence Law. US officials have also raised concerns that the CCP could use TikTok to censor or promote information and even influence an election, serving its own interests. TikTok has denied both of these claims."We believe the facts and the law are clearly on our side, and we will ultimately prevail," a TikTok spokesperson told BI in a statement. "We have invested billions of dollars to keep US data safe and our platform free from outside influence and manipulation."Congress hasn't proven that an outright sale or ban of TikTok is the only way to protect national-security interests. Other less severe efforts like a national data privacy law could solve some of its concerns without limiting speech, for example."The government bears the burden of pointing to an important interest in instituting this law," said Ramya Krishnan, a senior staff attorney at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, which filed a legal challenge against Texas's state-device ban last year. "There's the onus of showing that it could not achieve its interest in narrower ways."

Legal experts say the TikTok divest-or-ban bill could stand up in court despite being a free-speech disaster

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Former President <keyword id="11914386" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="donald-trump" source="Orion">Donald Trump</keyword> inaccurately accused Democrats of killing babies "up until the moment of birth" at a rally in Iowa.</li><li>He also falsely claimed that Virginia's governor supports executing babies "after birth."</li></ul>Speaking to thousands of supporters at <a href="https://t.co/KOxOKfHy3W?amp=1">a rally in Des Moines, Iowa,</a> former President Donald Trump baselessly accused the "far-left" of aborting babies right up until the moment of birth and misleadingly alleged that one Democrat governor supports infanticide.Trump told the crowd that the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/whats-in-democrats-35-trillion-infrastructure-economic-plan-2021-9">$3.5 trillion reconciliation bill,</a> officially known as the Build Back Better Act, would force "taxpayers to fund the far left's extreme abortion agenda."The bill, he said, would abolish the <keyword id="12283563" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hyde-amendment" source="Orion">Hyde amendment</keyword>. This controversial provision bars federal funds from being used for most <keyword id="12021656" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="abortions" source="Orion">abortions</keyword>, except in cases of rape, incest, or when the pregnant person's life is in danger.There is a lack of consensus among Democrats about including the Hyde amendment in the <keyword id="12222922" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="reconciliation-bill" source="Orion">reconciliation bill</keyword>. Some moderates, including Sen. Joe Manchin, demand that it be a part of the package.Progressive Democrats, like Rep. Pramila Jayapal, have said that they would not support a bill that includes the Hyde amendment, and <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/575468-biden-indicates-he-would-sign-reconciliation-bill-with-hyde-amendment">President Joe Biden told reporters</a> that he would sign it either way.The abolition of the Hyde amendment, Trump claimed at the rally, would see Democrats "ripping babies from their mother's womb, right up until the moment of birth." The amendment's focus is on funding and accessibility to abortions and does not refer extreme late-term abortions.Trump has repeated the claim several times at campaign rallies that Democrats "rip" babies from the womb at the "moment of birth," and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/28/fact-checking-trumps-comments-democrats-late-term-abortion/">fact-checkers have consistently noted this as false.</a>Most abortions are performed in the earlier stages of pregnancy, with a minuscule percentage (about one percent) happening after the fetus reaches the point of viability. "The president is describing something that rarely happens and that no Democrat is calling for anyway," said <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/28/fact-checking-trumps-comments-democrats-late-term-abortion/">The Washington Post.</a>At the Iowa rally, the former president went on to make an even wilder assertion about Democrats and their abortion positions. He said that some Democrats are "killing babies after birth," and falsely alleged that Virginia Governor Ralph Northam supports infanticide."You saw that?" In Virginia, the governor of Virginia, after birth," Trump told the crowd.The former president previously made the misleading assertion during his <a href="https://youtu.be/O18k-sA7r1I?t=5552">State of Union address in 2019 </a>and at a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do2YCAGPr4E&amp;t=2806s806s">2019 rally in El Paso, Texas</a>, but fact-checkers have repeatedly <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-virginia-gov-abortion-idUSKBN27D2HL">debunked it then.</a>The accusation refers to Northam's comments on "third-trimester abortions" that are done in cases "where there may be severe deformities. There may be a fetus that's nonviable," <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-virginia-gov-abortion-idUSKBN27D2HL">Reuters said.</a> Northam, a physician, never said he would sanction the execution of newborns, according to <a href="https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/feb/20/donald-trump/trump-wrongly-claims-northam-said-he-would-execute/">Politifact.</a> The fact-checkers said: "What he did say is that in rare, late-pregnancy cases when fetuses are nonviable, doctors deliver the baby, keep it comfortable, resuscitate it if the mother wishes, and then have a 'discussion' with the mother."During the rally, Insider reported that Trump also <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/iowa-rally-donald-trump-blasts-mitch-mcconnells-lack-of-courage-2021-10?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">spread misinformation about widely disproved claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election.</a>

