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Britain May Toughen Rules For Migrants Seeking Permanent Residency
Britain will consider tightening the rules over how migrants can settle permanently in the country by making applicants prove their value to society, interior minister Shabana Mahmood will say on Monday.
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'Misbehaving Monks': Massive Sex Scandal Shakes Thailand's Buddhist Clergy
Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has besmirched the clergy and left the devout questioning their faith.
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Abortions In US Rose In 2024 Due To Telehealth Prescriptions: Report
The number of abortions in the US rose again in 2024, with women continuing to find ways to get them despite bans and restrictions in many states, according to a report out Monday.
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Sir Isaac Newton Used Beer To Pen His Revolutionary Theories, Study Claims
A paper in the Royal Society's journal Notes and Records has claimed that Sir Isaac Newton's personal beer flagon offers key clues about his work.
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"Society Must Change": Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Reforms In Dowry, Domestic Violence Laws
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a PIL which sought the appointment of an expert committee to review and reform the existing dowry and domestic violence laws to stop their misuse.
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Should Former Judges Join Politics? What Ex Chief Justice DY Chandrachud Said
The society continues to view former judges as custodians of the law and their lifestyle must accord with the faith the society has in legal system, said DY Chandrachud, former Chief Justice of India when asked if retired judges should join politics.
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Advanced Alien Civilisations Could Self-Destruct Through Climate Change, Claims New Study
A recent study by astrophysicists suggests that technologically advanced alien civilizations could self-destruct through climate change within just 1,000 years. The researchers, inspired by human energy use patterns, found that even renewable energy sources contribute to planetary overheating due to inevitable heat loss. The second law of thermodyn...
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Equal Participation Of Women Important For Better Society: Chief Justice
There is no dearth of legal provisions to protect the interest of women in private and public spaces but law alone cannot make a just system, CJI DY Chandrachud said, stressing that society also has to shed its "patriarchal social attitude".
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Everything To Know About Taliban's New "Vice And Virtue" Law In Afghanistan
The Taliban government's new law to "promote virtue and prevent vice" has codified their austere rules for Afghan society, dictating strict controls according to their vision of Islam.
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"Secular Civil Code Need Of Times": PM Modi In Independence Day Speech
PM Modi Speech:Making a strong pitch for a Uniform Civil Code in his Independence Day speech this morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said laws that divide the country have no place in a modern society and must be done away with.
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ChatGPT Was Asked For Legal Advice - 5 Reasons Why It Was A Bad Idea
A survey carried out in 2023 by the Law Society, the Legal Services Board and YouGov found that two-thirds of respondents had experienced a legal issue in the past four years.
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Top Kuki-Zo Body WKZIC Trashes Move To Ban It, Manipur Government Pushes For Anti-Terror Law UAPA
Two senior members of a top civil society group of the Kuki-Zo tribes have refuted allegations made by the Manipur government that the "intellectual" group called for taking up arms in the state affected by ethnic violence.
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New Laws A Significant Overhaul Of Criminal Justice System: Chief Justice Of India
Hailing the enactment of the new criminal justice laws as a watershed moment for society, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud today said India is set for a significant overhaul of its criminal justice system.
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Crime Cannot Be Wiped Off By Paying Compensation To Victim: High Court
Criminal law seeks to regulate the conduct of individuals within the society and a crime cannot be "wiped off" by payment of compensation, the Delhi High Court said today.
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Japan's Princess Aiko, 22, To Start Working At Red Cross After Graduation
Princess Aiko, 22, is set to start working at the Japanese Red Cross Society in April after completing her graduation from Tokyo's Gakushuin University.
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Britain May Toughen Rules For Migrants Seeking Permanent Residency
Britain will consider tightening the rules over how migrants can settle permanently in the country by making applicants prove their value to society, interior minister Shabana Mahmood will say on Monday.
-
'Misbehaving Monks': Massive Sex Scandal Shakes Thailand's Buddhist Clergy
Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has besmirched the clergy and left the devout questioning their faith.
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Abortions In US Rose In 2024 Due To Telehealth Prescriptions: Report
The number of abortions in the US rose again in 2024, with women continuing to find ways to get them despite bans and restrictions in many states, according to a report out Monday.
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Sir Isaac Newton Used Beer To Pen His Revolutionary Theories, Study Claims
A paper in the Royal Society's journal Notes and Records has claimed that Sir Isaac Newton's personal beer flagon offers key clues about his work.
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"Society Must Change": Supreme Court Rejects Plea Seeking Reforms In Dowry, Domestic Violence Laws
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a PIL which sought the appointment of an expert committee to review and reform the existing dowry and domestic violence laws to stop their misuse.
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Should Former Judges Join Politics? What Ex Chief Justice DY Chandrachud Said
The society continues to view former judges as custodians of the law and their lifestyle must accord with the faith the society has in legal system, said DY Chandrachud, former Chief Justice of India when asked if retired judges should join politics.
-
Advanced Alien Civilisations Could Self-Destruct Through Climate Change, Claims New Study
A recent study by astrophysicists suggests that technologically advanced alien civilizations could self-destruct through climate change within just 1,000 years. The researchers, inspired by human energy use patterns, found that even renewable energy sources contribute to planetary overheating due to inevitable heat loss. The second law of thermodyn...
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Equal Participation Of Women Important For Better Society: Chief Justice
There is no dearth of legal provisions to protect the interest of women in private and public spaces but law alone cannot make a just system, CJI DY Chandrachud said, stressing that society also has to shed its "patriarchal social attitude".
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Everything To Know About Taliban's New "Vice And Virtue" Law In Afghanistan
The Taliban government's new law to "promote virtue and prevent vice" has codified their austere rules for Afghan society, dictating strict controls according to their vision of Islam.
-
"Secular Civil Code Need Of Times": PM Modi In Independence Day Speech
PM Modi Speech:Making a strong pitch for a Uniform Civil Code in his Independence Day speech this morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said laws that divide the country have no place in a modern society and must be done away with.
-
ChatGPT Was Asked For Legal Advice - 5 Reasons Why It Was A Bad Idea
A survey carried out in 2023 by the Law Society, the Legal Services Board and YouGov found that two-thirds of respondents had experienced a legal issue in the past four years.
-
Top Kuki-Zo Body WKZIC Trashes Move To Ban It, Manipur Government Pushes For Anti-Terror Law UAPA
Two senior members of a top civil society group of the Kuki-Zo tribes have refuted allegations made by the Manipur government that the "intellectual" group called for taking up arms in the state affected by ethnic violence.
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New Laws A Significant Overhaul Of Criminal Justice System: Chief Justice Of India
Hailing the enactment of the new criminal justice laws as a watershed moment for society, Chief Justice DY Chandrachud today said India is set for a significant overhaul of its criminal justice system.
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Crime Cannot Be Wiped Off By Paying Compensation To Victim: High Court
Criminal law seeks to regulate the conduct of individuals within the society and a crime cannot be "wiped off" by payment of compensation, the Delhi High Court said today.
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Japan's Princess Aiko, 22, To Start Working At Red Cross After Graduation
Princess Aiko, 22, is set to start working at the Japanese Red Cross Society in April after completing her graduation from Tokyo's Gakushuin University.
