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July 11, 2018 The India Observer #adultery, #indianculture, #Marriage, #SupremeCourt

Let adultery stay a crime, diluting law will hit Indian ethos: Centre to SC

Section 497 makes adultery an offence only with respect to a man who has a relationship with somebody’s wife. The

India Travel

July 11, 2018 The India Observer #Agra, #Mumtazmahal, #Pollution, #Shahjahan, #SupremeCourt, #Tajmahal, #Tourists

“Either we’ll shut Down Taj Mahal or…”: SC threatens Centre

The top court was hearing a petition that calls for proper maintenance of the Taj Mahal. NEW DELHI: The Taj

India World

July 11, 2018 The India Observer #Germany, #GST, #IndianEconomy, #IndiasGDP, #Japan, #Largesteconomy, #PMModi, #TIO, #UK, France, US

India beats France to become world’s sixth-largest economy

India has doubled its GDP within a decade and is expected to power ahead as a key economic engine in

India World

July 11, 2018 The India Observer #Chabahar, #Indiaoilimports, #Iranoil, #Iransanctions, #oildiplomacy, #OPEC

India will lose “all other privileges” if it cuts oil imports, warns Iran

Iran’s Deputy Ambassador Massoud Rezvanian Rahaghi said Iran will end the privileges being provided to India if it tries to

India

July 10, 2018 The India Observer #AndhraPradesh, #Chandrababunaidu, #DIPP, #easeofbusiness, #PMModi, #WorldBank

Take Your Business To Andhra It Tops ‘Ease Of Doing Business Ranking’ Telangana Next

Haryana (3), Jharkhand (4), Gujarat (5), Chhattisgarh (6), Madhya Pradesh (7), Karnataka (8), Rajasthan (9) and West Bengal (10). Meghalaya

India

July 10, 2018 The India Observer #BJP, #Congress, #Elections, #JayantSinha, #JHARKHAND, #lynchings, #RahulGandhi, #Ramgarhlynching, #TIO, #YashwantSinha

Rahul floats petition to strip Jayant Sinha of Harvard Alumnus tag

Last Thursday, Jayant Sinha welcomed eight men convicted in the Ramgarh lynching case in Jharkhand after they were released on

India World

July 10, 2018 The India Observer #Asia, #China, #mostpopulouscountry, #Population, #Populationcontrol, India

China’s Population Would be 65% of India’s by 2050 Due to ‘Low Fertility Trap’: Expert

China ended its decades-old one child policy in 2016 and permitted couples to have two children as the population of

India

July 10, 2018 The India Observer #Dabbawallas, #Mumbailocal, #Mumbairains, #NDRF

Mumbai Rains: NDRF steps in as savior of stranded train passengers. Navy on Standby

Mumbai, July 10: Mumbaikars continue to face a harrowing time with incessant rainfall bringing various services to a halt. Commuters travelling

Bollywood Health India

July 10, 2018 The India Observer #IsabelAllende, #metasis, #SonaliBendre, Bollywood, Cancer

Sonali Bendre wants fans to remain hopeful

In a new post on Instagram, Sonali shared a new post on her journey and wants to share the details

India technology

July 10, 2018 The India Observer #fakenews, #Lynching, #mobfrenzy, #SOCIALMEDIA, #watsapp

WhatsApp Takes Out Full-Page Newspaper Ads to Fight Fake News after Govt Warning

“Together we can fight false information,” read full-page advertisements in some top English language-newspapers, part of a series that will

India

July 10, 2018 The India Observer #MohamBhagwat, #Nagpur, #RatanTata, #RSS, #Sangh

After Pranab Mukherjee, Ratan Tata to share dais with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

Ratan Tata and Mohan Bhagwat will attend an event in Mumbai on August 24 organised by the Nana Palkar Smriti

Health India

July 10, 2018 The India Observer #Anticanccerdrugs, #China, #India-China, #tradeimbalance

China to import Indian anti-cancer drugs to give markets ‘greater access’

In May, China had lifted tariffs on the import of cancer medicines. It was not clear whether Hua was referring

