Calculating all the technicalities of what type of influencers we see in today’s society gets us to a point of being aware that there are people who are yet to do their evolvement as a rational human being because , being an influencer must teach you to be open to all sorts of learning and if there’s any learning left to do the certain influencer should be ready to do it. The “I know it all” attitude doesn’t go well with today’s influencers because everyone’s just a basic human who needs a lot of learning to do even though they’ve been seeing all types of factors effecting their work. And basically, if you get into what makes them tick, they think, “My opinion is worth more than gold in my space.” Now, they understand that they are not experts in everything but in their community, in their area, they are the ones that people turn to. Well, the key here is to create value for their community. In other words, they can’t be bought, but they can be convinced. So, they’re interested in anything that brings value to their audience. And if you can help them on that quest, on that mission, you reinforce their authority and their community, and they’re with you even though no paychecks pass hands. looking at influencers and trying to analyze what bucket do I put them in, understand that the authority works a little differently than the celebrity and, oh, by the way, it’s going to work a little differently with some of the other types that we’ll take a look at. Now, there is a third kind of influencer I like to call connectors. Even if the influencer is partly evolved he needs to be open for rational thinking and sensible learning which helps him get through hard and robust times.
If you understand that these connectors like to connect the dots, they like to create links, that’s what makes them tick. Basically then, that means you need to figure out a way to help them grow their network because they live in a network. They would look at your product and they would write papers and other people would base their purchasing decisions based on what they wrote. And at one point in time, I was actually in charge of analyst relations for one of the high tech companies I worked at. So these type of connectors and influencers are essential for today’s world and there are certain assortments in that too. You want to give them access to insider insights and to new data that they can analyze, but you don’t want to try to impose your analysis on them. They’re experts in this field. Eventually , all these connectors and influencers get through it.
The Administrative Tribunals rendering Administrative equity comprise a side-effect of the government assistance state. In the eighteenth and nineteenth century when ‘free enterprise’ hypothesis held influence, law courts rose out as the caretaker of the rights and freedoms of the individual residents. On occasion they also ensured the privileges of the residents at the expense of the State authority.
With the rise of government assistance state, social intrigue started to be given a precedence over the individual rights. The current legal executive neglected to maintain the new framework. In the expressions of Robson, “with the expansion during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries of the functions of the legislature to one new field after another, with the dynamic confinement of the privileges of the people in light of a legitimate concern for the wellbeing, security and general government assistance of the community overall, with the improvement of aggregate power over the states of work and way of living and the rudimentary necessities of the individuals changed. There has emerged a requirement for a method of settling better fitted to react to the social prerequisites of the time than the intricate and exorbitant arrangement of choice gave by case in the courtrooms. In brief the new arrangement of authoritative arbitration fit new social finishes upheld by a government assistance state. It demonstrated a potential instrument for authorizing social arrangement and enactment.
Anything which tends or might be viewed as tending to make an individual choose a case in any case than on proof must be held to be one-sided. The primary prerequisite is that the appointed authority ought to be unprejudiced and common and must be liberated from inclination. One can’t go about as judge of a reason in which he himself has some intrigue either monetary or in any case as it manages the most grounded evidence against impartiality. One must be in a situation to act judicially and to choose the issue impartially. In the event that the appointed authority is liable to inclination for or against either gathering to the debate or is in a place that a predisposition can be accepted, he is precluded to go about as an adjudicator and the procedures will be vitiated.
Equity can never be checked whether a man goes about as an appointed authority in his own motivation or is himself keen on its result. This rule applied not exclusively to legal procedures yet in addition to semi legal and managerial procedures. In responding to the inquiry with respect to what alleviation the individual is qualified for on account of the court when the disappointment of characteristic equity has happened, it is that down to earth contemplations ought to win as opposed to attempting to address the inquiry by applying such unfeeling words as “void” and “voidable” or theoretical rationale.
The cases don’t delineate uniform methodology in the matter of giving extreme alleviation by the court when the disappointment of regular equity including giving of reasons has happened. In the matter of disappointment of Audi alteram partem the courts have received any of the three options as the equity of the circumstance requested—just subduing the request, not suppress the request yet keeping up the state of affairs and guiding the administration to give a consultation, lastly suppress as well as disallowing the legislature from reexamining the issue.
Further, the Supreme Court has faltered in giving further help normally spilling out of the subduing of the request. Most definitely, where the reasons host nor been provided to the get-together nor to the court, the assignment of the legal executive is to some degree simple. The courts have pretty much suppressed the regulatory request. In such a case, there isn’t the main disappointment of common equity however the non-correspondence of reasons might be demonstrative of the way that the authority has not applied its psyche to the issue. Where, be that as it may, the reasons have been given to the court, however not to the gathering, the cases don’t portray a uniform methodology.
In various cases, the court has maintained the authoritative request once it is fulfilled that the reasons set under the steady gaze of the court legitimized the equivalent. There are a couple of cases likewise despite what might be expected. Here maybe the issue may must be settled based on equity however the idea of equity is a liquid and escaping one.
The India–Pakistan cricket rivalry is one of the most intense sports rivalries in the world. The tense relations between the two nations, resulting from bitter diplomatic relationships and conflict that originated during the Partition of British India into India and Pakistan in 1947, the Indo-Pakistani Wars, and the Kashmir conflict, laid the foundations for the emergence of an intense sporting rivalry between the two nations who had shared a common cricketing heritage.
The two sides first played in 1952, when Pakistan toured India. Test and, later, limited overs series have been played ever since, although a number of planned tours by both sides have been cancelled or aborted due to political factors. No cricket was played between the two countries between 1962 and 1977 due to two major wars in 1965 and 1971 and the 1999 Kargil War and the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks have also interrupted cricketing ties between the two nations.
The growth of large expatriate populations from both countries across the world led to neutral venues, including the United Arab Emirates and Canada, hosting bilateral and multilateral One Day International (ODI) series involving the two teams and the teams have met during International Cricket Council (ICC) competitions. Tickets for matches in which the two teams play each other at international competitions are in high demand, with over 800,000 applications for tickets made for the 2019 Cricket World Cup meeting between the two sides.
