Friday, October 19, 2018

Sabarimala issue: Palace directs Tantri to close the sanctum if young woman enters temple premises

Sabarimala issue: Palace directs Tantri to close the sanctum if young woman enters temple premises

NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES
RSS chief's annual Dussehra speech and the Sabarimala row dominate the headlines of most newspapers today.
"Build Ram temple at the earliest, says RSS chief" writes Hindustan Times. The paper further quotes the RSS chief as saying that fundamentalist forces are obstructing the process of temple construction.The Indian Express imputes motives in its story headlined "In poll year, RSS chief asks govt to bring in law for Ram temple". In a related story, DNA reports an ultimatum by Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, "If you don't fulfil temple promise, then we will build one".
As the Sabarimala row continued for the second day, Hindustan Times reports "Sabarimala remains on edge, women kept out". The Pioneer writes "No Sabarimala entry for women on day 2". "Congress boxed in, BJP benefits and CPM scrambles for cover in rapidly shifting Sabarimala politics" is how the Indian Express describes the developments.
Business Standard cites the latest global wealth study by Credit Suisse that highlights India's lopsided growth in a story titled "Wealth rising, but not everyone sharing this growth". The paper adds that according to the report, 91% of India's adult population has wealth below Rs 7,30,000. Quoting the same report, Financial Express' lead story reports that India has added 7300 millionaires in 2017-18.
"Board rooms may be purged of black sheep" reports The Economic Times. The paper says that government is considering a purge of board rooms to remove independent directors who haven't played the oversight role well.
As the #MeToo movement gathers momentum, The Indian Express writes "Need to rethink Vishakha to include incidents from past". The story quotes Justice Sujata Manohar, who was part of the Supreme Court bench that laid down the landmark Vishakha Guidelines. Justice Manohar also said that laws needed to grade kinds of sexual harassment and penal provisions had to be re-examined, the paper adds.
And finally, a report in DNA suggests that snobbery is not unique to humans. Under a story headlined "Dengue causing Aedes likes its own kind", the paper writes that higher the density of other mosquitoes, lower is the presence of the snobby dengue-causing mosquito.

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