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23rd Law Commission constituted; UCC, laws which affect poor on agenda

New Delhi: The government has constituted the 23rd Law Commission which has issues including a uniform civil code, laws which affect the poor and examining existing statutes to promote gender equality as part of its terms of reference. According to a law ministry order issued late Monday, one of the …

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Sale of smartphones worth Rs 1 lakh and above surge in India

New Delhi: With disposable incomes rising amid the premiumisation trend, the sales of luxury smartphones have surged in India in recent quarters, industry experts said on Tuesday. The smartphone shipments of Rs 1 lakh and above increased by 20 per cent (year-on-year) and 10 per cent (YoY) for Q1 2024 …

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UP: Interfaith couple get married in Jaunpur civil court, arrested

Mohammed Muslim and his wife Laadli Uttar Pradesh police arrested an interfaith couple after they approached the Jaunpur civil court to get married. A video of the incident shows the couple – Mohammed Muslim and Laadli – both hailing from the same village – surrounded by locals who interrogate them …

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Kerala to develop local early warning systems for disasters: CM

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government has decided to focus on scientific use of land and deployment of localised early warning systems as part of its efforts to tackle Wayanad-like landslides and other disasters in the future, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said. He said the landslide forecasting systems were in the …

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Lesbianism as sexual offense reintroduced in NMC’s medical curriculum

New Delhi: The National Medical Commission has reintroduced ‘sodomy and lesbianism’ as unnatural sexual offences in the forensic medicine and toxicology curriculum for undergraduate medical students. It has also brought back topics such as the hymen and its type, and its medico-legal importance besides defining virginity and defloration, legitimacy and …

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‘Emergency’ movie row: HC refuses to direct CBFC to issue certificate immediately

Mumbai: Kangana Ranaut’s film ‘Emergency’ didn’t get any relief on Wednesday from the Bombay High Court which refused to pass any order in the wake of a directive by the Madhya Pradesh HC directing CBFC to consider objections to the movie before certifying it. The film was scheduled to release …

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UP police arrest recent convert for burning Quran in Bulandshahr

A man was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday, September 1 for burning pages of the Quran in Bulandshahr district. Imran had recently converted to Hinduism while expressing his support for Swami Ramgiri Maharaj, a Hindu religious preacher who recently made derogatory comments in Maharashtra about Prophet Muhammed. …

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Developers driving GDP growth in AI era: GitHub CEO

New Delhi: Developers are driving GDP growth and in the era of artificial intelligence (AI), India is set to surpass the US to become the largest software developer community globally by 2027, according to Thomas Dohmke, CEO of Microsoft-owned software development collaboration platform GitHub. India is creating the digital public …

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India’s manufacturing growth eases in August, stays above long-run average

New Delhi: The country’s manufacturing activity eased to three-month low at 57.5 in the month of August, which is below July’s reading of 58.1 but above the long-run average of 54, the HSBC India survey showed on Monday. The ‘India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) compiled by S&P Global, stood …

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