NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday hinted it would be open to review its order mandating the playing of the National Anthem in cinema halls, observing that “one does not have to wear patriotism on sleeves all the time and moral policing needs to be stopped”. But the bench said the area of regulation […]
Bank customers are being bombarded by ominous messages, emails and calls from banks about the dire consequences they could face if they fail to link their Aadhaar number to their bank accounts before the December 31 deadline. Tn June, the government had issued a notification amending the Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Record) Rules, […]
Now homophobia is becoming visible and violent in Delhi and its suburbs, if this incident can be taken seriously. Some observers say that there is an undercurrent of hate being generated for LGBT groups because they are not naturally sympathetic to the patriarchal, right wing agendas of fundamentalist religious-political alliances. New Delhi, Oct 3 (PTI) […]
Washington: On the eve of World Peace Day, (and on the occasion of the Jewish observance of Yom Kippur) Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg publicly apologised for the social-media platform’s negative effects and asked for forgiveness for his work that was used to divide people rather than uniting them. Zuckerberg, 33, did not mention any specific […]
New Delhi, Sep 25 :Consent to any sexual advances does not come from a mere hesitation, reluctance or a “no”, it has to be “an affirmative one in clear terms”, the Delhi High Court said while acquitting filmmaker Mahmood Farooqui in a rape case involving a US researcher. The high court said in today’s scenario, […]
New Delhi, Sep 20: The Yamuna is choked with Ganesh idols, but the government will sit quiet while ‘devotees’ flout rules and poison their holy rivers. Incredible India indeed! Is the green tribunal crying crocodile tears? Troubled by the unedifying spectacle of hundreds of Ganesha idols littering the Yamuna, the National Green Tribunal today sought […]
The Jungle Raj has never left Bihar, and land mafia calls the shots. In a horrific three hours, adults and children were terrorized as a section of the ‘public’ attacked a demolition team and burnt down the bulldozers. Eyewitness report from Deedar and Yogesh Residents of Krishna Nagar in Digha-Rajiv Nagar area went berserk when […]
There’s a new magazine out in Pakistan. It’s objective: to recruit women into a career of lifelong militancy. A new push by one of Pakistan’s most notorious militant groups to attract female fighters looks like an effort to keep up with Islamic State (IS) and other extremists who have used such appeals to bolster their […]
Cows have shown an “insane” and “mind-blowing” ability to tackle HIV which will help develop a vaccine, says a BBC report quoting US researchers. And this ain’t no Bullshit, it’s a genuine scientific report! In a first for immunisation, the animals rapidly produced special types of antibody that can neutralise HIV. It is thought cows […]
A leading Pakistani newspaper on Thursday (July 20)urged the government to provide protection to Hindus in the background of increasing cases of forcible conversion to Islam. The Dawn said in an editorial that the part of the Thar desert that lies within Pakistan had long been a bastion of communal harmony. “Given there is near […]
Bangkok, Jul 20 : A Thai army general was one of dozens of people convicted in a major human trafficking trial that included 103 defendants accused of involvement in a modern-day slavery trade. Lt Gen Manas Kongpaen was convicted of several offenses Wednesday involving trafficking and taking bribes in the case involving migrants from Myanmar […]
In the absence of a proper system of checks and balances the ‘Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act’ is being blatantly misused and used as a tool in settling scores. The police, it seems, are too happy to go for publicity, instead of investigating the facts of the matter. A Delhi court has […]
