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Uttar Pradesh: Singing National Anthem Mandatory In Madrasas; Read Full Story!

Aditi priya singhMay 13, 20220

In Uttar Pradesh, students in madrasas will now have to sing the national anthem daily before classes. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath's government has made it mandatory to sing Jan-Man-Gana daily in all madrasas of the state. Muslim society has objected to this decision of the Yogi government. Maulanas are saying that if the national anthem is sung on 15 August and 26 January in madrasas already, then what is the need to make it mandatory daily. At the same time, the government has told this decision in the interest of Muslim society. Madarsa Board Chairman Dr Iftikhar Ahmed Javed said that madrassas have opened in the state from today and the Alims have started coming in for studies. These children of madrassa should also come into the mainstream of the country so that the feeli...

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Wife’s Right To Live Not Limited To In-laws, But Also In Rented Houses: Supreme Court

Arpita SarkarMay 13, 20220

The right of married women to reside will not be limited to the in-laws. She may also have the right to stay in the rented house of her husband who is out of work. The Supreme Court made important observations at a hearing in a domestic violence case on Thursday. A division bench of Justice MR Shah and Justice VV Nagaratna said, "The issue of property rights of the married couple would not be confined to the husband's ancestral home." The case was filed by a woman. She complained of domestic violence after becoming a widow. She also told about the difficulty of her living. According to the apex court's observation, in many cases, Indian women living outside their in-laws' houses have to face a number of problems. In particular, about their living. So their right to live or pro...

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Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Government Terminates DGP Mukul Goel For ‘Negligence’ And ‘Indolence’

Sayani ChakrabortyMay 13, 20220

According to an official statement, the administration of Yogi Adityanath terminated Mukul Goel's position as the chief policeman in the state of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday night. The administration cited Goel's "indolence" and "ineffectiveness" as the reasons for his termination. The government of Uttar Pradesh has done something that has never been done before. Since the current government assumed office, there has been a rise in the number of particularly severe crimes, such as rape and murder. It has never happened before that a director-general of the Police has been dismissed from their position for this particular reason.  The state government of Uttar Pradesh disciplined him by assigning him a subordinate position in one of the state's civil defence agencies. The DGP h...

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Sri Lanka Crisis: Factors Behind Triggering A Historic Depression

Pooja YadavMay 13, 20220

Sri Lanka has been in the news such a lot recently that its current woes are the things of popular knowledge. The acute deprivation caused to its people thanks to the absence of their staple food at a reasonable price within the market and therefore the shortage of petrol at the pump is evident. The Covid-19 Pandemic that put the entire tourism industry on hold which was the beauty of Sri Lanka. As far as the percentage is concerned, It accounted for 10% of Sri Lanka’s GDP. This led to a dip in the forex reserve (from $7.5 billion in 2019 to $2.8 billion in July 2021). High debt resulting from other sources of revenue led to high cost in importing of essential items, including food. A depreciated currency, high dependence on imports and hoarding led to a steep rise in food ...

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HIV Awarness Increased In Country: Central Government

Arpita SarkarMay 12, 20220

Awareness has increased a bit, but the deficit remains quite a bit. Nearly 30% of parents in the country do not want their child to attend classes with an HIV-infected student. Similarly, at least 35% of men and women object to buying goods from an HIV-infected grain seller. As far as awareness is concerned, only 30% of men in the country know about the disease in detail. The situation in West Bengal is even worse. The survey said, "Only 15%of men in the state have complete knowledge about HIV. The women of Bengal have more information about the disease than the men of this state." The National Health Family Survey shows that although awareness is higher than ever before, there are still misconceptions about HIV in society and in the family. For example, about 51% of women and at...

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India Made No Progress In Treating Anaemia Among Women, Children: Global Nutrition & NFHS-5 Report

Sonia SolankiMay 11, 20220

India, in the last few years, has failed to make any progress in treating Anaemia among women and children. The results from the two renowned platforms show similar findings. These two reports come from the Global Nutrition Report (2019-21) and NFHS-5 (2019-21). According to them, Anaemia is worsening in women aged between 15-49 years and in children aged between 0.5- 5.0 years. Along with this NFHS-5 (National Family Health Survey) data shows that the biggest spike is seen in children between 0.5 - 5 years old, with 67.1% of children suffering. This value was at 58.6% in the year 2015-16 in the NFHS-4 report. The condition is more severe in interior parts of India with 68.3% compared to 64.2% in urban Indian children. More than 50% of Indian women are anaemic As per the survey co...

