Page 121 - Social Issues
Pollachi sex abuse case: Kamal Haasan hits out at CM
Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) leader Kamal Haasan on Friday lashed out strongly at the AIADMK government led by Chief Minister K. Palaniswami for its silence on the Pollachi sexual abuse-cum-blackmail case.
Women must be included in nation building, says NCW chief
National Commission for Women chairperson Rekha Sharma Friday said India can surge ahead when women, who constitutes 50 per cent of the population, are included in nation building exercises. Sharma said women often face more challenges than men while setting up businesses, and urged women entrepreneurs to talk about their achievements to encourage others. She was addressing a seminar on 'Empowering women through Entrepreneurship' jointly organised by the NCW and the Meghalaya State Commission for Women. "India can surge ahead when women are included in nation building exercises. We cannot talk of nation building by ignoring 50 per cent of the population," Sharma said. Stating that women entrepreneurs in the region face difficulties in accessing markets due the geographical barriers, the NCW chairperson advised them to make use of the social media and e-commerce platforms to sell their products and access global markets. Sharma also expressed regret that although women in
CBI court asks IT department to furbish complaint copy, document to quiz Gautam Khaitan
A Special CBI court directed the Income Tax Department to furbish complaint copy and documents related to the case in which they wanted to quiz Gautam Khaitan.Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar directed the IT department to furbish the said documents and slated the matter for March 18. During the course of the hearing, Khaitan's counsel Advocate Pramod Dubey opposed the plea filed by the Income Tax department saying that IT has not mentioned anything about the case.IT department had approached the court to question Khaitan in an income tax case in judicial custody (Tihar Jail) to record his statement.The Income Tax department has mentioned that there is evidence. "Many of these evidence show tax evasions and that he has to be questioned regarding this and stashed black money," the Income Tax Department contended.On Monday, the Enforcement Directorate attached properties of lawyer Gautam Khaitan located at New Delhi, Haryana and UK worth Rs. 8.46 crores under the Prevention of Money ...
Rs 210 crore of Army insurance funds sunk in IL&FS bonds (IANS Exclusive)
One of the key prongs for the welfare of ex-servicemen -- the Army Group Insurance Fund (AGIF) -- has exposure to toxic IL&FS bonds amounting close to Rs 210 crore. This means that crores worth of insurance premiums, covering all ranks from generals to JCOs and jawans, are at risk of being lost.
Axe all videos on Pollachi horror from Internet: HC
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday told the Central government to remove all the videos related to the Pollachi serial sexual assaults from the Internet.
New Facebook technology to curb revenge porn
To deal with the problem of non-consensual intimate images, often referred to as revenge porn, on its platform, Facebook on Friday announced new detection technology and an online support hub to help people respond when this abuse occurs.
HC seeks Delhi govt's reply on inmates' charges of corruption, inhuman treatment in Mandoli Jail
The Delhi High Court sought responses of the AAP government and the Mandoli Jail authorities on Friday on complaints of corruption and inhuman treatment meted out to prisoners. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A J Bhambhani initiated a public interest litigation (PIL) on its own by taking cognisance of the complaints made to it by certain inmates of Mandoli Jail. The court listed the matter for further hearing on July 5. The PIL, which highlighted alleged corrupt practices in Mandoli jail no. 12, stated that the inmates had complained about atrocities and corruption against the jail authorities when an additional sessions judge had visited the prison. They had claimed that they were beaten up and punished for making corruption allegations, the petition stated. After their complaints, two inmates were shifted from Mandoli Jail to Tihar Jail. One of the complainant prisoners has stated that in the kitchen of jail no. 12, the affluent inmates get food after giving ...
AAP workers protest outside EC alleging raids on call centres
AAP workers led by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, sat on a protest outside the Election Commission on Friday alleging that raids were being conducted on call centres hired by the party to make people aware that their names had been deleted from the voters' lists. Sisodia, said barely an hour after he met the Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Friday to lodge a complaint against the Delhi police which, he claimed, was acting at the BJP's behest to harass call centre employees, a fourth raid was conducted again. "Demanding fair elections, we are sitting outside the Election Commission to protest against the raid on the call centre. "After our meeting with the CEC (on Friday), we were assured that he will look into the matter but within an hour we see that a fourth raid is conducted on the call centre," he said outside the EC. He said this is the fourth raid on the call centre in four consecutive days. Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal also ...
