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North East India continues to receive good monsoon rains during the past week, overall a reduction in extreme rainfall events have been observed but the region continues to remain flooded due to excessive rains earlier in June. Meanwhile June records tumble in South India as the monsoon remains active in the peninsula. Bengaluru Airport breaks the all time record for the wettest June by recording 235.4 mm of rainfall for the month till date. The previous record was 231.8 mm in June 1996. Similarly Chennai rains have picked up in the past week making it the historical June rains in the last three decades. Heavy rains in parts of Chennai and Tamil Nadu during 72 hours period ending 8:30 am on 22 June: Ambattur -- 194mm KK Nagar -- 189mm Taramani -- 185mm Red Hills -- 173mm Anna University -- 167mm Avadi -- 167mm West Tambaram -- 166mm Mylapore -- 163mm Villivakkam -- 163mm Perambur -- 161mm Anna Uty ARG -- 159mm Nungabakkam -- 158mm Strong monsoonal flow is also observed

In a  judgement  last month, the Supreme Court expressed discontent over the lacunas in the administration of death in India. Pursuant to a report by Justice SK Panigrahi which revealed that the toilets in prisons of Odisha were not fit for human usage and the food being provided was not fit for human consumption, the high court  pulled up  the state government to take steps towards improving the living conditions of inmates. In yet another case, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court  set out  to rectify the problem of overcrowding in prisons. It is clear from these repetitive judicial interventions that the prison administration system in India is broken and requires some fixing. But whether the road to reform is common for male and female inmates is a question that is rarely asked. But this question needs to be asked because women inmates face double marginalisation both inside and outside of prisons. First strand of marginalisation The treatment of women in Indian society is riddled w

The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) will announce the result of the Higher Secondary (HS) second year or Class 12 final examination 2022 on 27 June, Monday. The result will be declared at 9 AM as per Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma. Candidates from every stream including Science, Commerce and Arts who have appeared in the Class 12 Board Examination this year can check their results from the official website of AHSEC which is ahsec.assam.gov.in . Reports suggest that the Chief Minister will announce the Assam HS Result 2022 himself during an official press conference. Taking to Twitter, Sharma said, "Results of the Assam Higher Secondary (HS) final examinations will be declared on June 27 (Monday) at 9 am. My best wishes to all the students who had appeared in the examinations." Results of the Assam Higher Secondary (HS) final examinations will be declared on June 27 (Monday) at 9 am. My best wishes to all the students who had appeared in the examinati

Putting in your papers in an organisation is not an easy task. While many organisations expect a formal mail regarding the same, a new trend seems to be picking up on social media - the trend of short and funny resignation letters. Joining the bandwagon is Youtube that shared a hilarious resignation on Twitter. Check out the post here: nice resignation letter pic.twitter.com/qhYo3quPA7 — YouTube India (@YouTubeIndia) June 23, 2022 The handwritten letter read, "To whomsoever it may concern, chaliye khatam karte hain (Let’s end this now)," The tweet was captioned saying, "Nice resignation letter." Bajaj Capital joined in on the fun and replied by sharing another hilarious resignation letter. Bas yahi kehna chahengey @YouTubeIndia pic.twitter.com/5O4lFrgvie — Bajaj Capital (@mybajajcapital) June 23, 2022 Youtube responded to it by writing, "Yeh bhi theek hai." yeh bhi theek hai — YouTube India (@YouTubeIndia) June 23, 2022 Reacting to

Telangana BJP on Friday lodged a case against film maker Ram Gopal Varma for his alleged unsavoury comments against National Democratic Allaince’s candidate for Presidential election Droupadi Murmu. On 22nd June, Ram Gopal Varma tweeted, “If DRAUPADI is the PRESIDENT who are the PANDAVAS? And more importantly, who are the KAURAVAS?” Pandavas and Kauravas were from the royal family of Hastinapur as described in Mahabharata and Draupadi was married to the Pandavas. If DRAUPADI is the PRESIDENT who are the PANDAVAS ? And more importantly, who are the KAURAVAS? — Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) June 22, 2022 Reacting to the tweet, BJP leader Gudur Narayana Reddy, filed a complaint at the Abid Road Police Station, accusing him of disrespecting the SC and ST community. In his complaint, Reddy said Varma’s tweets were highly derogatory and insulting a senior tribal woman politician. The film maker later apologized on his Twitter handle. He wrote, “This was said just in an earnest iron