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Loudspeaker Row Reaches Karnataka: Utilisation Prohibited From 10 PM To 6 AM!

Aditi priya singhMay 11, 20220

The loudspeaker ruckus that began from Maharashtra and Delhi has now arrived in Karnataka. The Karnataka government has prohibited the utilisation of loudspeakers in the state for a couple of hours. As indicated by the directions of the government, there will be a restriction on playing loudspeakers in Karnataka from 10 pm to 6 am. The government expressed that for this taking authorisation recorded as written by the authorities is essential. The utilisation of loudspeakers or tending to individuals won't be permitted from 10 pm to 6 am except in auditoriums, conference rooms, community halls and Banquet halls," the directions are given by the government said. The round has referred to the Supreme Court request which expresses that the noise level in public places where loudspeak...

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Congress Proposes ‘One Family One Candidate’ Plan For Party

Arpita SarkarMay 11, 20220

It is difficult to implement the policy of 'one person, one position'. This time it was proposed to implement the 'One Family, One Candidate' policy to strengthen the Congress! This means that only one person from a family will be a candidate in the election. But the question is whether this policy will be applicable to the Gandhi family as well. The draft, which has been prepared for discussion at the Congress think tank in Udaipur since Friday, speaks of the policy of 'one person, one post' as well as 'one family, one candidate'. It will be presented at the Chintan Shibir in Udaipur after a discussion in the Congress Working Committee on Monday. Though the voters did not join the Prashant Kishore Congress, the Congress leaders could see the shadow of his advice in proposing a m...

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Roar of Loudspeakers; Politics Of Vested Interest

Sayani ChakrabortyMay 10, 20220

Since Raj Thackrey, President of the MNS (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena), in a press conference on Tuesday, called on the people to demonstrate the strength of the Hindu community by playing "Hanuman Chalisa" on loudspeakers, the topic of Loudspeaker Row has become one of the most contentious issues in the state. Raj ThackreyRaj Thackrey had previously said that the final day for removing loudspeakers from mosques would be Wednesday. He claims that if Muslims played Azan on a loudspeaker, the people of Maharashtra would respond by chanting the Hanuman Chalisa. On Wednesday morning, MNS employees in Mumbai's Charkop neighbourhood took the initiative and played the Hanuman Chalisa over loudspeakers. During the Fajr (First Namaz) at 5 a.m., the next day. In the meanwhile, people gather...

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‘Minority’ Tag For Hindus Likely To Be Reconsidered: Central To Supreme Court

Arpita SarkarMay 10, 20220

The Centre will reconsider granting 'minority' status to Hindus in some states. This will be discussed with the states where the population of the Hindu community is comparatively less. The Modi government said in an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Monday. The Center told the Supreme Court that it was filing a new affidavit on the matter to avoid unintentional complications in the country in the future. Earlier, on March 27, the Center had opposed a group of writ petitions. The affidavit states that Christians, Sikhs, Muslims, Buddhists, Persians and Jains - these six communities are informed as minorities at the national level. However, where the Hindu community is sparsely populated, the decision on granting minority status to the Hindus may be taken by the concerned State or...

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UIDAI Cannot Share Aadhaar Data In Police Investigation; Check Out Reasons!

Snehashish RoyMay 10, 20220

A petition has been opposed by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) that seeks the Delhi High Court's direction to allow investigators to match fingerprints and pictures of the suspect with the Aadhar database to identify the accused in a murder case. The petition was filed by the Delhi Police. The provider of unique Aadhaar numbers, UIDAI, has prohibitions under the rule of law that it cannot share any core biometric information with police. The plea was opposed by the statutory authority and said the data is not "technologically feasible" to share with the investigating authority. The investigating case at hand is regarding a murder case where Hemant Kumar Kaushik, a jeweller, was killed by three alleged robbers in northwest Delhi's Adarsh Nagar. Two robbers loo...

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Delimitation Commission Issues Its Findings On Constituencies Of J&K

Sayani ChakrabortyMay 9, 20220

The Centre established a delimitation panel on Thursday, and the commission has given its final report for the delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and the delimitation of the Assembly for Jammu and Kashmir, which has been the most contentious state since 2019. Because of the increased number of Assembly seats as a result of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, this delimitation commission was essential. As a result, all political parties, with the exception of the BJP, were hostile to the report. Previously, the state of Jammu and Kashmir had around 111 Assembly seats, with 46 seats in Kashmir, 37 seats in Jammu, 4 seats in Ladakh, and an extra 24 seats reserved for Kashmir held by Pakistan, according to the 2011 census. The Delimitation Commission, on the oth...

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