Players from both teams routinely face intense pressure to win and are threatened by extreme reactions in defeat. Extreme fan reactions to defeats in key matches have been recorded, with a limited degree of hooliganism. At the same time, India–Pakistan matches have also offered opportunities for cricket diplomacy as a means to improve relations between the two countries by allowing heads of state to exchange visits and cricket followers from either country to travel to the other to watch the matches.
IAF’s Wing Commander Abhinandan
On the day of February 27th 2019 both India and Pakistan said they shot down each other’s fighter jets on , with Pakistan capturing an Indian pilot a day after Indian warplanes struck inside Pakistan for the first time since the 1971 Liberation War, reports Reuters.
Earlier, India carried out air raids on rebel camps inside Pakistan weeks after a suicide attack in the disputed Kashmir region, raising fears of a war between the nuclear-armed South Asian nations.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed a strong response in the wake of the worst attack on soldiers in decades.
Pakistan will return a captured pilot “as a peace gesture” to India, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said on next day.
But the actual scenario seems to differ, it was reported later that the United States weighed in on the Pakistan Army through high-level military channels to release Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman within hours of his capture on February 27, making it clear to Rawalpindi that it was the only way to de-escalate matters. United States warned Pakistan of India’s strong military response if their wing commander isn’t released at the earliest.
We have seen in the case of Sarabjeet Singh (an Indian abducted and jailed by Pakistan police) that how Pakistan treats Indians into its side of territory. Mr. Sarabjeet was allegedly tortured to death and when his dead body was returned to India, it was later found that vital body parts of Sarabjeet were removed while he was still alive. So it’s obvious that there’s nothing like “peace gesture from Pakistan”. If someone really wish to see a peace gesture, then they should see Shimla treaty signed between India and Pakistan post 1971 Indo-Pak war in which Pakistan lost miserably and around 90,000 of Pakistani soldiers who were initially kept as war prisoners were later released under this treaty.
Hence its clear that which nation wants actual peace and which nation use the term of peace only for causing propaganda at United nations and the rest of world. It seems Pakistan would never change its attitude but India has moved on with its motive to boost its economy and parallel help other countries in Humanitarian operations. Where Pakistan is seen as terror camping underdeveloped and unsafe nation for business, India’s potential is being explored by great economies of the world.
Khadi India launched a portal to sell various kinds of khadi products made by Indian artisans. Keeping in mind the pandemic COVID-19 this is a very good step to support our artisans and be “aatmanirbhar” or self-reliant.
When the portal was first launched it only had masks which have become a very essential commodity during this time. There were two types of masks, Khadi cotton masks and Khadi silk masks. The Khadi cotton mask comes in white colour whereas the Khadi silk mask is available in various colours. After this the portal also began selling Khadi fabrics, Khadi handkerchiefs, herbal soaps and Papad. You can buy Khadi fabrics like cotton muslin, dupion silk fabric, Khadi denim fabric and Khadi ikat. All these fabrics are available in various colours.
The Khadi handkerchiefs are all white in colour made up of 100% cotton fabric. They are handmade by the women artisans of Jammu and Kashmir. They are available in packs of 1 piece, 3 pieces and 5 pieces each. Similarly the herbal soaps are also handmade. Currently there are 10 different varieties of soaps to choose from on the portal and also a gift pack which has four different varieties of soaps. Likewise there are five varieties of Papad available. When there are Khadi kurtas for men, Khadi yoga dress set Khadi yoga dress set and also a limited edition collection by designer Ritu Beri. All these wearable pieces and the Khadi mass are available in different sizes. Make sure you choose the the correct size because the products are non returnable/ non-exchangeable. The shipping is free and the products can be ordered from anywhere in India. The dispatch schedule is given as “5 working days from the date of order”. And you can always track your order on “Track my Order” section given in the portal.
The very phrase “Justice delayed is Justice denied ” is an antonym for the word “justice” because justice means the quality of being fair and reasonable which in the very least is considered in our country. Everyday we see innocent people being charged for something they did not do, women being victims of sexual assaults, people being murdered in the name of honour killing etc . But are the people who commit these crimes arrested?. Justice has become a joke material in our country. Justice is something people talk about in social media platforms, create memes and write articles about, but nothing can ever change the delay in justice because after months and years of yearning for justice the only thing innocent people receive is their justice being denied. India is a country known for dragging innocent people all their lives for justice. The recent incident of the police assault done to Felix and Jeyaraj is the perfect example of a manifold denial of justice. Jeyaraj aged 58 and his son Fenix aged 31 who resided in Sathankulam, Tuticorin, were arrested on the night of June 19, 2020 for having their shop open beyond the curfew time of coronovirus induced lock down but a video evidence proved that they weren’t guilty of the charge. Yet the duo was arrested and tortured throughout the night only because the police had some personal vengeance against them. They were tortured in ways that was extremely inhuman and cannot be explained. The police used their power and authority to murder those men and shamelessly blame the men for their fate. Justice was murdered in the first place when the men were taken under custody for a crime they did not commit. Justice was crushed into pieces when these men became the victim of assault by the police. And justice was denied to them when they were deprived of their basic Human Rights. The men were not allowed to exercise their right to life and liberty and freedom from torture. The incident became the recent best example of the phrase ” Justice delayed is Justice denied” because justice was not given even at the cost of two lives and the plight of their family members. The policemen who assaulted these men were only suspended and transferred not dismissed or put in jail for the crime they committed but the innocent lost their lives with peace being shattered for the rest in their family. Here is a serious delay in justice because the policemen have not received the punishment they deserve which by all means is a pure denial of justice in our country. This alone is not a pathetic situation of our country, there is more to it, an article stated that a senior police officer told the press that hardly any police officer had been put behind bars for any custodial deaths. This is just one case among the thousand other cases of police brutality which is often not addressed. Policemen are supposed to be the protectors of the people in a country. But rather they have instilled fear in the minds of people and have failed to be man’s best friend. Fenix and Jeyaraj are not the only ones who have been deprived of their justice but the entire nation because it is very evident that when justice is delayed eventually it leads to its denial creating a scenario where anybody who is in power and authority can get away with whatever crimes they commit. Such incidents do not just reflect badly on the police force of our country but also on the justice system which is supposed to give people hope that their lives and words matter. Social media posts, memes, videos, petition letters, rally, strike or anything of that sort will not advance justice. The government must realise that every single life in the country has a right to justice and it must be bestowed upon them irrespective of their power, authority etc. Everybody must be equal in the eyes of justice because that is what the scales of justice stand for. There are good people and there are bad people but justice must always on the side of the good and it should be provided immediately otherwise it looses it’s meaning and purpose.
