🔵 Assam to introduce bill to ban polygamy in February 2024- The New Indian Express
https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2023/dec/16/assam-to-introduce-bill-to-ban-polygamy-in-february-2024-2642116.html
#Marriage
https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2023/dec/16/assam-to-introduce-bill-to-ban-polygamy-in-february-2024-2642116.html
#Marriage
The New Indian Express
Assam to introduce bill to ban polygamy in February 2024
The Chief Minister had previously declared that the measure would include certain provisions aimed at putting an end to love jihad within the state.
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🔵 How a virtual dissection table can help medical students
https://www.thehindu.com/education/how-a-virtual-dissection-table-can-help-medical-students/article67628731.ece
The medical landscape is evolving rapidly, with technologies like telemedicine, augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR) becoming integral parts of healthcare. The virtual dissection table prepares medical students for this technologically advanced future by familiarising them with these tools. The ability to provide risk-free, comprehensive, and interactive learning experiences could make it an asset for modern medical study.
#Education #Medicine #Technology
https://www.thehindu.com/education/how-a-virtual-dissection-table-can-help-medical-students/article67628731.ece
The medical landscape is evolving rapidly, with technologies like telemedicine, augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR) becoming integral parts of healthcare. The virtual dissection table prepares medical students for this technologically advanced future by familiarising them with these tools. The ability to provide risk-free, comprehensive, and interactive learning experiences could make it an asset for modern medical study.
#Education #Medicine #Technology
The Hindu
How a virtual dissection table can help medical students
How a virtual dissection table can help medical students
🔆 FOOD FOR THOUGHT 🔆
Have you ever been unemployed? If so how did it make you feel? What social and psychological effects might unemployment have on the traditional 'breadwinners' - men and on the traditional 'housewives' - women? Given that many more women are also now in paid work, is high unemployment potentially a more disruptive social problem today than in the past?
#FoodForThought
Have you ever been unemployed? If so how did it make you feel? What social and psychological effects might unemployment have on the traditional 'breadwinners' - men and on the traditional 'housewives' - women? Given that many more women are also now in paid work, is high unemployment potentially a more disruptive social problem today than in the past?
#FoodForThought
🔵 Sex determination racket | IMA’s State unit extends support to government in detecting, probing malpractices; demands inclusion in task force - The Hindu
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/sex-determination-racket-imas-state-unit-extends-support-to-government-in-detecting-probing-malpractices-demands-inclusion-in-task-force/article67644742.ece
#Female_Foeticide
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/sex-determination-racket-imas-state-unit-extends-support-to-government-in-detecting-probing-malpractices-demands-inclusion-in-task-force/article67644742.ece
Mere strict laws cannot prevent female foeticide. We all have to create an environment where women are respected by informing everyone about the fact that men and women are equal. There is a need to create awareness in this direction. We urge the government to implement a stringent law that will punish the parents, relatives and agents who come asking for sex detection,
#Female_Foeticide
The Hindu
Sex determination racket | IMA’s State unit extends support to government in detecting, probing malpractices; demands inclusion…
IMA Karnataka State unit condemns illegal sex determination & female foeticide, extends support to govt investigation.
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Forwarded from ThePrint
The report ‘Ride Hailing — A Platform for Women’s Economic Opportunity in India’ projects the impact that ride-hailing apps can have in boosting the economy through their empowerment of women.
Read here
Read here
ThePrint
Ride-hailing apps are helping women join the workforce & ‘juggle work-life responsibilities’
Survey by Oxford Economics, in partnership with Uber, shows three-quarters of women surveyed, who use ride-hailing apps to travel to work, do so because it offers a safer commute than other options.
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Forwarded from ~ Prometheus
#Sociology
Suicide
all cases of death resulting directly or indirectly from a positive or negative act of the victim, which he/she knows will produce this result (Pickering & Walford, 2011).
) Fatalistic
- individuals are kept under tight regulation, placed under extreme rules or high expectations
which removes a person’s sense of self or individuality.
Ex : Slavery, Prostitution
celebrity Kim Jonghyun ended his life due to severe depression and the pressure of being in the spotlight as he felt that he could not fulfil the society’s expectations of his performance (Lee, 2018).
---------------------------------------------------
) Anomic :
- lack the regulative influence of social control.
- occurs during high levels of stress and frustration.
- Anomic suicide is caused by social factors that have occurred suddenly.
extreme financial loss, the disappointment and stress that individuals face may drive them towards committing suicide as a means of escape.
Ex : Studies by center for disease control found that historically, suicides for people aged 25 to 64 rose during economic downturns (Sternheimer, 2011). There was a significant increase in suicide rates in USA from 1928 to 1932 when unemployment rates were nearly 24%, On the other hand, suicide rates were at a low in 2000 when unemployment was about 4%
- Also during disasters, difficult to rebuild lives and livelihood crisis for instance : 1995 Kobe earthquake in Japan.
) Altruistic
- too intimate, social group involvement is too high. So much so that willing to sacrifice themselves.