Donald Trump accuses Democrats of supporting 'killing babies after birth' in misleading Iowa rally speech about the reconciliation bill, video shows

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Colorado startup Boom Supersonic is developing a faster-than-sound jet called Overture.</li><li>The company's first prototype is the 71-foot-long XB-1, which has been nicknamed the "Baby Boom."</li></ul>Colorado startup Boom Supersonic is hoping to revive the era of the ultra-speedy Concorde with its <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-overture-the-boom-supersonic-aircraft-that-united-just-ordered-2021-6">Mach 1.7 Overture passenger jet</a>, and its prototype is finally gearing up for its first flight.Nicknamed the "baby boom," the company's XB-1 demo aircraft has undergone extensive ground testing since 2020, including evaluating subsystems and upgrading its engines and landing gear.More recently, XB-1 underwent taxi testing in the Mojave desert and received an experimental airworthiness certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration — all in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/boom-supersonic-advances-flight-preparations-for-xb-1-301909250.html">preparation</a> for its eventual first flight, which Boom CEO Blake Scholl said in August could take place by the end of the year.The company doubled down on that timeline in early November as the prototype continues ground tests and receives further clearances from the FAA, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.axios.com/local/raleigh/2023/11/13/boom-supersonic-nears-first-test?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axioswhatsnext&amp;stream=science">Axios</a> reported.Boom confirmed to Business Insider on Tuesday that it is "making significant progress toward the first flight, and we expect to fly XB-1 soon."According to the manufacturer, the 71-foot-long <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-boom-supersonic-updated-ultra-fast-aircraft-overture-2022-7">Baby Boom features a carbon composite and titanium fuselage and gull wings</a> designed to enable "safe operation at takeoff and landing as well as supersonic speeds."<div type="image" title="The engines on Boom's XB-1 supersonic test plane." height="948" width="1265" msid="105513353" hostid="261" sizebytes="42914"></div>Its optimized aerodynamic shape is similar to the one planned for the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-overture-the-boom-supersonic-aircraft-that-united-just-ordered-2021-6">all-business-class Overture</a>, which United Airlines and American Airlines have ordered and expect to catapult travelers across the Atlantic in less than four hours by 2030.But, the faster-than-sound Overture will sport a different engine than the three proven General Electric J85 engines that will power the XB-1. Instead of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-boom-supersonics-own-symphony-engine-powering-overture-jet-2023-6">partnering with a known engine maker, Overture's</a> will be made in-house.Boom's decision to build its own powerplant, dubbed Symphony, came after <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/engine-makers-help-boom-build-supersonic-engine-overture-2022-9#:~:text=Engine%20manufacturers%20are%20not%20interested,engine%2C%20which%20could%20be%20advantageous.">every major manufacturer declined to help</a>, including Pratt &amp; Whitney, GE, Honeywell, Safran Aircraft Engines, Rolls-Royce, and CFM International.The setback has not stopped <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/another-engine-maker-says-wont-build-supersonic-engine-boom-overture-2022-10">Boom's supersonic dream</a>, though, and could even prove a lucrative asset if successful.Henry Harteveldt, travel analyst and president of Atmosphere Research Group, told Business Insider last year that selling Symphony could "not only recoup its cost but also possibly make a profit off of it."To prepare for its <a target="_blank" href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3952116-1&amp;h=496441279&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FHg9pHnQ4zTs&amp;a=Boom+Supersonic+YouTube+channel">first XB-1 flight</a>, Boom said its test pilots had completed hundreds of hours of flight training in a simulator and a trainer aircraft.<div type="image" title="A pilot sitting in the cockpit of the Boom Supersonic experimental aircraft." height="1021" width="1361" msid="105513356" hostid="261" sizebytes="50562"></div>The company has also secured clearances to conduct the flight in the same place where Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/70-years-since-chuck-yeager-broke-the-sound-barrier-what-it-was-like-2017-10">broke the sound barrier</a> for the first time in history.The famed aviator exceeded Mach 1 when he piloted a <a target="_blank" href="https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/bell-x-1/nasm_A19510007000">Bell X-1</a> airplane equipped with a rocket engine across the Mojave desert in 1947."It's fitting that XB-1 is now progressing toward first flight at the Mojave Air &amp; Space Port, home to more than 50 first flights and other significant aviation events," Boom's chief test pilot Bill "Doc" Shoemaker said. "I'm looking forward to flying XB-1 here, building on the achievements of other talented engineers and pilots who inspire us every day to make supersonic travel mainstream."