‘The best things that happen to us are not always things.’ – A saying that has been going around a long time and its meaning is the true essence of our life. The happiness that we may receive after making others smile or spending time with our family cannot be compared buying a brand new phone or branded clothes. Materialism is the belief that having money and other possessions is the most important thing in life. This belief has acquired a strong place in the people, especially the youth. They are pumped up by the advertisements that portray the notion ‘you are what you possess’ , as a result the youth is fascinated from the money as well as luxuries that they may or may not be able to afford.
The youth tries to identify themselves as well as the people around them with the money and the things they have, which creates a rift between the rich and the poor. The present day trends, such as clubbing or having lavish birthday parties, having latest gadgets or buying the newest car in the market, have a tight grip on the youth; so much so that people sometimes stress over how to keep up with these trends. There are many out there who just feel the need to buy new clothes or expensive phone to fit in with their peer group. They don’t realize the pressure it can create on their parents who work hard day and night just to make the ends meet for their family.
People don’t feel the need to have a good personality or empathy for others which can help them to be a good individual as well as a good reputation for people to recognize them; instead they feel that the only way to have a good reputation is by owning material things. There is no particular harm in owning things, however it sometimes leads to buying things that we don’t even need in our lives. People now-a-days try and measure the level of happiness of a person with the amount of money or the luxuries that the person owns. Whenever they see that someone has a thing that seem to good enough, they have an urge to buy it, even though they might not need it.
Society has embedded the notion in our heads that a person who owns more is respected more; due to which people are chasing money and power. Priority is given to having and earning a good amount of money over having a good and humble personality. It is also the reason for the huge gap between the rich and the poor in terms of wealth as the economic system is provoking the people to spend more money and for that they need to work hard and earn more. Studies point out that if the parents tend to have a materialistic approach and tend to buy things after being influenced by the advertisements, then the children may also develop materialism in them.
The beliefs of the society are changing. Earlier it was said that people are supposed to love each other and the things are meant to be used as long as they serve, however now quite the opposite is happening in the society. Things are loved and people are used as long as they serve the purpose. There is no value for others in the society which is creating an impact on the relationships that people have with each other. People who are materialistic are never happy as contrary to the belief that they tend to be content. Therefore, one should never forget that in times of need, it is the people close to us that come to our rescue and not the things.
Racism, also called racialism, the belief that humans may be divided into separate and exclusive biological entities called “races”; that there is a causal link between inherited physical traits and traits of personality, intellect, morality, and other cultural and behavioural features; and that some races are innately superior to others. The term is also applied to political, economic, or legal institutions and systems that engage in or perpetuate discrimination based on race or otherwise reinforce racial inequalities in wealth and income, education, health care, civil rights, and other areas. Such institutional, structural, or systemic racism became a particular focus of scholarly investigation in the 1980s with the emergence of critical race theory, an offshoot of the critical legal studies movement. Since the late 20th century the notion of biological race has been recognized as a cultural invention, entirely without scientific basis.
Racism takes many forms and can happen in many places. It includes prejudice, discrimination or hatred directed at someone because of their colour, ethnicity or national origin.
People often associate racism with acts of abuse or harassment. However, it doesn’t need to involve violent or intimidating behaviour. Take racial name-calling and jokes. Or consider situations when people may be excluded from groups or activities because of where they come from.
Racism can be revealed through people’s actions as well as their attitudes. It can also be reflected in systems and institutions. But sometimes it may not be revealed at all. Not all racism is obvious. For example, someone may look through a list of job applicants and decide not to interview people with certain surnames.
Racism is more than just words, beliefs and actions. It includes all the barriers that prevent people from enjoying dignity and equality because of their race.
Lives Matter (BLM) movement and their provocative protest tactics have played a significant role in this shifting public discourse.
BLM has been resisting dominant narratives in new ways. The movement amplifies knowledge and counter-discourses that affirm the identities and needs of Black communities. The BLM movement can be seen as a “subaltern counterpublic,” defined by critical theorist Nancy Fraser as a space dedicated to centring marginalized voices.
The dominant public often expects marginalized groups to use persuasion to educate them about their grievances. However, some have argued that persuasion alone cannot facilitate substantive systemic change. Dominant society will generally tolerate only those transformations in public discourse that leave
Counterpublics, like BLM, have successfully cultivated their power and drawn attention to their messaging by forcing their narratives onto the public.
That painful past is still present today — not only in the form of violence, but in the everyday experience of deeply rooted discrimination. We see it in our criminal justice system, in the disproportionate toll of the disease on Black and Brown communities, in the inequalities in neighbourhood services and the educations our children receive.
While our laws have changed, the reality is that their protections are still not universally applied. We’ve seen progress since the America I grew up in, but it is similarly true that communities of colour continue to endure discrimination and trauma.
The first time I read ‘The Fault In Our Stars,’ my heart skipped a beat with each page turn. This was before the book became popular. I always enjoyed books and music before it the bestselling charts.
Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters are one of a kind. They were burdened by cancer and their loved one’s hidden emotions. Until they found each other, they were alone amidst the crowd. They were each-others safe havens.
Hazel Grace’s grenade dialogue scene was heart-breaking and
When the Hollywood movie came out starring Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley, I was slightly disappointed. Like every other book made into a movie, it lost its touch.
I felt the same way when I watched Dil Bechara. The Bollywood make was a lot different from the book. They changed the book to a song, the author to a musician, Amsterdam to Paris. More than any of that this movie was so different than the book itself. Instead of creating a new identity for itself, it was just a loose compilation of scenes.
I understand that the movie was made for the Indian youth to relate to, but in the heavily social world, we are more modern than before.
