Kangana Ranaut “Manikarnika” will clash with “Thackeray” and the actor has said that no one approached or “pressured” them to shift the release date.
Earlier, “Manikarnika”, “Thackeray” and “Cheat India” were slated to be released on January 25. However, the Emraan Hashmi starrer, “Cheat India” advanced its date and would now release on January 18.
When asked if there was any pressure considering her film’s face-off with the biopic of the late Shiv Sena founder, Kangana told the reporters that no one told us any such thing. Neither anyone told us to postpone the release date nor there was any kinds of pressure on us. No one even approached us. So, we are very happy that we have a sort of a big window and there is a vacation around as well.
The actor, who has co-directed “Manikarnika” with Krish, said that the film is “kind of a festive release” and both the movies can find space successfully. Kangana was speaking at the launch of her new song from “Manikarnika” on Wednesday.
Veteran sound mixer Gregg Rudloff, who bagged Oscars for his work on “Mad Max: Fury Road”, “The Matrix” and “Glory”, has died at the age of 63.
The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office announced his death as a possible suicide while his autopsy result is pending.
With a prolific career spanning over 35 years, Rudloff had been nominated for “American Sniper”, “Argo”, “Flags of Our Fathers, and The Perfect Storm” and also bagged a 1986 Emmy for sound mixing on “An Early Frost”.
Starting his carrier with veteran director Clint Eastwood, he also worked with rerecording mixer John T Reitz for many award winning projects. He worked with Eastwoood for “J Edgar”, “Invictus”, “Changeling”, “Gran Torino”, “Letters From Iwo Jima”, “True Crime” and “Absolute Power”, along with “Flags of Our Fathers” and “American Sniper”. With Reitz he shared Oscar for “The Matrix” & partnered with him for notable projects like “ Risky Business”, “Catwoman “ , “ Superman Returns” etc.
With over 200 credits, his recent work includes “The Girl on the Train”, “Fences”, “Molly’s Game”, and “Captain Phillips”.
0.75% discount on fuel purchased through credit cards
The Union government post-demonetisation of currency on November 8, 2016, to encourage the use of cashless transactions, had started giving several discounts for promoting the use of credit and debit cards which also included 0.75 per cent discount on the purchase of petrol and diesel through credit or debit cards. Due to inadequate publicity, it is not clear which discounts are still prevailing which also included on online payment of insurance premiums.
With all such discounts having since lost relevance after the normalisation of currency-position; the Union government should not burden exchequer with subsidy-loss through such discounts anymore. Instead, steps should be taken to ensure banking to be made least expensive including in respect of credit and debit cards. The concept of minimum-balance-charge for bank-accounts should be altogether abolished with banks already earning a lot on providing a very small interest-rate on bank-balances in savings-accounts and no interest on credits in current-accounts. Likewise charges for the issue and maintain debit cards should be abolished.
However, consolidated steps can be taken to minimise currency-circulation which may also include a monthly cash-withdrawal limit from banks of say Rs 96,000 for an individual, which may be gradually reduced to Rs 50,000 per month.
Madhu Agrawal
Limit monetary benefit to ultra-rich Cricketers
The Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced award money of Rs 15 lakhs extra in addition to the equal amount of match-money to each of the cricketers having played in recently concluded series with Australia where India won the series. All this is in addition to a very hefty annual salary-package of up to Rs 7 crores per cricketer and lifetime heavy pension after their retirement from cricket paid by BCCI.
It is absolutely unfair to create such a class-distinction in a society where cricketers earning otherwise also through their costly appearance in advertisements and business-income are paid so heavily from the BCCI funded through public-craze where cricket has become a religion for people. There should be an upper-limit of salary-package for BCCI which may be equivalent to a highest paid bureaucrat in the country.
If earning of BCCI is a criterion for payment to cricketers, then priests of famous temples can also demand such hefty payments based on the income of temples. The central government should ensure that BCCI funds may be utilised for public-welfare schemes in the manner income from famous Hindu temples like Tirupati are spent.
