The Supreme Court of India has ruled that a nearly 27-week-old fetus cannot be terminated, as it is healthy and poses no danger to the mother’s life. The court rejected the plea of a 27-year-old woman to use its powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to permit termination. The court stated that the...
Read MoreThe Delhi High Court has questioned the Centre about the legal prohibition on single, unmarried women opting for surrogacy procedures to become parents. The court was hearing a plea from a 44-year-old unmarried woman who wanted to have a genetically related child via surrogacy due to potential medical complications.
Read MoreStudent groups at Oxford University, including the Oxford Palestine Society, have released a joint statement blaming the “Israeli-settler-colonial occupation and apartheid” for the ongoing violence in the Israel-Gaza conflict. They called for an end to Israel’s “genocidal assault” on Gaza and criticized nations supporting Israel. A similar statement was also issued by student societies...
Read MoreA businessman’s bodyguard was arrested after a road rage incident on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway. The bodyguard allegedly smashed the windscreen of a bus and fired a bullet at the driver following a near-collision with the businessman’s family’s BMW. The bodyguard assaulted the bus driver and then fired a shot at him, but the driver...
Read MoreIndia and the United Kingdom held their inaugural ‘2+2’ foreign and defence dialogue on Monday, ahead of a possible visit by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak later this month, looking to ramp up defence, security and trade ties.
Read MoreRussell Rickford, a professor at Cornell University, referred to the Hamas attack on Israel as “exhilarating” and “energizing.” He claimed that it shifted the balance of politics and punctured Israel’s illusion of invincibility. Rickford argued that recognizing the impact of this shift did not require supporting Hamas. Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden is set...
Read MoreThe parents of a missing girl who was later identified as a victim of the Nithari killings are devastated by the news of the acquittal of Surinder Koli, the main accused in the case. The father had sold land to hire lawyers and fight for justice, and now feels that all their hopes have...
Read MoreScientists are showing renewed interest in studying space objects that may contain never-before-seen heavy elements, such as the asteroid 33 Polyhymnia. The asteroid appears to be denser than any known elements on the periodic table, potentially indicating the presence of an element with an atomic number higher than 118. While elements with more than...
Read MoreThe Q2 earnings for major IT services companies Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, and HCL Tech have shown positive results in terms of margins and deal wins. TCS reported an EBIT margin of 24.3%, Infosys 21.2%, and HCL Tech 18.5%. Record-high total contract value (TCV) of deal wins has also been observed.
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