Sunday, 22 May, 2022
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Topic: Adultery

Adultery, homosexuality maybe legal but in Army it’s unbecoming conduct & will be penalised

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Outgoing Adjutant General Lt Gen. Ashwani Kumar says Army Act doesn’t specifically deal with adultery but under ‘Unbecoming Conduct’, a soldier can be punished for various offences.

Does women’s liberation mean adultery? How Aparna Sen differed from Satyajit Ray

Nandita Dutta -
Ray’s 1980 film Pikoo and Sen’s 1983 film Paroma treated adultery very differently and only one was unapologetic about it.

In post-Section 377 world, military can still punish what it calls ‘unbecoming conduct’

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
Armed forces can and must continue to enforce their higher moral standards to maintain discipline.

Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam took on adultery way before Supreme Court did

Amit Upadhyaya -
Abrar Alvi’s 1962 film Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam made way for a fearless and gutsy Meena Kumari.

Dissent in Ayodhya deserves a hearing, says The Indian Express

Rajgopal Singh -
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Govt: Adultery is a crime. Supreme Court: What public good will adultery law serve?

PTI -
Adultery is a crime because it damages marriage as an institution and family, govt tells the court.

India not only doesn’t want to scrap Victorian adultery law, it wants women included too

Apurva Vishwanath -
The adultery law does not exclude women to supposedly 'protect' them, but to deny them an equal right in a marriage.

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Quad has a sea of challenges. Navy can take cue from a Maratha admiral who sank English ships

Praveen Swami -
Even though Kanhoji’s navy held its own against the English and Portuguese, its fleet never truly modernised. Indian Navy could learn from his tale.
Title scene of Taarak Mehta ka ooltah chashmah.

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The Gyanvapi Mosque and Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Gyanvapi row and Places of Worship Act were born together. Now each wants to end the other

Economy

An attendant refills a two-wheeler with fuel at a petrol pump in New Delhi Saturday | ANI

Under fire for spiraling inflation, Modi govt announces excise duty cut on fuels, LPG subsidy

Shubham Batra -
It has also decided to enhance the fertiliser subsidy for farmers, and reduce import duty on some raw materials. ‘It is always people first for us!’ tweets prime minister.

Defence

File photo of a defence personnel armed with a SiG 716 rifle near the Line of Control | Photo: Snehesh Alex Philip | ThePrint

India to ink ‘repeat order’ deal for 73,000 SiG 716 rifles from the US

Snehesh Alex Philip -
In February 2019, 72,400 SiG 716 rifles of 7.62 x 51mm calibre were contracted from SIG Sauer Inc, USA, under government's 'Buy (Global) category', through fast track procedure.

National Interest

Mandir or Masjid? New surveys not needed, just acceptance of truth & move towards reconciliation

Shekhar Gupta -
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.

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