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Renewed efforts are on to unite the Indian Opposition against the ruling dispensation led by Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. But the Opposition is up aga
The Supreme Court of India, on August 22, 2017, set aside the practice of Talaq-e-Biddat (triple talaq).
An excerpt from the Judgment read:
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The National Policy on Prison Reforms and Correctional Administration and The Model Prison Manual 2016 in PDF can be accessed here:
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The number of registered births in the year 2015 touched 23.1 million, slightly above the 2014 figure of 23.0 million. Out of the total registered bir
In the year 2015, over one-thirds of deaths in India were caused by heart diseases, including diseases of pulmonary circulation and other forms of hea
The Annual Health Survey is conducted across nine states of India to monitor the government's various health interventions, including those under the
Prisons in Karnataka, or for that matter across the country, are struck by a serious malaise for several decades and the problem is turning grave wit
India’s agricultural growth in the past two decades has been slower than the rest of the economy. This has led to resentment among the rural populatio