Subhash Chandra Agrawal
Strike – Where country loses
Currently, it is seen that BEST and Banks are organising strikes on a major level and the motive behind this strike is simple fulfillment of their demands. But do they ever realise how our country is adversely affected by these kinds of strikes? When BEST goes on a Strike, every common man is suffered and when Banks goes on strike, every financial work is hampered directly affecting the bank customer. Today, if we see our country is in debt which means every citizen carrying a hefty sum of Rs 60,000 as a share of the country’s debt. So everyone should think in this situation are really this strike important, should we really do this strikes now and then! If we really want our country to progress, every citizen should contribute with the sense of sacrifice and keeping personnel demands at distance. Otherwise, in no time, we will see a downfall rather than a rising Country.
Nehali Shimpi
Strike and senior citizens
I, a senior citizen aged 71 years from North Mumbai and a huge number of senior citizens above the age of 60 years travelling by BEST buses everyday and have savings accounts with nationalised and the other banks, are wholeheartedly grateful to all the strikers for putting me and crores of senior citizens like me into unbearable troubles for three consecutive days!!! It is ridiculous to note that though the bank employees get the heftiest salaries and bonus with so many types of leaves and allowances, they go on strike nearly every now and then. They are entitled also to go on privileged leaves and enjoy outings with their families at the cost of the bank (read crores of bank customers like me). Is this their art of avoiding work?
Hansraj Bhat
Shame on Police
A few weeks back, a woman with the help of two of her male friends from Dombivli, a far-off suburb in Mumbai, cut off her tormentor’s genitals because he used to pester her for sex very often in spite of her being married. She later confessed to the crime. But why was the woman arrested along with her friends? She did a good thing. They should’ve been applauded.
The man deserved the punishment he got. Shame on the police for arresting the woman and her friends who taught the man a lesson by chopping off his genitals! In today’s world, women are rejected in society and are treated as sex objects by most men, including the police.
Jubel D’Cruz
Use Sci-tech for a healthy lifestyle
Development is necessary for the growth and progress of a nation but not at the expense of the environment and ecology. What good are luxuries and comforts while it that has an adverse effect on the health of the people. Rampant destruction of forest for commercial gains is a matter of concern and 11 square meters of forest area lost in the State in the year gone by has come as a shock. We are intruding into animals’ space and animals are forced to trespass into civilisation areas which have resulted in lives lost both in terms of the animal as well as human numbers. Cities and towns have been turned into concrete jungles which have resulted in an ecological imbalance which is the reason for regular famines, floods, and other natural calamities.
Development needs to be well planned and every single tree uprooted should be replaced with a similar plantation in the nearby vicinity. Public gardens and playgrounds should be mandatory in all new townships being constructed so that the health of citizens is not compromised. Jungles should be untouched and men are intelligent enough to discover substitutes for wood to manufacture paper or other commodities for which we destroy forests. Progress in science and technology should be used for a healthy lifestyle and not comforts that have resulted in a rise in elite diseases that were once unheard of in the days of yore!
S.N.Kabra
(The views expressed by the author in the article are his/her own.)
Negative thinking creeps into our mind and disrupts its working. If one is positive, the effect on others may or may not be positive and the environment may not necessarily become positive. But when a person is negative, the effect definitely rubs on others and the environment becomes negative. Each one of us is negative or positive at some point in our life. How can we control negativity? It all starts again with the mind. Once the mind is under control, all is well. Basically, we need to train our mind to think positively. We can tune our minds and repeatedly think positively to break free of the negativity and its vicious circle. Letting go of negative people doesn’t mean we hate them, it just means that we care about our own well-being. Every time we subtract negative from our life, we make room for more positive. The mind is neutral energy and because of this, the way we think determines whether the results are positive and beneficial, or negative and harmful. It is the same energy acting in different ways.
There are times when we want to think positively but our mind does not want to open to receive positive and we are angry. Anger is one emotion that can destroy everything one builds throughout one’s life. If we are able to control our anger consciously we can move ahead in life. We can open our minds and accept what life has to offer with open arms. One must remember that the more negative energy we create, the more negative energy we attract. Quite simply, no matter how positive a person we are, negative people can affect our lives, unless we take the right precautions. Life is full of highs and lows, but you don’t have to go up and down with them. We develop from the negatives when we accept them and learn from them.
