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In a bizarre incident, Patna's Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences has asked its employees to declare their virginity and number of wives in a marital status declaration form.Out of three such declarations, one reads as: "That I am ...

Following the outcry over Patna's Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) marital status declaration form, asking if the person is a "bachelor/widower/virgin", Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey on Thursday said 'virgin' just means unmarried and there is nothing objectionable in it being written in the form."The word which is used is 'virgin'. It means unmarried girl, maiden. I don't think these words are not objectionable. But still this issue is being raised. I had a word with ...

The Maharashtra Police today detained a 35-year-old computer science dropout from Rajasthan for his alleged involvement in a leak of customer data from India's newest telecoms entrant - Reliance Jio. "One person has been detained. Further evidence collection ...

[India], July 2 (ANI): H.C. Verma, the one name that survived Science students in their toughest times (read: studying Physics), has announced his retirement after a 38-year-long career. Dr. H.C. Verma, who joined IIT Kanpur as an assistant professor in 1994, ...

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The CSIR North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, has instituted a scholarship scheme for students of NE Region for pursuing Bachelor's Degree programme in Natural Basic Sciences, BSc, BSc Hons , integrated MSc MS programmes in any of the ...

Many years ago, Freddie Mercury sang: ‘I can’t live with you/ But I can’t live without you/ I can’t let you stay/ Ooh but I can’t live if you go away...’ He was singing a love song, but the words describe, fairly ...

'Zahida Amin and her group of village women have gained a better understanding of India.'Anjuli Bhargava reports. IMAGE: Zahida Amin used the Sopore women's talent in embroidery to make them independent. All photograph: Kind courtesy Zahida Amin/Facebook The year was 1993. Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district was the hub of militant activity. Rarely did a day go by without a confrontation between the militants and the army. Gunfire, explosions and death had become a common occurrence -- a ...

Make The World Wonderful, an NGO founded by Meghana Dabbara in 2015, is on a mission to set up 2,500 child adoption programme centres by 2023. All photographs: Courtesy Your Story On the fringes of Hyderabad in south India, an egalitarian realm exists for about 50 children, who were previously in need of help, but are now being trained to be the ones administering it. The wounds from their distressed backgrounds are being nursed through -- believe it or not -- education. But it is no ordinary ...