In San Francisco, tech boom has left people priced out of housing
In San Francisco, far from the picturesque, winding streets in the hills, a glistening skyscraper represents how the country's tech titans have transformed the city -- and made it one of the world's most expensive places to live. The figures are mind-boggling: average monthly rent for a two-room apartment in the city by the bay now runs to USD 3,700, the highest in the United States. And a household of four with annual earnings of less than USD 117,400 is officially considered "low income." Want to go visit the Facebook headquarters in the close suburbs? It'll take you two hours to go 45 kilometres, day and night. The Salesforce Tower -- named for a cloud-based software company -- now dominates the skyline. Each day, huge buses transport tech workers to the suburban offices of Facebook, Google and Apple. All this wealth has sent real estate prices soaring across the Bay Area -- from Silicon Valley in the south to Oakland in the east -- and widened the rich-poor divide in a striking ..
Now Depp accuses Heard of domestic abuse
Actor Johnny Depp has accused his former wife Amber Heard of domestic abuse.
Rahul attacks Modi over "false" promises to farmers
Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of deceiving people, mainly farmers, with false promises, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday asserted his party always keeps its words after winning elections. "We do whatever we say. We have always translated our words into action. Congress does not make false promises to people like Modi does," he told a Congress rally in this west Odisha town in the run up to the Lok Sabha and state assembly elections next month. Gandhi said his party's track record in fulfilling election promises can be seen in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan where it came to power recently. While farm loans were waived soon after the party formed its governments in these states, the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy was hiked to Rs 2,500 per quintal in Chhattisgarh. "We wanted to give a message to farmers in these states that they are not alone and that the Congress is with them. The same message is also being sent out to the farmers of ...
Mass shootings at New Zealand mosques kill 49; 1 man charged
Mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers killed 49 people in New Zealand as authorities charged one person, detained three others and defused explosive devices in what appeared to be a carefully planned racist attack. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the events in Christchurch represented "an extraordinary and unprecedented act of violence" and acknowledged many of those affected may be migrants and refugees. In addition to the dead, she said more than 20 people were seriously wounded. "It is clear that this can now only be described as a terrorist attack," Ardern said. Police took three men and a woman into custody after the shootings, which shocked people across the nation of 5 million people. One of the suspects was later charged with murder. While there was no reason to believe there were more suspects, Ardern said the national security threat level was being raised to the second-highest level. Authorities have not specified who they detained, ..
Mumbai cueist shines with silver medal at Belgium event
Mumbai's seasoned cueist V Subramaniam has bagged a sliver medal in the group 4-5 event of the World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) Belgian Open 2019. As per the information available on WDBS website, the tournament was held at the Trickshot Club in Bruges, Belgium, and Subramaniam, fondly known as 'Raja', lost to England's Daniel Blunn in the final to settle for sliver. Blunn claimed a record eighth WDBS title. Subramanian was competing in his first competition since the 2016 Open Disability Snooker Championship. Previously undefeated in WDBS play, Subramanian maintained his flawless record by coming through the round- robin stage without the loss of a frame, before defeating Gunter DHondt 2-1 in the last eight round. In the semifinals, he defeated Welshman Ben Rawson 2-1 to set up a clash of the titans in the final. Having dropped one frame in the group stages to David Moore, Blunn progressed to the final with knockout victories against Olivier Biernaux and ...
HDFC ERGO provides title insurance for Shraddha Landmark's Project
HDFC ERGO, country's third largest non-life insurance provider in the private sector, today announced the adoption of their title insurance policy by Shraddha Landmark Private Ltd. (SLPL), for their upcoming project in Bhandup (West) near Neptune Mall, off the LBS Road.Title insurance has been developed stemming from the requirement of the Real Estate Regulation and Development Act 2016 (RERA), which mandates the purchase of Title Insurance for all new and ongoing property developments registered with the regulatory body, once notified by the State Governments.The adoption of this policy by Shraddha Landmark will provide their upcoming project and the subsequent buyers with much-needed safety against financial losses that may arise due to defects in the title of the property when the ownership of the property is transferred. It will also build confidence among financiers.Anuj Tyagi, Executive Director and Chief Distribution Officer, HDFC ERGO General Insurance said, "The policy will ..
