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Veil over BJP’s anti-women policies removed: Cong on Bilkis Bano case ruling

New Delhi, Jan 8 (PTI) The Congress on Monday hailed the Supreme Court judgment quashing the Gujarat government’s decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, saying it has removed the veil over the BJP’s anti-women policies. Earlier in the day, accusing the Gujarat government of abusing its power, the apex court quashed the remission to the men convicted of gang-raping Bilkis Bano and murdering seven of her family members during the 2002 riots and ordered that they be sent back to jail within two weeks. A bench of justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan

Drinking just six to eight glasses of water each day could help burn belly fat

Drinking just six to eight glasses of water each day could help burn belly fat and protect our vital organs, health experts report. Bupa Senior Specialist Dietitian at Cromwell Hospital, Maya Aboukhater reports that carrying more belly fat is linked to a number of serious health problems such as heart and circulatory problems, high blood pressure and strokes, sleep apnoea, bowel cancer, insulin resistance and type two diabetes. She said, “Even if you have a healthy weight for height, anyone can have this type of deep of visceral fat around their inner organs. Eating fruit, vegetables and healthy fats such

Supreme Court quashes remission in sentence of men in Muslim woman’s gang-rape -media

NEW DELHI, Jan 8 (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the remission in sentence given to 11 Hindu men who had been jailed for life for gang-raping a pregnant Muslim woman and murdering her relatives during Hindu-Muslim riots in Gujarat state in 2002, local media reported. The court also directed the men to surrender to prison authorities within two weeks. The victim, Bilkis Bano, was three months pregnant when she was gang-raped and seven of her relatives, including her three-year old daughter, murdered during the riots that swept through the state, killing more than 1,000 people, most of

After 3 months of devastation in the Israel-Hamas war, is anyone ‘winning’?

The 19th century German war strategist and field marshal Helmuth von Moltke famously coined the aphorism “No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy”. His observation might well be applied to the tragedy we are witnessing in Gaza. Three months after the current conflict began, civilians have borne the brunt of the violence on both sides, with the deaths of more than 22,000 Palestinians in Gaza and 1,200 Israelis. Some 85% of Gazans have also been displaced and a quarter of the population is facing a famine, according to the United Nations. The conflict still has a long way to run and may

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