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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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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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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....

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India Is Gradually Moving Towards Civil War: Lalu Prasad Yadav

Arpita SarkarJune 6, 20220

The former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav was released on bail a few days ago. However, his house and office are still being searched from time to time by the Central Investigation Agency. In this context, Lalu fired at the BJP. He claimed that India was gradually moving towards civil war. Leaders of BJP, JDU and RJD appeared on one stage in Patna on Sunday on the occasion of 'Complete Revolution Day'. RJD chief Lalu was invited but could not go due to health reasons. But sent a video message. There, Lalu attacked the central government on issues like unemployment and inflation. At first, Lalu said respecting Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan, the situation against the dictatorship which they started 48 years ago, has come before the country again. "The BJP wants to destroy the brotherho...

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Better To Forget About Gas Subsidies: Centre

Arpita SarkarJune 3, 20220

Although the price of cooking gas continues to rise, the subsidy is somewhere zero, somewhere nominal (only Rs 19.57 in Kolkata). In the face of pressure, the center has recently given a discount of Rs 200 per cylinder (12 a year) to the poor customers of Ujjwala only. As a result, all the low-income people who are living above the poverty line are struggling to get salt, they are ruined by counting more than a thousand rupees. In this situation, on Thursday, the question was asked in favor of not giving subsidies on behalf of the Center. Oil Ministry Secretary Pankaj Jain has made it clear that the cooking gas subsidy is only available to Ujjwala Yojana customers. The rest have to buy cylinders at market price. As a result, new suspicions have been raised all over the country. ...

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Definition Of Rape Should Be Gender Neutral: Kerala High Court

Arpita SarkarJune 2, 20220

The interpretation of rape in the Indian Penal Code should be gender-neutral, according to the Kerala High Court. In a recent divorce case, an old rape allegation was leveled against the father during a question about who the child would be with the parents. The father's counsel said his client had been granted bail in the case. He was falsely accused of having sex with a false promise of marriage. At the time, Justice Mohammad Mustaq said, "Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (which includes the definition of rape) is not gender-neutral. If a man has sexual relations with a woman with a false promise of marriage, he can be charged with rape. But if a woman does the same thing, there is no way to file a complaint against her. How's that?" A recent ruling by Justice Mustaq reflec...

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Process To Implement Uniform Civil Code To Begin Soon: Uttarakhand Government

Arpita SarkarMay 28, 20220

The chief minister of Uttarakhand, Puskar Singh Dhami, had promised that the process of enforcing the uniform civil code would begin as soon as the BJP wins the assembly polls. After winning the election and returning to power, this time he is eager to keep that promise. Headed by the retired Supreme Court Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, the state government has formed a committee to look into the legal process for enforcing uniform civil law in Uttarakhand. According to the Uttarakhand government, the committee will outline the same laws for marriage, divorce, land and inheritance for people of all faiths. The committee comprises retired Justice Promod Kohli, social activist Manu Gaur, retired IAS officer Shatrughan Singh and Dun University Vice-Chancellor Surekha Dangwal. Announ...

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India Drops To 54th Place In Travel And Tourism Development: Experts

Arpita SarkarMay 26, 20220

India ranks lower in world tourism. India is now ranked 54th out of the top 116 countries in the World Economic Forum. Earlier in 2019, previously ranked 46th in India in the pre-COVID era. The International Economic Forum compiled a list of 116 countries judging by the progress of a country in tourism. Experts have shown a glimmer of hope even though India has dropped eight steps in that list. According to them, tourism in the whole world was affected due to the Covid situation. Indian tourism has shown little sign of turning away from that place. But, despite the declining number of Indian tourists in the world, India is still at the top among the South Asian countries. The name of the list is 'Travel and Tourism Development Index 2021'. According to the Economic Forum, the ...

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West Bengal Has Devastatingly Less Number Of Job Opportunities Compared With Others: Survey

Arpita SarkarMay 25, 20220

CM Mamata Banerjee has given the message of industrialization in the state after coming to power for the third time in West Bengal To that end, industry conferences have been held almost regularly to attract investment. But the fact that West Bengal is still far behind the industrialized states of the country in terms of manufacturing mills again came up in the industrial survey of the Center. A preliminary report of the 'Annual Industrial Survey' of the Union Ministry of Statistics and Project Implementation has been published. The 2019-20 survey shows that the total number of factories in West Bengal is only 9,650. About 5 lakh 80 thousand workers work in these factories. But there are more than 38,000 factories in Tamil Nadu which are in the first row in terms of the number of factor...