Lauding the Supreme Court verdict which dismissed a plea challenging the clean chit given by an SIT to then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots case, Union Home Minister Amit Shah took a jibe at Congress' 'satyagraha' over ED questioning Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case and said that Modi appeared before the SIT in relation to probe over violence but the BJP did not resort to "drama or dharna" during the questioning. Shah said that those who levelled "politically motivated" allegations against PM Modi should apologise for it. He noted that Modi presented an ideal example for all political persons of how to respect the Constitution. "In a democracy, PM Modi presented an ideal example of how the Constitution should be respected by all political persons. Modiji was also questioned, but nobody protested, and (BJP) workers from across the country did not gather in solidarity with Modiji. We cooperated with the law. I was also

Protests have erupted across the United States after the country’s Supreme Court overturned its 50-year-old Roe vs Wade decision , now denying women the constitutional right to abortion. President Joe Biden called the ruling a “tragic error”, saying that it has taken the country back 150 years. The verdict comes after a leaked report in early May revealed that the US top court would strike down Roe vs Wade. Friday’s decision has thrown light on abortion legislation in other countries , including India, where abortion under certain circumstances has been legal for the past 50 decades. In the wake of the developments in the US, we take a look at what our law says and how India decided to allow abortions. The role of the Shantilal Shah Committee Until the 1960s, abortion was illegal in India under Section 312 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. “Causing miscarriage of a woman” was a punishable crime with imprisonment of up to three years and/or a fine. In the mid-1960s, the government s

The Kerala Lottery department will today, 25 June declare the results of the Karunya KR 555 lottery at 3 pm. Ticket holders can check the live lottery results on the official website of the Kerala lottery department at keralalotteryresult.net . The lottery draw for Karunya KR 555 will take place at the Gorky Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram. The detailed KR 555 result will be published from 4 pm onwards. To make it easy for the ticket holders, the results of the lottery draw will be released in the Kerala Government Gazette as well. First prize winner of the Karunya KR 555 lottery will get a prize money of Rs 80 lakh. The winner of the second prize will be receiving an amount of Rs 5 lakh and the third-place winner will take home Rs 1 lakh. A few lucky winners will also get a consolation prize of Rs 8000. Those who have participated in the lottery draw should note that a state lottery tax deduction of 30 per cent will be applicable along with an agent lottery commission of 10 per cent o

During a recent conversation with Maroof Raza on his talk show  Latitude  which discussed India-Bhutan ties in the backdrop of China’s shadow, I lamented that India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy needs serious reworking. Raza responded by saying something rather interesting which drove home the point about the ineptitude of India’s foreign office. He said, “India has a diplomatic corps which is smaller even than that of Singapore but we are trying to punch in the heavyweight category of world’s geopolitics.” He, of course, stated it in the context of the need for India to engage more seriously with our neighbourhood lest India alienates even Bhutan, the only true friend and ally that India has in South Asia. But even as the dialogue was, primarily, about the manner in which China was making robust inroads into the Himalayan kingdom and my analysis that a “generational shift” in Bhutan may be becoming more open to Chinese socio-economic overtures, the fact that Raza sought to sagely co

“The President has proclaimed Emergency. There is nothing to panic about.” - When Prime Minister Indira Gandhi proclaimed these words on All India Radio, few were aware that it would be the start of a dark period in Indian politics. Gandhi made the announcement just hours after then President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed signed the order on her advice late night on 25 June. As the nation recalls one of the most tumultuous periods in its history since independence, here’s a look at all you need to know about the Emergency: The build-up: While Gandhi was wildly popular in the domestic arena after India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war, she had to face several issues - scarcity of food, growing unemployment and rampant inflation. The situation was further compounded by student protests led by Jayaprakash Narayan, which lambasted the corruption under the Congress rule and demanded Gandhi’s resignation. In another development, Gandhi’s win in the 1971 Rae Bareli parliamentary elections c

