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President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said women empowerment was not just an issue of social justice but it was also crucial for economic development. Highlighting that the low participation of women in the workforce is a major hindrance in the overall development of the country, she said India, the fifth largest economy in the world, is now moving towards becoming a five trillion dollar economy and a more active role for women would be helpful in achieving this goal. from Times of India https://ift.tt/C96XWZA via

The SC agreed to consider the Centre’s submissions for an open court hearing of its plea seeking review of the judgment by which several provisions of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016 were struck down. The court had struck down section 3(2) and section 5 of Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988, and one of the provisions which provided for the punishment of a maximum jail term of three years or a fine or both for those indulging in ‘benami’ transactions. from Times of India https://ift.tt/eGrsBRA via

India may have seen a number of record-breaking warm years in the recent decades, but there has been no let-up in the extreme cold waves in the country despite global warming, an IITM study has indicated. The analysis, led by IITM scientists Raju Mandal and Susmitha Joseph, took into account the number of cold wave events in the last seven decades, 1951–2022, and found that more cold wave days are occurring in the recent decades than in the previous ones. from Times of India https://ift.tt/ivKZWMn via

Opposition parties on Tuesday criticised the President’s address alleging that the speech was like the “first chapter” of BJP’s manifesto for 2024 and key issues related to controlling prices, communal harmony and women were “missing”. from Times of India https://ift.tt/2cNtBS3 via

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Patent filings by Indian applications were estimated at 10,918 during the December quarter, compared with 10,340 applications lodged by non-domestic entities, marking the second time during 2022 when quarterly filings by domestic players were higher. from Times of India https://ift.tt/8TujX52 via

After being at loggerheads for nearly two years, governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and the state government arrived at a compromise on Monday thanks to the intervention of the Telangana high court. The state had approached the court over the governor not giving her consent to the upcoming budget, after which a bench of Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N Tukaramji asked the two sides to find an amicable solution. from Times of India https://ift.tt/d89MHJi via