Often, the mind does not judge or examine thoughts and opinions before accepting them. If what it hears, sees and reads is always negative, it accepts negativity as the standard mindset. When the tiger crosses your path, for example, you run. The rest of the world doesn’t matter. You are focused entirely on the tiger, the fear it creates, and how you can get away from it. In other words, negative emotions narrow our mind and focus your thoughts. Doing simple things like talking about positive daily events, common friends, hobbies, happy news, make for light conversations with negative people. Negative emotions prevent our brain from seeing the other options and choices that surround us. President Obama said that “if you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.”Erasing negative thoughts and influences can be challenging, especially when we are surrounded by negative individuals or if we have established a base of negative habits. However, through awareness and perseverance, we can turn the tide and begin to focus on living positively. It’s never too late to make alterations or transitions in your life. It is said that there is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is the attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
(The views expressed by the author in the article are his/her own.)
The 29.2 km-long coastal road project here will also give rise to the city’s longest promenade, overtaking the iconic walkway at Marine Drive in south Mumbai. The proposed promenade which is a part of the road is set to be built along the coast of the city which will be 6.4 km long, stretching from Worli to Priyadarshini Park via Haji Ali in South Mumbai, a senior civic official has said.
So far, Marine Drive, which is around 3.4 km-long, is the longest promenade in Mumbai. However, the promenade along the coastal road will be almost double its length that makes it the longest public walkway in the city, the official said on Wednesday. He further added that the new promenade will be 20-metre wide and will have gardens, playgrounds, cycle tracks, open auditoriums, toilets and seating arrangements for senior citizens. It will also have three underground parking spaces to accommodate around 1,625 vehicles as well.
The walkway will come up on around 96.87 lakh sqft area of the reclaimed land. Of this, 22 per cent area will be used for the construction of the coastal road whereas the remaining 78 per cent of the land will be used for setting up public amenities, he said.
Once completed, the eight-lane 29.2 km-long coastal road will start from Princess Street Flyover in Marine Lines and run up to suburban Kandivali. The stretch will have tunnels, bridges, interchanges, pedestrian underpasses and foot over-bridges along the route.
The Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute case in the Supreme Court got adjourned again on Thursday as the apex court fixed January 29 as the next date of hearing after Justice UU Lalit recused himself from the case.
A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, and comprising of Justice SA Bobde, Justice NV Ramana, Justice UU Lalit and Justice DY Chandrachud, said that there will be no hearing in the case on Thursday adding that only date and schedule will be decided.
Justice UU Lalit recued himself from hearing the case after advocate Rajeev Dhavan pointed out that Justice Lalit had appeared for Kalyan Singh government in 1997.
It’s been six decades that the decision on the title suit is pending and has remained as the India’s most politically divisive issue. There are demands to speed up the plan to build a Ram temple at the site where the 16th-century Babri mosque stood before it was razed by Hindu right wing activists in 1992.
Moreover, the members of the ruling BJP, some of its allies and right-wing groups want a special executive order or ordinance to enable the start of construction before the general elections are announced.
Apsara Reddy, who has recently joined the Indian National Congress as the National General Secretary of the All India Mahila Congress (AIMC), is a transgender woman who has given new hopes to her community. An advocate of transgender’s rights, Reddy is the first transgender to hold such position in Congress. She was earlier associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the AIADMK. She was welcomed into India’s oldest party by party President Rahul Gandhi in the presence of Lok Sabha MP and AIMC chief Sushmita Dev on Tuesday.
Apsara Reddy is also a well-known transgender journalist and before stepping into transgender activism, she completed her graduation and post graduation in Journalism from Monash University and the City University, London.
While attacking the saffron party, Apsara said, “BJP government has this demeaning attitude towards the Transgender community. We don’t need altruism, we need assistance to bridge the inequality meted out to us for far too long.” “All my life, I have been told that you’ll never be able to make it in your life. To be welcomed into one of India’s largest and oldest national parties is hugely emotional for me,” said Apsara upon joining the Congress.
She further said, “Congress is truly a party that built India and sustained us for generations with good policy and a sensitive and inclusive approach in governance. The party President’s commitment to fair representation of women, women-centric manifesto goals and dynamism are truly inspiring and I would be delighted to serve women across the country under his leadership.”
Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi, renowned transgender activist and a spiritual leader told this newspaper, “This is one great example of bestowing equality to the community. We are ruling the spiritual spaces to the politics of India; many of us are highly educated and contributing a lot to the nation building. The change has already begun; soon you will see our community doing best in all means by giving up set monotonous ways of life.”
“If given a chance, I too will get into Indian politics because this is one powerful platform to do justice to the mankind and serve the community and nation,” she added.
