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In a judgement issued recently, Justice Bharati H. Dangre made several observations pertaining to the increasing number of criminal cases in which the accused is punished though the adolescent victim maintains ‘they were in a consensual relationship’.The judge also quashed a lower court order of February 2019, awarding 10-year rigorous jail term to the 25-year-old accused for ‘raping’ a south Mumbai girl who was 17 years and five months old, barely six months less than the official ‘age of consent’ of 18 in India.Justice Dangre said that it was difficult to concur with the lower court order that though the…

He appealed to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to take corrective steps to mitigate the sufferings of the people instead of relying on propaganda to give the impression that all concerns in the wake of damage and destruction to dwellings and fields had been addressed. Talking to the media at Basti Ram Lal in Ferozepur Urban constituency, Badal said: “I don’t want to get into politics. My only issue is timely provision of relief to those suffering due to incessant rains and resultant flooding. “Everywhere I have gone during the last three days people have told me that the government machinery…

Dhaka, July 13 (IANS) After losing third and final T20I to Bangladesh by four wickets, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur admitted that the batting collapse in the middle prevented them from reaching the total they were expecting at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Despite Harmanpreet top-scoring with 40 and looking as the only Indian batter to apply herself to the slow conditions, the visitors suffered a horror slump from 91/3 to 102/9, losing their last six wickets for just 11 runs, as Bangladesh chased it down with 10 balls to spare.”On this wicket, we need to depend on singles.…

San Francisco, July 13 (IANS) Meta (formerly Facebook) is reportedly planning to release a commercial version of its artificial intelligence (AI) model in order to compete with Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s AI experiment Bard, which are racing ahead in the race to develop generative AI.According to the Financial Times, citing sources, Meta will use a new software powered by large language models (LLMs) which can generate text, images, and code. The tech giant released its own language model, known as LLaMA, to researchers and academics earlier this year, but the new version is said to be more widely available…

The prices of chili and ginger, both staple ingredients in most households, have not come down below Rs 300 a kg since the past two weeks.According to retailers, since the wholesale price of ginger is so high, its impact is felt in the retail markets as well. According to the member of the task force and the general secretary of the Forum for Traders’ Organisation, Rabindranath Koley, external factors are responsible for the skyrocketing price of ginger.“Although ginger is produced in West Bengal, the quantity is insufficient to meet market requirements while the quality is also not that good. West…

A bench ofJustice Subramonium Prasad questioned counsel on how people not hailing from Delhi can be barred from seeking enrolment. “How can you restrict persons of Delhi alone to register with the BCD? This notification needs to be struck down straightaway. You cannot restrict BCD membership to Delhi only,” the bench remarked. Delhi is a good place to pursue law practice, which is why people come here, the judge said. “Suppose I am saying in Ramanathapuram, I stay in Silchar or Kachchh or Mehsana. What will I do? I have to earn my bread, come here and practise.” Justice Prasad…

According to The Sun, the actor said that while he loves the character and is very happy about how well the movie performed, he’d like to give it some breathing room before making another one so while he is excited for where the character can go, he toldfanstokeeptheirfingerscrossed.He had also earlier said: “I’m hoping to make another one. I love Luther. I love that character, and I love where I can possibly take him, as a story and as a character.”Picking off from the end of ‘Luther’, ‘The Fallen Sun’ movietellsthe story of a now disgraced and dishonoured, detective JohnLutherwho…

In the 54kg category, Devang of SSCB toppled Hari Sundas of Sikkim with an unanimous decision win.This is Devang’s second consecutive 5-0 win in the competition.He will take on Sundram Yadav of Uttar Pradesh in the semifinals clash.In the 50kg category, SSCB’s Divash Katare triumphed over Punjab’s Gagandeep in a dominating 5-0 win. He will now go head to head against home favourite Loma Riang of Arunachal Pradesh in the semis. Other pugilists from SSCB who will take the ring in the semifinals are Mahesh (48kg), Sahil Baord (52kg), M Kabiraj Singh (63kg), Prashant (66kg), Rahul Kundu (70kg), Sahil (75kg),…

But the most glaring difference between Chandrayaan 2 and 3 missions is the sex of the people helming the two moon missions. Two women played a key role in the Chandrayaan-2 mission viz., Project Director M.Vanitha and Mission Director Ritu Karidhal Srivastava. While the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is tightlipped about its people helming the Chandrayaan-3 project, it is learnt the Chandrayaan-3 will be an all male affair. The Mission Director is Mohan Kumar, the Vehicle/Rocket Director is Biju C. Thomas and the Spacecraft Director is Dr P. Veeramuthuvel. ISRO officials told IANS that there are women officials who…

Nine Pakistani soldiers were killed when the Teḥreek-e-Jihad Pakistan (TJP), a new outfit that claims affiliation to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), attacked the Zhob garrison of the Pakistani Army in northern Balochistan. This is the TJP’s third and its deadliest attack on the security forces this year.Pakistani security forces have been under an onslaught ever since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021 and large numbers of Taliban fighters made their way to Pakistan to establish an Islamic entity just like Afghanistan. Since then the number of attacks on the Pakistani security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan…