Author: Dr Anand Mali
The national child rights body issued a notice to Sajjan Singh Verma and asked him for an explanation for the regressive comment Madhya Pradesh Congress legislator Sajjan Singh Verma on Wednesday stirred a controversy with his remark on a woman’s minimum age for marriage. “According to doctors, a girl is ready for reproduction by the age of 15,” he said at a press conference in Bhopal. “…On what basis does girls’ marriage age should be increased to 21 from 18?” The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights sought an explanation from Verma. “The commission is deeply concerned with such…
With travel taking a backseat because of the pandemic, many people are unable to visit their homes and are feeling homesick. Well, to ease their homesickness, a company based in the United Kingdom called ‘My Baggage’ has started selling bottled air for people who are missing their native places. The idea for this product came after the company conducted research that linked the human sense of smell with emotional memories One company is selling bottles of air from the United Kingdom for homesick residents stuck abroad. My Baggage is selling the “authentic” air from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland…
People collect a lot of things, but Ottocar J can one-up literally everyone with his massive collection of Porsches. Yep, he’s collecting cars because why the hell not? On his 80th birthday, he picked up his 80th Porsche – a Boxster Spyder finished in Miami Blue from the Porsche assembly plant in Zuffenhausen, Germany. Porsche has revealed that Ottocar collects his cars in person whenever possible. The first car he collected from the company himself was a 911 Carrera 3.0 in 1977. Ottocar had a goal of collecting 80 Porsches by age 80, which he has accomplished. To mark this…
An amazing sequence of events happened in public space recently. Much to the people’s delight. In a bizarre case of animal menace, a monkey in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur caused a flurry of activity after it started raining currency notes outside the registry office. Well, someone was up to monkey business for sure! And guess what, it was literally a monkey that was seen throwing huge wads of cash out of a bag. Now, we are not talking small sums of money coming out of a wallet. What we are referring to is a huge stash that was nonchalantly being thrown…
Flight SJ182 carrying 50 passengers has disappeared over the sea, shortly after takeoff from Jakarta, reports claim. The Sriwijaya Air plane took off from the Indonesian capital on Saturday and was heading to Pontianak in West Kalimantan province when it lost contact with the control room, according to local media reports. The plane – believed to be a Boeing B737-500 – is understood to have fallen 10,000 feet in less than 60 seconds just four minutes after it took off. Indonesia’s Transportation Ministry said on Saturday that it had lost contact with a passenger jet after it took off from…
POLICE have apprehended a 29 year old woman for pouring hot water on her husband after a marital dispute. In a statement to Mwebantu, police spokesperson Esther Katongo said police received a report of Grievous Bodily Harm which occurred on January 1, 2021 around 23:00 hours at SOS in Matero North in which Gift Bwalya 48 of Ranchdale reported on behalf of her younger brother Derick Bwalya 46 of SOS that his wife poured hot water on his body. Mrs Katongo said it was reported that the victim was at his matrimonial home while his wife, Susan Mundlongwa who was…
India will soon start a mega vaccination drive against coronavirus infection across the country. The healthcare and frontline workers and those above 50 years old will receive the jab on a priority basis The healthcare and frontline workers and those above 50 years old will receive the jab on a priority basis. India on Sunday approved the restricted emergency use of two vaccines against novel coronavirus — Covishield by Serum Institute of India and Covaxin developed by Bharat Biotech. Following the recommendations of the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19, the state government has started identifying beneficiaries. Nearly…
Himachal Pradesh on Monday reported cases of bird flu after Rajasthan, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh, with officials confirming that migratory birds found dead at Pong Dam Lake in Kangra district have tested positive for the dreaded avian influenza. Around 1,800 migratory birds, most of them bar-headed geese, have been found dead in the Pong Dam Lake sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh. The district administration in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra has banned the sale and purchase of chicken, eggs, and other poultry items owing to the bird flu scare. Exercising his powers under Sections 34 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, the official…
Disappointed by sons’ behaviour, A 50-year-old man from Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district has bequeathed half his property to his dog in his will. Om Narayan Verma, resident of Badibaba village in Chand tehsil, has four daughters and a son. But he is in no mood to leave anything for the children. As per his will, notarized two days ago, he owns 18 acres of land which will be divided equally between his wife and his dog. Believe it or not, Om Narayan Verma has divided his property into two halves and has named his wife and his pet dog as…
Bengali actor Swastika Mukherjee says she has braved through several highs and lows in her career to stay independent and fearless. Swastika Mukherjee, who stars in “Black Widow”, “Paatal Lok” and “Dil Bechara”. and is known for her unconventional choice of films, also said, “It’s tiring, it’s exhausting to be fearless.” She added that she has been very particular about the projects she becomes a part of, even if it means that she does less work. “If I wanted to do mediocre work, I could be shooting every day,” she added. Mukherjee said that her inclination towards women-centric stories meant…