Apsara Reddy, a former journalist, had joined the AIADMK party in May 2016. However, after Jayalalithaa’s death, she moved to the pro-Sasikala camp of the AIADMK.
Another activist from the transgender community, Disent Sahu, said, “This generation in the transgender community for a large period of their lifetime don’t realise that they are different than others and they have to fight for their rights. Inclusion of Apsara Reddy into mainstream society can be highly positive for their future. She can be a role model!”
Before joining the AIADMK, she also had a brief stint with the BJP but the conservative approach of the party did not allow her to sustain with them. Explaining her reasons for leaving the BJP, the activist complained that she was just a “photo opportunity” for the party on Women’s Day. Apsara is probably the only trans personality to head several national newspapers across the world. Born a boy, Apsara later transitioned to be a woman. She has a degree in Broadcast Journalism with specialisation in Investigative Journalism.
Transgender activist Vidya Rajput asserted, “We are very happy that Apsara Reddy has been appointed into India’s oldest national political party. With this big step, we expect that Reddy will become an ideal for the community in coming time. Many transgenders in our society spend their lives begging or being a sex worker; however, Reddy’s contribution in mainstream politics,will be noteworthy for many.”
“Even today, there are many transgenders who want to be a part of the mainstream world, but they don’t get the right platform. With my NGO, I am trying to work towards the welfare of our community and have been successful in the cause. We hope that the society will now start accepting us wholeheartedly. Not only male or female, but the third gender can also be a part of the national politics and the community can get a reservation for its development,” Rajput added.
“Seeing Apsara Reddy in such a reverent post is a matter of pride for us. Reddy is now one of the front-runners of the Congress party and we expect her to be our voice and work towards the welfare of the transgender community. We don’t get work in the society. We request the government to come up with policies, build colleges, help the students and the senior citizens to help our community to come forward and survive in the society with dignity,”Santosh, a transgender from Thane spoke to AV.
Transgender activist Kanchan expressed, “This is the first time that a national party has appointed a transgender in such a relevant post. All other national parties should also follow the path and include us into the mainstream field. While the Election Commission has no different column for the third gender in its nomination form, whenever a transgender fights in the election, voters trust us that we can work for the welfare of the citizens.”
In the similar tone with Kanchan, transgender Mayuri from Kolhapur said, “This is applaudable that Congress took the decision to join hands with Apsara Reddy though I feel sad that the society took so long to accept our community. Every party and even Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha must have representatives from the transgender community as we would be the best to voice for our rights.”
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She was born as Ajay Reddy who always wanted to be a girl from a very young age. Her father Ramesh Reddy is from a very well-educated family from Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh. Her mother Anuradha Reddy hails from a well-read and well-travelled family and is responsible for grooming her to be the person she is today. Her grandfather Gopalkrishna Reddy was a very generous man who left all his property to his grandchild Ajay then and now Apsara.
While her mother’s side looked after her very well, her dad’s side was not that receptive. Her father was an alcoholic and he used to constantly have issues with her mother and this transgender child. Her father lived only for himself but her mother created a parallel happy life without him. Being a rebellious teenager and a strong-minded person, Apsara always tried to stay away from him.
She studied at Sishya, a prestigious school in Chennai. However, children too can be cruel at times. At school, they used to call her by names, the boys would avoid her, or say harsh things like she was girlie, or use nasty words to describe her. In spite of all the odds around, she topped in her ICSE exams and subsequently, at Lady Andal, which was a state board, in the commerce stream.
As a confident person, she always lived on her terms making her way to what she wanted. At the age of 13, she surfed through Google about a boy wanting to be a girl and found out about the transgender sex and hormone changes. She was determined to go through with it.
Thereafter, she went to Australia to pursue her Bachelors in Broadcast Journalism with a specialisation in Investigative Journalism. Alongside, ‘The Hindu’, a well-known publication of India, too gave her an opportunity to write for them. For the newspaper, she interviewed eminent personalities including Nicolas Cage, AR Rahman, Michael Schumacher, and Rubens Barrichello. She also wrote for the ‘Bharat Times’ in Australia and worked with the Indian Consulate. Later on, she worked as a media advisor to Consul General Dr. TJ Rao and that’s how she got the opportunity to meet Jagdish Tytler and interviewed Prime Minister John Howard there.
