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In a first, the Supreme Court recognizes marital rape, although for the limited purpose of allowing married women the right of abortion up to 24 weeks if they conceived as a result of forced sex by their husbands
Air India cuts discounts on base fare to students and senior citizens from 50% to 25%
Mallikarjun Kharge and Digvijay Singh are being touted as frontrunners to take on Shashi Tharoor in the elections for the post of Congress president
Sonia Gandhi will decide who will be Rajasthan CM if she feels there is a need to change guard after the near-rebellion by MLAs in the state
Ashok Gehlot bowed out of the race for being Congress president after meeting Sonia Gandhi
India has moved to the 40th spot in the innovation index, up 6 spots from last year
DGGI has alleged that top insurance companies, banks and NBFCs has committed a fraud of Rs 800cr by claiming input tax credit without underlying supplies
The Centre will borrow Rs 10000cr less than planned earlier due to good revenue collections
At $23.9bn, India's current account deficit widened to 2.8% in Q1, the worst in four years
Stocks continue to flounder on Thursday: Sensex sheds 188 points to 56409 and Nifty 40 points to 16818
The 36th National Games were declared open on Thusrday by PM Modi in front of a record crowd in Motera near Ahmedabad
Jasprit Bumrah most likely to miss T20 World Cup due to recurrence of back injury
PFI's political wing, the SDPI is on EC radar and action will follow soon if discrepancies are detected
Ashok Gehlot to meet Sonia Gandhi today, says all issues will be sorted out soon
Referring to the PFI ban, most Muslim organizations ask the government to take similar action against right wings organizations like the RSS, Bajrang Dal, VHP and the like

In a landmark order, Supreme Court rules that all women, married or unmarried, are entitled to safe and legal abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy as per the MTP Act