-The Hindu A complaint of undue emphasis on rights creates the suspicion that citizens are being disempowered Rights and duties are conceptually linked to one another. There are no rights without duties. If a person has the right to something, it necessarily implies that someone else has a corresponding duty to ensure that it is not violated. For example, if an individual has a right to free speech, then it is the...
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Third wave: As Covid-19 hospitalisations rise, even the vaccinated are not spared -Sumi Sukanya Dutta
-The New Indian Express Vaccinated persons who get the virus are more likely to have mild symptoms, if any, since the shots trigger multiple defences in the immune system, making it more difficult for Omicron. NEW DELHI: As the number of Covid-19 patients increase, trend suggests both unvaccinated and vaccinated are landing up in hospitals in equal measures. Many hospitals in the National Capital Region, which is seeing a sharp rise in...
More »Law still unsettled on worship in public places -Kanu Sarda
-The New Indian Express Former MP Mohammed Adeeb had moved the apex court asking for action against Haryana officials for failing to comply with earlier directions to curb communal sentiments resulting in hate crimes. NEW DELHI: With controversy raging in Gurugram over Friday namaz in public spaces and a former Rajya Sabha MP approaching the Supreme Court over the right to practise religion, a look at the precedents reveals that various court...
More »In Gurugram, the number of namaz sites has shrunk to 20 from over 100 in three years -Aishwarya Iyer
-Scroll.in Now, open spaces for Friday prayers could disappear altogether. On November 24, Hindu residents of Gurugram’s Khandsa village sent the district deputy commissioner a letter. A field where the local children play cricket, they complained, was being used by Muslim worshippers for Friday prayers. On November 19, the letter claimed, children who had gone there to play had been told rudely to clear the grounds. “There is fear in the minds...
More »Is Gurugram going the Kolkata way? -Kanika Datta
-Rediff.com Militant labour policies compounded a poor security environment for capital in West Bengal and encouraged the business community to relocate. constraining the private sector’s right to hire freely could well be the coup de grace. As with Calcutta/Kolkata, it will probably take a decade for Gurgaon/Gurugram to feel the difference, says Kanika Datta Gurgaon, the city that accounted for a significant amount of Haryana’s GDP long before it became Gurugram, is...
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