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Rights of trans womanfor invoking the Domestic Violence Act
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Rights of trans womanfor invoking the Domestic Violence Act

Science & Tech 05/11/23 12:54 PM IST
by Mahesh

'The Supreme Court Monday (October 30) agreed to examine the question of whether a trans gender woman who underwent a sex-reassignment surgery may be called an “aggrieved person” within th Read More...

Prevalence of Hypertension in India
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Prevalence of Hypertension in India

Science & Tech 05/11/23 12:37 PM IST
by Mahesh

'There is significant variation in the level of prevalence, diagnosis, treatment, and control of hypertension among states and even districts within these states, according to an analysis of the recen Read More...

Why did India abstain from the call for truce?
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Why did India abstain from the call for truce?

Science & Tech 05/11/23 12:19 PM IST
by Mahesh

'Recently, nearly three weeks after the terror strikes by Hamas on Israel, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted on a resolution calling for an “immediate, durable and sustained human Read More...

Kavach installations in Trains
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Kavach installations in Trains

Science & Tech 05/11/23 11:49 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The deadly collision between two passenger trains which killed 14 people and injured fifty persons could have been averted if Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS) were in place.' East Coas Read More...

Operation Cactus
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Operation Cactus

Science & Tech 04/11/23 14:12 PM IST
by Mahesh

'‘India Out’ was a campaign slogan for Maldives president-elect Mohamed Muizzu, who will take over the country’s reins on November 17.' Over the past decade or so, anti-India sent Read More...

Advocate-on-Record system in the Supreme Court
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Advocate-on-Record system in the Supreme Court

Science & Tech 04/11/23 13:58 PM IST
by Mahesh

'The Supreme Court this week pulled up an Advocate-on-Record (AoR) for filing a frivolous case and dismissed the public interest litigation.' The Court censured the lawyer that an AoR cannot merely Read More...

Impact of air pollution on economic growth
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Impact of air pollution on economic growth

Science & Tech 04/11/23 07:06 AM IST
by Mahesh

'A slew of new research, however, points to exactly the opposite: that air pollution has a direct, and a particularly debilitating impact on GDP growth and per-capita income levels'. By way of re Read More...

The IITs are overcommitted, in crisis
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The IITs are overcommitted, in crisis

Science & Tech 04/11/23 06:40 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) are globally recognised as the crown jewels in India’s higher education system.' Indeed, they are often the only Indian higher education institution Read More...

In FSSAI index, nearly all major states slip on food safety compared to 2019
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In FSSAI index, nearly all major states slip on food safety compared to 2019

Science & Tech 03/11/23 10:13 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Recently Food safety and standards authority of India (FSSAI) published its fifth consecutive State Food Safety Index.' This index is used to measure the performance of states across various param Read More...

Global pact on tackling Artificial Intelligence risks
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Global pact on tackling Artificial Intelligence risks

Science & Tech 03/11/23 09:57 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire near London was once the top-secret base of the codebreakers who cracked the German ‘Enigma Code’ that hastened the end of World War II.' Twenty-eig Read More...