12 Medals So Far For India At CWG 2018, SC Says Woman Isn't An Object + More Top News

Manu Bhaker secures 10m Air Pistol gold at Junior World Cup

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Manu Bhaker and Heena Sidhu secured gold and silver respectively in the 10m air pistol event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Read more


Here’s more top news of the day:


1) SC Says Woman Isn’t An Object, Therefore Husband Can’t Force Her To Stay With Him

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A woman isn’t an object and certainly not her husband’s possession, if she doesn’t want live with her husband, she can’t be forced, the apex court said. The hearing was regarding a case where a woman accused her husband of cruelty and wanted to stay separately, but her husband didn’t agree. Read more

2) Prostitution Gangs In Kerala Go Digital, Smartphone & Apps Take Charge Of Business Transactions

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With smartphones and apps creeping their way into every household and profession, prostitution in Kerala has turned hi-tech too. Most transactions related to the prostitution business are now being carried out via smartphones and apps, reveals a new study. Read more

3) As Communal Tension Grips Country, A Temple, Mosque & Gurdwara Join Hands To Clean Polluted River In UP

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With inter-community violence reported from many parts of India in a society increasingly polarised on religious and caste lines, a small town in Uttar Pradesh is setting an extraordinary example where a temple, a mosque, and even a gurdwara, have joined hands to clean a polluted river while bringing their communities together. Read more

4) Businessman Poses As Slum Dweller To Get Son Admitted To Private School, Held After Four Years

Man Fakes Poverty To Get Son Seat At Delhi School

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In a case of life imitating art, a businessman posed as a slum-dweller — like the Walled City couple in the film, ‘Hindi Medium’ — to get his son admitted to Sanskriti School in Chanakyapuri in the quota for economically weaker sections. Read more

5) UP Policeman Caught On Camera Thrashing Rape Accused With Belt In Police Station

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A police inspector has been caught on video flogging a man with a belt and interrogating him on a complaint filed by a family of a teen girl who was allegedly raped by him in Mau, Uttar Pradesh. Read more

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