Assisted dying bill: Plan to scrap need for High Court approval

Assisted dying bill: Plan to scrap need for High Court approval

Assisted dying cases would no longer have to be signed off by the High Court under changes suggested by the bill’s supporters. The proposed law currently says a High Court judge must check each person is eligible and has not been coerced into making the decision to die. But BBC News has been told Kim … Read more

Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024: Uddhav’s Sena (UBT) releases manifesto; promises to scrap Dharavi project, provide free education

Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024: Uddhav’s Sena (UBT) releases manifesto; promises to scrap Dharavi project, provide free education

Uddhav Thackeray releases his party’s manifesto for upcoming Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 at his residence in Mumbai on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Shivsena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray unveiled his party’s manifesto for the Maharashtra Assembly polls on Thursday (November 7, 2024), assuring free education for male students, stabilising prices of essential items and scrapping … Read more

Indian artistes transforming heirloom saris into chic quilts, jackets and dresses

Indian artistes transforming heirloom saris into chic quilts, jackets and dresses

The Rewrap Company What started out as a thrift store for saris in 2021, has grown to include upcycling weaves into home accessories and table linen such as table cloths, placemats, table runners, coasters, cushion covers, and more. “We have also designed wine bags, Christmas ornaments and buntings,” says co-founder Deepa Balaji of the initiative … Read more

Car blast prompts authorities to tighten norms in scrap business in Coimbatore  

Car blast prompts authorities to tighten norms in scrap business in Coimbatore  

Scrap dealers attending a meeting called by authorities in Coimbatore on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The recent car blast in Coimbatore has made authorities dust off provisions of the Tamil Nadu Scrap Merchants and Dealers in Second-Hand Property and Owners of Automobile Workshops and Tinker Shops (Regulation, Control and Licensing) Act, 1985. Scrap … Read more

Bihar Election 2020: Mahagathbandhan releases manifesto, promises to scrap farm laws

Bihar Election 2020: Mahagathbandhan releases manifesto, promises to scrap farm laws

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led grand alliance or ‘Mahagathbandhan’ in Bihar on Saturday released its manifesto for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala and Shaktisinh Gohil were among the mahagathbandhan partners who were present at the manifesto release. Addressing the media, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said … Read more