-PTI The Supreme Court today referred to the European Commission of Human Rights' observation on sexual assault by relatives that "a rapist remains a rapist regardless of his relationship with the victim", while criminalising sexual intercourse with a wife below 18 years. A bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta, however, made it clear that it was not dealing with the question of marital rape of women above the age...
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Farmers sell pulses at a loss as wholesale PRIces dip below MSP -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com Wholesale PRIces of just-harvested kharif pulses have dropped below the government’s minimum support PRIces (MSP) despite a lower crop output New Delhi: Wholesale PRIces of just harvested kharif pulses have dropped below the government’s minimum support PRIces (MSP) despite a lower crop output, forcing farmers to sell their produce at a loss in states such as Rajasthan. For instance, PRIce data from wholesale markets available on the Agmarket website showed that on...
More »Fuel to get cheaper as Gujarat, Maharashtra cut VAT on petrol and diesel
-Thw Times of India NEW DELHI: On Tuesday, the state governments of Gujarat and Maharashtra announced a cut in VAT (Value Added Tax) on petrol and diesel. Gujarat took the first initiative, slashing the VAT by 4 per cent. With this rate cut, the PRIce of petrol will come down by Rs 2.93 and that of diesel by Rs 2.72 in the state. The effective PRIce of petrol in Gujarat from...
More »To market new drugs in India, global trials must include Indians -Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In a move to ensure efficacy of medicines sold in India, the drug regulator has made it mandatory for companies to include Indian patients in global clinical trials if they want to market in India a new drug developed outside the country. The decision was taken in a recent technical committee meeting, headed by director general of health services Jagdish Prasad. The committee, which was formed...
More »Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme? -Rashme Sehgal
-TheWire.in ICDS plays a vital role in a country which is home to 190 million undernourished people – the highest in the world. Is the government of India planning to dismantle the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme, the world’s largest food security project? The ICDS is a unique outreach programme to meet the nutritional needs of ten crore Indian children under the age of six and to improve the nutrition levels of...
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