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The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) on Wednesday condemned the inclusion of sexist stereotypes in the NCTE textbook which reflects the Brahmanical worldview of women. It alleged that the government is setting up a dangerous precedent of saffronizing educational literature and institutions. SFI said that a chapter titled ‘Vasuki ka Prashna’ in an NCTE textbook was introduced. The chapter indulges in creating and upholding a sexist stereotype of a meek and docile housewife whose only duty is to serve the version, embodied in the alleged figure of the Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar’s wife Vasuki. The student organization said it reminds us of the dangerous precedent of saffronizing educational literature and institutions that had been undertaken by the first NDA government. This mischi...

The Delhi Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested two gunmen who were allegedly planning to kill an activist who often speaks on issues related to Kashmir. The Delhi Police has not revealed the identity of the activist. Addressing the press, the Delhi Police said that the duo has been arrested from RK Puram in New Delhi and are being interrogated by Delhi Police's Special cell. The duo identified as Lakhan Singh and Sukhvinder, residents of Faridkot area in Punjab have, as per Delhi Police, been held with two Desi (Country-made) pistols. As per Delhi Police, the two revealed during interrogation that they reached Delhi after getting paid an amount of 10 Lakh to kill the pro -Kashmir activist near Qutub Institutional area in New Delhi.buy caverta online https://myhst.com/wp-con...

"As soon as i fell down in Pakistan, people who were high on passion tried to attack me, however, two Pakistani Army men came and saved me,"Abhinandan who was captured by Pakistani troopers last year is heard saying in a fresh video released by Pakistan on the anniversary of Indian Air Strikes in Balakot. On the 26th of February, 2019, the Indian Government claimed that the Indian Air Force conducted targetted air strikes in Pakistan and destroyed a Militant camp, and killed several Militants in the air strikes, however, footages released later by Reuters and sections of International media called the Indian claims as false. The next day Pakistani Air Force intruded in the Indian territory and one pilot in a bid to chase Pakistan's F16 crossed over to Pakistan, where his plane was shot ...

According to Union Health Ministry data India recorded a single day spike of over 16,000 COVID-19 cases for the third day in a row on Saturday, pushing the infection tally to 1,10,79,979, while the recoveries surged to 1,07,63,451. The data updated on Saturday early morning showed a total of 16,488 novel coronavirus cases were reported in a day, while the death count rose to 1,56,938 with 113 new fatalities. With active case count at 1,59,590, which comprises 1.44 per cent of the total infections. The number of recoveries reached 1,07,63,451, which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.14 per cent and the case fatality rate stands at 1.42 per cent.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in a circular on Friday announced the ban on International commercial flights till 31 March. The ban on scheduled overseas flights was to end after an eleven-month gap on 28 February 2021. The circular mentioned that the dedicated cargo flights and flights under the bilateral air bubble pacts with select countries will continue to operate. The 27 countries currently under this bilateral air bubble pact with the government of India are Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Canada, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Iraq, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Maldives, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, Ukraine, the UAE, the UK, Uzbekistan and the US.

On Wednesday, a saleswoman was allegedly gang-raped by three men in Hapur when she was returning from work in Ghaziabad to her residence. An FIR has been registered against the three unidentified men under Section 376D of the IPC. Hapur police have registered an FIR against three unidentified men under Section 376D of the IPC. Additional Superintendent of Police, Hapur, Sarvesh Mishra, told reporters that the 30-year-old said in her complaint that she was returning home in an auto. “At Lal Kuan border of Ghaziabad, she changed the auto. After one passenger got down, the driver and two others overpowered her, took her to a secluded spot in Pilakhwa area of Hapur and sexually assaulted her,” he added. He said that the victim reached Masuri police station in Ghaziabad late at n...

On Wednesday, February 24, in the midst of protest from opposition groups, the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly passed by voice vote a bill to curb religious conversions. The bill seeks to curtail religious conversions, including marriage, by fake or any other undue means. The Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Illegal Conversion of Religion Bill, 2021 seeks to replace last November's decree providing for up to 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of Rs 50,000 for violators, The Indian Express reported. According to the bill, if the conversion is purely for that purpose, a marriage would be deemed,' null and void" and those wanting to change their religion after marriage needs to appeal to the district magistrate. The bill mainly states that, through misrepresentation, force, undu...

On Friday, Navdeep Kaur, a Dalit and labor rights activist was granted bail by Punjab and Haryana High Court.buy zithromax online https://www.conci.com/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/inc/new/zithromax.html no prescription She was accused in a case of attempt to murder. She was lodged in Karnal police station where she accused policemen of beating her in absence of women police and also said that they assaulted her sexually in the custody. Harinder Singh Bains, her advocate told that the court will contemplate her allegations and also will look on her medical reports, he added. On Wednesday, the court adjourned her case, after finding no medical reports were presented here. He noted that the court has said that there was nothing on records with regard to section 360 against he...