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Maharashtra child rights body considers recommending mention of birthdate on wedding invitations

Move aims to curb child marriages and teenage motherhood in State.

Basaveshwaraโ€™s thoughts offer an ethical path to an equal society: Shankar Devanoor

Progressive thinker Shankar Devanoor described Basaveshwara not merely as a social reformer but as a civilisational thinker whose ideas transcend geography, religion and time

โ€˜Fire Rosesโ€™: China only all-female cremation team challenges stereotypes, reshapes mortality views

At Beijingโ€™s Babaoshan Funeral Home, Chinaโ€™s only all-female cremation team works in searing heat, defying gender stereotypes while gaining a deeper understanding of life and death. The five women, whose average age is 28, carry out their duties with precision and composure, guiding the dead through their final farewell. Known as the Fire Roses, the team formed in 2022, with Yun Xiaolin as its first member. Yun had originally enrolled in a cabin crew programme at her parentsโ€™ urging, but dropped...

Ambedkar Jayanti observed across city

President Murmu, PM Modi, leaders pay tribute to Mahatma Jyotirao Phule on 200th birth anniversary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, describing Phule as a great reformer, said his life was one of moral courage, restless enquiry and unshakable commitment to social good

Social ill cannot be branded as โ€˜religious practiceโ€™, says Supreme Court on maiden day of Sabarimala reference hearing

Legislature, not courts, is entitled to enact social reform, the Centre responds; as the Union government argues whether the judges have the expertise to decide on the matter, the court says it is empowered to examine opinions of experts.