Nirbaya Case !! SC upholds death sentence for all 4 Convicts.

Dec 16, 2012 gang rape verdict Live updates: SC upholds death sentence for all 4 convicts.

The Supreme Court upheld High Court and trial court decision to award death to all four convicts in the December 16, 2012 gang rape and murder. The judgement was received with an applause from those in the court.

The Supreme Court was to give its verdict on the appeals filed by the four convicts on Friday. The convicts had been awarded death sentence by the fast track court, which was upheld by the Delhi High Court. The execution was stayed after the four convicts — Mukesh (27), Pawan (20), Vinay (21) and Akshay (29) — moved the top court. The fifth accused, Ram Singh, had allegedly committed suicide while in jail. The sixth accused, who was a minor at the time of crime, was granted three years in a correction facility by Juvenile Justice Board. He was released from the home in November 2015.

The gang rape and murder or 23-year-old paramedic had led to nation wide outrage and spurred to government to strengthen rape laws.

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Rs 200 Note is coming soon ?

Rs. 200 note might be the new note added to the currency notes in India. After new 500 and 2000 notes which came recently, it’s time to have a look at the new Rs. 200 note. The new currency Rs. 200 note of India pictures are getting viral on social media and are also getting shared on WhatsApp. If these reports are to be believed, then we might soon have Rs. 200 note in the system.

 reports, the Reserve Bank of India has already announced that Rs. 200 notes will be introduced. It is expected that the printing of the new Rs. 200 notes could begin in a couple of months and it would be in the market around June 2017.

 (Reserve Bank Of India) board meeting happened in March. During the meeting, the bank decided to come up with new Rs. 200 notes. Though the decision has been made to come up with new notes but no official confirmation has been received from RBI so far.

The new Rs. 200 notes are all set to be introduced. The printing process will start once the central government gives the instructions.

Depression Cases Hit By 20 Per Cent !! Globally.

Depression Cases Hit By 20 Per Cent !! Globally.

Rise in depression cases has become an alarming concern across the globe, especially in the last decade or so, where we see umpteen young adults, college students and adults falling prey to the mental illness. Another startling report published by World Health Organisation (WHO) earlier this year, has taken the entire global mental health circuit by shock.

"These new figures are a wake-up call for all countries to re-think their approach to mental health and to treat it with the urgency that it deserves," said WHO Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan.

Depression is a mental disorder where the person suffers from prolonged period of sadness, which disrupts not just their mood but daily activities as well. Patients find it even difficult to wake up and get out of bed in the morning. You can also notice visible changes in the person's behaviour, feelings and sense of well-being. We all feel low sometimes, but this negative state of being can trigger various other health problems, including suicidal tendencies. As we go about with our day, we often fail to realise that some of our silly habits can be putting us at risk of depression. After all, our lifestyle choices play a big role for our overall health, and sedentary lifestyle or unhealthy habits can lead to the onset of various ailments in the long run.

Here are some habits we need to stop -

1. Fast Food

When the hunger pangs kick in, some of us just lose control and go on a binge eating spree, savouring pizzas with extra cheese, king-size burgers and fries, sugar loaded beverages, etc. Binge eating doesn't just add extra kilos around your belly, but may put you at depression risk, says a study. Binge eating episodes lead to obesity which, in turn, causes depression owing to weight stigma, poor self-esteem and reduced mobility.

2. Stress

The hectic lives we lead today, stress is almost inevitable. But is comes with severe health consequences. Serotonin is a chemical compound in the body, which is popularly referred to as the happiness hormone. It plays a significant role in a person's mental and psychological well-being. Due to stress, the level of serotonin secretion could reduce, contributing to the development of depression.

3. Internet Addiction

According to a study done by McMaster University in Canada, excessive use of internet may significantly increase the risk of mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, especially among college-going students. The findings showed that individuals with internet addiction had more trouble dealing with their day-to-day activities, including life at home, at work/school and in social settings.

