Month: September 2020

Glass ceiling is basically a metaphor which is put to use to symbolize an intangible barrier that keeps from a given demographic from rising beyond a certain level in the hierarchy. Women And Glass Ceiling: An Illusion Or Reality It is not new that we have realised that the gender “women” are discriminated and underestimated

September 29, 2020 RBI extends enhanced borrowing limit for banks under MSF till March 31 [ by Legal Era News Network ] The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the enhanced borrowing facility provided to banks by six months to meet liquidity shortage till March 31, 2021. The RBI vide circular dated 28 September

Question 1 A farmer takes 500 mangoes to the market. In the first hour he sells 16% of the mangoes. In the second hour he sells 10% of the remaining mangoes. 1) How many mangoes does he sell? a) 222    b) 322     c) 42   d) 122 Ans d) 2) How many mangoes are left with

The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill 2020 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on which was notified on 22nd September 2020 as the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2020. The Bill proposes a number of drastic changes to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 that is the law governing receipt of foreign contributions and which will have

Poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon which goes beyond the realms of lack of adequate income. It is viewed as a state of social, economic and political deprivation of people that excludes them to participate as equals in the development process. I. Introduction Poverty is a curse to mankind. It is a state where people don’t

September 29, 2020 IAS officer PD Vaghela appointed new TRAI chief [ by Legal Era News Network ] The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has appointed PD Vaghela to lead the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. (TRAI) Vaghela, who is an IAS officer from 1986-Gujarat cadre was the Secretary, Pharmaceuticals in the Ministry of Chemicals

We’re pleased to inform you that Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Cochin, is organising a webinar on ‘Patented Medicines and Price Control – Impact on Access to Medicines’ on Tuesday, 6th October, 2020, from 4.00 pm – 5.30 pm. For further details, please see the announcement below:

September 29, 2020 Delhi High Court restricts access to online hearings [ by Legal Era News Network ] The Delhi High Court has directed that links of Court hearings via video-conferencing should be refrained from sharing with anyone else except the parties concerned. Justice Suresh Kumar Kait of the Delhi High court said, “A very

In the latest judgment of SC, they acquitted a man accused of raping a woman on the pretect of marriage, observed that misconception of fact arising out of promise to marry has to be in proximity of time to the occurrence and cannot be spread over a long period of time coupled with a conscious

September 29, 2020 DHFL moves NCLT alleging irregularities in loans worth Rs. 12,705.53 crore in the development of SRA projects [ by Legal Era News Network ] The administrator for Dewan Housing Finance Corp. Ltd (DHFL) has approached the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) against the company’s promoters Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan for alleged irregularities