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Amit Shah: Our Decision May Be Wrong But Our Intentions Were Never Wrong

Gunjan ChaudharyDecember 18, 20210

During the 94th Annual General Meeting of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) held on Friday this week i.e. 17th December 2021 Union Home Minister Amit Shah talked openly about the decisions of BJP government. Union Health Minister Amit Shah said on Friday that some decisions of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government may be wrong, but our intentions were never wrong. He said that in the last seven years, no one has even been able to accuse the government of corruption, because our intentions have never been wrong. He further said that even those criticizing the government saw what kind of changes took place in the country in these past seven years. Amit Shah said that at the time of Corona pandemic too, the government implemented many schemes in order...

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Goa Elections: Fadnavis Called Congress “A Part Time Party”, Also Targeted Mamata Banerjee

Gunjan ChaudharyDecember 18, 20210

Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Friday took a jibe at the Congress and said that it is now a part time party which is slowly disappearing from the country. He said that the parties of Delhi and West Bengal have reached Goa before the Congress to conduct their experiments in the assembly elections and to create division. He was referring to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC), which have announced their decision to contest the upcoming elections in Goa. Fadnavis said, No democracy left in Bengal Hitting out at the Trinamool Congress and Mamata Banerjee, he said there is no democracy left in West Bengal now and the state is on top in terms of unemployment and crime. Fadnavis, BJP's election in-charge for Goa, was addressing people in Panaj...

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Appointment Of New CDS To Be Declared Soon, List Of Possible Names Submitted To Defense Minister

Gunjan ChaudharyDecember 18, 20210

After the untimely death of Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat with his wife in a helicopter crash on December 8 in Tamil Nadu, now the central government has started the exercise to make the next appointment to this vacant post. Officials said on Friday that the list of possible names prepared on the basis of the recommendations of the three services for the post would soon be sent to Defense Minister Rajnath Singh for his approval. After getting permission from the Defense Minister, this list will be sent to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, which will take a final call on the appointment of the new CDS. According to a report by news agency PTI, officials said that the central government is finalizing a panel to select the successor of General Bipin Rawat. Seni...

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Why The Government’s Stand To Tinker With The Legal Age Of Marriage Is Flawed

Abhay ChauhanDecember 17, 20210

Based on the recommendations of the Jaya Jaitley task force, the  Union Cabinet passed a proposal on Wednesday, to bring the legal age of marriage for women at par with men, that is from 18 to 21 years.The objective of the task force, set up in June 2020 by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, was to examine matters "about motherhood, imperatives of MMR, improvement of nutritional levels and related issues." Among other recommendations, the task force recommended bringing the legal age of marriage at par with those of men. What is the current status of legal age of marriageThe Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 sets the minimum age of marriage at 18 for girls and 21 for boys. The minimum age of consent, as per the Special Marriage Act, 1954 and Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 200...

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In Retrospect: The ‘Juvenile’ In Major Gang-Rape Cases

Ananya ChakravartiDecember 16, 20210

The Bombay High Court in November,  commuted to life imprisonment, the death penalty awarded to three repeat offenders in connection with the gang-rape of a photo-journalist inside Mumbai's defunct Shakti Mills compound, in 2013. The incident dates back to August 22, 2013. A young photojournalist, who was accompanied by her colleague on assignment, was raped by four men and a minor. The four accused were named and identified by the victim and were help guilty by the Court. The minor was tried separately by the Juvenile Justice Board. It was argued that the acts perpetrated by the three amounted to "devastation of social trust" and invited the indignation of society. These acts itself demonstrate the mental perversion and inconceivable brutality caused by the convicts. It sound...

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Oral Sex With Minor Not ‘Aggravated Sexual Assault’: Allahabad HC

Ananya ChakravartiDecember 16, 20210

While dealing with the appeal of a POCSO convict, accused of committing oral sex with a 10-year-old boy, the Allahabad High Court recently observed that putting the penis into the mouth does not fall in the category of aggravated sexual assault or sexual assault. It comes into the category of penetrative sexual assault which is punishable under Section 4 of the POCSO Act. It is important to note that the Court, in its order, didn't take into account Section 5 (m) of the POCSO Act, which stipulates that if the offence of 'penetrative sexual assault' on a child, who is below the age of twelve years, the same would be punishable with the offence of 'aggravated penetrative sexual assault' as per Section 6 of the Act. It may be noted that since 'penetrative sexual assault' under Sect...