Farmers committing suicides everyday as Modi govt not keeping promise: Rahul
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday claimed that the country was witnessing farmer suicides everyday as the Modi government had failed to fulfil its promise of mitigating their plight. "Suicide of farmers is reported in the country daily as the Modi government did not keep its promises. It made tall claims about farmers' welfare. But it neither waived their loans, nor hiked the minimum support price of paddy," Gandhi said at a public meeting in Bargarh town of west Odisha. Describing Bargarh as the "rice bowl" of Odisha, the Congress chief said farmers were committing suicide in this district as both the BJP-led government at the Centre and the BJD regime in the state had failed to address the problems of the peasants.
Illegal Bangladeshi entrants set up 16 villages in Mizoram
Illegal immigrants from neighbouring Bangladesh have set up 16 villages in South Mizoram's Lunglei district, the Assembly was informed Friday. There were nine more such villages set up illegally by people who had entered the state without valid documents, Local Administration Minister K Lalrinliana said. Of the nine villages, four were set up in Aizawl district, followed by three in Champhai bordering Myanmar, and two in Mamit bordering Tripura, he said while replying to a query from C Lalsawivunga of the Zoram People's Movement. Besides people from Bangladesh, illegal immigrants from Myanmar, Manipur and Tripura also reside in these nine villages, officials said. Officials as well as student leaders, who had earlier conducted study of the border areas, claimed that those entered the state from Bangladesh belonged to the Chakma community.
Twitter hired more women, Black, Latinx in 2018
Twitter now has 40.2 per cent female, 4.5 per cent African-American and 3.9 per cent Latinx employees, the company has announced.
Universal healthcare scheme to be rolled out in Chhattisgarh as alternative to Ayushman Bharat, says TS Deo
The Chhattisgarh government is expected to soon roll out its Universal Healthcare Scheme as an alternative for the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PMJAY), better known as Ayushman Bharat, the central government's flagship health insurance scheme, state health minister TS Singh Deo said.Speaking of state government's Universal Health Scheme (UHS), the senior Congress leader and the Chhattisgarh health minister on Thursday told ANI: "Health services should be the right of citizens like the Right to Information, Right to Work, Right to Food. This is what we want to implement in Chhattisgarh."The Congress in its poll manifesto for the state assembly elections in 2018 had promised to launch universal healthcare scheme in the state. After coming to power the Congress-led government in the state had announced its plans to replace PMJAY with its universal healthcare scheme. Doing so will make the state the first in the country to implement the universal healthcare scheme.Incidentally, ...
Kamal Hassan hits out at AIADMK over Pollachi sexual assault case
Actor-turned-politician and chief of Makkal Needhi Maiam Kamal Haasan hit out at the Tamil Nadu ruling party AIADMK over its alleged links and inaction in connection with the Pollachi sexual assault case.In a video posted on his Twitter, Haasan said, "This is a country where gods lived and fought if something happened to their wives. How are you going to wipe the insult made to your Amma Mr Edappadi K Palaniswami." Haasan was referring to ex Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha.In Pollachi sex scandal, more than fifty women were lured and sexually harassed by a gang of four and the acts were video-graphed.Four accused persons identified as Sabarirajan, Sathish, Thirunavukarasu, and Vasan Kumar were arrested in the case. The expelled AIADMK functionary, Nagaraj, who is one of the accused in the assault case. The Crime Branch of Chennai Police on Thursday registered an FIR against DMK president MK Stalin's son-in-law Sabareesan, is one of the accused in the assault case. "When ...
Glad chargesheet filed against Shami but don't understand BCCI stance: Estranged wife Hasin Jahan
Estranged wife of Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami, Hasin Jahan on Thursday said she is glad that a chargesheet was finally filed against the pacer but said she was unable to understand Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) lack of action in the matter."I'm glad a chargesheet was finally filed against Shami at last. I thank the police, I had also written a letter to the BCCI regarding the matter but I don't understand why they didn't take any action," Hasin Jahan told media persons here. Cricketer Mohammed Shami was charged under Section 498A (dowry harassment) and 354A (sexual harassment) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) by the Kolkata Police, which submitted the charge-sheet against Indian fast bowler before the court of Alipore police here on Thursday.Shami's wife Hasin Jahan had filed a petition with the Alipore court mentioning domestic violence and demanded Rs 7 lakh per month from him to maintain the family. The court accepted her plea and Rs 80,000 was allocated for her ...