In Australia, she found a great set of friends who were nonjudgmental and a whole new life opened up for her. There she met a beautiful transsexual woman called Jacinta who guided her about gender counsellors. In Australia, insurance covers all kinds of medical problems including hormone therapies, tablets, and gender counsellors. So, she approached a gender counsellor and simultaneously began my hormone therapy.
After a year, she finally told her parents about her sexual orientation. After all the challenges and discomfort, her mother stood by her in every decision.
After three months, she got her scholarship to the City University of London to study International Journalism with a focus on Developmental Economics. There she worked for the BBC World Service Radio as news and current affairs RJ. Quickly she started becoming a voice for the local trans-woman for the transgender Asian community. She was also a part of a Pakistani group called Himmat that lobbied against forced marriage in the UK. A lot of Pakistani gays and lesbians in the UK were forcibly taken back to Pakistan and a lot of honour killings took place.
Thereafter, she was chosen as the Asian ambassador for the London Mayor’s Gay Asian Float. She worked with Scotland Yard to help people report rape in the transgender community. No one listens to a transgender woman because they think you are different and out there only for sex. She also worked with a Melbourne-based radio station called Joy Melbourne, which was a gay, transgender, and lesbian radio station. Meanwhile, she also did a current affairs show at the BBC, after which she worked with the Commonwealth Secretariat in the Communications and Public Affairs Department to talk about the so-called taboo subjects like sex, HIV, condoms, and all that.
After her stint in London, she came back to India and started working at ‘The Indian Express’ newspaper as a Features Editor and had a successful column. Being in the press, changed everything for her. Then she was offered a very senior job at ‘Deccan Chronicle’ as the Features Editor first and then promoted to the post of the Senior Editor. She was handling supplements there. While working with the ‘Deccan Chronicle’, she met many powerful politicians. Her work opened up new dimensions when she did a TV show called ‘Natpudan Apsara’ on Thandi Network. After that, she was unstoppable and she achieved many things that she wanted. The journey was tough but there were also high points. Jaguar awarded her the Women’s Excellence Award in 2012. She tried her hands in politics by being a party worker of many political parties, finally got a plum post in Congress. Hereafter, interesting to see is that who elevates whom, the Congress will elevate Apsara or Apsara will add something to the sinking Congress by changing its fate!
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Healthcare industry is one of India’s vastly expanding sectors in terms of economy, and anyone in pursuit of a fulfilling career has more than just a chance to establish themselves in it. The industry basically deals with hospitals, diagnostics, medical devices, and medical tourism. Though Indian healthcare is showing an exponential growth, the scope of development is yet to be explored.
Students at the doorstep of their career should be aware that how big and diverse this field will be by the end of 2020. And with more private players coming forward with better public – private partnerships, this field is estimated to grow at a compound annual rate of 25% during this 5 year tenure.
Many students are confused with what to opt for after completing their graduation- whether to go for low salary job or pursue further studies. Majority of them do their post graduation to get a decent job. Diagnostics is one such segment in the field of healthcare management that has brilliant prospects in job environment and a profitable career option. Besides getting lucrative remunerations, this also helps to achieve the goal of service to mankind.
Healthcare operates in various segments of which the diagnostics segment is at a boom. Pathology, the type of diagnosis of human diseases by laboratory methods has open scope in areas either as a diagnostician, teacher or an investigator. Pathologists in clinical laboratories practice as consultant physicians, to analyse the laboratory reports for better diagnosis and treatment of a patient.
Another field of diagnosis is radiology that deals with diagnosing and treating diseases with medical imaging techniques. With the increasing demand for radiologists in India, this field ensures a better career path and the occupation is expected to grow faster than any other. A radiology technician has an option to work as ultrasound technician, X-ray technician, MRI technician, CT technician and medical professional. With an immediate and sustainable demand for technologists in hospitals, clinics, and physicians’ offices, the field of radiography continue to show higher than average job growth into the future.
Job scenario for those planning to start their careers in radiology are expected to remain high, particularly for those interested in working for general medical and surgical hospitals. Radiation technicians can work in urgent care facilities, clinics, equipment sales, and private offices.
Radiologic technology is a fascinating subject to study which in addition to providing certificate to work in the state of residence, also prepares a career in healthcare industry that s challenging, important and gratifying. Being one of the heart warming jobs, position of a radiologist holds 15th rank among the best jobs in this industry and considered one of the smartest choices to opt for.