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Women And Their Workplaces: Why Is It So Tough?

Ananya ChakravartiDecember 16, 20210

In recent news, a man appeared semi-nude for a virtual hearing where Former Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaisingh was representing the victim. Ms Jaisingh has filed a case of sexual harassment against the un-named man as she said that he appeared in a semi-naked state for a full 20 minutes despite raising objections against his state of undress. Ms. Jaisingh also said that such a conduct in public was highly demeaning to a woman. Just a day back, an Ola driver was suspended for masturbating in front of a female passenger. One question that pops up in one’s mind is from where do these men find the guts to behave like that and pat comes the reply: our nature of not holding men accountable for their actions. We see it happen, everywhere, at any time. 78% of women have experience...

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CBSE English Class 10 Exam Sparks Row, Congress And DCW Condemns The Regressive Outlook!

Sonia SolankiDecember 13, 20210

CBSE's English Class 10 exam sparks a row as a result of a controversial passage, Congress and DCW strongly condemns the regressive outlook. According to reports the comprehension passage is regressive , anti-feminist and promotes gender stereotypes too. The Congress party chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi expressed her views in the parliament. The DCW [Delhi Commission for Women] has issued a notice in this matter to the CBSE board. CBSE's English Class 10 Controversial Passage Details: CBSE's English Class 10 passage spoke of "emancipation of the wife, destroying parents' authority over children and how a wife's authority depends on the formal obedience" she gave to the husband. Such phrases and words has caused a uproar on social media and famous political personalities condemning th...

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ICMR To Study Covaxin And Covisheild Efficacy As Omicron Cases Goes Up In India

Sonia SolankiDecember 11, 20210

ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) started its research study the on efficacy of Covaxin and Covisheild vaccines against Omicron. The number of cases of Omicron touches 32 in India. The national Institute of Virology [NIV] - ICMR has collected blood samples of patients detected with Omicron variant. This information came in after the press meet of ICMR held in New Delhi headed by Dr. Balram Bhargava, Director General of ICMR. In Several cases the international travellers coming to India are providing false addresses . Due to which community surveillance becomes difficult to conduct stated by Lav Agarwal , Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry. Such travellers are difficult to trace and therefore their contacts also go unreported thus spreading the disease more fast. ICMR c...

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Surrogacy Regulation Bill And ART Bill 2021 Passes The Rajya Sabha

Sonia SolankiDecember 9, 20210

The Surrogacy Regulation Bill 2020 and ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) Bill 2021 passes Rajya Sabha on 8th December . The surrogacy Bill 2020 earlier passed by the Lok Sabha was went to the select committee of the Rajya Sabha. The Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya told that the aim of both the bills is to curb the exploitation of women. The union minister also added that for decades IVF and surrogacy are prevalent in India. Our country has many unregulated IVF centers with unregulated surrogacy sex selection. He also added that Unmarried women sells their womb to overcome financial crisis. This should not happen as it is physically unhealthy and ethically wrong. In ART , stimulation of ovaries helps in extraction of eggs during a highly technical process and this technica...

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In UP, Policymaking Needs To Be More Evidence-Based

Abhay ChauhanDecember 8, 20210

The RSS and its affiliate bodies have time and again argued for a population control law even at the national level. Often BJP lawmakers have coaxed their fellow Hindu brethren to produce more children. Few BJP ruled states flirted with this idea- such as Assam, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. But the front runner in this cause is Uttar Pradesh. The need for such a law as stated by its proponents is to stabilize and control the growing population which poses enormous stress on the limited capacity of the state. But quite often the real motives are veiled behind loaned reasoning, as the claims of population disaster are not backed by authentic data and it seems that it is not really a concern for the increasing population but that increase is specifically targeted to a community, which i...

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The Surveillance State: The Moral Cost Of Being Watched Every Time

Abhay ChauhanDecember 8, 20210

No matter how hard political theorists try to convince, the modern nation-state system is essentially autocratic at the core. Whether you go to Germany, the United States or recent democracies like India, in whatever fabric the democracy is presented, certainly it is not close to anything like the textbook definition of democracy. As a system that has been in use for more than two hundred years with all the advanced ideas, it's the least perfect. One of the most fundamental differences between the various democracies lies not in their constitutional or legal arrangements but in the degree of autocracy they exercise visibly or invisibly.One can say that the army and the police are perhaps the most visible arm of the state in exercising their autocracy, but with limitations but what gets of...

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