Kizie was introduced attending strangers’ funerals to share her pain realizing that she too might die soon and her loved ones would go through the same. That unexplained scene gave the movie an edge. It was a beautiful scene. She, herself didn’t realize the reason she was drawn to funerals.
Manny’s funeral scene was heartbreaking and my friend described her want to crawl into the screen and give Kizie and Manny a tight hug each.
The songs weren’t that great, commercial success wise. But A. R. Rahman’s composition was peaceful and I loved them.
However, the new comer Sanjana Sanghi, playing Kizie did wonderful on her part. She was perfect when she needed to be stiff, stubborn, emotional and in love. She has an amazing career ahead of us and will be worthy of all the opportunities to hone her skills.
Sushant Singh Rajput, as Manny was as gracious as ever. He had his charming smile and adorable personality throughout.
I would have loved if both the great actors were playing their parts in a different plot. Stirring clear of John Greens book.
The movie had 95 million views in the first 24 hours. It was a tribute to Sushant Singh Rajput. Many shed tears, not with the characters but for the actor himself.
The slideshow tribute for Sushant in the end was comforting and warm. It was sweet and made a million people shed tears for him and his premature death. We loved Sushant and he will always have a special place in our hearts forever.
In the weeks after his death, many speculations were made, cases filed, trending hashtags. But it felt good to switch off from social media and watch his last movie. Hotstar and Disney+ did a great job letting viewers stream the movie for free.
You can watch the movie on Hotstar and Disney+.
You can stream all songs of the movie on YouTube and on any other music app.
When the movie came out starring Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley, I was slightly disappointed. Like every other book made into a movie, it lost its touch.
I felt the same way when I watched Dil Bechara. The Bollywood make was a lot different from the book. They changed the book to a song, the author to a musician, Amsterdam to Paris. More than any of that
Section 14 of The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 states that,
(1) Any property possessed by a Female Hindu, whether acquired before or after the commencement of this Act, shall be held by her as full owner thereof and not as a limited owner.
Explanation: In this sub-section, “property” includes both movable and immovable property acquired by a female Hindu by inheritance or devise, or at a partition, or in lieu of maintenance or arrears of maintenance, or by gift from any person, whether a relative or not, before, at or after her marriage, or by her own skill or exertion, or by purchase or by prescription, or in any other manner whatsoever, and also any such property held by her as streedhan immediately before the commencement of this Act.
(2) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall apply to any property acquired by way of gift or under a will or any other instrument or under a decree or order of a civil court or under an award where the terms of the gift, will or other instrument or the decree, order or award prescribe a restricted estate in such property.
Under this Section , any property acquired by a Hindu female except that which is covered by sub-section 2 before the Act came into force will became her absolute property and any property acquired by a Hindu female except that which covered by the commencement of Act will be her absolute property.
The above stated changes could be seen while going through the observation of courts at different periods:-
In Janaki v. Narayana Swami, Privy Council observed regarding women’s estate as “her right is of the nature of right of property, her position is that of owner; her powers in tat character are, limited…So long as she is alive , no one has vested interest in succession.”
In another case, Kalawati v. Suraj, SC stated that in the context of section 14 “ ‘women’ does not mean any woman , but that woman who is the owner of woman’s estate. If the holder of woman’s estate had alienated the estate to a woman, that woman is not the woman whose estate is enlarged to full estate.”
“The effect of rule laid down in the Section 14 of The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 is to abrogate the stringent provisions against the proprietary rights of a female which are often regarded as evidence of her perpetual tutelage and to recognize her status as independent and absolute owner of property.”
Before the enactment of The Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Hindu women has streedhan as:-
(a)Absolute property and
(b) Limited estate.
When the constitutionality of the Act has been challenged and SC has observed that the Act has the object of enhancing women’s limited estate concept regarding property into absolute interest. It is within the spirit of court of India. Hence it is not violative of any fundamental rights especially Art.14, 15(1) of the Constitution of India.
S.14 has been given retrospective effect. But this Section has no application for those who has already inherited and alienated the property before the Act came into force. In Anandibhai v. Sundarabhai , High Court has been observed as “the expression ‘any property possessed by a female Hindu’ in Section 14 means ‘any property owned by a female Hindu’ at the date of the commencement of the Act, and, these words are prospective in their application. Any property ‘acquired before’ the commencement of the act shall be the absolute property. The expression ‘whether acquired before or after the commencement of this act’ shows that section is operative retrospectively.
There are two conditions to be fulfilled for the application of Section 14 of The Hindu Succession Act, 1956:
ØOwnership of the property must vest in her, and
ØShe must be in the possession of the Estate when the Act came into force.
Supreme Courts and High courts have given wider connotations for the term possession. According to their observation, it can be in the form of actual and constructive possession. In Santosh v. Saraswathi, a question has been raised regarding the possession of property of female Hindu and Court held the view that where property was given to the woman by way of maintenance over which she had a right, her possession was accepted, it became her absolute property. Even when the property is in the possession of a trespasser, it has been held that she is in constructive possession.
Many other factors in urban areas lead to differences at the beginning and then are domestic violence. Violence against young widows is also increasing in India. Other forms of physical abuse of women also include beating, grabbing, burdening them with bullying, public humiliation, and neglecting health problems.
This form of domestic violence is the most common. The most common causes of harassment and torture of women are dissatisfaction with the dowry and abusing women for more, arguing with a partner, refusing sex with him, neglecting children, leaving home without telling the partner, improper cooking or on time, engaging in new matters, not caring for my parents-in-law, etc.
Domestic violence is a global issue reaching across national boundaries as well as socio-economic, cultural, racial and class distinctions. This problem is not only widely dispersed geographically, but its incidence is also extensive, making it a typical and accepted behavior. Domestic violence is wide spread, deeply ingrained and has serious impacts on women’s health and well-being. Its continued existence is morally indefensible.
“Domestic violence is a burden on numerous sectors of the social system and quietly, yet dramatically, affects the development of a nation… batterers cost nations fortunes in terms of law enforcement, health care, lost labor and general progress in development. These costs do not only affect the present generation; what begins as an assault by one person on another, reverberates through the family and the community into the future”.
