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  Poonam Pandey dies of cervical cancer at 32: Why every young girl must take the HPV vaccine If you are immunised before puberty, cervical cancer is preventable and curable As model and actress  Poonam Pandey passed away after a battle with cervical cancer at 32 , according to her manager, it raises concerns about the lack of awareness around cervical cancer, the need for prevention and the stigma around it. And yet there’s a vaccine which, when taken by girls before puberty, can stop its incidence in the first place. Pandey’s manager said that the actor was diagnosed in the last stage of the dreaded disease sometime ago. Cervical  cancer  is the second most common cancer among women in India. As per a WHO report released on February 1, new cases of cervical cancer among Indian women is 17.7 per cent.

  How immigration has become the top issue in the 2024 US Presidential elections There has been a surge of illegal immigration on the United States’ southern border. Why? What is behind the US’s failure to address this issue? And how will this play out in an election year? The United States House Committee on Homeland Security — a standing committee that oversees the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) — on Wednesday (January 31) approved two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. He has been accused of failing to enforce US immigration policies at the country’s southern border, which separates the US and Mexico. While all of the 18 Republican House Representatives on the committee voted to recommend impeachment charges, the 15 Democratic House Representatives opposed the move. A full House vote on the impeachment of Mayorkas can take place as soon as next week.

  Retain defamation as offence in criminal law: Law Commission Report The Law Commission states that it chose to undertake this extensive study on the law of defamation following the Supreme Court’s decision in the Subramaniam Swamy vs. Union of India (2016) case. The 22nd Law Commission of India led by Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi has recommended that the offence of criminal defamation should be retained in the new criminal laws. The 285th Law Commission Report, published on Friday on criminal defamation and its impact on the freedom of speech and expression, was published in response to a letter from the ministry of law and justice in August 2017, the report states.

  Expert Explains: The crime of piracy, and how maritime forces respond to it Recently, the Indian Navy thwarted two piracy attempts off the Somali coast within a span of 36 hours. A retired Vice Admiral in the Indian Navy writes about the crime of piracy, how pirates operate, and how navies respond to their threat. Piracy is as old as seafaring itself, and has existed for centuries in various forms. In recent years, waters off the west coast of Africa, Gulf of Aden, Horn of Africa, Bangladesh, and the Strait of Malacca have seen attacks by pirates. Why these areas and not elsewhere? First, these sea areas are poorly policed. The coastal countries have weak maritime forces, or none at all. Second, these areas normally have concentrations of shipping traffic, being either choke points in shipping routes where ships are forced to converge or slow down by geography, or anchorages where ships remain stationary for days before entering port. Third, often poor governance or turmoil on la...

  Every male sportsperson in authority is prone to sexual harassment allegations: Brij Bhushan in court Representing Bhushan, Senior Advocate Rajiv Mohan, during arguments on charges against former WFI Chief Singh at the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Priyanka Rajpoot, asked if the trial can be simply started “on the basis of whatever documents the prosecution submits”. Insisting that the  sexual harassment allegations by six women wrestlers  against him were false,  BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh   argued in court Friday that male authority figures in sports had become “very prone to” sexual assault allegations. Representing Bhushan, Senior Advocate Rajiv Mohan, during arguments on charges against former WFI Chief Singh at the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Priyanka Rajpoot, asked if the trial can be simply started “on the basis of whatever documents the prosecution submits”. Mohan argued that the prosecution will have to...

‘Congress may not even win 40 LS seats this time,’ says Mamata, questions Rahul Yatra Day after Rahul again reaches out, TMC chief says Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra was just “creating a stir” among Muslims, like BJP was doing among Hindus. “What should secular parties like us do?” IN YET another swipe at the Congress at a time  when the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is still travelling through West Bengal,  Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said Friday that she was unsure whether the Congress would even win 40 seats this time in the Lok Sabha polls. Mamata also targeted the Rahul Yatra, saying it was only trying to “give sursuri (create a stir)” among Muslims in the state, and suggesting that it was little more than a “photo shoot”. “If they had the guts”, she said, the Congress should go to  BJP -ruled states. Her attack came a day after Rahul repeated that the Congress saw the TMC as part of the INDIA alliance, and that talks for seats were...

  Rahul Yatra worst timing… commander doesn’t leave HQ when his battalion at war: Prashant Kishor "Never underestimate the Opposition in India. Opposition parties or formations could be weak, but not Opposition... But they have not utiliised the opportunies given to them," says the analyst at Express Adda The  BJP embraced Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar  once again to “kill” the perception about the  INDIA bloc  and deal a “big psychological blow” to the Opposition just ahead of Lok Sabha elections, Prashant Kishor, election strategist-turned-activist who now heads the  Jan Suraaj Abhiyan , said Friday. Speaking at the Express Adda  in New  Delhi , where he was in conversation with Anant Goenka, Executive Director,  LAKSHY DREAM FOUNDATION GLOBAL NEWS  Group, and Vandita Mishra, National Opinion Editor,  The Indian Express , Kishor said that without  Nitish Kumar , the  BJP  would have contested more seats in Bihar...

  EXCLUSIVE | Uttarakhand UCC draft recommends exemption of tribals; banning of halala, triple talaq Uttarakhand government to prepare Bill based on the committee’s proposals, Assembly to hold a special session on February 5 to discuss and pass it Three days before the  Uttarakhand Assembly convenes in a special session  to discuss and pass the  Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill , the five-member committee that was working on the draft code submitted its report to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday. In a crucial step, the committee’s report, sources told  LAKSHY DREAM FOUNDATION GLOBAL NEWS , recommended the exemption of tribals, who have been voicing their dissent against UCC, from the purview of the Bill because of the special status granted to them. Uttarakhand has a 2.9% tribal population and notable groups include the Jaunsari, Bhotiyas, Tharus, Rajis, and Buksas. Sources said among the key aspects of the report was making halala, iddat, and  tri...