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The ‘Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill’, which seeks the death penalty for convicts in rape and murder cases or in cases of rape where the victim is left in a vegetative state, was passed through a voice vote in the state Assembly on Tuesday. The BJP’s legislative team in the Assembly, as promised, did not seek any division in the vote for passing the bill. Describing the bill, which seeks amendments in the relevant provision under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, while participating in the debate on the bill, claimed that… Read More »Bill Seeking Death Penalty For Rape Convicts Passed In Bengal Assembly

Record-breaking temperatures and prolonged drought in Greece have exposed a sunken village in Athens’ main reservoir for the first time in 30 years. The village of Kallio was submerged in the late 1970s when the Mornos dam was built 200 kilometres (124 miles) west of the capital, the artificial lake fed by the Mornos and Evinos rivers. With lake levels down by 30 percent in recent months according to state water operator EYDAP, the ruins of a school and houses have reappeared. “The level of Lake Mornos has dropped by 40 metres (131 feet),” said Yorgos Iosifidis, a 60-year-old pensioner who had to leave his home as a young man along with the other villagers… Read More »Sunken Village Emerges Amidst Greece’s Record Drought

Delhi University will release the upgraded allocations and Round-I results for Performance-Based Programs, CW (Children/Widows of Armed Forces Personnel), ECA (Extra-Curricular Activities), Sports, and Ward Quota today. The results will be announced on September 3, 2024 by 5 pm.  The upgraded window was open from August 31 to September 1 and allowed candidates who were admitted in the Round 1 and Round 2 to opt for upgradation based on their higher preference.  Candidates who opted  for Upgrade also had the option to reorder the programme + college combinations that were higher in preference.  Candidates will have time until 4.59pm on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, to accept their allocated seats. The colleges will verify and approve… Read More »DU To Announce Upgraded Allocations And Round-I Results For Performance-Based Programs Today

Humanity’s fascination with gold stretches back thousands of years. Gold mining is described in ancient Greek and Roman sources, and gold rushes – especially in the 19th century – played a powerful role in shaping the modern world. The dense, yellow metal is often found in the veins of the rocky mineral quartz. This is because the two condense together from hot fluids underground as a result of changes in temperature, pressure and chemistry. Geologists understand this process quite well, but large gold nuggets have been a bit of a mystery. Gold is only dissolved in natural fluids at around one part per million, so how does it concentrate into lumps that weigh tens or… Read More »Geologists Say Quartz And Few Earthquakes Can Make A Giant Gold Nugget

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently on a visit to Brunei and Singapore to strengthen India’s bilateral ties with Southeast Asian nations. His first stop is Brunei, where he will spend two days and meet Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah. The Brunei visit is the first-ever by an Indian Prime Minister. Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the second-longest reigning monarch in the world after the late Queen Elizabeth II, will host the Indian PM. He is renowned for his extravagant lifestyle and vast wealth. With an estimated net worth of around $30 billion, he was once recognised as the world’s richest person. His primary home, the Istana Nurul Iman Palace, is the world’s largest residential palace according to… Read More »All You Need To Know About Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, His Royal Family