WHAT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?
“Domestic violence is not simply an argument. It is a pattern of coercive control that one person exercises over another. Abusers use physical and sexual violence, threats, emotional insults and economic deprivation as a way to dominate their victims and get their way”.
Domestic violence can be described as the power misused by one adult in a relationship to control another. It is the establishment of control and fear in a relationship through violence and other forms of abuse. This violence can take the form of physical assault, psychological abuse, social abuse, financial abuse, or sexual assault. The frequency of the violence can be on and off, occasional or chronic.
The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 says that any act, conduct, omission or commission that harms or injures or has the potential to harm or injure will be considered domestic violence by the law. Even a single act of omission or commission may constitute domestic violence – in other words, women do not have to suffer a prolonged period of abuse before taking recourse to law.
The law covers children also. Domestic violence is perpetrated by, and on, both men and women. However, most commonly, the victims are women, especially in our country. Even in the United States, it has been reported that 85% of all violent crime experienced by women are cases of intimate partner violence, compared to 3% of violent crimes experienced by men. Thus, domestic violence in Indian context mostly refers to domestic violence against women.
WHAT LEAD TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?
Cultural mores, religious practices, economic and political conditions may set the precedence for initiating and perpetuating domestic violence, but ultimately committing an act of violence is a choice that the individual makes out of a range of options. Although one cannot underestimate the importance of macro system-level forces (such as cultural and social norms) in the etiology of gender-based violence within any country, including India, individual-level variables (such as observing violence between one’s parents while growing up, absent or rejecting father, delinquent peer associations) also play important roles in the development of such violence.
Domestic violence against women is an age old phenomenon. Women were always considered weak, vulnerable and in a position to be exploited. Violence has long been accepted as something that happens to women. The gender imbalance in domestic violence is partly related to differences in physical strength and size. Moreover, women are socialized into their gender roles in different societies throughout the world. In societies with a patriarchal power structure and with rigid gender roles, women are often poorly equipped to protect themselves if their partners become violent.
The disparity relates to how men-dependence and fearfulness amount to a cultural disarmament. Husbands who batter wives typically feel that they are exercising a right, maintaining good order in the family and punishing their wives’ delinquency – especially the wives’ failure to keep their proper place.
PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL VIOLENCE:
Violence against women has a far deeper impact than the immediate harm caused. It has devastating consequences for the women who experience it and a traumatic effect on those who witness it, particularly children.
Psychological and emotional violence covers “repeated verbal abuse, harassment, confinement and deprivation of physical, financial and personal resources”. Undermining an individual’s sense of self esteem can have serious mental and physical health consequences and has been identified as a major reason for suicide. Quantifying psychological abuse is extremely difficult, and very few studies have been conducted to establish prevalence rates of this type of violence.
For some women, the incessant insults and tyrannies which constitute emotional abuse may be more painful than the physical attacks because they effectively undermine women’s security and self-confidence. Qualitative studies that have been undertaken conclude that it is just as damaging to one’s health to be continuously psychologically abused as it is to be physically abused.
IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON CHILDREN:
Children who witness domestic violence may develop serious emotional, behavioral, developmental or academic problems.
As they develop, children and teens who grow up with domestic violence in the household are:
more likely to use violence at school or community in response to perceived threats
more likely to attempt suicide
more likely to use drugs
more likely to commit crimes, especially sexual assault
more likely to use violence to enhance their reputation and self esteem
more likely to become abusers in later life.
WHY DO WOMEN STAY?
Lack of information about alternatives also forces women to suffer silently within the four walls of their homes. Some women may believe that they deserve the beatings because of some wrong action on their part. Other women refrain from speaking about the abuse because they fear that their partner will further harm them in reprisal for revealing family secrets, or they may be ashamed of their situation. They also fear the consequences of reporting violence and declare an unwillingness to subject themselves to the shame of being identified as battered women.
Violence against women is a violation of basic human rights. It is shameful for the states that fail to prevent it and societies that tolerate and in fact perpetuate it. It must be eliminated through political will, and by legal and civil action in all sectors of society. Economic dependence has been found to be the central reason. Without the ability to sustain themselves economically, women are forced to stay in abusive relationships and are not able to be free from violence. Due to deep-rooted values and culture, women do not prefer to adopt the option of separation or divorce.
CONCLUSION:
An effective response to violence must be multi-sectoral; addressing the immediate practical needs of women experiencing abuse; providing long-term follow up and assistance; and focusing on changing those cultural norms, attitudes and legal provisions that promote the acceptance of and even encourage violence against women, and undermine women’s enjoyment of their full human rights and freedoms.
The health sector can play a vital role in preventing violence against women, helping to identify abuse early, providing victims with the necessary treatment and referring women to appropriate care. Health services must be places where women feel safe, are treated with respect, are not stigmatized, and where they can receive quality, informed support. A comprehensive health sector response to the problem is needed, in particular addressing the reluctance of abused women to seek help.
The spread of the COVID-19 has proved deadly, and this is a challenging time for the union as well as state governments as they work to address this health emergency. However, shows that in times of crisis, democratic governments may take a dangerous autocratic turn. In such a situation, journalism has a great role to play in a democracy, as it has been ideally visualized as a platform for objective information and critical-rational discourse. Thus, the health of journalism in a country can be examined in the times of a crisis.
Corporate control over most media bodies also means that they become an instrument of the ideological apparatus of the state. There are many concerns associated with the COVID-19 crisis: ill-equipped public health systems, policies to combat the pandemic, and the lack of planning and support to the vulnerable sections. These issues demand serious examination, but the mainstream media, barring some courageous exceptions, seems to be forgetting its democratic role.
Manipulation of Discourse
Just before the announcement of the nationwide lockdown till 14th April 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly called upon print and electronic media owners and editors of the country and asked them to support government efforts to combat the pandemic and also advised them to present “positive news” related to COVID-19 (Sagar 2020).
Plainly put, these were the owners and editors who control most of the Indian media at the national and regional levels who were advised to abide by the official narrative and present information as provided to them by the government about COVID-19.