- Individuals kill themselves for the collective benefit of the group or for the cause that the group believes in
- opposite of egoistic
Ex : suicide for the sake of a religious or political cause, such as the infamous Japanese Kamikaze pilots of World War II, or the hijackers that crashed the airplanes into the World Trade Centre
) Egoistic suicide
When integration is weak, egoistic suicide occurs
- when Betty, a loner with few friends, no husband, and no children, died by suicide
- absence of social integration / social outcast / alone and outsider
- unable to find their own place in society and have problems adjusting to groups.
received little and no social care.
✅Suicide is seen as a solution for them to free themselves from loneliness or excessive individuation.
~ Prometheus.
Suicide
all cases of death resulting directly or indirectly from a positive or negative act of the victim, which he/she knows will produce this result (Pickering & Walford, 2011).
) Fatalistic
- individuals are kept under tight regulation, placed under extreme rules or high expectations
which removes a person’s sense of self or individuality.
Ex : Slavery, Prostitution
celebrity Kim Jonghyun ended his life due to severe depression and the pressure of being in the spotlight as he felt that he could not fulfil the society’s expectations of his performance (Lee, 2018).
---------------------------------------------------
) Anomic :
- lack the regulative influence of social control.
- occurs during high levels of stress and frustration.
- Anomic suicide is caused by social factors that have occurred suddenly.
extreme financial loss, the disappointment and stress that individuals face may drive them towards committing suicide as a means of escape.
Ex : Studies by center for disease control found that historically, suicides for people aged 25 to 64 rose during economic downturns (Sternheimer, 2011). There was a significant increase in suicide rates in USA from 1928 to 1932 when unemployment rates were nearly 24%, On the other hand, suicide rates were at a low in 2000 when unemployment was about 4%
- Also during disasters, difficult to rebuild lives and livelihood crisis for instance : 1995 Kobe earthquake in Japan.
) Altruistic
- too intimate, social group involvement is too high. So much so that willing to sacrifice themselves.
- Individuals kill themselves for the collective benefit of the group or for the cause that the group believes in
- opposite of egoistic
Ex : suicide for the sake of a religious or political cause, such as the infamous Japanese Kamikaze pilots of World War II, or the hijackers that crashed the airplanes into the World Trade Centre
) Egoistic suicide
When integration is weak, egoistic suicide occurs
- when Betty, a loner with few friends, no husband, and no children, died by suicide
- absence of social integration / social outcast / alone and outsider
- unable to find their own place in society and have problems adjusting to groups.
received little and no social care.
✅Suicide is seen as a solution for them to free themselves from loneliness or excessive individuation.
~ Prometheus.
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🔵 “Look beyond the binary of public and private spaces to battle discrimination in terms of gender, disability and caste”: CJI - The Hindu
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/look-beyond-the-binary-of-public-and-private-spaces-to-battle-discrimination-in-terms-of-gender-disability-and-caste-cji/article67647434.ece
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/look-beyond-the-binary-of-public-and-private-spaces-to-battle-discrimination-in-terms-of-gender-disability-and-caste-cji/article67647434.ece
Overcoming socially ascribed roles necessitates transcending artificial public-private dichotomies. Addressing power imbalances has become an imperative of our time. Our laws are powerful tools in opening our public spaces as well as curbing private discrimination
To truly overcome stereotypical roles, the law and policy should transcend the public-private dichotomy and address power imbalances regardless of the locations. This requires a comprehensive approach that considers societal context, historical perspectives and the jurisprudence of discrimination law. By doing so, we pave the way for a society where equality is not a mere slogan but a lived reality for all our members. The legal landscape must evolve, weaving a tapestry that accommodates differences, eradicates biases and ensures substantive equality,
The Hindu
“Look beyond the binary of public and private spaces to battle discrimination in terms of gender, disability and caste”: CJI
CJI Chandrachud stresses need to battle discrimination & create inclusive spaces for all, with law & technology playing key roles.
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🔵 Who are Yemen’s Houthis? | Explained - The Hindu
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/who-are-yemens-houthis-explained/article67653059.ece
What started as a Zaydi revivalist movement is now the most powerful war machine in Yemen that has carried out a series of attacks on tankers passing through the Red Sea in protest against Israel’s war on Gaza, triggering a regional crisis.
#Revivalist_Movement
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/who-are-yemens-houthis-explained/article67653059.ece
What started as a Zaydi revivalist movement is now the most powerful war machine in Yemen that has carried out a series of attacks on tankers passing through the Red Sea in protest against Israel’s war on Gaza, triggering a regional crisis.
