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A special judgment of the Supreme Court on couples living in a live-in has been instructed. If a couple has children while in a live-in relationship, they cannot be deprived of their ancestral property rights. The country's top court has given such instructions. The Kerala High Court ruled that the law was in favor of marriage and against the concubine. Rejecting the verdict, the high court said that if a man and a woman live together for a long time, their children will get ancestral rights. A bench of Justice S Abdul Nazir and Justice Vikram Nath said, "If a man and a woman live together as husband and wife for many years, they will be considered bound by marriage." In 2009, the lower court's verdict was overturned by the Kerala High Court. The lower court granted the petiti...

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Pollution Will Reduce Life Expectancy Of Indians By 5 Years: Report

Arpita SarkarJune 15, 20220

It has been reported that air pollution can reduce the life expectancy of Indians by about five years. That's according to the latest report from the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) of the Institute of Energy Policy at the University of Chicago. It is said that Delhi is the most polluted city in the country. Pollution can reduce life expectancy there by 10.1 years. On the other hand, 97.3 percent of the world's lives are at risk due to air pollution. The report is based on data from 2020. It said that 63% of Indians live in areas where air pollution is above national standards (40 micrograms per cubic meter). According to the report, India is second only to Bangladesh (65.6 micrograms / cubic meter, the life expectancy of citizens could be reduced to 7.9 years) in the list of the world's ...

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Modi Targeting Muslims, Excessive Force Must Be Stopped: Amnesty International

Arpita SarkarJune 14, 20220

The controversial remarks by the now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and the ensuing protests have caused controversy in many parts of the world, including India. This time, Amnesty International issued a stern statement urging the Indian government not to target Muslims. Recently, BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma's (now suspended) controversial remarks in the media made India virtually isolated in the Arab world. Several countries have called on India's ambassador to oppose the ruling party's spokesman's remarks. Indian goods were boycotted at multiple trade venues in West Asia. Opposition and demonstrations started in the country as well. But the BJP-ruled states have been accused of taking "extra drastic" measures to quell the protests. This time, in that context, Amnesty Int...

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Enrollment In Private Schools Decreases In India Due To Lower Income Rates: Report

Arpita SarkarJune 13, 20220

Corona has been affecting the world for the last three years. Millions of people have lost their livelihood. Many are looking for other ways to earn a living without getting a job. At this time, a piece of shocking information came to light when it came to the realities of education in India. And that too was found in the official report. It shows that in the post-COVID situation, the number of admissions in private schools in the country has decreased. At the same time, the number of new students in government schools has increased. Behind this is the decrease in family income. According to government data, the number of students in government schools in the country in the fiscal year 2019-20 was 131 million. In the fiscal year 2020-21, it increased by three percent to 13 crores 15 ...

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Women Cannot Be Forced To Work Even If They Are Highly Educated: Bombay HC

Arpita SarkarJune 13, 20220

She is highly educated. So she should get a job in any organization. We have to move away from this idea. Even if a woman is highly educated, she cannot be forced to work. Such was the observation of the Bombay High Court in the hearing of a case on Friday. The Pune family court had ordered a man to pay Rs 5,000 per month as alimony to his wife. She was asked to pay another Rs 7,000 for her daughter's education. The man then claimed that his wife was highly educated and therefore could earn a living by working. But the Pune court rejected his plea and ordered alimony for his wife. The man challenged the order and approached the Bombay High Court. The case was heard on a single bench of Justice Bharti Dang. According to the bench, it is up to the woman to decide whether to work or...

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Indian Economy Recovered Strongly Despite COVID-19 Pandemic: US Treasury Report

Arpita SarkarJune 11, 20220

India's economy is turning around in the face of the Corona supermarket. That's according to a report presented to the US Congress on Friday. Fascinated by India's economic growth, Joe Biden, the government's finance minister, said that despite the slowdown in growth in FY 2020-21, India was able to recover in FY 2021-22. Even after the second wave of Corona, India was able to revive its growth rate in the second half of the year, according to the US Treasury Department's half-yearly report. The report also praised the progress of immunisation programs in countries with large populations like India. It has been said that despite the outbreak of infection due to Omicron earlier this year, the Indian economy has been able to avoid that flame. Since the beginning of 2022, India has ...

