Covered Faces

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  Afghan Women To Fully Cover Faces, Men To Grow Beards: Taliban Codify Morality Laws

  Afghanistan's Taliban formally codified a long set of rules governing morality this week, ranging from requiring women to cover their faces and men to grow beards to banning car drivers from playing music, the Justice Ministry said.

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  Delhi Metro Increases Security, Covering Faces Not Permitted

  Delhi Metro commuters will henceforth not be allowed to cover their faces using surgical masks or mufflers even as the security-hold area at close to two dozen stations has been expanded in view of the new security drills being deployed to more effectively guard the rapid rail network.

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  Police Check IDs of Women Riding Bikes With Covered Faces

  Days after terror struck Dina Nagar in Gurdaspur, police in border district of Tarn Taran have started verifying the identity of women who cover their faces while riding two-wheelers.

• Ban on riding motorbikes with covered faces in Kanpur

  Keeping in view the increasing incidents of chain snatching in the industrial city, the administration has put a ban on riding motorbikes with faces covered.The ban was ordered following a large number of chain snatching incidents in the city involving speeding bikers with covered faces, SP (Rural) Lal Bahadur said.All the police stations in the ci...

• Covering of head increases SIDS risk

  Preventing bed clothes from covering the face or head of a sleeping infant may decrease the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).