Why would media houses follow government diktat rather than investigating the real state of affairs, unless they have associated business interests? Journalism is considered to be an ethical communicative practice in a democracy, but corporate ownership subverts the autonomy of journalism and the freedom of the press. Unfortunately, this conflict of interest has become a common feature of Indian journalism.
However, even though a majority of Indian media is under corporate control, there are many counter-voices both within and outside this grouping. Thus, the Indian mediascape has become a battleground of ideologies. Many of these alternate counter-voices have raised genuine issues of social concern during the pandemic outbreak.
The prevalence of international media on the internet and small media organizations in the country has played an important role in disseminating factual and more nuanced information, but unfortunately, these platforms do not have the vast access that big corporate media platforms are privy to.
Media Shows Its Islamophobic Side
Media’s ugliest moment, however, was its coverage of the news surrounding Delhi’s Tablighi Jamaat Markaz (meeting). Many participants had left after the markaz, but many were stranded in the mosque due to the lockdown and were later found infected. However, the media outrage that followed was clearly an extension of the already prejudiced and polarised coverage, as the Tablighi Jamaat was blamed for violating lockdown rules and for “corona jihad,” “Islamic insurrection,” and “corona terrorism.” This is clearly an example of fake news propagated by the mainstream media to further the predominant agenda (BBC 2020; News Laundry 2020). Muslims were also attacked in various parts of the country.
People of other religious groups also gathered at religious places in large numbers even after the lockdown, but they were not criticised in a similar manner. However, when some journalists did raise questions, they were threatened with legal action (Scroll 2020).
The Need for Greater Accountability
Since most of the people are at home during the lockdown, it is natural to see a growth in media consumption. People are using various media platforms for COVID-19-related information, but what is provided is far from factual and does not further a critical rational discourse.
Some television news channels see a Chinese conspiracy in the spread of COVID-19. In such a “positive” atmosphere, the news related to labourers’ mass exodus and the markaz was mostly presented due to its sensational value.
The pandemic is also threatening an already-deteriorating economy, which also demands a thorough investigation beyond the official narratives. The media, however, has worries related to its own economic situation. Print media, especially, is dealing with a resource crunch, dwindling advertisements, and worries of reduction in circulation and readership. With concerns of job security, inadequate resource support, and abuses faced by the police, many journalists are putting their health at stake to cover the COVID-19 situation. This scenario does little to add to the morale of honest and responsible journalists. Some media houses have already begun cutting wages; an extension in the lockdown can create a new crisis in Indian journalism.
The role of larger media as observed during the pandemic, however, is not an overnight shift. It has been visible for some time now. The media has seen phenomenal growth during the last three decades, and India has become one of the biggest media markets in the world.
Sexual slavery and sexual exploitation is attaching the right of ownership over one or more people with the intent of coercing or otherwise forcing them to engage in sexual activities. This include forced labor, reducing a person to a servile status (including forced marriage) and sex trafficking persons, such as the sexual trafficking of persons.
The crime also includes forced marriages, domestic servitude or other forced labour that ultimately involves forced sexual activity. In contrast to the crime of rape, which is a completed offence, sexual slavery constitutes a continuing offence. … Forms of sexual slavery can, for example, be practices such as the detention of women in “rape camps” or “comfort stations”, forced temporary “marriages” to soldiers and other practices involving the treatment of women as chattel, and as such, violations of the peremptory norm prohibiting slavery.
Commercial sexual exploitation of adults:
Commercial sexual exploitation of adults (often referred to as “sex trafficking” is a type of human trafficking involving the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of people, by coercive or abusive means for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Commercial sexual exploitation is not the only form of human trafficking and estimates vary as to the percentage of human trafficking which is for the purpose of transporting someone into sexual slavery.
Commercial sexual exploitation of children:
Commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) includes child prostitution (or child sex trafficking), child sex tourism, child pornography, or other forms of transactional sex with children. The Youth Advocate Program International (YAPI) describes CSEC as a form of coercion and violence against children and a contemporary form of slavery.
Types of Sex Slavery:
Child prostitution- Child prostitution, or child sex trafficking, is a form of sexual slavery. It is the commercial sexual exploitation of children, in which a child performs the services of prostitution, usually for the financial benefit of an adult. In some parts of the world, child prostitution is tolerated or ignored by the authorities. Reflecting an attitude which prevails in many developing countries, a judge from Honduras said, on condition of anonymity: “If the victim [the child prostitute] is older than 12, if he or she refuses to file a complaint and if the parents clearly profit from their child’s commerce, we tend to look the other way”.
2.Child sex tourism- Child sex tourism is a form child sex trafficking, and is mainly centred on buying and selling children into sexual slavery. It is when an adult travels to a foreign country for the purpose of engaging in commercially facilitated child sexual abuse. Child sex tourism results in both mental and physical consequences for the exploited children, who may include “disease (including HIV/AIDS), drug addiction, pregnancy, malnutrition, social ostracism, and possibly death”, accord to the State Department of the United States. Thailand, Cambodia, India, Brazil and Mexico have been identified as leading hotspots of child sexual exploitation.
3.Cybersex trafficking- Victims of cybersex trafficking, primarily women and children, are sex slaves who are trafficked and then forced to perform in live streaming] shows involving coerced sex acts or rape on webcam. They are usually made to watch the paying consumers on shared screens and follow their orders. It occurs in ‘cybersex dens,’ which are rooms equipped with webcams.
4. Forced marriage- A forced marriage is a marriage where one or both participants are married, without their freely given consent. Forced marriage is a form of sexual slavery. Causes for forced marriages include customs such as bride price and dowry; poverty; the importance given to female premarital virginity; “family honour”; the fact that marriage is considered in certain communities a social arrangement between the extended families of the bride and groom; limited education and economic options; perceived protection of cultural or religious traditions; assisting immigration.
Health Implications:
Victims of sex trafficking are likely exposed to adverse conditions that can negatively affect their physical, mental, and emotional health. Physicians, nurses, midwives, and other healthcare providers can play critical roles in helping to identify victims of sex trafficking as a first step in providing both assistance and advocacy for affected women and girls. As a provider, one can play an essential role in providing interventions to improve physical and psychological health among victims and advocating on behalf of victims to help improve their social circumstances.