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India Ranks Last In Environmental Health: Report

Arpita SarkarJune 10, 20220

India ranks last among 180 countries in the world in terms of environmental health judged for environmental performance by a US-based organization. Denmark topped the 2022 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) recently published by the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University, followed by the United Kingdom and Finland. EPI provides a data-driven summary of sustainable conditions around the world. Using 40 performance indicators across 11 issues, EPI ranks 180 countries on climate change effectiveness, environmental health and the vitality of ecosystems. These indicators provide a measure on a national scale of how close countries are to established environmental policy goals. The repor...

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Hostile Attitude Towards Muslims Is Real Character Of BJP: Congress

Arpita SarkarJune 10, 20220

PM Narendra Modi did not say a word. Union Home Minister Amit Shah is also silent. External Affairs Minister S Jayashankar also did not utter a word. The whole world is ashamed of the prophetic remarks of the BJP spokespersons. Even after that, Congress on Wednesday raised the question as to why these three top officials of the central government are keeping their mouths shut. The Congress alleges that in the face of pressure from West Asian countries, the BJP has for the time being dismissed those party spokespersons as "fringe elements". But the reality is that this hateful attitude towards Muslims is the real character of the BJP. Prime Minister Modi himself, Amit Shah has also risen to the top of the party by walking this path. That is why for so many days, the leaders of the...

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India’s Expected Economic Growth To Remain At 7.5% In 2022-23: World Bank

Arpita SarkarJune 8, 20220

The wounds of the epidemic have not yet healed. Russia-Ukraine war has become a 'poison on the knees'. In this scenario, the rate of inflation in the retail market in India stands at an eight-year high. On record wholesale inflation. That is why the World Bank is not dreaming of a 'good day' in terms of financial growth. On 'Global Economic Prospects,' the World Bank on Tuesday released a report. The report says, "India's economic growth rate for the current fiscal year 2022-23 could be 7.5 percent. Incidentally, in the last financial year (2021-22), the World Bank said that in the fiscal year 2022-23, India's economic growth rate could be 8.7 percent. Last April, a revised report by the World Bank predicted an 8 percent growth in India. In Tuesday's report, it was further reduced by 0....

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Passion Murder: Police Investigates Dombivli Murder, Suicide With A Different Angle

Sayani ChakrabortyJune 7, 20220

Anita Kale noticed that her sister Lalita, who had retired to her bedroom in Palava city in Dombivli the night before with her boyfriend Anil Salunke, had not come out even once on the morning of Tuesday, May 31, 2022, after their mother had left for work. This was after Anita Kale's mother had left for work. She rang the bell. When she did not get a response, she alerted her neighbors and they, one at a time, informed the local Manpada Police. She eventually got a response. A group of law enforcement officers arrived and forced open the door, where they saw Lalita Kale lying dead and Saluke hanging from a nylon rope. The police were skeptical that he had used the same rope to suffocate vegetables. As evidence of the crime, the police in Manpada filed a murder charge against Sal...

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If I Speak Hindi, I Will Become A Slave: DMK Leader TKS Elangovan

Arpita SarkarJune 7, 20220

Forcing the people of the southern states to speak Hindi means imposing 'Manudharma' on them. The remarks came in the wake of remarks made by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on behalf of Hindi on the issue of "One Country One Language", a leader of the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu. His question is, even though Hindi is not the mother tongue, what will happen if Bengali, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Maharashtra are developed states, but still developing states use the mother tongue of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Bihar? Opposing the argument that increasing the use of Hindi would increase employment opportunities, the DMK leader quipped, "Hindi is spoken in places where people sell Panipuri." I will end up as a Shudra, that is, a slave." Shah recently questioned the use of Hindi as the...

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Heat Is Tortuously Rising In Delhi And Its Adjoining Areas: Warns MET Office

Arpita SarkarJune 7, 20220

Delhi is gasping for breath in the scorching heat. The upward mercury seems to be setting new records every day. The news of any hope is far away, said Mausam Bhavan, the people of Delhi will have to endure this heat wave in the next few days. In this situation, the weather building has issued 'Yellow Alert' in some areas in the National Capital Region. Apart from Delhi, the heat wave is intensifying in Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. The heat is rising in Delhi and its adjoining areas. The meteorological office in Safdarjung said the maximum temperature in the area today was 44.2 degrees Celsius. According to sources, the overall temperature in Delhi may cross 45 degrees Celsius in the next few days. The maximum temperature at Mungeshpur in Delhi was 47.3 degrees Celsius....