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Students Can Wear Hijab Over Uniforms: Guwahati High Court

Arpita SarkarMay 31, 20220

Authorities barred a four-year-old girl from wearing a hijab over her school uniform. The student's mother filed a case against Khristajyoti High School in Golaghat in protest. After 9 years of litigation, the parents finally won. The Guwahati High Court has allowed the student to wear a hijab over her uniform. According to the school authorities, the girl will be able to wear a hijab till class ten. The incident started on March 21, 2013. The nursery class teacher at the Catholic school objected to the four-year-old student wearing the hijab. On March 25, the girl's family petitioned to relax the dress code for the Muslim student. But on March 28, the principal sent a notice stating that within 15 days, Fahima would have to leave the hijab and follow the school dress code. The g...

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Poverty Eradication And Inequality Goes Parallel: Experts

Pooja YadavMay 31, 20220

Poverty entails a shortage of income and productive resources to make sure sustainable livelihoods. Its manifestations include hunger and malnutrition, limited access to education and other basic services, social discrimination and exclusion moreover because of the lack of participation in decision-making. If we talk about the social groups, various social groups bear a disproportionate burden of poverty. The World Social Summit identified poverty eradication as an ethical, social, political and economic imperative of mankind and called on governments to handle the foundation causes of poverty, provide for basic needs for all and make sure that the poor have access to productive resources, including credit, education and training. Recognizing insufficient and insignificant progress w

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Employment, Decent Work Are Basic To Eradicate Poverty; Check Out Story!

Pooja YadavMay 31, 20220

Unemployment and underemployment lie at the core of poverty or one can say one of the factors leading to poverty. For the poor, labor is commonly the sole asset they will use to boost their well-being. Hence the creation of productive employment opportunities is crucial for achieving poverty reduction and sustainable economic and social development. It's crucial to produce decent jobs that both secure income and empowerment for the poor, especially women and younger people. The rapid economic process can potentially bring a high rate of expansion of productive and remunerative employment, which might result in a discount in poverty. Nevertheless, the contribution of the expansion process to poverty reduction doesn't depend only on the speed of the economic process, but also on the f...

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Gyanvapi: Creating A Nostalgia Of 1992

Adit VarshneyMay 31, 20220

The year of 1992 marks an unforgettable event in the history of Independent India, the demolition of 'Babri Masjid'. While many remember it as proud moment which is meant to be cherished upon but for many others it was the year of horror and trauma, including Muslims as well as Hindus. The demolition of Babri Masjid lead to a disastrous aftermath, putting India into the ruckus of chaos and riots everywhere. The Bombay riots of 1992, occured as direct aftermath of demolition, caused death of hundreds of civilians and loss of thousands of crores of public property. 1993 Bombay Bombings, 2006 local train bombings, 2002 Godhra train burning and riots, 2008 Mumbai attack and a long streak of bomb blasts occured in different parts of the country where the terrorist groups claimed that these are

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IPL 2022: From ‘Orange cup’ To Season’s ‘Gamechanger’ Jos Buttler Got These 6 Awards!

Aditi priya singhMay 30, 20220

In the IPL 2022 final against Gujarat Titans, Rajasthan Royals opener Jos Buttler, of course, could not play a big innings and looked disappointed, but he was completely covered in the IPL Prize Ceremony. In this season, he was given not one or two but six awards, in which titles like Orange Cap, Power Player of the Season, Game Changer of the Season were prominent. 1.Orange Cap - Jos Buttler - 10 lakhs 2.Most fours - Jos Buttler - 10 lakhs 3.Most sixes - Jos Buttler - 10 lakhs 4.Power Player of the Season - Jos Buttler - 10 lakhs 5.Most Valuable Player of the Year - Jos Buttler - 10 lakhs 6.Gamechanger of the season - Jos Buttler - 10 lakhs Jos Buttler was in splendid form in the initial portion of the competition, scoring 300 in his initial seven games, yet he sl...

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Hardliner China Hawk Named As New Leader Of Opposition In Australia

Sayani ChakrabortyMay 30, 20220

After the election that took place over the weekend, the conservatives in Australia, who were booted out of power, seem to be leaning toward appointing Peter Dutton, a staunch opponent of China's policies, to the position of leader of the opposition in the nation. The Liberal Party, which had been in power for over ten years, was obliterated in the election held on May 21. Voters in affluent cities chose independent candidates who were more concerned about the climate threat than the Liberals were. Dutton, who used to serve as a police officer, became successful in politics because of his severe demeanor and his preference for making criticism that garners a lot of attention. In his role as defence minister, he drew parallels between China's expansionist goals and those of Ger...

