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Kumaraswamy slams media for 'belittling' politicians in satirical programm
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Mysuru (Karnataka) [India], May 20 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy hit out at media organisations for "belittling" politicians on their satirical programmes, saying he was thinking of bringing a law to curb the practice.
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Animal testing exercise to be put to an end with this new algorithm
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Apr 17 (ANI): A new study claims to have developed a new high-speed algorithm, which can put an end on the practice of using animals to test the toxicity of chemicals. The algorithm compares tested and untested chemical fragment compounds in order to predict an untest
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China wants to ban Bitcoin for wasting resources
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Shanghai [China], Apr 10 (ANI): Bitcoin, the digital currency may be considered as revolutionary for the economies but China thinks otherwise. The country is proposing to ban the practice of mining the cryptocurrency for wasting resources.
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President promulgates four Ordinances including one criminalising practice
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 21 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday promulgated four Ordinances including the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Second Ordinance, 2019, which declares “the practice of triple talaq to be void and illegal and also to make it an offence
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Childcare institutions in Odisha indulging in acts of religious conversion
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 5 (ANI): A fact-finding exercise of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has revealed that childcare institutions in Odisha indulge in the practice of religious conversion.
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Upskirting to be illegal across UK
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], Jan 17 (ANI): Upskirting, the practice of taking secret photographs under a woman's skirt, is all set to be a criminal offence in England and Wales where offenders will face up to two years in jail.
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Despite ban, this Odisha tribe continues to sacrifice animals, birds
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Balangir (Odisha) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): Sulia, which is the biggest tribal festival marked by a mass sacrifice of animals and birds in Balangir district, was observed on Tuesday, despite a ban on the practice.
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Rajya Sabha to take up Triple Talaq Bill today
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha will take up the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill '18, popularly known as Triple Talaq Bill, on Thursday for consideration and passing. The Bill criminalises the practice of instant triple talaq with a provision of 3 year
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Triple Talaq Bill to be tabled in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Jan 1 (ANI): The Triple Talaq Bill that makes the practice of instant divorce among Muslims a criminal offence with a provision of three-year jail term for the erring husband is scheduled to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
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Yemen: UN demands immediate end to aid diversion by Houthis
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Sana'a [Yemen], Jan 1 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) has called for an immediate end to the diversion of food relief in Yemen after uncovering evidence of the practice in the capital, Sana'a, and other parts of the country controlled by the Ansarullah (Houthi) movement.
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Triple Talaq bill to be tabled in Rajya Sabha today
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Dec 31 (ANI): The Triple Talaq Bill that makes the practice of instant divorce among Muslims a criminal offence with a provision of three-year jail term for the erring husband, is set to be tabled in Rajya Sabha on Monday by Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
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Lok Sabha passes Triple Talaq bill amid walkout by Cong and some other Opp
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 27 (ANI): Amid a walkout by some Opposition parties, the Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Triple Talaq bill which makes the practice a criminal offence with a provision of three-year jail term for the erring husband.
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