There are five major components of the UPS benefits, starting with the assurance that government employees will receive half of their average basic pay drawn over their final 12 months in service prior to retirement, as a monthly pension for life. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The story so far: Last weekend, the Union Cabinet…
The story so far: The Taliban last week announced a new law on the “Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice” which imposes its interpretation of sharia or Islamic law on the people of Afghanistan. It not only bans women from showing any part of their bodies or faces in public, but silences their voices…
Mahila Congress workers demanding prosecution based on Hema Committee report, in Kochi, on August 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The story so far: On August 19, the Hema Committee report on a host of issues in the Malayalam film industry, particularly those faced by women, was released to the public, nearly five years…
10 security personnel injured in an IED blast by Naxals in Gadchiroli in 2019. | Photo Credit: ANI The story so far: On July 11, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led MahaYuti government tabled the Maharashtra Special Public Security (MSPS) Act, 2024, aimed at curbing the ‘menace of Naxalism’ in urban areas. The provisions of the…
