Recently, the Delhi High court quashed those provisions of the Bombay Prevention of Begging Act (BPBA), 1959, that make begging a punishable offence. However, its ruling is applicable only to Delhi.
The sky rocketing intrusion of digitalization in the banking industry has given more thrust on the implementation of Cyber security in the digital platform.
Americans already had atomic bombs. The arms race between East and West began towards the end of 1949 after the Russians had produced their own atomic bomb. When the Americans made the much powerful hydrogen bomb , the Russians did the same the following year.
East-West relations began to improve during 1953. The following were the reasons for the thaw.
The Yalta Conference (February 1945) was held in Russia and was attended by the three Allied leaders- Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill- so that they could plan what was to happen when the war ended.
The catastrophic impact of monsoon rainfall on several districts of Kerala has come as a grim reminder that the vigil against unpredictable natural disasters must never be relaxed.
The Indian government has taken the initiative to invite executives from beyond the ranks of the civil service to apply for certain Joint Secretary posts known as lateral entry.
Therefore, even before the adoption of the Constitution, our legal history is replete with interesting cases of religious faith versus the law. If for any reason the Sabarimala case were to induce heartburn among its ardent devotees, whatever be their sentiments, they must bear in mind that the Constitution cannot be blamed.
The Bombay Prevention of Begging Act was passed in 1959 by the State of Bombay, and has continued to exist in as many as 20 States and two Union Territories. But last week, in a remarkable, landmark and long overdue judgment, the Delhi High Court struck it down as inconsistent with the Constitution.
The basic cause of conflict lay in the differences of principle between the communist states and the capitalist states. The govts of most capitalist states were afraid of communism spreading to their countries.
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