Physical- Sex trafficking victims are particularly susceptible to sexually transmitted infections such as gonorrhoea, syphilis, urinary tract infections, and pubic lice. Human immunodeficiency virus/ AIDS infection is known to be prevalent. They may experience pelvic pain, vaginal/anal tearing, rectal trauma, and/or urinary difficulties as a result of commercial sex work. Sex trafficking victims are often physically abused and tortured. Providers should screen women and girls for physical injuries such as broken bones, bruises, burns, scars, and broken teeth/ dental problems.
Psychological-Victims of sex trafficking may face moderate to severe psychological trauma from daily mental, emotional, and psychological abuse and torture. Post-traumatic stress disorder, acute anxiety, and depression are all common psychological issues among sex industry workers.
Social- Although there are insufficient data that report the social effects of sex trafficking, anecdotal evidence suggests that victims have a greater prevalence of illiteracy, homelessness, poverty, and societal isolation. Trafficked women engaging in sex work tend to have fewer resources, limited options, and increased vulnerability to violence and abuse than women who are not trafficked.
conclusion:
Victims of sex trafficking acquire adverse physical and psychological health conditions and social disadvantages. Thus, sex trafficking is a critical health issue with broader social implications that requires both medical and legal attention. Healthcare professionals can work to improve the screening, identification, and assistance of victims of sex trafficking in a clinical setting and help these women and girls access legal and social services.
Sex trafficking involves some form of forced or coerced sexual exploitation that is not limited to prostitution, and has become a significant and growing problem in both the United States and the larger global community. The costs to society include the degradation of human and women’s rights, poor public health, disrupted communities, and diminished social development.
Death is not the opposite of life but a part of it – Haruki Murakani Euthanasia is the highly effective form of pain management which allows assisting people who are suffering from a painful and incurable disease or incapacitating physical disorder or allowing them to die. The concept of Euthanasia, Mercy killing comes from the very belief that losing some faculties are worse than losing one’s life. However, through with the religious belief against premature death and also a moral dilemma in respective to legalising Euthanasia across the globe, but it was considered the best way to go rather see a person degenerating to his fate which is worse than death. Hence, countries across the globe had legalized Euthanasia with strict rules and stringent legal sanctions.
INTRODUCTION:
The term Euthanasia has been derived from two Greek words ‘eu’ and ‘thanotos’, which means, “Good death.” The phrase Euthanasia was coined by Sir Francis Bacon. Euthanasia is requesting for the premature ending of life in the plight of suffering terminal illness who undergoes unbearable pain.
TYPES OF EUTHANASIA:
The dimension of Euthanasia encompasses from Voluntary Euthanasia: Euthanasia is performed with the patient’s consent. Further, the voluntary euthanasia is of two kinds Active Euthanasia: A person takes action to cause a patient’s death that is where a person intentionally intervenes to end someone’s life with the use of lethal substances or forces. Passive Euthanasia: Death is brought about by withholding or withdrawing treatment to let the person die.
Non-Voluntary Euthanasia:
The person is unable to give their consent as the patient is in a state of coma or are severely brain-damaged and so another person takes the decision on patient’s behalf, often because the ill person might have expressed the wish to end their lives previously in certain circumstances.
Involuntary Euthanasia:
This kind of Euthanasia is administered without asking consent or against the patient’s will. Involuntary Euthanasia is also termed as murder if conducted against the will of the patient.
Assisted Suicide:
Patient is provided help in dying Physician-Assisted Suicide: Doctor assists a patient in shortening their dying process.
The doctrine of Double Effect:
Doctor gives drugs to relieve symptoms even though this may shorten patient’s life.
Indirect Euthanasia:
The treatment provides side effects that would speed up the patient’s death. DNR order: Doctor is not required to resuscitate a patient if their heart stops. A living will: Person decides in advance to refuse life support system in case of a terminal illness.
DNR order:
Doctor is not required to resuscitate a patient if their heart stops.
A living will:
Person decides in advance to refuse life support system in case of a terminal illness.
LEGALITY OF EUTHANASIA ACROSS THE GLOBE
The subject of euthanasia has spun the world regarding legalising euthanasia. However, only a handful of countries has to grant citizens the right to die in cases of a terminal illness. The debate of legalising euthanasia cuts across complex and dynamic aspects such as legal, ethical, human rights, health, religious, economic, spiritual, social, and cultural aspects of civilised society. In April 2002, it was the Netherlands the first country to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide. Belgium stood second in the same year and legalised Euthanasia with strict rules that doctor can assist patients to end their lives when they freely express their wish to die if they suffer intractable and unbearable pain and sometimes in a vegetative state.
EUTHANASIA: INDIAN SCENARIO
The issue of Euthanasia rose to prominence in India after Aruna Shanbaug’s case and several other noteworthy cases filing pleas demanding euthanasia but the case of Aruna Shanbaug’s was most alarming as she remained in a persistent vegetative state for 42years since 1973 when she was sexually assaulted. However, in 1996 the Supreme Court in its landmark judgement in the case of Gyan Kaur Vs State of Punjab[1] held that both euthanasia and assisted suicide is not lawful in India and confusingly stated.
“The right to life under article 21 of the constitution does not include the right to die. The court held that article 21 is a provision guaranteeing protection of life and personal liberty, and by no stretch of imagination can extinction of life be read into it. The right to live with dignity does include the right to die with dignity.” However, the court could not come up with any practical rules and passed the buck to lawmakers to come up with laws regulating euthanasia, and that’s how in 2006 the 196th report of law commission of India had brought out The Medical Treatment of Terminally ill patients (Protection of Patients and Medical practitioners) Bill 2006, but no law was made on euthanasia.
CONCLUSION:
Euthanasia is a form of a merciful killing or peaceful death which has raised significant controversies as for and against it. Nevertheless, despite some potential benefits of this process the analysis of Euthanasia reveals that the society as a whole should exercise some responsibility for such an activity as it is even morally challenging. Hence, it must be used only as a last resort to preserve harmony within the society, when faced with a complex medical, social and legal dilemma. There is also an urgent need to invest in our health care system as ‘Right to health’ is bestowed under ‘Right to life’ of our constitution.
