Tariq Mir : On the evening of June 15, hundreds of Indian and Chinese troops laid aside their arms and took on each other in a brawl on the ridge of a mountain in Ladakh, a desolate high-altitude plateau in …
Read More »5 Important Questions to Ask While Hiring Audio Transcription Services
Transcription is the hot trend these days as it is cost-effective and can serve several purposes of any business. There are many benefits attached to the transcription service ranging from making text records of podcasts, meetings, or interviews. Now, the …
Read More »Touching a woman inappropriately at the workplace can land you in jail for 5 years
As India has its #MeToo moment, here’s a look at the laws that are in place to make our workplaces safe for women. Vishaka guidelines, promulgated by the Supreme Court, were in place since 1997. This was superseded in December …
Read More »Nepal Says No To India For Military Exercise, To Participate With China Instead
On Saturday, September 8, Nepal pulled out of the BIMSTEC military exercise in Pune at the last minute, even when an advance military team from Nepal had reportedly already arrived in India. This comes at a time when Nepal has …
Read More »3,000 Police Aspirants Miss Their Exam Due To Train Delay, Karnataka CM Announces Re-Exam
The Rani Chennamma Express carrying more than 3,000 aspirants from Belagavi and Dharwad districts to the District Armed Reserve (DAR) exam was on its way to Bangalore, when it encountered a technical snag around 10 PM near Hubbali and reached …
Read More »SC Adjourns Hearing On Article On 35A; Know What 35A Is
Today, the Supreme Court adjourned the hearing on PILs challenging the validity of Article 35A. Article 35A gives the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Legislature a carte blanche(complete freedom) to decide who are “permanent residents” of the state and confer on …
Read More »‘Default’ WhatsApp Group Admin In Jail For 5 Months For Anti-National Message By Member
21-year-old Junaid Khan has been behind bars for the last five months over an alleged objectionable message forwarded by somebody else on the instant messaging service. In February, Junaid, a second-year BSc student and a resident of Talen town in …
Read More »Nishrin Jafri’s letter to Shatrughan Sinha on mob lynching
New Delhi: Former Lok Sabha MP Ahsan Hussain Jafri’s dughter Nishrin Jafri writes an open letter to actor turned politician MP Shatrughan Sinha on the daily basis mob lynching across the country. Here the full text. Photo credit: Ahsan Hussain …
Read More »Single Mother: No need to disclose father’s name in birth certificate
Chennai: Empowering single mothers in India, the Madras High Court, last week, has ruled that mentioning father’s name in birth certificates is optional. This judgement comes as a relief to single mothers and those going for intrauterine insemination as it is not …
Read More »Government Appoints BJP-Affiliated ‘Independent Directors’ in PSUs
According to an Indian Express report, the Narendra Modi government earlier this week appointed at least ten BJP leaders as ‘independent directors’ of public sector undertakings (PSUs). The UPA regime before it had also been accused of similarly making political appointments in …
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