HOLISTIC HEALTH: A PERSPECTIVE BASED ON THE INDIAN MENTAL HEALTHCARE ACT, 2017

05 Jul 2021

SETTING THE PREMISE: THE INDIAN MENTAL HEALTHCARE ACT, 2017 The World Health Organization has defined health as a state of “complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” We have travelled a long way to arrive at a definition to include mental health...

TELANGANA HIGH COURT ISSUES PRACTICE DIRECTIONS PURSUANT TO SUPREME COURT ORDER ON CHEQUE BOUNCING CASES

05 Jul 2021

In keeping with the requirements of the changing circumstances, the Telangana High Court has issued practice directions to Magistrates and Trial Courts having jurisdiction to try offences under the Negotiable Instruments Act pursuant to the directions issued by the Supreme Court (In Re Expeditious Trial Of Cases Under Section 138...

DRDO’S 12 SHORT SPAN BRIDGING SYSTEM-10 M INDUCTED INTO INDIAN ARMY

03 Jul 2021

The first production lot of 12 Short Span Bridging System (SSBS)-10 m, designed and developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has been inducted into Indian Army by Chief of the Army Staff General M.M. Naravane during a ceremony held at Cariappa Parade Ground, Delhi Cantt. on Friday. Secretary...

PAWAR CAN ONLY BE THE FACILITATOR OF A FEDERAL FRONT, NOT ITS LEADER

03 Jul 2021

Exploratory exercises for a UPA in a new avatar have already started, and some days ago, Maharashtra strongman and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, with the assistance of former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, organised a get together of some like-minded people at his New Delhi residence. The move, which is in...

Toolkit on how to kill a university

03 Jul 2021

It becomes a call of conscience to prevent entropy of our cherished workplaces as most of us may not be born King Nero who fiddled as Rome burned. This column comes at the face of an arbitrary order to supersede three senior professors and make way for a down in...

Pandemic and the law: Why the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 will not be India’s best bet in these times

03 Jul 2021

When Covid-19 reached India, it created a situation of chaos and naturally the law had to jump in as an instrument for social control. It was a dangerous as well as an unprecedented situation and things needed to be controlled and channelled in the right way. This gave rise to...

WANT TO HIT THE GYM AGAIN? THESE ARE THE PRECAUTIONS YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY TAKE

01 Jul 2021

NEW DELHI I am happy that gyms opened in the Delhi from Monday onwards. Gym owners whose faces were hanging until now are seeing a ray of hope. Trainees are coming to the gym hoping to lose weight, but at the same time there are people who have gym membership...

ONEPLUS 9PRO 5G CAN GIVE SAMSUNG, IPHONE FLAGSHIP PHONES A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY

01 Jul 2021

OnePlus has introduced a number of devices in the 9 series. I decided to do a comprehensive review for the OnePlus 9Pro 5G because it had a lot to offer. DESIGN The design of OnePlus 9Pro 5G looks refreshing; it has taken cues from the OnePlus8T from last year. Once...

Serving enough vegetables may help kids’ vegetable intake

01 Jul 2021

WASHINGTON Getting kids to eat enough vegetables can be quite a task, but a new Penn State study found that simply adding more veggies to their plates resulted in children consuming more vegetables during the meal. The findings of the study were published in the journal ‘Appetite’. The researchers found...

DRONE ATTACK AT JAMMU AIRPORT: NEED FOR TRANSFORMATIVE STEPS TO PROTECT VITAL AREAS AND INSTALLATIONS

01 Jul 2021

Two blasts were heard at Satwari Airport on the intervening night of 26 and 27 June 2021 at around 1:40 am and 1:46 am. These blasts must have shaken the hearts and minds of the people of Jammu city living nearby as the people of Jammu have suffered a lot...