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Delhi HC calls voluntary religious conversion 'a constitutional right'
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday said that everyone has the Right to profess any religion or choose any religion as conversion to any religion is a person's constitutional right.
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Govt to come up with robust framework on 'service charge' by restaurants
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): The Department of Consumer Affairs will soon come up with a robust framework to ensure strict compliance by the stakeholders with regard to "service charge" levied by restaurants and hotels as it adversely affects consumers on a daily basis, the Ministry of C
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Every individual including sex worker has right to dignified life, SC obse
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): The Centre in Supreme Court has raised certain reservations in respect of the recommendations made by the panel that sex workers should not be arrested or penalised or harassed or victimised as voluntary sex work is "not illegal" and only running the brothel
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Govt caution restaurants on forced levy of 'service charges' on consumers
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Restaurants cannot force consumers to pay 'service charge' as it is a voluntary payment depending on the discretion of consumers, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said on Monday.
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Biden announces steps to combat baby formula shortage in US
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 13 (ANI): Amid the shortage of baby formula in the US, President Joe Biden on Thursday announced additional steps to bolster work to get infant formula onto store shelves as quickly as possible without compromising safety.
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Srinivasa Farms adopts Soy Fed, India's first-ever feed label, to help con
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 9 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Right to Protein, a nationwide public health initiative, welcomes another renowned industry leader, Srinivasa Farms, to the league of Soy Fed adopters. 'Soy Fed' label is India's first-ever voluntary feed label, launched in 2021 t
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Erdogan vows to send 1 million refugees back to Syria
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] May 9 (ANI): Last Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a reversal of his previous policy, declared that his government was working on a project for "the voluntary and honourable return of 1 million Syrian refugees" back to their homeland.
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SC asks Centre to decide on plea seeking re-vaccination for people who rec
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court has asked the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Ministry to decide on a representation of a person seeking modification of COVID-19 policy to allow voluntary re-vaccination of persons who have received the Sputnik-V vaccine and are desiro
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Vice President Naidu calls for further simplifying tax system
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday called for simplifying the tax system further to promote voluntary compliance and reduce litigation.
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Union Minister Jitendra Singh announces setting up of single-window portal
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday announced the setting up of a single-window portal for benefit of pensioners and superannuated elder citizens.
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US raises concern about 'arbitrary' COVID measures in China
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 9 (ANI): The United States on Saturday said it would allow for the voluntary departure of non-emergency staff to leave its Shanghai consulate amid a surge of infections in the locked-down megacity.
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PM Modi calls on BJP leaders to offer voluntary labour to build ponds
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called on BJP leaders and workers to offer voluntary labour (shram daan) to build more and more ponds in their areas ahead of the summer months.
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