India was among the 164 countries that voted in favour of UN General Assembly’s Sept 4 resolution, “Correct the Map: Rebalancing Global Cartographic Representation and Promoting Equitable Representation of the World’s Regions, Particularly Africa”.MEA said the resolution’s purpose is to encourage the use of equal-area map projections that preserve the relative sizes of continental landmasses,…
NEW DELHI: Taking note of another instance of a Shiv Sena politician in Maharashtra assaulting doctors, Supreme Court Monday said the situation in the state had worsened and favoured strict action against politicians to send a message that such behaviour against a medical practitioner would not be tolerated.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep…
SC rejects panel’s plea for 6 more months to define Aravali hills & ranges NEW DELHI: “Why don’t you simply say that the matter be heard after my retirement,” asked an exasperated CJI Surya Kant as a bench led by him outrightly declined a request from the high-powered committee for six more months’ time to…
NEW DELHI: A company having no physical body cannot be imprisoned and having no mind cannot possess mens rea (guilty mind), which is essential for conviction in a criminal case. So can a firm be convicted and punished?SC Monday answered the tricky questions by holding that a company can be convicted even when it cannot…
NEW DELHI: Amid buzz that govt may revive the women’s reservation bill for early implementation with delimitation, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Monday called 33% reservation for women in Parliament and state assemblies a “historic need”, saying it would open new avenues for women in political leadership.“One-third reservation for women will open new avenues for…
NEW DELHI: A film on the Statue of Unity will be honoured in the shadow of the monument itself when the 72nd National Film Awards ceremony takes place at Ekta Nagar, formerly Kevadia, in Gujarat September 22.Govt has not spelt out the reason for shifting the ceremony out of New Delhi or indicated whether taking…
Supreme Court judge writes 4th letter to CJI against Raj HC judge NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Judge Sandeep Mehta has written another letter to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant alleging that Rajasthan high court judge Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, who was replaced as the Acting Chief Justice of Rajasthan high court, was interfering in an…
Passive smoking deaths up 50% since 1990: Lancet NEW DELHI: Deaths linked to second-hand smoke in India have soared, surging almost 50% since 1990 and claiming 325,600 lives in 2023 alone. According to a study published in The Lancet Public Health Monday, India had the world’s second-highest number of people exposed to second-hand smoke in…
Rural area LPG booking period reduced from 45 to 25 days NEW DELHI: With improvement in LPG supplies and a fall in refill backlogs, govt Monday reduced the minimum time gap for booking LPG refills in rural areas to 25 days from 45 days, bringing it on a par with the interval for urban consumers,…
Govt to promote dietary diversity, protein-rich foods to fight malnutrition NEW DELHI: Stepping up the fight against malnutrition, which remains a significant health challenge, govt will take the message of dietary diversity and importance of “protein rich foods” in a child’s diet — with special focus on children enrolled in around 14 lakh anganwadi centres…