India World

July 10, 2018 The India Observer #Dubai, #Middle-East, #money

Indian family ‘living like prisoners’ in UAE offered jobs, help

Officials of India’s Consulate in Dubai approached the family in Sharjah and offered them aid in ‘documentation as requested by

India

July 10, 2018 The India Observer #Footballteam, #puribeach, #SudarshanPattnaik, #Thailandcaverescue

Odisha Sand Artist’s Sculpture Has A Prayer For Thai Boys Stuck In Cave

As rescue operation at the Thai cave site is underway, international sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik created a sand sculpture on

India

July 10, 2018 The India Observer #BITSPilani, #IISc, #IITDelhi, #IITMumbai, #JioUniversity, #ManipalAcademyofHigherEducation, #PRAKASHJAVADEKAR, #RelianceFoundation

Jio University. Still on paper, on govt.’s list of “Institutions of Eminence” Status

HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar announced names of 6 institutes of eminence which will get a grant of Rs. 1000 crore from government

Health India

July 10, 2018 The India Observer #Bohra, #femalecircumcision, #genitalmutilationofwomen, #POCSO, #UN, #WHO

Female genital mutilation a crime under POCSO: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court was hearing PILs filed by an advocate and two by Bohra women, demanding a law against female

India

July 10, 2018 The India Observer #delhigangrapecase, #Nirbhayacase, #Rapelaw

Hang them soonest, says Nirbhaya’s mother after SC verdict

New DELHI JULY9:The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the death sentence of three of the four convicts saying, “There was

India

July 9, 2018 The India Observer #Agra, #Fridayprayers, #Namaz, #Tajmahal

SC Dismisses Plea to Allow ‘Outsiders’ to Offer Namaz in Taj Mahal

New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) People, who are not the residents of Agra, would not be allowed to enter a

India

July 9, 2018 The India Observer #domesticviolence, #muslimwomen, #SupremeCourt, #tripletalaq

In Uttar Pradesh, Woman Given Triple Talaq Over Burnt Chapati

She also alleged that her husband inflicted burn injuries on her with cigarettes days before ‘divorcing’ her by giving triple

India

July 9, 2018 The India Observer #BJP, #JammuandKashmir, #KATHUARAPECASE, #PDP

Kathua rape case: Accused to be transferred to Gurdaspur jail in Punjab, says SC

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed the J and K Police to file a supplementary charge sheet

India World

July 9, 2018 The India Observer #BJP, #LordMountbatten, #MahatmaGandhi, #PMModi, #PrincePhilip, #QueenElizabeth

Queen Elizabeth gave PM Modi her ‘vulgar’ wedding gift from Gandhi

NEW DELHI,July9: The British Queen, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April this year, gifted him a handcrafted cotton

Diaspora News World

July 9, 2018 The India Observer #Congress, #DemocracticParty, #Democrats, #DNC, #Novemberelections, #Republicans, #SeemaNanda, #Trumpadministration

US democracy under attack, says Indian-American CEO of Democratic Party’s governing body Seema Nanda

The US democracy is under attack and some of its sacred institutions are being challenged every day under the Trump

India

July 9, 2018 The India Observer #Makefortheworld, #MakeinIndia, #mobilephones, #MoonJaein, #Noida, #PMModi, #Samsung

Modi inaugurates world’s largest mobile phone factory in Noida

Noida, July 9. South Korean consumer electronics major Samsung on Monday inaugurated the world’s largest mobile phone factory in Noida which

India

July 9, 2018 The India Observer #criminals, #gangster, #Lucknow, #Policeencounter, #UPPolice, #Yogigovernment

Week after wife’s plaint, gangster sharpshooter Munna Bajrangi, shot dead inside UP jail

Bajrangi a one-time key aide of Mafia Don Mukhtar Ansari, had the backing of local Mafia Gajraj Singh and, in

India

July 9, 2018 The India Observer #crimeagainstwomen, #delhigangrapecase, #Nirbhayacase, #Rapelaw

Apex Court Rejects Plea to Review Death Sentence, Nirbhaya Rapists Will Hang,

New Delhi: A year after it had first upheld the death sentence against four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and