-CaravanDaily.com Advocate Flavia Agnes, who has written extensively on women’s issues said that the court ban on triple talaq will prove ineffective as Muslim men may then start deserting their wives. She also accused the media of ignorance over the subject and suggested that they were playing into the hands of vested interests by only highlighting certain kind of reports related to Muslim women. KOLKATA: “Among all personal laws, I regard Muslim...
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Hardlook: A look at troubled waters of Yamuna floodplains one year after World Culture Festival -Sowmiya Ashok
-The Indian Express An expert panel set up by the green tribunal has said it would take 10 years and Rs 42 crore to revive the Yamuna floodplains, after the damage caused by the World Culture Festival. It was a mela Parvati never saw. The curtains had come up wherever she looked, even around the strip of land where her cows usually graze. “Bandhook leke seedhe khade hue the,” she said about...
More »Cong smells farm tax
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Congress today alleged that the Narendra Modi government was testing the waters on BRInging agricultural income within the tax ambit and declared its intention to build a movement of farmers if the idea was implemented. "This government is harassing industrialists, traders, students, political rivals... only one section of the society was left, that is farmers," Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said. "The statements coming from important people in...
More »Private schools must offer good education, charge reasonable fees: Prakash Javadekar
-The Times of India PUNE: Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday stressed the need for a regulatory mechanism for CBSE schools and said they will be made "accountable" as far as quality of education and charging of "unreasonable" fees was concerned. "I welcome private investment in education as quality education is needed. But it has come to light that once they (CBSE schools) get affiliation, there are no restrictions on these schools....
More »Removal of corporate contribution cap has hit transparency: CEC -Sofi Ahsan
-The Indian Express He added that the amendment means that companies are not required now to show the names of political parties they have contributed to. Chandigarh: Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi on Saturday said that amendments to the Companies Act of 2013, removing cap on corporate contribution to political parties, are “basically hitting” transparency in funding. “Two things are likely to happen in future. There would be less and less...
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