Maharashtra political crisis: Tensions continue to mount in for the state Maha Vikas Aghadi government in the state after all 37 rebel Shiv Sena MLAs wrote a letter to the Legislative Assembly's deputy speaker, declaring that Eknath Shinde remains their leader in House. The lawmakers sidelined Uddhav Thackeray in the party that was founded by his father Bal Thackeray Maharashtra political crisis: Here are top 10 developments 1 - Shortly after the Uddhav Thackeray faction filed disqualification applications for 12 rebels, Shinde on Thursday sent a letter to the deputy speaker, signed by Sena MLAs, who are currently staying with him in Guwahati. The names of MLAs mentioned in the application include - Eknath Shinde, Tanaji Sawant, Mahesh Shinde, Abdul Sattar, Sandipanrao Bhumre, Bharatshet Gogawale, Sanjay Shirsat, Yamini Jadhav, Lata Chandrakant, Anil Babar, Prakash Surve and Balaji Kinikar 2 - The letter to the Maharashtra Assembly deputy speaker, by Shinde and rebel MLAs, also

Nearly a decade ago, Kasargod in Kerala was in news with several reports of conversions of Hindus, especially girls, into Islam. One of those who got converted was a girl named Sruthi. Born into a Havyaka Brahmin family in Kasargod, Sruthi became Rahmat after getting converted to Islam. However, she eventually reconverted and came back to the fold of Hindu Dharma. How did this happen? This intriguing and thought-provoking journey has been penned in an autobiographical format by her. It is an important read as it provides a first-hand account of the well-oiled ‘Conversion Industry’ run by Islamists and Christian Missionaries in India. This autobiography was originally written in Malayalam and was first published in 2018. The book has been hugely popular in Kerala but ironically, no one heard about it outside the state. Now with the English translation of this book coming out as ‘Story of A Reversion’, it can surely help in kicking off a debate on this issue in the larger national conte

Biodiversity is the variety of living species of flora and fauna. Without it, we would have no agriculture, forestry, or life as we know it. Halting biodiversity loss is a must for human survival. In doing so, we invest in people, their lives, their wellbeing, the ecosystem, and in the shared environment we live in. India is the world's eighth most biodiverse region with a 0.46 BioD score on diversity index, 102,718 species of fauna and 23.39 per cent of the nation's geographical area under forest and tree cover in 2020. India — a megadiverse country with only 2.4 per cent of the world's land area — accounts for 7-8 per cent of all recorded species including over 45,000 species of plants and 91,000 species of animals. These 91,000 animal species represent about 6.5 per cent of the world's fauna. These include 60,000 insect species, 2,456 fish species, 1,230 bird species, 372 mammal species, over 440 reptile species, 200 amphibian species with largest concentration in W

Slavery not only affects people financially and physically but also handicaps them intellectually. One of the most serious consequences of slavery is that it degrades and corrupts the ruled culturally and civilisationally. Generations of people are made subservient, both physically as well as culturally. The same phenomenon happened with Hindus, whose Sanatana culture was severely assaulted by foreign rulers before Independence, and post-1947 court historians and scholars distorted the idea of Bharat for new generations. The  Manusmriti  is an apt example of how a sacred text is demonised and through it the entire Sanatana Dharma has been put in the dock. The  Manusmriti , the oldest of the smritis, determined ‘varna’ based on “talents, jobs, and abilities rather than birth”. Manu says that a Brahmin may become a Shudra and vice versa based on his characteristics, deeds, and talents. Similarly, there can be an interchange between Kshatriyas and Vaishyas. Ironically, nowadays, the wor