Boom Supersonic says it will conduct the first test flight of its ultra-speedy 'baby boom' prototype aircraft later this year

Dominion's case against Fox News goes to trial this week. Is the First Amendment really on the line?

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Americans across the nation are voting on several consequential ballot initiatives in 2020 on everything from labor laws to drug legalization. </li><li>Direct ballot initiatives, amendments, and propositions enable voters to directly change state law or their state's constitution with their vote, or to compel the legislature to take a certain action. </li><li>Insider and Decision Desk HQ will have live results and calls for nearly 20 of the most important ballot initiatives in 2020. </li></ul>In addition to the hotly-contested presidential and congressional elections, Americans across the nation are voting on several consequential ballot initiatives on everything from drug legalization and decriminalization to abortion policy and election administration. Direct ballot initiatives, amendments, and propositions enable voters to directly change state law or their state's constitution with their vote. The most high-profile ballot proposition of 2020 is California's Prop 22, in which voters will determine whether to uphold or reverse a controversial law, Assembly Bill 5, which prohibited ride-share companies like Uber and Lyft from classifying employees as independent contractors. Insider and our partners at Decision Desk HQ will have live, updated results and calls for nearly 20 of the most important ballot initiatives and questions in 2020. <h3>Find the live results for the most key 2020 ballot initiatives and referendums here: </h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/puerto-rico-statehood-referendum-live-results-2020">Puerto Rico Statehood referendum</a>: Residents of the US territory of Puerto Rico will be voting on a non-binding referendum on whether the territory should seek to become a US state. While Puerto Ricans are currently US citizens, pay taxes, and can serve in the military, they cannot vote in federal elections and do not have voting representation in Congress. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/alaska-ballot-measure-2-live-vote-count-results-2020">Alaska Ballot Measure 2:</a> Alaskans are voting on an initiative that would replace the state's current partisan primary system with non-partisan, top-four primaries and enact ranked-choice voting. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/arizona-proposition-207-live-vote-count-results-marijuana-2020">Arizona Proposition 207:</a> Arizona is voting on whether to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana use for adults 21 and older and to tax marijuana sales. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/california-proposition-17-parolee-voting-rights-2020">California Proposition 17:</a> This measure would extend the right to vote to Californians serving parole. California is currently one of just three states that allow citizens on probation but not parole to vote. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/california-proposition-18-17-year-old-vote-live-results-2020-10">California Proposition 18:</a> A measure to allow 17-year-olds who will turn 18 by the time of the general or regular election to vote in primaries and special elections. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/california-proposition-20-sentencing-reform-rollback-results-2020">California Proposition 20:</a> This proposition would roll back some criminal justice and sentencing reforms enacted over the past decade, including restoring restrictions on parole and allowing prosecutors to prosecute some misdemeanor theft cases as felonies. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/california-proposition-22-live-vote-count-results-2020">California Proposition 22: </a>A hotly-debated and contested initiative that, if passed, would allow rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft to classify all employees as independent contractors and not full-time employees. The measure would overturn the highly controversial Assembly Bill 5. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/california-proposition-25-to-eliminate-or-keep-cash-bail-live-results-2020">California Proposition 25:</a> In this proposition, Californians will vote on whether the state will be the first in the nation to eliminate the use of cash bail in courts statewide. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/colorado-proposition-113-national-popular-vote-compact-results-2020">Colorado Proposition 113:</a> Colorado is voting on whether the state and its nine electoral college votes should enter the National Popular Vote Compact, in which member states pledge all their Electoral College votes to the winner of the national popular vote. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/colorado-proposition-115-to-enact-a-22-week-abortion-ban-2020">Colorado Proposition 115: </a> A measure that would prohibit abortion after 22 weeks of pregnancy, except in circumstances where necessary to save the pregnant person's life. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/washington-dc-initiative-81-to-decriminalize-shrooms-live-results-2020-10">District of Columbia Initiative 81:</a> A <keyword id="10189968" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ballot-initiative">ballot initiative</keyword> that would decriminalize the use of psychedelic and hallucinogenic mushrooms. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-amendment-3-to-create-top-two-primaries-live-results-counts-2020">Florida Amendment 3:</a> This measure would enact a top-two, or jungle, primary system for gubernatorial, cabinet, and state legislative elections and allow non-affiliated voters to vote in such primaries. It requires a 60% threshold to pass. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/louisiana-amendment-1-on-abortion-results-2020">Louisiana Amendment 1:</a> This amendment, if passed, would explicitly guarantee no right to an abortion or to public funding for abortions under Louisiana's constitution. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/massachusetts-ballot-question-2-ranked-choice-voting-live-results-2020-10">Massachusetts Question 2: </a>A measure that would enact ranked-choice voting for federal and state-level elections starting in 2022. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/montana-i-190-ci-118-marijuana-propositions-live-vote-count-results-2020">Montana I-190 and C1-118: </a>Montana is voting on ballot initiatives to legalize the use of recreational marijuana for adults 21 and over, tax marijuana products, and allow the legislature to set the legal age for marijuana purchase. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/new-jersey-public-question-1-live-vote-count-results-2020">New Jersey Public Question 1:</a> A measure to regulate the possession, use, and purchasing of recreational marijuana for adults aged 21 and older. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oregon-measure-109-live-vote-count-results-2020">Oregon Measure 109:</a> This initiative would legalize the use of psilocybin drugs like mushrooms in certain regulated medical settings to patients 21 and older. Some studies indicate that the use of such drugs, when overseen by a physician, can be effective in treating mental health conditions like depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and anxiety. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oregon-measure-110-live-vote-count-results-2020">Oregon Measure 110:</a> An initiative to decriminalize the possession of certain controlled substances, including cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine. It would also direct some revenue from recreational marijuana sales to funding drug addiction treatment programs. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/south-dakota-constitutional-amendment-live-vote-count-results-2020">South Dakota Constitutional Amendment A:</a> An initiative that would legalize the use of recreational marijuana and mandate the state legislature to pass bills legalizing medical marijuana and the sale of hemp. </li></ul><h3>You can find live election results from Insider and Decision Desk HQ <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/2020-election-results">for the presidential race</a>, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/2020-senate-election-results">the US Senate</a>, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/2020-house-elections-results">the US House of Representatives</a> here. </h3>