Millions of people around the world have lost their jobs amid during the current covid-19.
The condition of industries in the country is suffering due to the Corona virus epidemic.Almost all of India’s business activities are at a standstill.
Because of this there has been a crisis on the jobs of millions of peoples.At the same time ,there are a fear of cuts in staff and non-appraisal staff.
According to a recent survey, currently one in every 5 Indian’s has a fear of losing their jobs.
20% fear of losing jobs in indian.
According to survey conducted by Interenet-Based Market Research and data analytics firm youGov, Corona virus can have a Profound impact on economy.
Due to the current situation, there is fear of losing jobs in most people.20% of Indians are afraid of losing the jobs.
The urban unemployment rate has increased to 30.9% overall the unemployment rate has rinse by 23.4% more than before.
According to survey, most of the companies are expected to lose more than 10% of their earings during the current quarter and the previous quarter and this could cause their profit to fall by more than 5% in both quarters.
This means that 19.5crore full-time jobs could end in the quarter alone due to the Corona virus.
When we’re all swearing this year to be one of the worst years of the century, and for some, let’s say the worst year of their lives. But as we say, “Every cloud has it’s silver lining” and to some degree, it’s also real. We should think of nature as a result of this lockdown of Mother Nature ‘s healing to a great degree. Many major metropolitan cities used to be heavily polluted for a variety of reasons (certainly all the reasons are linked to homo sapiens only).
According to System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), there was a 76% decline in the NO2 level concentration, while PM 2.5 was down by 54% as opposed to the same period in 2019.During the lockdown, SAFAR monitored pollution levels in six cities—Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Pune and Kolkata. The study found that Delhi’s PM 2.5 (particulate matter lesser than 2.5 microns) reduced by 39%, Kolkata’s and Ahmedabad’s by 30%, Pune by 25% and Chennai by 11%.
The Times of India
Until now it all may sound very obvious to many of you let me put some content that may sound interesting.
Wonder chicken discovered
The earliest fossil of the modern bird has recently been found, dating back 66 million years — before the age of the dinosaurs. This creature, named “the wonder chicken” by scientists, looks like a chicken from the front and a duck from the back. The discovery brings a great deal of detail to the body of scientific knowledge, telling scientists a lot about the early evolution of the modern bird and opening a discussion about its origin.
Second person in the world to be cured of HIV
A few weeks ago, the second person in the world was cured of HIV. Thanks to stem cell therapy, London, U.K. Resident Adam Castillejo is free from disease. While this treatment is high-risk and still not readily available to patients, Castillejo’s cure gives us hope that a possible gene therapy cure will be within our scope.
There area few sites now free of COVID-19
While all of us are still terrified by the pandemic, a few areas free of coronavirus offer a silver lining for the future.Lakshadweep having zero cases is a big accomplishment as they depend on Kerala for most of their medical needs.
Apart from New Zealand, Tanzania, Fiji, Vatican City, Montenegro, Seychelles, St. Kitts & Nevis, Timor-Leste, and Papua New Guinea have treated the most recent citizens diagnosed in their countries of coronavirus.
The first in-vitro cheetah cubs to be born
At the end of February, the Columbus Zoo in Ohio announced the birth of the first cheetah cubs to be born from in vitro fertilization. Two cubs, male and female, were born to cheetah Izzy, a three-year-old mother. This feat is a milestone for both biology and zoology and comes as an indication that humans can help those at risk.Species must thrive.
Australia is no longer in the flames The last thing to rule in the early months of 2020 before the coronavirus pandemic has eventually come to a stop. Australia is no longer on fire; the flames have been lit in New South Wales, the only state to remain on fire since early March. Its trees are now recovering, and new plant life has recently emerged from the fire-ridden landscape. While this is certainly not the end of the battle against the climate crisis, the horrors in Australia have now come to a halt.
Animal Crossing on the Nintendo Switch
Animal Crossing: New Horizons came out on the Nintendo Switch on March 20th, on a less important but still pleasant note. Now, fans of the popular Mario title will enjoy it on the newest Nintendo console. This game has become a worldwide phenomenon, as many see it as a great opportunity to fill their hours with self-isolation. This game is commonly regarded to be extremely relaxing — the idea is basically to go to an island and make a bunch of animal friends to perform simple tasks in return for prizes.
But apart from these commonly known facts and figures, perhaps this year has not proved that bad for students as well. I now may seem to most of us to be a complete blether and jabber, but let me tell you some bizarre things that none of us may have noticed.
Most of us realize what we are capable of doing apart from what we all used to do in our normal lives. We ‘re beginning to recover or develop new or outdated abilities. We began to talk of things that we would never have considered before. Others may start studying, some start cooking, drawing, coding, reading, and more.
I, myself, have learned a lot of things that I just don’t think I ‘d remember if I didn’t have the quarantine time period. There are a lot of skills that you can learn in this period of time, here in this blog I’m just mentioning their name and not the whole story (I ‘d definitely try to write my next blog on this one).
Start a blog
Learn how to code
Digital Marketing
Closing a deal
Copy writing skills
Simulations
This list is endless, and it’s just a few of them that I’m learning as a student. So believe me they ‘re all worth knowing, and you’re going to love studying not all of them, but at least some of them you have to know.
So if we get trapped in our homes and we can’t celebrate holidays or have fun with our friends and loved ones. Guys, let me make it clear that many of us are stuck with the ones who love us the most, clearly our parents and our family. Perhaps, all of us are so stressed that we generally don’t have time for our family, so mostly because of our crazy lives, we don’t even think about it. But after so many years, all of us have our childhood days back and believe me that they won’t come back once this pandemic has passed, so enjoy those moments with them.
And as for those dear ones you haven’t met for months and it seems like ages. The quote describes this well.
“As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delights of presence best known by the torments of absence.”
Alcibiades
There can be no distance from them who we want to be with and who wants to be with you. Without a doubt, this year has taken away a lot of things from us, but it can still give us a lot to enjoy. It tells us a lot, and let’s take that as a year to learn to try to understand the things we’ve never taken care of.
Eduindex 
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