‘Alimony’ may be the most heard word this December in India, once again coming to the forefront when on Thursday, the Bench Justice Pankaj Mithal and BV Nagaratha, while hearing a divorce petition, said some harsh yet important words about the ongoing ‘fashion’ of using alimony and other such welfare measures for women, like the use of sections including rape, criminal intimidation, and subjecting a married woman to cruelty as a “combined package” for extortion of money from the husband. “Strict laws are designed so that the women’s welfare can be ensured; they are not meant to be the tools…
Author: Mohit Sharma
Amit Shah’s remarks on Ambedkar, during a speech in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, faced staunch criticism from the opposition parties. Accusing Union Minister Amit Shah of insulting Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the opposition demanded an apology from his side and also asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “remove him before night.” The Remarks: – Amit Shah’s remarks came when he was giving a speech at the two-day debate in Rajya Sabha over the ‘Glorious Journey of 75 years of the Constitution of India.’ The home minister said, “Abhi ek fashion ho gaya h- Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar, Ambedkar…. Itna naam…
Special Representatives for the border mechanism, i.e. NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, met in Beijing on Wednesday. NSA is heading the Indian delegation, and Wang Yi will represent Beijing at the 23rd round of special representatives-level talks between the two countries that is being held after five years, last held in December 2019 at Delhi. They are expected to discuss a set of issues to build bilateral ties that dived south following Chinese incursions in eastern Ladakh, leading to a deadly military clash in the Galwan Valley and a standoff near the Line of Actual Control…
Georgia, the country that holds around 5767 Indian nationals and NRIs as per the external affairs ministry, came to the limelight when 11 Indian nationals were found dead inside an Indian restaurant, ‘Haveli,’ in the Georgian mountain resort of Gudauri. There was one Georgian citizen also among the deceased, as per the Georgian authorities, making the toll to be 12. Initial Inspection: – The preliminary inspections suggest that all that have lost their lives were present in their bedrooms on the second floor of the facility. There was no sign of injury and violence on the dead bodies of the…
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake came to a 3-day official visit from 15 December to 17 December to India on Sunday evening. This marks his first foreign visit after being elected as president in September. L. Murugan. The Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting received Mr. Dissanayake at the Delhi airport The visit so far: Sri Lanka’s president on Sunday held “fruitful” discussions with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. President Draupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at Rashtrapati Bhavan. A ceremonial reception at…
One nation, one election; one of the most discussed topics of the year got a thumbs up from the cabinet’s side on the eve of a special discussion on the constitution in parliament on Thursday. The cabinet set in motion the process to implement simultaneous elections by approving two bills, which will be checked on the floor of Lok Sabha next week. If the bills that are cleared by the cabinet are passed by the parliament without any changes, the earliest simultaneous elections can be held only in 2034, as per government sources. Let us one by one understand this…
Supreme Court has just released 8 factors for determining the alimony amount, amid soaring debate going on about the tragic suicide of a Bengaluru man who claimed to be been harassed by his wife and in-laws for alimony. Justice Vikram Nath and Justice PV Varale, while hearing a divorce case on Tuesday and deciding on alimony amount, advised courts across the country to congruent their orders on the factors mentioned in the judgment. The step comes in a scenario when the question is being asked about the misuse of alimony laws by women partners. The Supreme Court while laying down…
The INDIA bloc is having a debate going on about the alliance leadership. Last week, after the remarks of West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on the leadership question in the INDI Alliance and proposing herself for the role, the politics soared among the leaders of the alliance. Although the Congress party called it a “good joke,” leaders from other parties of the alliance are agreeing with Mamta’s proposal and calling her a good alternative. INDIA parties’ response: – The praise comes from a range of politicians, including Lalu Prasad of RJD. He said when asked…
Soon after the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s regime fall and fleeing from the country, seeking refuge in Russia with his family on 9 December. The question about the Syrian asylum holders in European nations including: Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Austria, is igniting heat among people and stakeholders. There is serious question going on among these countries regarding the fate of the asylum holder and what to do with them, at a time when refugee immigration is a flashing issue in many European countries. Recently, former British prime minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda became a…
Around 40 schools in the Delhi region received bomb threats via emails late on Sunday night around 11:38 pm, trembling the police department, bomb disposal squads, and fire department, leading to a series of panic and evacuation processes. A long list of schools :- The schools include DPS Vasant Kunj, GD Goenka Paschim Vihar, Salwan Public School, Cambridge School, Modern School, DPS RK Puram, British School, and multiple DAV schools. The first school to be alerted was GD Goenka School at around 6:30 am, followed by DPS RK Puram, and then a series of alerts came to Delhi police from…