Insider's guide to the key direct ballot propositions, initiatives, and amendments of 2020

<ul><li>The second phase of the Lok Sabha’s Budget Session will begin today(March 2). </li><li>The <keyword id="8854111" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Direct-Tax-Vivad-se-Vishwas">Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas</keyword>, The Aircraft (Amendment) and Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) are some of the bills on the table for discussion. </li></ul>The second phase of the Lok Sabha’s (the lower house of Indian Parliament) Budget Session will begin today(March 2) with a considerable list of business for the day. However, the opposition is likely to turn the heat up on the government over the recent violence in Delhi. Opposition in the Parliament will <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/parliament-opens-today-turbulent-session-on-cards/story-PbeoApY4Di5x7EBUI799NI.html">seek</a> answers from the central government over Delhi's violence, which resulted in the death of 42 people and injured about 350 in the last one week. The communal violence has been the worst hit in the last three decades. It broke out last Sunday (February 23), with clashes between Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act and Pro CAA groups in several neighbourhoods of north-east Delhi. All that’s on the table Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman would be moving 'The Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Bill, 2020 for consideration and passing to provide for the resolution of disputed tax. Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 is to be introduced by Union Minister Harsh Vardhan to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri will move The Aircraft (Amendment) Bill, 2020. This is to be moved to amend the Aircraft Act, 1934. The Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill,2020 would be introduced by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi to amend the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 and to amend the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015. He would also lay on the table an explanatory Statement showing the reasons for immediate Legislation by the promulgation of the Mineral Laws Ordinance, 2020. A report of the Standing Committee on Railways would be presented by Radha Mohan Singh and Sunil Kumar Mondal regarding the "Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Railways". The MPs to move that the "Lok Sabha recommend to the Rajya Sabha that the Upper House do agree to nominate seven members from it to associate with the Committee on Public Accounts of the House for the term beginning on May 1, 2020, and ending on April 30, 2021, and do communicate to this House the names of the members so nominated by Rajya Sabha." (With inputs from IANS) SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/india/news/a-former-ias-officer-forced-out-by-modi-administration-joins-andhra-pradesh-chief-minsiter/articleshow/74433172.cms">A former IAS officer forced out by Modi administration joins Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/india/news/guns-petrol-bombs-acid-drilling-machines-and-other-weapons-that-killed-21-and-injured-over-180-in-delhi/articleshow/74316215.cms">Guns, petrol bombs, acid, drilling machines — and other weapons that killed 21 and injured over 180 in Delhi</a>

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