According to IBEF, the overall healthcare market is worth $ 100 billion and is expected to reach 280 billion by 2020. The Indian medical tourism will reach $ 10 billion with 2 times growth in health care IT market is expected by 2020. The data promises to provide a huge boost in generating employment opportunities in the upcoming years in the field of healthcare management.
With several big investments being made in this sector, the functioning of the industry has become more professional, organised and efficient. Besides the urgent need for trained doctors and nursing staff, efficient management is required in various measures of the field.
As far as job opportunities are concerned, diagnostic management professionals are required not only in hospitals and clinics, but also in healthcare NGOs, hospital consultancy companies and IT industry involved in developing software and imaging equipments. IT firms like Dell, Accenture, Delloite etc hire such professionals. In case of a fresher, who has no work experience, the industry hires them as technicians and with the training and experience gained they will reach the zenith within few years.
Looking for future experts, lack of talent is currently a drawback. The industry is growing at a swift rate, though the talent still is lagging. To nurture today’s talent for a long term with focus on quality, opens up scope for many. Being a young industry open in the market, the learning curve will definitely be sharp and the talent will be nurtured to withhold greater responsibilities at a younger age. The industry is trying to seek out people who have a high moral purpose, eager to learn and lead. This will create an impact in advancing in the healthcare world by providing promising opportunities that will reshape and redefine it.
With the growing science and technology, use of medical apps have been on a rise and made IT considerably more understanding. The role of a technician has undergone a major change over the past decade. Most modern hospitals and healthcare establishments’ are in requirement of experienced technicians and radio-interventionist equipped with multi-disciplinary skills.
The healthcare industry desires a skilled workforce of professionals involved in research, market shaping and development and most importantly customer centric roles. India is the potential place to attract healthcare industry with its highly skilled specialised workforce.
(The author of the article is the Founder and CEO of 3hcare.in)
Days after BJP chief Amit Shah’s remarks that his party will thrash former allies if a pre-poll alliance did not materialise ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, senior Shiv Sena leader Ramdas Kadam has threatened to “bury” the BJP.
Kadam, whose party is currently an ally of the ruling BJP at the Centre and in Maharashtra, also noted that the Sena had won 63 seats, out of the total 288, in the 2014 state Assembly polls despite the ‘Modi wave’.
“They (BJP) have already lost elections miserably in five states. Don’t come to Maharashtra and threaten us or we will bury you. Don’t forget that we won 63 seats despite the (Modi) wave,” Kadam, who is a minister in the Maharashtra government, told reporters on Tuesday evening.
In a veiled warning to the Sena, Shah had said on Sunday that if an alliance happened, the BJP will ensure victory for its allies, but if it did not, the party will thrash its former allies in the coming Lok Sabha polls.
Asked about the central government’s bill to provide 10 per cent reservation in jobs and education for the general category poor, Kadam said there is already quota for the Marathas, Dhangars and Muslims. “Then how will they give further reservation to everybody? Are these decisions being taken in view of the elections?” he asked.
Dhangars, who are included in the Vimukt Jati Nomadic Tribe (VJNT) category, have been demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for long.
The Lok Sabha had on Tuesday passed the bill to provide 10 per cent reservation in jobs and education for the general category poor with most parties backing the proposed legislation, described by the government as “historic” and in the country’s interest.
The Opposition, including the Congress, had dubbed the proposed law as a political gimmick that may not stand judicial scrutiny but came around to support it during voting, underlining the huge political import of the measure aimed at placating upper castes.
Apsara Reddy, who has recently joined the Indian National Congress as the National General Secretary of the All India Mahila Congress (AIMC), is a transgender woman who has given new hopes to her community. An advocate of transgender’s rights, Reddy is the first transgender to hold such position in Congress. She was earlier associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the AIADMK. She was welcomed into India’s oldest party by party President Rahul Gandhi in the presence of Lok Sabha MP and AIMC chief Sushmita Dev on Tuesday.
Healthcare industry is one of India’s vastly expanding sectors in terms of economy, and anyone in pursuit of a fulfilling career has more than just a chance to establish themselves in it. The industry basically deals with hospitals, diagnostics, medical devices, and medical tourism. Though Indian healthcare is showing an exponential growth, the scope of development is yet to be explored.
Days after BJP chief Amit Shah’s remarks that his party will thrash former allies if a pre-poll alliance did not materialise ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, senior Shiv Sena leader Ramdas Kadam has threatened to “bury” the BJP.