The roots of the Houthi movement can be traced to “Believing Youth” (Muntada al-Shahabal-Mu’min), a Zaydi revivalist group founded by Hussein al-Houthi and his father, Badr al-Din al-Houthi, in the early 1990s. Badr al-Din was an influential Zaydi cleric in northern Yemen. Inspired by the Iranian revolution of 1979 and the rise of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon in the 1980s, Badr al-Din and his sons started building vast social and religious networks among the Zaydis of Yemen, who make up roughly one-third of the Sunni-majority country’s population. The Zaydis are named after Zayd Bin Ali, the great grandson of Imam Ali, Prophet Mohammed’s cousin and son-in-law who both Shias and Zaydis revere. Zayd Bin Ali had led a revolt against the Ummayad Caliphate in the eighth century. He was killed, but his martyrdom led to the rise of the Zaydi sect. While the Zaydis are seen as part of the Shia branch of Islam, both in terms of theology and practice, they are different from the ‘Twelver’ Shias of Iran, Iraq and Lebanon.
#Revivalist_Movement
The Hindu
Who are Yemen’s Houthis? | Explained
The roots of the Houthi movement can be traced to “Believing Youth” (Muntada al-Shahabal-Mu’min), a Zaydi revivalist group founded by Hussein al-Houthi and his father, Badr al-Din al-Houthi, in the early 1990s. When Israel launched its war on Gaza and Palestinian…
🔵 Grass-root democracy as a bulwark against Maoists - The Hindu
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/grass-root-democracy-as-a-bulwark-against-maoists/article67651194.ece
Democracy has varied connotations for the tribal population inhabiting the regions with the ongoing Maoist insurgency. If analysed from the Maoists’ perspective of boycotts, it may be added that the insurgents who claim to fight the state for the cause of the people, force these very people to shun the most effective tool towards empowerment, i.e., by not participating in the democratic process. This calling out is essential so as to establish the sham — that ‘Maoists are for the people’s cause’.
In the present context, what the Maoists attempt to achieve by running their parallel government of ‘jantana sarkar’ as they call it, has no feet to stand on in the mid and long term. This aspect is more or less appreciated by the local tribal population, but perhaps the state has not been able to inspire them enough, for various reasons, real or otherwise. This has discouraged mass participation in the democratic process. The said development is more glaring in the context of earlier trends wherein the local population often ignored boycott calls. Does the trend point to disillusionment on the part of the electorate?
#Tribals
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/grass-root-democracy-as-a-bulwark-against-maoists/article67651194.ece
Democracy has varied connotations for the tribal population inhabiting the regions with the ongoing Maoist insurgency. If analysed from the Maoists’ perspective of boycotts, it may be added that the insurgents who claim to fight the state for the cause of the people, force these very people to shun the most effective tool towards empowerment, i.e., by not participating in the democratic process. This calling out is essential so as to establish the sham — that ‘Maoists are for the people’s cause’.
In the present context, what the Maoists attempt to achieve by running their parallel government of ‘jantana sarkar’ as they call it, has no feet to stand on in the mid and long term. This aspect is more or less appreciated by the local tribal population, but perhaps the state has not been able to inspire them enough, for various reasons, real or otherwise. This has discouraged mass participation in the democratic process. The said development is more glaring in the context of earlier trends wherein the local population often ignored boycott calls. Does the trend point to disillusionment on the part of the electorate?
#Tribals
The Hindu
Grass-root democracy as a bulwark against Maoists
The PESA Act, given its potential, could be commandeered as the greatest enabler to mainstream the tribal community by accommodating their aspirations
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Rape is rape even when committed by husband: Gujarat HC
Read more at: https://dbrief.news/d/mqR69
Read more at: https://dbrief.news/d/mqR69
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🔵 News Analysis | ‘Religious character’ of a place of worship can be decided only in a trial, says Allahabad High Court - The Hindu
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/news-analysis-religious-character-of-a-place-of-worship-can-be-decided-only-in-a-trial-says-allahabad-high-court/article67655009.ece
“
,” the High Court noted.
The “religious character” of a place of worship can only be determined in a trial, based on documentary and oral evidence, on a case-to-case basis. “Religious character cannot be confined in the limits of verbal terminology, as the 1991 Act has not defined the term ‘religious character’, it could only be decided by the facts and circumstances of each and every case,” the High Court said.
The 1991 Act mandates that the religious identity of a place of worship, as it existed on August 15, 1947, should be retained.
#Religion
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/news-analysis-religious-character-of-a-place-of-worship-can-be-decided-only-in-a-trial-says-allahabad-high-court/article67655009.ece
“
A place of worship cannot have a dual religious character at the same time, one of temple or of a mosque, which are adverse to each other. Either the place is a temple or a mosque
,” the High Court noted.
The “religious character” of a place of worship can only be determined in a trial, based on documentary and oral evidence, on a case-to-case basis. “Religious character cannot be confined in the limits of verbal terminology, as the 1991 Act has not defined the term ‘religious character’, it could only be decided by the facts and circumstances of each and every case,” the High Court said.
The 1991 Act mandates that the religious identity of a place of worship, as it existed on August 15, 1947, should be retained.
#Religion
The Hindu
Gyanvapi case | ‘Religious character’ of a place of worship can be decided only in a trial, says Allahabad High Court
Gyanvapi case: Allahabad High Court ruling opens possibility of determining "religious character" of places of worship in court, based on evidence, as per 1991 Act.