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Manual Scavenging Is A curse To Humanity; NHRC Suggests Recommendations

Pooja YadavMay 30, 20220

The Centre should provide Rs10 lakh loan to manual scavengers’ relations so they'll start some enterprise. If we study the records of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) should monitor the sewer deaths in its reports. The NHRC recommended expanding the definition of manual scavenging so as to hide other hazardous cleanings, or enacting a replacement law for hazardous cleaning. It also recommended that there should be a penalty to forestall harassment of ladies manual scavengers and youngsters of manual scavengers. NHRC has recommended that manual scavengers could also be linked to schemes under which they'll immediately start earning like MGNREGA. It has further asked that the number of compensation paid joined time cash assistance for rehabilitation of manual scavengers is al...

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Indo-Pacific Economic Framework For Prosperity Goals: What Role India Likely To Play; Check Out!

Pooja YadavMay 30, 20220

India expressed willingness to affix Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), a replacement economic initiative led by the United States. The US clarified that IPEF isn't a trade agreement. Thus, it neither seeks to switch the 11-nation CPTPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) nor the RCEP. The negotiations for the IPEF began on May 24. The primary focus of the negotiation was on four main pillars -- trade, supply chain resiliency, clean energy, and taxes. At the launch of IPEF, PM Modi said that India will work together with other IPEF countries to make an inclusive Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. He expressed confidence that IPEF will cause peace and prosperity within the Indo-Pacific region. One of the roles of IPEF within the Indo-Pacific is going to be to line s...

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BJP Eyeing To Increase Its Footprint In Southern Peninsula

Adit VarshneyMay 30, 20220

Its been almost a decade, to be precise ‘8 years and 9 months’, since Bhartiya Janta Party announced Narendra Modi as their Prime Ministerial candidate. It was from there the nation has been gripped in the magnificent wave of Modi’s aura and charisma. There is no doubt that it was this Modi wave only which resulted in the stupendous win in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. In 2019 general elections, when the various political pundits and experts were hinting towards a less satisfactory win for BJP and a massive downfall in BJP’s loksabha seat share, Modi proved them all wrong as the party won by even a bigger margin than the previous general election by breaking their own records, signifying that ‘Modi wave’ is not mere a high tide of the dawn but a staggering tornado in a violent thunderstorm whi

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Illegal Encroachment: A Serious Concern For Environment

Pooja YadavMay 30, 20220

Activists are raising concerns over illegal hutments mushrooming inside the protected forest. Often, when it comes to the land mafia, they clear land by starting fires, they said, adding that such attempts became more frequent during the Covid lockdown In one every of the largest demolition drives inside Sanjay Gandhi park within the past two years, authorities cleared illegal structures near Vihar Lake, near Sahibangoda, meet 100 acres - appreciate five Oval Maidans. Nearly 700 personnel, including forest staff, police and a team from the State Reserve law (SRPF) participated in the day-long drive, a report during this paper said. Activists are raising concerns over illegal hutments mushrooming inside the protected forest. Also coming to the l, the mafia clears land by starting fire

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Announces 9 Interesting Schemes; Checkout Here!

Arpita SarkarMay 30, 20220

The river binds India and neighboring countries. Therefore, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman thinks that five aspects of trade, culture, communication, conservation and skill development need to be kept in mind in river management and allocation of funds. On the second day of the River-3 Conference on ASEAN countries and Japan in Guwahati, Nirmala as a chief guest said, "The Central was implementing nine major projects in the field of railways, roads, and aviation to develop communication infrastructure in the North East. The policy of the center is to give importance to the neighbors first. So the neighboring countries will also get the benefit from the projects." She also added, "Work is underway on 15 aviation projects worth Rs. 2,200 crore, 20 rail projects worth Rs....

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Chardham Yatra: Death Toll Of Pilgrims Crosses 100, Most Of The Devotees Lost Their Lives In Kedarnath Dham

Gunjan ChaudharyMay 30, 20220

The death toll of pilgrims in Chardham Yatra i.e. Kedarnath Dham has crossed 100 now. So far in all the mishappenings that happened in Kedarnath Dham maximum 50 pilgrims have died till date. Due to lack of oxygen in high altitude areas and sudden cardiac arrest due to cold, there are frequent deaths of travelers who are going for Kedarnath yatra. This time the Chardham Yatra started from May 3. So far, according to the data received by us 102 pilgrims have died in the Char Dham in the journey of 27 days. Three pilgrims have died on Sunday itself. To prevent deaths, health screening of passengers above 50 years of age is being done by the health department appointed for the surveillance of the ill. Passengers who have health issues are being advised not to travel and take a pilgrimage...

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