4. Lack of Exercise

The importance of physical activities for our well-being is not a new thing. A few minutes of walking, jogging or dancing and other activities can charge you up instantly, releasing those happy hormones. The more tied up we get with our work, giving into stress and letting go of exercise, we put ourselves at risk of various health issues, including mental diseases.

SC order shuts a 1/4 of Goa’s liquor vendors & bars

SC order shuts a 1/4 of Goa’s liquor vendors & bars.

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to revisit its order banning liquor vendors within 500m of national and state highways from Saturday, and ruled that this would also bar hotels and restaurants on highways from serving liquor to guests.

With this order, more than 3,000 liquor traders, including bars, restaurants, wholesalers, retailers and warehouses, will be shut from Saturday. Three days ago the state government had said that only 768 outlets would be impacted by the December 2016 order.

Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG) executive member Ralph D'Souza said that this will have a negative impact on tourism and trade. Liquor establishment along highways and those located in the state's interiors will also feel the pinch, he added.

President All Goa Liquor Traders' Association Dattaprasad Naik said, "Liquor business will collapse in the state. The Supreme Court order is very harsh."

A senior excise official told TOI on Friday that none of the 3,000-odd licences identified by them had been renewed. "So all shall stop operating from April 1," he added.

For towns with a population of less than 20,000, the earlier distance mentioned in the December 2016 order prohibiting sale of liquor within 500m of state and national highways has been modified to 220m.

"They would be identifying these areas, and the licences within 220m," he said, adding their next course action will be determined after the Supreme Court order is thoroughly interpreted. "We are meeting again tomorrow," the official said.

The excise department may press its flying squad into service to ensure that the apex court's order is not violated.

An excise official said that the department would receiving assistance from other organs of the state government, such as police, to see that the 3,200 liquor establishments, whose licenses have not been renewed, do not start operations.

Talukas of Salcete and Mormugao are likely to be among the worst affected, with each having 600-plus licenses. Quepem and Pernem, with a population less than 20,000, will get some respite with prohibition areas restricted to 220 meters of national or state highway.

In its December 15 order that kept in mind the large number of deaths on highways due to drunken driving and the easy availability of alcohol, the SC had banned liquor vendors operating within 500m of NHs and SHs. It had also ordered these vendors were not to be visible from highways and were not to put up hoardings advertising their proximity to the highways.

The only relaxation given by the SC was in terms of the distance, and that too for small municipal areas that have come up on either sides of NHs and SHs. But, the condition was that the liquor vendors in these small towns could operate 220m from NHs and SHs only if the population of the settlement was 20,000 or less, a suggestion given by Karnataka additional advocate general Devadatta Kamat, on Thursday.

Nearly 75 liquor vendors across the country had petitioned the SC for relaxation of the stringent norms on the ground that it would cause enormous revenue loss to states as well as hit their business, while causing difficulty for common people to source alcohol. As the deadline approached, attorney general Mukul Rohatgi had given an opinion to the Kerala government clarifying that the SC order applied only to liquor vendors and it would not stop hotels and restaurants on highways from serving liquor.

But, drowning the hopes of a relaxation in the March 31 deadline, a bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and justices D Y Chandrachud and L N Rao declared that the March 31 deadline won't be deferred.

This means liquor vendors situated within 500m from highways would have to shut shop and relocate from April 1.

In addition, the SC clarified that the ban on liquor vends would apply in equal rigour to hotels and restaurants situated within 500m of NHs and SHs and they would be barred from serving liquor to patrons. This would severely affect the business of five-star hotels Taj Palace and ITC Maurya in New Delhi which, senior advocate C A Sundaram had informed the SC on Thursday, would face difficulty in serving liquor to guests.

The court said it had passed the order banning liquor vendors within 500m of highways on the assumption that the excise year was from April 1 to March 31, during which period licences for liquor vends are allotted through auction. It said licences in Telangana were given from October 1 to September 30 and in Andhra Pradesh it was from July 1 to June 30.